Jack White signs new deal at Yorkshire County Cricket Club
IN KEEPING with their strategy of backing experience, Yorkshire have handed Jack White a contract extension.
The 33-year-old has agreed new terms that will keep him at the club until at least the end of the 2028 season.
The seamer is one of 10 thirty-somethings in the Yorkshire squad, four of which have joined since the start of the year.
“I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time here so far,” said White in a statement, the right-armer having arrived from Northamptonshire on a two-year contract in November 2024.
“We want to build as a team and a club, and the cricket we played last season is just the start.
“On a personal level, I feel my returns are a sign of the hard work I’ve put into my own game over the last 18 months or so.
“The faith that the club has shown in me so far has only motivated me more to take it to a higher level.
“I’m thoroughly looking forward to next season and getting back on the pitch with the guys.”
White, who was head coach Anthony McGrath’s first signing, has made an impressive start to his White Rose career.
Only seven bowlers took more wickets in the First Division of the County Championship last year than White’s 42 from 13 games at 23.14 - one of them his Yorkshire team-mate George Hill, who came fourth on the list with 51 from 13 games at 16.72.
Both seem likely to have key roles to play as Yorkshire look to build on last year’s seventh-placed finish, a position put into a more positive perspective by the fact that they ended only 40 points behind runners-up Surrey and 13 behind third-placed Somerset.
Gavin Hamilton, the Yorkshire general manager of cricket, said that the club had been keen to reward White’s efforts.
“Jack has consistently proved to be one of our best bowlers and shared the new ball exceptionally well last year,” he said.
“Having initially signed him on a two-year deal, we wanted to move quickly in ensuring Jack was rewarded with a new contract given his impact on the team so far.
“He has been such a terrific player for us, and I know that everyone is looking forward to seeing how Jack can push on and take his game further over this next period.”
White – one of several Yorkshire players currently training in Melbourne – also took seven wickets in both of last season’s white-ball tournaments.
He formed a good new-ball partnership with Ben Coad in the Championship, his most impressive attribute perhaps being his consistency; White only once failed to collect a first innings wicket and 13 times took at least two wickets in 21 attempts across both innings of a four-day game.
His new contract follows that of Adam Lyth, the 38-year-old batsman who recently agreed a one-year extension that will keep him at the club until the end of 2027, plus the arrivals of Andrew Tye (39), Moeen Ali (38), Logan van Beek (35) and Sam Whiteman (33) as Yorkshire look towards know-how and nous.