COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE

BY the end of this Roses match some experienced journalists were thinking about giving up showbiz and it would be no surprise if a few players felt similarly.

DIVISION ONE STAR GAME
By Paul Edwards
On the first day Yorkshire were 86-6 after Jordan Clark’s incredible hat-trick, but then managed a first-innings lead of 83.
In the first three sessions 19 wickets fell; in the next three, 16, while Yorkshire’s New Zealand master batsman Kane Williamson faced five balls for his single run in two innings.
Only after Jonny Bairstow had seized the game...