Lyth and Wharton go large as Tykes are promoted

By Graham Hardcastle

ADAM LYTH and James Wharton scored superb day-three centuries against Northamptonshire at Headingley as Yorkshire secured promotion back to Division One of the Vitality County Championship.

Ben Coad is the division’s leading wicket-taker
PICTURES: Alamy

Yorkshire needed a maximum of 10 points at the start of this final round fixture to seal second place ahead of Middlesex, that number assuming the London county claimed a maximum 24-point win over leaders Sussex at Hove.
But in being bowled out for 271 in their first innings against Sussex at Hove, the...

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