Joe Root is ready to make his first red-ball look for Yorkshire in almost two years as he prepares to line up towards Gloucestershire this week within the second spherical of the County Championship.
Root, whose solely home cricket final yr got here within the Hundred for Trent Rockets following the Ashes, was introduced in Yorkshire’s 13-man squad for the journey to Bristol. After lacking the opening fixture towards Leicestershire following the two-month tour of India, Root will play the subsequent 4 rounds, adopted by a visit away to Northamptonshire for the seventh spherical which begins on Might 24. The 33-year-old final performed first-class cricket for his house county in Might 2022 towards Warwickshire, a month after stepping down as Check captain, earlier than enjoying 3 times within the T20 Blast up to June.
It’s a additional increase to Yorkshire’s promotion hopes after they welcomed again Harry Brook for the primary of his five-game stint final week. Brook, who had not performed since England’s white-ball tour of the West Indies in December after withdrawing from the India collection following the demise of his grandmother Pauline, returned to motion with a crisp unbeaten 100 off simply 69 deliveries. Brook’s final fixture shall be towards Glamorgan at house, beginning Might 3, earlier than taking a break forward of England’s T20 collection towards Pakistan that leads into the T20 World Cup.
Following an detached tour of the subcontinent, throughout which he scored 320 runs at 35.55, with only one century coming within the fourth Check as India triumphed 4-1, Root will use the subsequent month to tune up forward of a bumper six months. England welcome West Indies and Sri Lanka for three-Check collection this season, the primary of which begins at Lord’s on July 10. They then journey to Pakistan and New Zealand earlier than the top of the yr.
Yorkshire will hope to make the a lot of the availability of each their stars as they give the impression of being to return to Division One, having suffered relegation in 2022. They had been hamstrung final summer time by a 48-point deduction that decimated any hopes of an instantaneous return however are thought-about favourites to re-emerge from Division Two this time round.
