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Yorkshire County Cricket Club started the 2008 season in the top division of the LV= County Championship and in the second division of the NatWest Pro40 league. The team also competed in the Friends Provident Trophy and the Twenty20 Cup.
| County Championship Division One | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pen | Bat | Bowl | Pts |
| 1 | Durham | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 41 | 190 |
| 2 | Nottinghamshire | 15 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 43 | 182 |
| 3 | Hampshire | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 47 | 178 |
| 4 | Somerset | 16 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 44 | 174 |
| 5 | Lancashire | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 40 | 170 |
| 6 | Sussex | 16 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 38 | 159 |
| 7 | Yorkshire | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 45 | 159 |
| 8 | Kent | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 44 | 154 |
| 9 | Surrey | 16 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 36 | 124 |
| Natwest Pro40 Division 2 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | RR | Pts |
| 1 | Essex Eagles | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1.48 | 14 |
| 2 | Yorkshire Carnegie | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0.13 | 12 |
| 3 | Glamorgan Dragons | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +0.11 | 10 |
| 4 | Kent Spitfires | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1.63 | 10 |
| 5 | Surrey Brown Caps | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -0.50 | 8 |
| 6 | Warwickshire Bears | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -0.32 | 8 |
| 7 | Leicestershire Foxes | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | -0.38 | 5 |
| 8 | Derbyshire Phantoms | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | -0.84 | 3 |
| 9 | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | -0.89 | 2 |
| Friends Provident Trophy - North Division | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | T | RR | Pts |
| 1 | Durham Dynamos | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +0.43 | 10 |
| 2 | Yorkshire Carnegie | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +0.54 | 10 |
| 3 | Derbyshire Phantoms | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -0.14 | 9 |
| 4 | Lancashire Lightning | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +0.24 | 8 |
| 5 | Scottish Saltires | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | -1.09 | 3 |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 4 June - Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, England | ||||||||||
| Durham Dynamos | 189/9 | |||||||||
| 4 July - Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, England | ||||||||||
| Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 188 | |||||||||
| Durham Dynamos | 218 | |||||||||
| 5 June - County Cricket Ground, Beckenham, England | ||||||||||
| Kent Spitfires | 301/4 | |||||||||
| Kent Spitfires | 259/5 | |||||||||
| 16 August - Lord's Cricket Ground, London, England | ||||||||||
| Somerset Sabres | 222 | |||||||||
| Kent Spitfires | 214 | |||||||||
| 4 June - Grace Road, Leicester, England | ||||||||||
| Essex Eagles | 218/5 | |||||||||
| Leicestershire Foxes | 232 | |||||||||
| 5 July - County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford, England | ||||||||||
| Essex Eagles | 350/5 | |||||||||
| Essex Eagles | 285/8 | |||||||||
| 4 June - County Cricket Ground, Bristol, England | ||||||||||
| Yorkshire Carnegie | 198 | |||||||||
| Gloucestershire Gladiators | 201 | |||||||||
| Yorkshire Carnegie | 205/4 | |||||||||
| Twenty20 Cup - North Division | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | T | Pen | RR | Pts |
| 1 | Durham Dynamos | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +0.98 | 15 |
