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Joe Root praised Yorkshire’s response with the bat against Derbyshire today after a disappointing display across the two innings of last weekend’s defeat at Lord’s.

A dominant Yorkshire batting performance on day one was only quashed by the rain, as Adam Lyth, Shan Masood, Joe Root and Harry Brook all raised to significant contributions for Yorkshire.

Adam Lyth continued his superb start to the new summer with 97 and was backed up by significant contributions from Joe Root and Harry Brook as Yorkshire’s stop order put Derbyshire under pressure during a shortened first day at Headingley.

West Indies cricket knights joined Yorkshire stars Joe Root and Adam Lyth to celebrate a momentous year of international cricket events in Antigua and Barbuda.

Yorkshire face Derbyshire in the fourth round of this season's Vitality County Championship. Shan Masood faces his former county as they bid to bounce back from last week's defeat against Middlesex at Lord's. Follow this page for live updates throughout day one.

Ahead of our Vitality County Championship Division Two game, against Derbyshire at Headingley, starting on Friday 26th April, our pre-match guide includes all the information spectators will need.  

Phoebe Turner is loving life in the thick of the action for the Northern Diamonds at present. The emerging all-rounder from Northallerton was one of the stars of Wednesday’s victory over Western Storm at Headingley, hitting 32 in the middle order and taking three wickets with her seamers.

Bouncebackability. It was a phrase coined in the early 2000s in another sport, football. It was all the craze in the media at one stage and even ended up in the English Dictionary.

Hollie Armitage was clearly delighted with her own performance - match-winning century against the Western Storm today. But the Northern Diamonds captain was more than happy to deflect the praise elsewhere to her team-mates. 

Captain fantastic Hollie Armitage just loves a century against the Western Storm - her second against said opposition leading the Northern Diamonds to a hard-fought and nail-biting Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy win at Headingley. 

Highlights from Headingley as Northern Diamonds make it two wins from two in the Rachael Hayhoe Flint Trophy with a 10-run win against Western Storm