McGrath relishing battle 9:26am Saturday 10th May 2008 ANTHONY McGrath insists he is relishing tomorrow's Friends Provident Trophy clash with Lancashire at Old Trafford because Roses cricket brings out the best in him. Morkel injury blow hits Yorkshire 11:18am Friday 9th May 2008 YORKSHIRE have been dealt a big blow with the news that Morne Morkel will return home to South Africa after tearing a hamstring. The 23-year-old had a scan on Wednesday, which revealed a grade two tear to his right hamstring, and will now be out of action for three to six weeks. Yorkshire secure patchy draw thanks to dogged resistance 9:25am Monday 5th May 2008 "APATCHY performance", that's how Yorkshire director of cricket Martin Moxon described the County Championship draw with Nottinghamshire at Headingley, after some timely resilience from the tail dragged the home side over the line with Notts pressing for an unlikely last-gasp victory. Rudolph’s hard graft is rewarded with ton 9:55am Friday 2nd May 2008 A SUPERB century on a difficult pitch from Jacques Rudolph helped Yorkshire to a competitive total in their first innings against Nottinghamshire at Headingley yesterday. Vaughan’s glimmer of light in the gloom 9:45am Thursday 1st May 2008 THE green shoots of a Michael Vaughan recovery lit up an otherwise dismal day at Headingley as the weather washed out two sessions of play to frustrate Yorkshire and prevent new boy Morne Morkel from waiting his long awaited debut. Morkel's spying mission 10:52am Wednesday 30th April 2008 YORKSHIRE'S new overseas star Morne Morkel has not quite gone under cover in his bid to fire the Tykes to glory over the next three months, but admits he will be doing a bit of fact finding ahead of South Africa's Test series against England this summer. Gale backing Yorkshire to continue good form 9:52am Tuesday 29th April 2008 ANDREW Gale is backing Yorkshire to win out in yet another mouth-watering battle of the bowlers when Nottinghamshire visit Headingley Carnegie for tomorrows County Championship clash. McGrath’s bowling skills key to Tykes win 9:22am Monday 28th April 2008 Yorkshire v Derbyshire (Friends Provident Trophy) Hoggard reminds selectors 9:23am Monday 28th April 2008 Yorkshire v Hampshire (LV County Championship) : Day Four Fielding puts Tykes in command at Headingley 9:51am Saturday 26th April 2008 Yorkshire v Hampshire (LV County Championship) : Day Three More ...

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