| 2 | Lancashire Lightning | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.92 | 13 |
| 3 | Yorkshire Carnegie | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -0.31 | 10 |
| 4 | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.03 | 9 |
| 5 | Derbyshire Phantoms | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.42 | 6 |
| 6 | Leicestershire Foxes | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.89 | 5 |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 9 July - Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England | ||||||||||
| Warwickshire Bears | 133/8 | |||||||||
| 26 July - Rose Bowl, Southampton, England | ||||||||||
| Kent Spitfires | 175/6 | |||||||||
| Kent Spitfires | 173/7 | |||||||||
| 7 July - County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford, England | ||||||||||
| Essex Eagles | 159/8 | |||||||||
| Essex Eagles | 192/9 | |||||||||
| 26 July - Rose Bowl, Southampton, England | ||||||||||
| Northants Steelbacks | 115/7 | |||||||||
| Kent Spitfires | 184/5 | |||||||||
| 8 July - Brit Oval, London, England | ||||||||||
| Middlesex Crusaders | 187/6 | |||||||||
| Middlesex Crusaders | 176/7 | |||||||||
| 26 July - Rose Bowl, Southampton, England | ||||||||||
| Lancashire Lightning | 164/8 | |||||||||
| Middlesex Crusaders | 141/2 | |||||||||
| TBC* | ||||||||||
| Durham Dynamos | 138/6 | |||||||||
| Durham Dynamos | 163/8 | |||||||||
| Glamorgan Dragons | 119 | |||||||||
* Yorkshire were penalised two points for fielding an ineligible player against Nottinghamshire, thus Glamorgan Dragons qualified as the second-best third-placed team. [1]
| Player | Matches | Innings | Not out | Runs | High score | Average | Strike rate | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jacques Rudolph | 16 | 24 | 1 | 1292 | 155 | 56.17 | 54.35 | 5 | 6 |
 Andrew Gale | 15 | 23 | 0 | 899 | 150 | 39.09 | 53.35 | 3 | 3 |
| Ajmal Shahzad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 35.00 | 38.89 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony McGrath | 14 | 21 | 0 | 728 | 144 | 34.67 | 48.76 | 2 | 3 |
| Tim Bresnan | 14 | 20 | 5 | 506 | 84* | 33.73 | 45.96 | 0 | 2 |
| David Wainwright | 4 | 6 | 1 | 165 | 104* | 33.00 | 46.22 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Lyth | 14 | 21 | 0 | 645 | 132 | 30.71 | 51.44 | 1 | 5 |
| Deon Kruis | 10 | 14 | 8 | 183 | 50* | 30.50 | 58.28 | 0 | 1 |
| Gerard Brophy | 16 | 24 | 1 | 546 | 70 | 23.74 | 51.95 | 0 | 4 |
| Adil Rashid | 16 | 24 | 2 | 518 | 111 | 23.55 | 42.32 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Vaughan | 6 | 9 | 0 | 210 | 72 | 23.33 | 48.95 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Taylor | 4 | 6 | 0 | 123 | 48 | 20.50 | 38.32 | 0 | 0 |
 Rana Naved-ul-Hasan | 7 | 10 | 3 | 114 | 22 | 16.29 | 91.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Pyrah | 5 | 6 | 0 | 96 | 51 | 16.00 | 38.55 | 0 | 1 |
| Darren Gough | 8 | 11 | 1 | 148 | 34 | 14.80 | 61.16 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Patterson | 4 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 12.00 | 25.90 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Hoggard | 13 | 17 | 6 | 126 | 28* | 11.45 | 32.98 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Sayers | 6 | 9 | 0 | 76 | 22 | 8.44 | 26.57 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Sanderson | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 | 54.55 | 0 | 0 |
| Morné Morkel | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4.00 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 |
 Gary Ballance | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3.00 | 13.95 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Hannon-Dalby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Batting | 178 | 258 | 31 | 6467 | 155 | 28.49 | 49.00 | 13 | 28 |
| Player | Matches | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | Economy | 5w | 10w | Best bowling |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajmal Shahzad | 1 | 24.0 | 6 | 64 | 3 | 21.33 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 | 2/43 |
