{"id":511884,"date":"2026-04-04T03:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/511884\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T03:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:56:11","slug":"logan-already-loving-life-at-headingley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/511884\/","title":{"rendered":"Logan already loving life at Headingley"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Picture by John Heald. Logan van Beek in the nets at Cardiff yesterday.<\/p>\n

Logan van Beek is ready and raring to go for Yorkshire, the Dutch international all-rounder hoping to continue what has been a special start to his year.<\/p>\n

Van Beek has just started life with his fourth English county following spells at Derbyshire, Worcestershire and Leicestershire. He won promotion with the latter as Division Two champions last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old has recently played for his country at the T20 World Cup before welcoming his first child, Velika, into the world.<\/p>\n

Van Beek is here for the opening eight matches in this season\u2019s Rothesay County Championship, though he is open to extending his stay at Headingley should things go well.<\/p>\n

The New Zealand-born \u2013 and based \u2013 star was speaking as the rain fell during today\u2019s scheduled opening day of the 2026 summer, at Cardiff, where the White Rose county are facing newly-promoted Glamorgan.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough it wasn\u2019t a successful one for us in terms of getting into the top eight, and securing that spot at the next World Cup, it was my sixth time going to a T20 World Cup, which I\u2019m very proud of,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd playing cricket in India is something that you\u2019ve got to do at least once in your career as a cricketer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Van Beek says he arrives at Yorkshire \u201cfully fit and firing\u201d, with him just eight wickets away from 300 in his first-class career.<\/p>\n

\"Logan<\/p>\n

Picture by Matthew Lewis\/Getty Images. Logan van Beek has just been with the Netherlands at the T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a funny season back in Wellington,\u201d he said. \u201cI came back from Leicester, which was a successful season \u2013 a very enjoyable season \u2013 and was ready to go with Wellington. But first game of the season, I got a yorker from a seamer which broke my left big toe and put me out for eight weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI then managed to get back for the Super Smash, enjoyed that and was straight off to the World Cup. Then, I came back and had my first child two weeks ago. So I played one out of the last four four-day games.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just really wanted to enjoy that time with my wife and having a new addition in the family. It was such a special time before coming to Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I was eager to get here and get back into the routines and life as a cricketer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing the squad that we\u2019ve got, the excitement that the squad\u2019s got for the upcoming season, I just want to come in and contribute to wins and have a really enjoyable time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Van Beek has described his and his wife\u2019s introduction to parenthood as \u201ckind of easy\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife (she is Bulgarian) has taken to motherhood like a duck to water, we had a natural birth, and Velika is feeding and sleeping. We\u2019re very lucky,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ll be here in a couple of weeks and we can enjoy the Yorkshire style of life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Logan<\/p>\n

Picture by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images. Logan van Beek won promotion with Leicestershire last summer.<\/p>\n

Having been located in the Midlands through the entirety of his county career, which started in 2019, van Beek now gets to experience something different.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen this opportunity came up with Yorkshire, I was really excited,\u201d he continued. \u201cTest ground, the history of Yorkshire, some of the players that I get to play with over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven the facilities it\u2019s something I\u2019ve never experienced in 16 years of playing first-class cricket. So just to get this opportunity to be at such a historic club is something I\u2019m very grateful and excited for.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something that I\u2019m proud of myself for, keeping my body fit and healthy and trying to get better to be able to produce these opportunities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSeven years ago, when I played for Derbyshire in 2019, I left that season thinking I may not play another year of county cricket or another game of county cricket.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, to be able to have Yorkshire on my heart and wearing the cap is something that didn\u2019t seem possible seven years ago. But I\u2019m very happy I\u2019m here today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier today, the club announced the early-season availability of Harry Brook and Joe Root ahead of the England internationals beginning.<\/p>\n

\"Logan<\/p>\n

Picture by John Heald. Is Logan van Beek pointing the way to the Championship title?<\/p>\n

And van Beek is relishing the prospect to play alongside them having previously been in opposition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He has already got to know another international star in Jonny Bairstow over the last few days.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cJonny, he\u2019s such a character. And 100 Tests, it\u2019s an amazing feat. For him to sign a three-year deal here, it shows he\u2019s still eager to play.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe loves Yorkshire. He wants to win another Championship. Feeding off that energy, it\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve played against Joe at the U19 World Cup, and I got him out bowled between his legs at the World Cup in 2023, which went viral.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve played against him a few times but haven\u2019t spent time with him. I look forward to doing that.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd Harry Brook is such a talent.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually remember bowling to him in a Blast game in 2021. He hit me over mid-wicket and then back over my head off not bad balls, and I\u2019ve gone, \u2018Who is this guy?\u2019<\/p>\n

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Picture by Stu Forster\/Getty Images. Joe Root and Harry Brook are set to feature for Yorkshire soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s done so much in the last four or five years since that day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just looking forward to them both coming in and trying to contribute to winning games.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the part. We\u2019re here to win games. We\u2019re here to win the Championship.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Picture by John Heald. Logan van Beek in the nets at Cardiff yesterday. Logan van Beek is ready…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-511884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}