Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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Yorkshire County Cricket Club

One Day name	Yorkshire Vikings
Personnel
Captain	TBC
Coach	Anthony McGrath
Chief executive	Sanjay Patel
Team information
Founded	1863
Home ground	Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds
Capacity	18,350
History
First-class debut	Surrey in 1863 at The Oval
Championship wins	33 (including 1 shared)
Pro40 wins	1
FP Trophy wins	3
Twenty20 Cup wins	0
B&H Cup wins	1
Official website	www.yorkshireccc.com

Yorkshire County Cricket Club is a professional Cricket club based in Yorkshire, England. The team competes in the County Championship, the top tier of English First-class cricket. Nicknamed "Vikings". Yorkshire also competes in T20 Blast, One-Day Cup. Yorkshire's first team is the most successful in English cricketing history with 33 County Championship titles, including one shared. The team's most recent Championship title was in 2015.

The clubs limited overs team was originally branded Yorkshire Carnigie. From the 2013 season they were called the Yorkshire Vikings. For the 2025 season all of the clubs mens and women's teams will return to conpeting under the single Yorkshire name.^[1]

The clubs traditional colours are Cambridge blue, Oxford blue, and Old Gold.

Yorkshire teams formed by earlier organisations, essentially the old Sheffield Cricket Club, played top-class cricket from the 18th century and the county club has always held first-class status. Yorkshire have competed in the County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. The team play most of their home games at Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds. Another significant venue is at North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough, which houses the annual Scarborough Festival. Yorkshire have used other grounds in the past including The Fartown Ground, Huddersfield; Bramall Lane, Sheffield, which was the club's original home; Horton Park Avenue, Bradford; St George's Road Cricket Ground, Harrogate; The Circle, Kingston upon Hull; and Acklam Park, Middlesbrough.