| Steven Patterson | 4 | 99.1 | 23 | 280 | 12 | 23.33 | 2.82 | 0 | 0 | 3/19 |
| Matthew Hoggard | 13 | 342.5 | 66 | 1037 | 42 | 24.69 | 3.02 | 1 | 0 | 6/57 |
| Tim Bresnan | 14 | 419.0 | 726 | 1267 | 44 | 28.80 | 3.02 | 1 | 0 | 5/94 |
| Adil Rashid | 16 | 590.1 | 64 | 1886 | 62 | 30.42 | 3.20 | 4 | 0 | 7/107 |
| David Wainwright | 4 | 85.1 | 18 | 246 | 8 | 30.75 | 2.89 | 0 | 0 | 3/9 |
| Anthony McGrath | 14 | 99.1 | 16 | 282 | 9 | 31.33 | 2.84 | 0 | 0 | 2/27 |
| Morné Morkel | 1 | 15.2 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 33.00 | 2.15 | 0 | 0 | 1/33 |
| Rana Naved-ul-Hasan | 7 | 153.1 | 21 | 604 | 16 | 37.75 | 3.94 | 0 | 0 | 4/86 |
| Deon Kruis | 10 | 295.3 | 68 | 903 | 22 | 41.05 | 3.06 | 1 | 0 | 5/47 |
| Darren Gough | 8 | 149.0 | 25 | 528 | 9 | 58.67 | 3.54 | 0 | 0 | 2/34 |
| Jacques Rudolph | 16 | 21.2 | 2 | 74 | 1 | 74.00 | 3.47 | 0 | 0 | 1/13 |
| Adam Lyth | 14 | 30.1 | 5 | 105 | 1 | 105.00 | 3.48 | 0 | 0 | 1/20 |
| Oliver Hannon-Dalby | 1 | 29.0 | 5 | 114 | 1 | 114.00 | 3.93 | 0 | 0 | 1/58 |
| Ben Sanderson | 2 | 37.0 | 7 | 140 | 1 | 140.00 | 3.78 | 0 | 0 | 1/87 |
| Richard Pyrah | 5 | 56.0 | 11 | 201 | 1 | 201.00 | 3.59 | 0 | 0 | 1/14 |
| Andrew Gale | 15 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | N/A | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0/3 |
| Michael Vaughan | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | N/A | 7.83 | 0 | 0 | 0/47 |
| Total Bowling | 151 | 2453.0 | 418 | 7814 | 223 | 33.54 | 3.19 | 7 | 0 | 7/107 |
| Player | Matches | Innings | Not out | Runs | High score | Average | Strike rate | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig White | 7 | 7 | 3 | 195 | 69* | 48.75 | 49.24 | 0 | 2 |
| Jacques Rudolph | 18 | 16 | 2 | 675 | 120 | 48.21 | 76.70 | 1 | 5 |
| Anthony McGrath | 17 | 15 | 3 | 489 | 105* | 40.75 | 78.62 | 1 | 3 |
| Ajmal Shahzad | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 33.00 | 150.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Gale | 18 | 17 | 1 | 450 | 89 | 28.13 | 80.94 | 0 | 3 |
| Rana Naved-ul-Hasan | 9 | 8 | 0 | 212 | 74 | 26.50 | 113.98 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerard Brophy | 17 | 15 | 5 | 238 | 61* | 23.80 | 90.84 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Taylor | 2 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 23 | 22.50 | 86.54 | 0 | 0 |
| Adil Rashid | 17 | 8 | 3 | 101 | 41* | 20.20 | 75.37 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Bresnan | 16 | 9 | 2 | 135 | 55 | 19.29 | 83.85 | 0 | 1 |
| Darren Gough | 17 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 33 | 19.00 | 64.41 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Vaughan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 22 | 19.00 | 73.08 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Lyth | 15 | 10 | 1 | 162 | 38* | 18.00 | 82.65 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Pyrah | 18 | 9 | 4 | 83 | 26* | 16.60 | 87.37 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Guy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 |
| David Wainwright | 7 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 13* | N/A | 76.32 | 0 | 0 |
| Deon Kruis | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3* | N/A | 75.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Hoggard | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | N/A | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 |
| Total Batting | 198 | 128 | 30 | 2933 | 120 | 29.93 | 78.78 | 2 | 18 |
| Player | Matches | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | Economy | 5w | Best Bowling |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Patterson | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 9.00 | 2.25 | 0 | 2/18 |
| Anthony McGrath | 17 | 31.4 | 0 | 164 | 10 | 16.40 | 5.18 | 0 | 3/16 |
