CLIFTON Park will host two of Yorkshire's Royal London Cup matches next season, including the Roses clash against Lancashire.

Yorkshire will feature twice at the York venue, with Lancashire heading to the York Cricket Club ground on Thursday, August 4 following the visit of Northamptonshire on Tuesday, August 2.

The news sees a continuation of the relationship built between Yorkshire and the city, having seen the Tykes play their first County Championship match in York for over a century back in 2019 against Warwickshire.

Yorkshire return to the field on Saturday, April 2 for their traditional curtain-raiser against Leeds Bradford UCCE at Weetwood.

Steve Patterson’s men get their 2022 LV= Insurance County Championship campaign underway with an away trips to Bristol before making their season bow in front of the Headingley faithful against Kent starting Thursday 28 April.

The club's Vitality Blast campaign kicks off against Worcestershire Rapids at Headingley while the Royal London Cup challenge begins at York's Clifton Park against Northamptonshire.

Yorkshire's 2022 LV= Insurance County Championship fixtures are as follows (all home matches to be played at Headingley, unless otherwise stated):

April 14-17: Gloucestershire (A)

April 21-24: Northamptonshire (A)

April 28-May 1: Kent (H)

May 5-8: Essex (A)

May 12-15: Lancashire (H)

May 19-22: Warwickshire (H)

June 12-15: Hampshire (A)

July 11-14: Surrey (H, played at North Marine Road, Scarborough)

July 19-22: Somerset (A)

July 25-28: Hampshire (H, played at North Marine Road, Scarborough)

September 5-8: Lancashire (A)

September 12-15: Essex (H)

September 20-23: Surrey (A)

September 26-29: Gloucestershire (H)

Yorkshire Vikings' Vitality Blast fixtures are as follows:

May 25: Worcestershire Rapids (H)

May 27: Lancashire Lightning (A)

May 29: Leicestershire Foxes (H)

May 31: Derbyshire Falcons (H)

June 3: Durham (H)

June 6: Notts Outlaws (H)

June 8: Lancashire Lightning (H)

June 10: Birmingham Bears (A)

June 17: Durham (A)

June 18: Derbyshire Falcons (A)

June 23: Worcestershire Rapids (A)

June 24: Northamptonshire Steelbacks (A)

July 1: Birmingham Bears (H)

July 3: Leicestershire Foxes (H)

Yorkshire's Royal London Cup fixtures are as follows:

August 2: Northamptonshire (H, played at Clifton Park, York)

August 4: Lancashire (H, played at Clifton Park, York)

August 7: Worcestershire (H, played at North Marine Road, Scarborough)

August 10: Glamorgan (A)

August 17: Essex (A)

August 19: Kent (A)

August 21: Derbyshire (A)

August 23: Hampshire (H, played at North Marine Road, Scarborough)