Anthony McGrath

Essex have promoted Anthony McGrath to the position of head coach as successor to Chris Silverwood

Essex have continued their strong coaching association with Yorkshire by naming Anthony McGrath as assistant head coach

Yorkshire have restructured their coaching department, with former captain Anthony McGrath taking on the role of coaching consultant across all teams

Anthony McGrath, the former England allrounder and Yorkshire stalwart, has been forced to retire due to a thumb injury, ending a 17-year career.

Anthony McGrath may have played his last game for Yorkshire but if he does leave the club, he can do so in the knowledge that he has played a big hand in Yorkshire's promotion

Anthony McGrath used all the experience gained over a 17-year career as he guided Yorkshire through a perfectly time, but very tense, run chase

Having postponed talks on a new deal until next month, Anthony McGrath is putting up a strong case to continue a county career already spanning 17 years.

Anthony McGrath appears to have ensured his continued involvement in Yorkshire's Championship line-up after scoring a defiant century to bring his side back into their contest with Hampshire.

Anthony McGrath took 4 for 21 after scoring 90 with the bat as Yorkshire made Leicestershire follow on at Scarborough

Former England batsman Anthony McGrath scored a century for Yorkshire as bottom-placed Hampshire endured another miserable day in the field at the Rose Bowl

A half-century by Anthony McGrath guided Yorkshire into the semi-finals of the Clydesdale Bank 40 with a four-wicket win over the Northamptonshire Steelbacks at Wantage Road

Jacques Rudolph continued his phenomenal Clydesdale Bank 40 form as Yorkshire Carnegie extended their lead at the top of Group B with a five-run win over Middlesex Panthers at Scarborough

Anthony McGrath made a superb century for Yorkshire as their Championship clash with Durham remained finely balanced

Nottinghamshire are back on top of the First Division but felt robbed nonetheless after wet weather came to Yorkshire's aid and denied them the chance to put clear daylight between themselves and the rest as the race for the County Championship enters its

Yorkshire dismissed any notion that their resolve is weakening by staging a gritty fightback against Nottinghamshire, a determined partnership between Jacques Rudolph and Anthony McGrath subjecting the visitors to a frustrating afternoon and evening

Warwickshire's bowlers put in a solid shift in sweat and drive but could not do enough to undermine Yorkshire's resolve, even on a pitch that never allowed a batsman to feel entirely comfortable

Yorkshire take a lead of exactly 200 into the final day here, three wickets down and with the prospect of a decent finish, which makes the forecast for rain sweeping in from the west in the early hours all the more regrettable

Yorkshire notched their third consecutive Friends Provident t20 victory by toppling North Group table-toppers Nottinghamshire by seven wickets

Yorkshire won a pulsating Roses match by 17 runs with five balls to spare in front of a 10,200 crowd at Headingley to lift them off the bottom of the Friends Provident t20 North Division table