| Tim Bresnan | 16 | 111.1 | 14 | 485 | 24 | 20.21 | 4.36 | 0 | 4/31 |
| Rana Naved-ul-Hasan | 9 | 58.0 | 3 | 307 | 14 | 21.93 | 5.29 | 0 | 2/26 |
| Matthew Hoggard | 2 | 16.0 | 2 | 67 | 3 | 22.33 | 4.19 | 0 | 3/26 |
| Deon Kruis | 12 | 80.0 | 9 | 300 | 13 | 23.08 | 3.75 | 0 | 4/32 |
| Darren Gough | 17 | 105.2 | 3 | 511 | 21 | 24.33 | 4.85 | 0 | 3/17 |
| Richard Pyrah | 18 | 105.2 | 4 | 585 | 24 | 24.38 | 5.55 | 0 | 4/35 |
| Adil Rashid | 17 | 77.3 | 3 | 384 | 12 | 32.00 | 4.95 | 0 | 3/37 |
| Ajmal Shahzad | 2 | 16.0 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 55.00 | 3.44 | 0 | 1/30 |
| David Wainwright | 7 | 32.0 | 2 | 166 | 3 | 55.33 | 5.19 | 0 | 2/33 |
| Adam Lyth | 15 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | N/A | 3.00 | 0 | 0/3 |
| Jacques Rudolph | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | N/A | 6.33 | 0 | 0/8 |
| Total Bowling | 151 | 645.0 | 41 | 3064 | 127 | 24.13 | 4.75 | 0 | 4/31 |
| Player | Matches | Innings | Not out | Runs | High score | Average | Strike rate | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony McGrath | 9 | 9 | 2 | 392 | 72* | 56.00 | 132.43 | 0 | 4 |
| Jacques Rudolph | 9 | 8 | 1 | 191 | 56 | 27.29 | 129.05 | 0 | 1 |
| Darren Gough | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20* | 26.00 | 136.84 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerard Brophy | 9 | 9 | 1 | 177 | 57* | 22.13 | 113.46 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Gale | 9 | 9 | 2 | 106 | 45 | 15.14 | 86.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Vaughan | 7 | 7 | 0 | 104 | 34 | 14.86 | 138.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig White | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 13.00 | 92.86 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Bresnan | 9 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 15 | 11.60 | 85.29 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Taylor | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10* | 10.00 | 111.11 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Guy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5.50 | 78.57 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Pyrah | 9 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 5.33 | 114.29 | 0 | 0 |
| Adil Rashid | 8 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4.50 | 94.74 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Lyth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| David Wainwright | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3* | N/A | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Hoggard | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 |
| Azeem Rafiq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 |
| Total Batting | 99 | 73 | 18 | 1138 | 72* | 20.69 | 116.00 | 0 | 6 |
| Player | Matches | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | Economy | 5w | Best bowling |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig White | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 1/0 |
| Richard Pyrah | 9 | 30.0 | 0 | 209 | 14 | 14.93 | 6.97 | 0 | 4/20 |
| Adil Rashid | 8 | 21.0 | 0 | 162 | 7 | 23.14 | 7.71 | 0 | 4/24 |
| Anthony McGrath | 9 | 9.2 | 0 | 76 | 3 | 25.33 | 8.14 | 0 | 1/14 |
| Darren Gough | 9 | 34.0 | 0 | 242 | 8 | 30.25 | 7.12 | 0 | 2/28 |
| Tim Bresnan | 9 | 34.0 | 0 | 244 | 8 | 30.50 | 7.18 | 0 | 2/12 |
| Matthew Hoggard | 9 | 32.0 | 1 | 251 | 6 | 41.83 | 7.84 | 0 | 2/22 |
| Michael Vaughan | 7 | 8.0 | 0 | 72 | 1 | 72.00 | 9.00 | 0 | 1/21 |
| Azeem Rafiq | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | N/A | 9.00 | 0 | 0/18 |
| David Wainwright | 2 | 3.5 | 0 | 45 | 0 | N/A | 11.74 | 0 | 0/6 |
| Total Bowling | 65 | 174.2 | 1 | 1319 | 48 | 27.48 | 7.57 | 0 | 4/20 |
Yorkshire began their preparation for the 2008 season in the United Arab Emirates, playing four games in the Pro Arch Trophy. They won the tournament, finishing ahead of Lancashire, Somerset, Essex, Sussex and the United Arab Emirates.
