ALL-CONQUERING York Cricket Club will open their bid for an eighth successive Solly Sports Yorkshire ECB County Premier League title at home to 2013 runners-up Yorkshire Academy.

The top two from last year will meet at Clifton Park on Saturday, April 19, with former Academy bowler Ben Coad expected to make his debut for York against his old team-mates.

The following week York will host Appleby Frodingham before trips to Rotherham and Castleford.

The trip to North Marine Road to play Scarborough falls on June 7 – the day before the team travel to Driffield for the group stages of the league’s T20 competition.

The last home match of the season is against Sheffield Collegiate on September 7 and the season concludes the following week with a visit to Barnsley.