Ryan Sidebottom

Pair recruited by former team-mate Darren Gough, who recently took over as the club's managing director

Ben Phillips: vital runs and wickets as Northants beat Hampshire Surrey 401 & 251 for 3 dec beat Kent 352 for 5 dec & 114 by 186 runs at The Oval Scorecard Saqlain Mushtaq and Ian Salisbury shared seven wickets as Surrey spun Kent

'Turn up as your Super Hero' Ryan Sidebottom was told, only to find that his Yorkshire team-mates had done just that

James Anderson and Stuart Broad have been almost ever-present for England this decade, but they have had a revolving cast of support

Two counties that pressed for the title until the final day of last season's Championship combined to produce a gripping finale at Taunton. It ended with a three-run victory for Yorkshire.

ESPNcricinfo previews Yorkshire's prospects for the 2017 season

Ryan Sidebottom, the left-arm pace bowler, has announced he will retire after the 2017 English season to bring an end a 20-year career

And so, after six months and 16 games, after memorable fightbacks and outstanding performances, it goes down to the last day of the season

There is a silver lining for Yorkshire supporters in this tale of woe, but only those with a solid disposition will read down far enough to find refuge in it

Yorkshire, pressing for a hat-trick of Championship titles, completed a thumping 228-run defeat of Durham

Yorkshire scrapped furiously in the field on a warm afternoon at the Ageas Bowl to turn a crucial match back in their favour

Yorkshire will sense that a third consecutive County Championship title is well within their compass after climbing to third place with a victory that drew on tried and trusted ingredients

Ryan Sidebottom talks about his England and county achievements, his dad, and choosing between football and cricket

Hampshire's coach Dale Benkenstein had been scathing about Hampshire's inadequate display in the field on the second day. He would have been happier with the response

Two successive Championships and a strong White Rose flavour to the national side and already they are wondering in the Broad Acres whether Yorkshire would beat England

The strength of Yorkshire cricket, based around a generation of homegrown players, runs deep - nowhere is that expressed more clearly than in the evergreen Ryan Sidebottom

Given that he was not a professional cricketer before he turned 25, Jack Brooks has already achieved more in his career than he probably ever imagined

Ryan Sidebottom completed the fourth ten-wicket haul of his career as Yorkshire moved a step closer to retaining their Division One title

On days such as these are Yorkshire's Championship credentials rubber-stamped. With Ryan Sidebottom turning in one of his habitually irresistible spells of swing and stamina Warwickshire's batsmen were routed