As you might expect, I spend a huge amount of my year looking at club cricket websites and social media channels. It helps with research, stats, interview ideas, club visits and informs the articles we write here on Cricket Yorkshire. I thought I’d rustle up some top tips for any cricket club to do a […]
Jack Shutt: Bowling off-spin in a Harrogate shop window
Off-spinner Jack Shutt is opening up about being released by Yorkshire County Cricket Club last November and what comes next. Over five years, Jack played in 32 matches across the formats for the White Rose that yielded 36 wickets; certain potential if not spectacular returns. There were standout performances that ended up bookending his county […]
Payntr Discount Code: Use CY10 for 10% Off
Cricket Yorkshire is delighted to offer a Payntr discount code of CY10 for 10% Off PAYNTR products (excluding sale or golf). Cricket Yorkshire is partnering with Payntr to offer a generous 10% discount to help kit you out in style – use CY10 on checkout – includes their new 2024 Payntr V shoes launching in […]
Club Cricket Book: Dales, Bails and Cricket Club Tales
Come on a journey around Yorkshire’s club cricket grounds with my latest book, Dales, Bails and Cricket Club Tales. Available on Kindle and in paperback via Amazon, these are the dramas, landscapes and matches from the 2022 and 2023 seasons, with my travels around the region to clubs, grounds and games of all standards. (If […]
Kashmir Willow: Can you get a quality cricket bat for £117?
Freddie Chatt and George Simmons, founders of Village Cricket Co, are on a mission to make cricket bats more affordable. The more you learn about their story, the more remarkable it seems. The pair launched their cricket bat business in 2020 when the global pandemic struck. Brave, nuts even, but by then they’d spent years […]
Kickstart your season with Village Cricket Co (10% Off)
Village Cricket Co are gearing up for a bumper year having negotiated both pirates and customs to get their stock topped up for 2024. For a few days, you can take advantage of a generous 10% off if you use CY10 on their website. Formed by Freddie and George, two village cricketers for Great Baddow […]
Serious Cricket: New Website, new discounts, incredible choice
The team at Serious Cricket have every reason to enter the new cricket season with a spring in their step. In this content collaboration with our website partners, we’ll share their latest news from an impressive website that looks the business to slashed prices, terrific deals and their extensive range of major cricket brands. 🎉 […]
Yorkshire’s leagues postpone season start again: Time for change?
The news that the Match Play Committee of the NYSD had decided to postpone the first weekend’s fixtures (20 & 21 April 2024) had a strange finality – and symmetry – to it. Last year, the same league was fastest out of the blocks in reaching a decision early that others would follow in dribs […]
Live streaming: Securing club sponsors to buy your Frogbox
In this content collaboration with FrogBox, we’ll look at ways that cricket clubs can fund their plans for live streaming matches, including benefits for sponsors. If you’re reading this, let’s assume your cricket club doesn’t yet have a FrogBox but you’ve probably seen the highlights clips from others, perhaps in your league, on social media. […]
Grass half full: Keith Boyce on cricket pitches at New Rover
Keith Boyce, Head Groundsman at New Rover Cricket Club since 1999, knows a thing or two about cricket pitches. The former groundsman at Yorkshire County Cricket Club for 30 years (below right) is talking about plotting safe passage across a boggy outfield to get the heavy equipment on: “It’s very restricted getting machinery out to […]