There are extraordinary cricket matches in Yorkshire every week if you know where to look. None more so than Great Britain Transplant Cricket Club (GBTCC) against Lucky Stars Australia Transplant Cricket Club that took place over two days at Sandal CC back in July. That’s right. There’s a UK representative side for cricketers who have received life-saving transplants. They tour… Read more →

Among the many definitions, the word ‘settle’ is to resolve something, come to rest or make a home and having now visited Settle Cricket Club, all three seem as if they fit snugly in this North Yorkshire town. It’s not a quick journey from Cricket Yorkshire HQ and we travelled in hope rather than expectation; after all, sun was due… Read more →

Around half an hour to the west of Bradford lies the Worth Valley village of Haworth, a vibrant West Yorkshire hotspot. Tourists exercise their legs and make the steep climb up to Haworth, whether for steampunk or 1940s weekends, the famous heritage railway or Bronte connections. However, at the very top, hidden away on Penistone Hill, lay Haworth West End… Read more →

Brook-Walton Cricket Club, who were formed in 2013 as an entirely new cricket club, are reluctantly calling it a day at the end of this season because of a lack of players. It was the vision of ex-Streethouse and Wrenthorpe cricketer Richard Vigars to start something from scratch and their first competitive fixture was away at Brodsworth Main in the… Read more →

The allure of Triangle Cricket Club can be reached by winding your way down a hill that puts you the summit of a rollercoaster; before plunging over, down, left and right through the village to the aptly named Grassy Bottom. Parking requires creative thinking and as we did a seven-point turn, glimpses of the cricket match down below could be… Read more →

Welcome to Cricket Yorkshire’s roundup of action across all four ECB Premier League across Yorkshire. As we head into July, there’s been enough cricket to see to ascertain who’s setting the pace, who’s struggling in the relegation spots and who is excelling with bat and ball? Bradford Premier League Last Saturday, there was a titanic clash between the defending champions… Read more →