Ryan Sidebottom

Richard Pyrah produced Headingley heroics worthy of Ian Botham as he batted Yorkshire back into their Roses clash with Lancashire

This may be a critical match for both sides, for reasons it was hard to foresee at the start of the campaign

Yorkshire took command of their County Championship clash with Worcestershire after Ajmal Shahzad and Ryan Sidebottom put on 109

Tim Bresnan kept in the frame for an England place in the first Test against India at Lord's next week by grabbing four Worcestershire wickets

Yorkshire were unable to force a victory over Hampshire despite dynamic bowling by Tim Bresnan and Ryan Sidebottom on a tense final day

Jonny Bairstow converted his maiden first-class century into a superb double hundred as Yorkshire took control of their County Championship clash with leaders Nottinghamshire

A ferocious 145 not out from captain Andrew Gale put Yorkshire firmly in control of their County Championship Division One clash with title-holders Nottinghamshire at Headingley

Dynamic swing bowling by Ryan Sidebottom against his former county led to Yorkshire dominating the first day's play in their County Championship battle with title-holders Nottinghamshire at Headingley

Last season Ryan Sidebottom played a key role in Nottinghamshire's Championship success but he is now aiming to end his career back with his Yorkshire roots

Zimbabwean franchise Southern Rocks have signed former West Indies batsman Brian Lara and ex-England left-arm seamer Ryan Sidebottom for the Stanbic Bank Twenty20 competition

Ryan Sidebottom is on his way back to Headingley after signing a three-year deal with Yorkshire

Ryan Sidebottom has announced his immediate retirement from international cricket. The 32-year-old Yorkshire-born fast bowler has played 22 Tests, 25 ODIs and 18 Twenty20s

For three soggy days at Old Trafford, Nottinghamshire's quest for the County Championship - the blue riband event of the English season - looked like ending in the most miserable of anticlimaxes

Nottinghamshire edged their way to the 400 runs required to secure a vital fifth batting point

Half-centuries from Samit Patel and Chris Read helped Nottinghamshire Outlaws to a three-run victory over Durham Dynamos

Ryan Sidebottom will leave Nottinghamshire at the end of the season after failing to agree terms of a new contract with the club

All was going well for Lancashire until the weather, which they customarily regard as the enemy at this time of year, exposed suspect concentration with a capricious burst of late-evening sunshine

Nottinghamshire stepped closer to regaining the County Championship title they last won in 2005 with a ruthless two-day victory over desperate Warwickshire

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