Yorkshire Cricket Club is one of the oldest cricket clubs in England and Wales. Cricket commenced in Sheffield around 1751, and the name of the club was first Sheffield Cricket Club. Later in the 1860s, a meeting was held in Sheffield, and the Yorkshire Cricket Club was formed.
It is one of the eighteen clubs of the first-class county with a domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. Yorkshire Cricket Club’s first team is also one of the most successful teams in English cricketing history, with over 33 championship titles, including one shared. The most recent County Championship title won by Yorkshire was in 2015.
Legends of Yorkshire Cricket Club
Anthony Mcgrath
Anthony made his debut for Yorkshire Cricket Club in 1995 in List A matches, and in 2000 he debuted in first-class matches. He is an English all-rounder who played international cricket from 2003 to 2004 but continued to play for the Yorkshire Cricket Club consistently. He has played an instrumental role in Yorkshire’s success, with his consistent performances. He is till now the 2nd highest scorer for Yorkshire with 18762 runs across all formats with an average of 36.93.
Along with the batting, he added the bowling options for the team as well. Being an all-rounder, he took 217 wickets for Yorkshire across all the formats, and he holds the 15th for taking the most wickets for the club, including all formats. He also captained the first-class team 37 times and 32 times in List A matches.
Adil Rashid
The famous leg spinner from England made his debut for Yorkshire in 2006 and is recently the 2nd highest wicket-taker for the club. So far, he has played 363 matches in total for Yorkshire and took 679 wickets for them. He holds the record for taking 10 wickets as well for Yorkshire once in first-class cricket. He currently plays for England on an international level and is known among the greatest leg spinners around the globe.
Hedley Verity
The legendary slow left-arm spinner, who started his career as a medium pacer, joined the Yorkshire Cricket Club in 1932 to play first-class cricket. His record of taking the most number of ten wickets in a match is still unbroken, even after 92 years of his debut and he is the only bowler to take 10 wickets in a match four times, which makes him sit at the top for taking the most number of 10 wickets in a single first-class match.’
He took 160 wickets for Yorkshire Cricket Club in just 28 matches in his span of 1932 to 1939, as he had to leave behind cricket amidst World War II and died in 1943 as a POW. In his presence, Yorkshire won the County Championship title six times out of the seven years given to the team.
Andrew Gayle
The left-hand top-order batsman, Andrew Gayle for Yorkshire holds the record for leading the team 225 times, including all the formats as a captain. During his captaincy, he maintained a win percentage of 56.64%. He made a total of 13242 runs for Yorkshire Club in all formats and backs his place at 6th for making the most centuries for Yorkshire with a total of 21 times. He also holds the record for making the 3rd highest runs for Yorkshire with an average of 32.14, which includes 61 half-centuries and 21 centuries.
Wilfred Rhodes
He was the first Englishman to complete 1000 runs and 100 wickets in test cricket, and he did this four times in his cricket career. In his span of 1898-1930 in first-class cricket, he made 39,969 runs and took 4204 wickets in a total of 1,110 matches that he played for Yorkshire. He was the first player to complete 25000 runs and 4000 wickets, with Grace and Hirst joining the list later.
He holds the record for making the most appearances in first-class cricket – 1110 times, taking the most number of wickets, and is the first English player to complete a double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets. Along with that, he was the oldest player to make an appearance in a first-class match of 52 years and 165 days. He was known for his slow left-arm flighted bowling, which was most successful in wet, rainy pitches.
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