Yorkshire took an important step on the road to staging international matches again when the England and Wales Cricket Board lifted its Headingley suspension on Friday.
The ECB has been impressed by the work done to change the culture of the club since the appointment of the new chair, Lord Kamlesh Patel, in November and said it had conditionally reversed its decision to strip the county of hosting privileges over their handling of racism and bullying allegations by former player Azeem Rafiq. If Yorkshire meet two further conditions by the end of March, the county will be able to host the third Test against New Zealand in June and July’s one-day international against South Africa.
