Bears vs: Yorkshire’s England posse pose Headingley threat

A quintet of England stars await Warwickshire at Headingley in what’s expected to be a stern test as Bears aim to record back-to-back wins on the road.

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2025-05-01T14:00:00.000Z

A quintet of England stars await Warwickshire at Headingley in what’s expected to be a stern test as Bears aim to record back-to-back wins on the road.

England’s leading run scorer and former Captain Joe Root and Harry Brook – who is closing in on 100 international appearances – have both been cleared by England to line-up for their home county.

They are expected to slot into a side that already features Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan and Adam Lyth.

Bears First team Coach Ian Westwood, said: “We know the quality Yorkshire possess. They have got their big guns coming back, in Root and Brook who I believe have only been released by England for this one game.

“So we’ll respect Yorkshire but we know what quality we have in our side as well. We’ll go full of confidence after our fantastic win at Durham, we’ll fight hard, we’ll compete and hopefully do enough to come out on top.”

Yorkshire are back in the County Championship top flight having finished runners-up in Division Two last September with five wins and seven draws from their 14 games.

It was a chastening return as they lost their opening Division One game by five wickets at Hampshire having been bowled out for 121 in the first innings.

But they followed that up with a crushing win over Worcestershire by 504 runs as Malan hit 98 and an unbeaten 76.

A draw last time out at Durham leaves the Yorkshiremen eighth in the fledgling table with 40 points.

England trio Malan, Bairstow and Lyth all average more than 50 so far this season (59.40, 56.25 and 50.33 respectively) while pace bowler Curtley-Jack White is the county’s leading wicket taker.

White – who signed from Northamptonshire on a two-year deal having bagged 50 wickets last term – has 12 scalps to his name so far, followed by George Hill with 10.

It will be the 197th meeting of the two teams in the County Championship with Yorkshire holding the bragging rights with 86 wins to Bears 33.

Sam Hain can hit two milestones this weekend: he needs 40 runs to reach 7,000 First Class runs for Warwickshire, and 90 to make 15,000 career runs in all formats.

How to follow

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