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Yorkshire stepped off the pedal after working their way into a promising position on the third day of their County Championship match against Sussex at Scarborough, and a draw now looks like the most probable result

Joe Root scored a classic maiden first-class century to put Yorkshire back in the match on the second day of their County Championship clash against Sussex at Scarborough

Joe Root, the Yorkshire batsman, and Lancashire left-arm spinner Simon Kerrigan have been called into the England Lions squad to face Sri Lanka A

A 98-run opening stand and a composed half-century from England Lions opener Joe Root put the hosts 92 runs ahead at stumps on the third day in Scarborough

Yorkshire took just short of an hour on the final morning to complete a County Championship double over Worcestershire with a six-wicket victory at Scarborough

Yorkshire are heading for a third successive defeat in the County Championship after they were forced to follow on by Sussex on the third day of the Division One match at Hove

An accomplished maiden half-century from Joe Root put Yorkshire in a strong position on day one against injury-hit County Championship leaders Nottinghamshire

Joe Root put in an outstanding all-round performance as England earned a share of the two-match Twenty20 series with a much improved display against Sri Lanka with a comfortable 46-run victory at Chester-le-Street.

A round-up of the second day's games at the Under-19 World Cup

Joe Root, the 18-year-old Sheffield-born opening batsman, has secured his future with Yorkshire.

Bangladesh Under-19 coasted to yet another win over a winless England, thereby clinching the seven-match series 4-0

After being narrowly edged out in the youth Test, England Under-19s bounced back with a convincing victory over the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI in a warm-up match in Chittagong

Almost from the moment Yorkshire prodigy Joe Root picked up a cricket bat, comparisons with Michael Vaughan were bestowed upon him