Yorkshire v Notts, Specsavers Championship Div One, Scarborough, 3rd day

Ballance century ahead of judgment day

Aug 25, 2016: Gary Ballance struck an unbeaten hundred before Yorkshire declared at Scarborough but Cricket Town will not rest unless his decision not to enforce the follow-on results in a home victory

Pakistan in England 2016

Woakes stands tall, but too many batting holes

Aug 15, 2016: After a series where their depth of allrounders stood out, but familiar batting failings remained, ESPNcricinfo looks at how England's players performed

England news

'Tough decisions' to be made on top order

Aug 15, 2016: Trevor Bayliss has challenged batsmen in county cricket to seize their opportunity over the last few weeks of the domestic season and demand selection for England's touring teams

England v Pakistan, 3rd Test, Edgbaston

Vince's style may mask a lack of substance

Aug 3, 2016: James Vince has had eight innings in which to convert his elegance into output. But he is still making the same unnerving mistakes.

England v Pakistan, 3rd Test, Edgbaston, 1st day

Sohail strikes to dent England progress

Aug 3, 2016:

England v Pakistan, 3rd Test, Edgbaston, 1st day

Sohail's comeback five keeps England to 297

Aug 3, 2016: Sohail Khan made a significant impact on his return to Test cricket after a gap of nearly five years as England were forced to dig deep for something close to parity on the opening day at Edgbaston

England v Pakistan, 1st Test, Lord's

Pakistan will test England's credentials

Jul 13, 2016: The absence of Ben Stokes and James Anderson gives Pakistan an early opportunity but England have batting depth which could prove crucial

England v Pakistan, 1st Test, Lord's

Amir return sharpens the edge for titanic tussle

Jul 12, 2016: ESPNcricinfo previews the first Test between England and Pakistan at Lord's

England v Pakistan, 1st Test, Lord's

Back-to-basics Ballance ready for second chance

Jul 12, 2016: Gary Ballance has confirmed he is fit and ready to take on Pakistan in the first Investec Test at Lord's on Thursday

England v Pakistan, 1st Test, Lord's

Ballance injury scare ahead of first Test

Jul 10, 2016: Gary Ballance's Test recall is in doubt because of a groin injury which caused him to miss Yorkshire's NatWest T20 Blast tie in Derby on Sunday

England v Pakistan, 1st Test, Lord's

A test of technique, not temperament, for Ballance

Jul 7, 2016: England's selectors have picked character more than numbers with a recall for Gary Ballance for the first Test against Pakistan

Yorkshire v Middlesex, Specsavers Championship Div 1, Scarborough, 1st day

Ballance feels Scarborough's restorative powers with timely hundred

Jul 3, 2016: Scarborough's restorative properties have long been proclaimed by many who love nothing better than to holiday in this grand old seaside town

Yorkshire v Northants, Royal London Cup, North Group, Scarborough

Lyth's 60-ball century lifts Yorkshire's one-day spirits

Jun 14, 2016: A hurricane century off 60 balls for Adam Lyth set up Yorkshire for victory by two wickets over Northamptonshire in the Royal London One-Day Cup at sunny Scarborough

Sri Lanka in England 2016

Root expected to stay at No. 4

May 6, 2016: Joe Root is set to stay at No. 4 in England's Test line-up for the series against Sri Lanka, but Alastair Cook admitted there were some "tough decisions" to be made about other batting positions

Warks v Yorks, County Championship, Division One, Edgbaston, 1st day

Gritty Ballance provides Yorkshire foundation

Apr 24, 2016: Gary Ballance scored an unbeaten half-century as he and Jack Leaning helped revive Yorkshire on a day of interruptions at Edgbaston

England news

Ballance admits to mental battle after England axing

Apr 15, 2016: Gary Ballance has confessed that losing his England place last summer hit him harder than he expected and he needed to consciously shut out critics

MCC v Yorkshire, Abu Dhabi, 1st day

Ballance century offers England an immediate reminder

Mar 20, 2016: Gary Ballance, dropped by England midway through last summer's Ashes series, made an immediate statement in the traditional curtain-raiser to the English county season with a century against MCC in Abu Dhabi

SA Invitational XI v England XI, Potchefstroom, 3rd day

Rain frustrates England preparations

Dec 17, 2015: England's hopes of narrowing down their bowling options ahead of the Boxing Day Test were thwarted by a spectacular thunderstorm that wiped out the final afternoon of their opening warm-up game at Potchefstroom

Yorkshire v Sussex, LV= Championship, Division One, Headingley, 1st day

Anxious Sussex make inroads against champions

Sep 22, 2015: Still needing nine points to be safe from relegation, Sussex cannot yet permit themselves the gentle deceleration towards October in all its amber abundance

A Yorkshire fantasy

Sep 22, 2015: Two successive Championships and a strong White Rose flavour to the national side and already they are wondering in the Broad Acres whether Yorkshire would beat England