21 March 2008 Report |
Yorkshire 237 (48.2 overs) | v | Lancashire 196 (47.1 overs) |
28 March 2008 Report |
United Arab Emirates 190 (48.1 overs) | v | Yorkshire 193/6 (24.1 overs) |
16 – 18 April Scorecard |
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20 April 2008 Report |
Durham Dynamos 220 (49.1 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 215 (49.5 overs) |
27 April 2008 Report |
Yorkshire Carnegie 119/7 (24 overs) | v | Derbyshire Phantoms 94 (22.4 overs) |
5 May 2008 Report |
Durham Dynamos 185 (45.3 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 186/5 (35.4 overs) |
11 May 2008 Report |
Yorkshire Carnegie 204/7 (45.0 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 216/7 (44.0 overs) |
18 May 2008 Report |
Scottish Saltires 193/8 (50 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 197/3 (47.2 overs) |
25 May 2008 Report |
Yorkshire Carnegie 59/4 (21.1 overs) | v | |
26 May 2008 Report |
Scottish Saltires 244 (50.0 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 245/3 (40.4 overs) |
28 May 2008 Report |
Lancashire Lightning 89 (31.2 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 34/0 (4.5 overs) |
4 June 2008 Report |
Gloucestershire Gladiators 201 (45.2 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 205/4 (44.1 overs) |
5 July 2008 Report |
Essex Eagles 285/8 (50.0 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 198 (42.5 overs) |
12 June 2008 Report |
Derbyshire Phantoms 181/2 (20.0 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 134/9 (20.0 overs) |
13 June 2008 Report |
Yorkshire Carnegie 141/8 (15.0 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire Outlaws 143/6 (14.2 overs) |
15 June 2008 Report |
Yorkshire Carnegie 169/5 (20.0 overs) | v | Derbyshire Phantoms 158/6 (20.0 overs) |
17 June 2008 Report |
Leicestershire Foxes 154/3 (20.0 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 158/4 (20.0 overs) |
18 June 2008 Report |
Lancashire Lightning 150/6 (20.0 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 154/8 (19.4 overs) |
20 June 2008 Report |
Yorkshire Carnegie 135/8 (20.0 overs) | v | Lancashire Lightning 131/6 (20.0 overs) |
22 June 2008 Report |
Yorkshire Carnegie 159/7 (20.0 overs) | v | Durham Dynamos 159/7 (20.0 overs) |
24 June 2008 Report |
Durham Dynamos 162/8 (20.0 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 49/5 (10.0 overs) |
26 June 2008 Report |
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27 June 2008 Report |
Nottinghamshire Outlaws 136/8 (20.0 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 137/1 (18.0 overs) |
7 July 2008 |
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16 July 2008 Report |
Yorkshire Carnegie 157 (36.2 overs) | v | Essex Eagles 158/5 (33.0 overs) |
20 July 2008 Report |
Yorkshire Carnegie 230/7 (40.0 overs) | v | Surrey Brown Caps 219/8 (40.0 overs) |
3 August 2008 Report |
Yorkshire Carnegie 303/4 (40.0 overs) | v | Leicestershire Foxes 302/7 (40.0 overs) |
21 August 2008 Report |
Yorkshire Carnegie 213/7 (34.0 overs) | v | Derbyshire Phantoms 213/6 (34.0 overs) |
25 August 2008 Report |
Kent Spitfires 189/9 (40.0 overs) | v | Yorkshire Carnegie 190/3 (33.1 overs) |
31 August 2008 Report |
Yorkshire Carnegie 230/6 (40.0 overs) | v | Glamorgan Dragons 135/7 (29.2 overs) |
9 September 2008 Report |
Warwickshire Bears 28/1 (6.0 overs) | v | |
13 September 2008 Report |
Yorkshire Carnegie 182/8 (40.0 overs) | v | Northamptonshire Steelbacks 178 (34.4 overs) |
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The 2021 Vitality Blast was the 2021 season of the T20 Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league played in England and Wales. It was the fourth season in which the domestic T20 competition, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), that was branded as the Vitality Blast due to the tournament's sponsorship deal. The Notts Outlaws were the defending champions.
The 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was a limited overs cricket competition that formed part of the 2021 English cricket season in England and Wales. Matches were contested over 50 overs per side, having List A cricket status, with all eighteen first-class counties competing in the tournament. The tournament started on 22 July 2021, with the final taking place on 19 August 2021 at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Somerset were the defending champions winning the 2019 tournament, with no tournament taking place in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2022 County Championship was the 122nd cricket County Championship season in England and Wales. The season began on 7 April and ended on 29 September 2022. Warwickshire were the defending champions.
The 2022 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was a limited overs cricket competition that formed part of the 2022 domestic cricket season in England and Wales. Matches were contested over 50 overs per side, having List A cricket status, with all eighteen first-class counties competing in the tournament. The tournament began on 2 August 2022, with the final taking place on 17 September 2022 at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Glamorgan were the defending champions, having won the 2021 tournament. Kent won the tournament, beating Lancashire by 21 runs in the final.
The 2023 County Championship is the ongoing 123rd cricket County Championship season in England and Wales. As in 2022, Division One has ten teams and Division Two has eight teams. The season started on 6 April and is scheduled to finish on 29 September 2023. Surrey are the defending champions.
The 2023 One-Day Cup tournament is a limited overs cricket competition that forms part of the 2023 domestic cricket season in England and Wales. Matches are contested over 50 overs per side, having List A cricket status, with all eighteen first-class counties competing in the tournament. The tournament started on 1 August 2023, with the final scheduled to take place on 16 September 2023 at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Kent are the defending champions, having won the 2022 tournament.
