Gloucestershire continued their dominance over Yorkshire by thrashing them by 97 runs with 12.1 overs to spare in the semi-final of the Benson and Hedges Cup at Headingley yesterday

Everyone with a fair knowledge of cricketing `greats' knows that Bob Appleyard is the only player to capture 200 first class wickets in his first full season and that in the winter of 1954-55 he helped England bring back the Ashes for the first time

Left-arm spinner Paul Grayson returned career-best figures of five for 20 against his former county as bottom club Essex pulled off a remarkable victory over CricInfo Championship winners Yorkshire on the final day of the season at Scarborough today

Yorkshire paved the way for an exciting climax to the season by making a surprise declaration against Essex at Scarborough when trailing by 146 runs on the first innings

New CricInfo County Champions Yorkshire received the Lord's Taverners Trophy from CricInfo managing director Peter Griffiths during the lunch interval on the first day of their last match of the season against Essex at Scarborough today

Darren Gough led the way with three for 15 as Yorkshire Phoenix skittled Gloucestershire Gladiators for 91 at Scarborough to win by 70 runs and leave themselves with a great chance of avoiding relegation to Division Two of the Norwich Union League

Darren Lehmann celebrated Yorkshire winning the CricInfo Championship by tearing up the record books with a a sensational knock of 191 in Yorkshire Phoenix's match against Nottinghamshire Outlaws in Division One of the Norwich Union League at

Yorkshire beat Glamorgan by an innings and 112 runs at Scarborough today to clinch the CricInfo Championship amidst incredible scenes from the thousands of fans who had been let in free to watch the final stages of the match

Yorkshire, seeking their ninth CricInfo Championship win of the season, and the one which will almost certainly clinch them the crown - stacked up 580 for nine before declaring at Scarborough

Craig White and Matthew Wood both thrashed centuries as Yorkshire enjoyed a run bonanza against Glamorgan at the Scarborough Cricket Festival today

Yorkshire's 21-year-old off-spinner Richard Dawson captured career-best figures of six for 82 as Glamorgan were bowled out for 223 after winning the toss at Scarborough

Leicestershire put up some spirited resistance against Yorkshire at Grace Road before losing to the CricInfo Championship Division One leaders by 168 runs

Yorkshire Phoenix moved further away from relegation worries with an emphatic 67 runs win over Surrey Lions at Headingley in the Norwich Union League

Darren Lehmann lashed his fourth century of the season as CricInfo Championship leaders Yorkshire drew with title-holders Surrey at Headingley after rain had put a dampener on what could have been an exciting finish

Yorkshire have a stiff task on their hands as they chase a victory target of 355 against CricInfo Championship title-holders Surrey at Headingley

Champions Surrey gradually tightened the screw on Division One leaders Yorkshire at Headingley after bowling them out for 206 to establish a valuable first innings lead of 72

Honours were even at the end of the first day of the CricInfo Championship match at Headingley when Yorkshire were 61 for two in reply to Surrey's 278 after winning the toss on a good batting pitch

Yorkshire crushed Lancashire by seven wickets in the Roses battle at Headingley to preserve their 14-point lead at the top of Division One of the CricInfo Championship

A fighting century from John Crawley and some adventurous strokeplay from Lancashire's lower order batsmen blocked Yorkshire's victory charge on the third day of the Roses match at Headingley

Darren Lehmann blasted the highest score ever recorded in Roses Championship cricket at Headingley today - and he was still there at the close of the second day with a blistering 222 out of Yorkshire's 376 for five which left them three runs in front