Picture by Matt Roberts/Getty Images. New signing Sarah Glenn is set for an early-season meeting with her former side, The Blaze.
Yorkshire are heading up into Tier 1 in 2026, a landmark season for the White Rose as they take their place at the top table of county cricket.
On International Women’s Day, we have picked out what we think will be 10 key fixtures throughout the forthcoming summer, be it in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup, the Vitality Blast or the Vitality County T20 Cup.
Yorkshire versus The Blaze, Metro Bank One-Day Cup, Headingley, Saturday April 18
Yorkshire’s first home game as a Tier 1 county.
Having faced Somerset and Surrey away during the opening week of the season, Lauren Winfield-Hill will lead her side out at Headingley against The Blaze.
New signing Sarah Glenn will hopefully be available to line up against her ex-county as she builds up to this summer’s T20 World Cup with England.
The Blaze were beaten semi-finalists in all three competitions last year, twice by Lancashire, which brings us onto our next fixture to watch.
Picture by Julian Finney/Getty Images. Lancashire and England seamer Kate Cross calls Headingley home in The Hundred. She won last year’s title with the Northern Superchargers and has been retained for this year by Sunrisers Leeds. She was Lancashire’s 1864 members’ women’s player-of-the-year in 2025.
Lancashire versus Yorkshire, MBODC, Emirates Old Trafford, Saturday April 25
When the fixtures were published by the ECB back in November, the first question on our lips was, ‘When’s the first Roses clash of the professional era?’
Thunder and the Northern Diamonds played against each other multiple times in the regional era. But they weren’t pucker Roses clashes, despite the significant rivalry.
This time, it’s real!
These two counties shared three trophies last summer.
While Yorkshire were the Tier 2 champions in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup, Lancashire won the Tier 1 equivalent. The Red Rose also won the T20 County Cup.
Yorkshire versus Durham, MBODC, Scarborough, Wednesday April 29.
Another northern rivalry, and there will be plenty of familiar faces in that Durham team which walks out at Scarborough.
When Durham gained Tier 1 status, ahead of Yorkshire ahead of 2025, they inherited a good number of Northern Diamonds players who had been based at Headingley and had come up through the White Rose system.
Their Huddersfield-born captain Hollie Armitage is one, Sheffield spinner Katie Levick another.
Durham finished sixth out of eight teams in last year’s One-Day Cup, winning five of 14 matches.
Picture by Will Palmer/SWPix.com. Hollie Armitage captained the Northern Diamonds in regional cricket before moving to Durham. She led them to the 2022 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy title at Lord’s.
Yorkshire v Surrey, Vitality Blast, Headingley, Sunday May 24.
The first Blast double header day of the summer at Headingley, and Rich Pyrah’s side are going to be facing the defending champions at 11.30am.
Surrey beat Warwickshire in last summer’s final on home soil at the Oval, and Yorkshire’s Sterre Kalis was on loan and in the Bears’ team that day. Maybe gaining some revenge will be on her mind.
Yorkshire’s men face Derbyshire Falcons in the afternoon, starting at 3.30pm.
Last year, director of cricket Gavin Hamilton said of Headingley double header days: “A win’s a win, and if the girls can get one, it can only be a good thing for the lads. We want the crowd to be upbeat, we want the crowd to have experienced that win and just take the momentum into the men’s game.
“It’s going to play a far bigger part than people are probably thinking.
“People are probably trying to separate the games, but absolutely not.
“A win in the morning will bring a fantastic feel to the next game and certainly around the ground.”
Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com. Lauren Winfield-Hill spent last season’s Vitality Blast period on loan with Essex.
Yorkshire v Essex, Vitality Blast, Headingley Friday May 29
Lauren Winfield-Hill was loaned out to Essex for last summer’s Vitality Blast as she looked to play some Tier 1 cricket ahead of The Hundred.
This year, she is back with the White Rose and aiming to repeat the success they had against the Eagles on this ground in last May’s Vitality County T20 Cup competition.
This will be Yorkshire’s only floodlit fixture of the summer.
Yorkshire v Somerset, VCC, Scarborough, Sunday June 21.
Yorkshire enjoyed an encouraging run to the quarter-finals of the short and sharp, FA Cup style knockout T20 competition.
They won three matches, including – as aforementioned – success over Tier 1 side Essex at Headingley, before losing to Warwickshire at Weetwood.
The White Rose would need to win two matches this year to get to Finals Day at Emirates Old Trafford on Saturday August 29, hosted by defending champions Lancashire.
Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com. Erin Thomas will be aiming to add T20 glory to the 50-over silverware the county claimed last year.
Lancashire v Yorkshire, Vitality Blast, Emirates Old Trafford, Friday July 10.
This is a Blast double header day across the Pennines, with the women’s sides meeting at 3pm and the men following them from 7pm.
The Sky Sports cameras are likely to be in attendance to watch Yorkshire’s overseas Australian all-rounder Jess Jonassen face her former international captain Meg Lanning.
The latter has signed on as Lancashire’s overseas player for this season’s Blast.
On the same day, England’s women start their Test Match against India at Lord’s.
Picture by Mark Evans/Getty Images. Jess Jonassen will no doubt relish the Roses clash at Emirates Old Trafford.
Warwickshire v Yorkshire, Metro Bank One-Day Cup, Edgbaston, Wednesday 19 August.
The start of the run-in.
This is the first game of the final block of the season and the return to county and 50-over cricket following the conclusion of The Hundred on August 16.
Fingers crossed, Yorkshire are in the mix for the top four places and semi-final cricket and they can build momentum with a win in the second city.
Yorkshire v Surrey, Metro Bank One-Day Cup, Ampleforth College, Wednesday 26 August.
This is an historic day for Yorkshire Cricket and Ampleforth College, on the outskirts of York.
The visit of Surrey will mark the first professional cricket match to be played at the venue.
Last month, the county announced a strengthened and extended partnership between the two.
Ampleforth College will now serve as the North Yorkshire hub for the performance pathway boys winter training as well as hosting games across both boys’ and girls’ squads throughout the summer.
The partnership will also see further investment to help develop the coaching and training facilities at the college.
The college already plays host to the Ampleforth Cricket Festival, one of the most prestigious and popular junior festivals across England and Wales.
Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com. Yorkshire head coach Rich Pyrah.
Yorkshire v Lancashire, Metro Bank One-Day Cup, Headingley, Saturday September 12.
This could be one heck of a crunch clash come mid-September.
It’s the final regular-season game of 2026, with both counties hoping to be in semi-final contention.
This is the competition seen as the hardest one to win, with 16 group games per county and weaving through the season either side of – and in between – the Vitality Blast and The Hundred.
With no red-ball cricket in the schedule, it’s the women’s equivalent to the men’s Rothesay County Championship.