New Farnley 1st XI captain Aidan Langley is discussing a rare defeat in the Bradford Premier League. It was an early blip; a full stop after 12 months of flowing prose. Having taken over across formats this season from Alex Lilley, after a phenomenal 2025 where they lost just once in all competitions, it’s been […]
Club Cricket
Willow and whispers as Killinghall fell Knaresborough Forest
There are places in Yorkshire where the past feels closer than it should and the land seems to remember more than it lets on. Knaresborough is one of those places. Long before scoreboards flickered and players checked their phones between overs, the forest of Knaresborough was, in the 12th century, a medieval royal hunting forest situated […]
How Mytholmroyd CC bounced back from a collapsed ceiling
In January 2025, Mytholmroyd Cricket Club discovered a burst pipe had flooded their pavilion and caused the roof to cave in. Don’t worry, it’s a happy outcome and we’ll dive into the process with Howden, the ECB’s insurance partner, who the Calderdale village club were insured with. The reason for sharing this journey is to […]
Preview: West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League [2026]
The release of the 2026 fixtures for the West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League revealed some key changes for this latest edition. The top flight for hardball cricket is now called Premier Division 1 and has just six teams in Bradford Park Avenue Ladies, Crossflatts, Harrogate, North Leeds, Pudsey St Lawrence and Rawdon. These […]
Preview: YPLN Women’s Premier League [2026]
In this pre-season round-up, we’ll explore the changes with women and girls’ cricket for the Yorkshire Premier League North (YPLN) 2026 season. Thanks to Alice Johnson for her insight as the Yorkshire Cricket Foundation’s Women & Girls Development Manager, as well as her regional league Chair commitments. The YPLN Women’s Premier League has become a […]
Preview: South Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League [2026]
The South Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League enters its first season with a Premier Division, among other changes for 2026. Thanks to the League’s Chair Liz Harris for her knowledge and background as we discussed strategy and structure. The three regional Women’s Premier Leagues have been working closely over the past 18 months (West, […]
Around the Leagues: Pre-season news (West)
Record-breaking New Zealander Brett Randell is back with top-flight Honley for the 2026 Huddersfield Premier League season. Auckland-born Randell last played for the Far End Lane club in 2017 and 2018, during which he scored more than a thousand runs and took almost a century of wickets. Since then, back home, Randell, a right-arm seam […]
Around the Leagues: Pre-season news (North)
Castleford, defending Yorkshire Premier League North champions, have pulled off a major coup with the signing of Hayden Walsh Jr. The club’s latest overseas recruit, a dashing left-handed batsman and a right-arm leg-spin bowler, has represented West Indies and the USA, and played franchise cricket around the globe. Genuine all-rounder Walsh (above), born in the […]
Around the Leagues: Pre-season news (East Yorkshire)
New Zealander Jacob Cumming, a left-hand opening batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler, returns as the overseas professional at Beverley Town. During the 2025 season at the Yorkshire Premier League North Premier Division club, Cumming was a huge success, with bat and ball, scoring 855 runs at an average of 37.17 and taking 21 […]
Around the Leagues: Pre-season news (YCSPL)
No shortage of news from the Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League, which has absorbed White Rose clubs from the defunct Yorkshire & Derbyshire competition. Eden Madras Parklands, a winter merger of the Eden Grove Parklands and Old Madras clubs, will be one of many new names in the league’s 2026 fixtures. The Doncaster club’s First […]