'The first name in a T20 world XI has got to be de Villiers'

Jun 3, 2017: Tim Bresnan talks career highlights, party tricks, and prankster team-mates

County news

Coad success allows Bresnan to build on batting credentials

Apr 20, 2017: Tim Bresnan has more reasons than most of his team-mates to be grateful for the startling emergence of Ben Coad in Yorkshire's fast-bowling ranks

Warwickshire v Yorkshire, Specsavers Championship Div One, Edgbaston, 2nd day

Handscomb and Bresnan add to early-season worries for Warwickshire

Apr 15, 2017: Like turning to the person next to you at a wedding and remarking 'these things only end in divorce or death' it seems untimely to predict Warwickshire's fate this season

Yorkshire v Hampshire, Specsavers Championship Div One, Headingley, 3rd day

Yorkshire stunned as Hampshire complete stirring comeback

Apr 9, 2017: Such was Hampshire's composure in outlasting Yorkshire in a four-wicket win at Headingley, they are clearly not suffering from feelings of inadequacy after their relegation reprieve

County previews: Yorkshire

Yorkshire start afresh under Ballance and Gale

Apr 5, 2017: ESPNcricinfo previews Yorkshire's prospects for the 2017 season

ECB North v South series, 3rd match

Crane spins South to 3-0 series win

Mar 21, 2017: Mason Crane produced a stunning spell of legspin to secure a 3-0 whitewash for the South in a rain-affected climax to the new North-South Series in Abu Dhabi

ECB North v South series, 2nd match

South's Northeast blows North West

Mar 19, 2017: Sam Northeast hit a fine unbeaten century as the South clinched the new North-South Series with a match to spare thanks to a 47-run victory

Twitter round-up

'A quality leave outside off stump is sexier with a big bat'

Mar 17, 2017: Bat sizes, eating at the movies, and constructing a shed: let it never be said that our Twitter round-up was shy of tackling the big topics

Scorchers v Sixers, BBL 2016-17 final, Perth

Johnson, Klinger star as Scorchers clinch third title

Jan 28, 2017: The Perth Scorchers bid the WACA ground farewell with their third Big Bash League title in four years and a vintage performance straight from their tried-and-tested copybook

County news

Bresnan in third elbow operation in search for old nip

Oct 22, 2016: Tim Bresnan, whose valiant batting narrowly failed to bring Yorkshire a third Championship title, has undergone a third elbow operation to try to restore some of the nip that made him an England allrounder

We need a bust of Brezzie

Oct 20, 2016: Almost a month has passed since his 142 in the Championship final against Middlesex, but there was enough in that contribution to sustain a Yorkshire fan through the winter

Specsavers Championship

The moments that made the season - Part Two

Sep 24, 2016: The greatest retirement statement to the heart-stopping finish, ESPNcricinfo rounds up the memorable moments from the 2016 County Championship, from No.10 to 1 ...

Middlesex v Yorkshire, Specsavers Championship Div One, Lord's, 3rd day

Bresnan epic sets up final-day drama

Sep 22, 2016: And so, after six months and 16 games, after memorable fightbacks and outstanding performances, it goes down to the last day of the season

Middlesex v Yorkshire, Specsavers Championship Div One, Lord's, 2nd day

Bresnan, Hodd keep Yorkshire challenge alive

Sep 21, 2016: Tim Bresnan made an unbeaten 72 to keep Yorkshire's Championship hopes alive, as Nick Compton's dropped catch cost Middlesex

Yorkshire v Surrey, Royal London Cup, Semi-final, Headingley

Davies and Meaker star as Surrey go back to Lord's

Aug 28, 2016: Surrey, finishing the season with a swagger, put Yorkshire in their place on their own Headingley midden by a 19-run margin

Yorkshire v Notts, Specsavers Championship Div One, Scarborough, 4th day

Bresnan's best fans Yorkshire's title ambitions

Aug 26, 2016: Tim Bresnan took a career-best 8-51 in the match as a thumping win at Scarborough reasserted Yorkshire's title challenge and left Notts staring relegation in the face

Durham v Yorkshire, Royal London Cup, North Group, Chester-le-Street

Bresnan heroics in vain as Wood catches eye

Jul 31, 2016: Durham shrugged off another injury to captain Paul Collingwood to boost their chances of reaching a second quarter-final when they beat Yorkshire by 15 runs at the Riverside

Yorks v Notts, Royal London Cup, North Group, North Marine Road

Bresnan 95* steers Yorks to tense two-wicket win

Jul 27, 2016: After a match that was an absolute credit to 50-over cricket and had offered superb entertainment for nearly 5000 supporters at North Marine Road, Yorkshire beat Nottinghamshire by two wickets with two balls to spare

Durham v Yorkshire, Specsavers Championship, Div One, Chester-le-Street, 2nd day

Yorkshire take charge as Borthwick fluffs audition

Jun 21, 2016: Scott Borthwick again fell cheaply after half-centuries from Gary Ballance and Tim Bresnan helped Yorkshire into a sizeable lead at Chester-le-Street

Yorkshire v Lancashire, Specsavers Championship Div 1, Headingley, 4th day

Yorkshire sing thanks to Bresnan's swing

Jun 1, 2016: Tim Bresnan and Adil Rashid picked up four wickets each as Yorkshire completed a hard-fought victory over the Red Rose rivals