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Despite Headingley's lucrative Ashes victory over Australia last summer, Yorkshire reports a huge loss of £7.1 million

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 5, 2024
Despite staging a lucrative Ashes Test match last year, DARREN GIBSON: Yorkshire have reported a stunning £7.1 million annual loss, despite staging a lucrative Ashes Test match last year. Colin Graves said that although 2023 "should have been efficient and profitable...in the case of a major trading loss," he wrote about it as "Yorkshire's annus horribilis." Paul Cooke, Yorkshire's acting finance director, wrote that a combination of factors, including extraordinary items and a writedown in the value of the stadium, contributed to a total loss of £7.1 million for the year.'