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Pilmoor Evening Cricket League: Super Over at Crayke
Andrew Gallon savours midweek cricket from the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League at Crayke with hail, Super Over drama and a 9pm finish. Let’s face it, the cricket season is too short. If, as a spectator, you’re not keen on shivering through the April and September bits, there are four full months when sitting next to […]
All change at North Marine Road as Scarborough freshen squad
Scarborough Cricket Club 1st XI captain Pat Roberts talked to Charlie Hopper about ambitions ahead of his first official season at North Marine Road, having joined in 2019. The former Barnard Castle wicket-keeper batsmen was left frustrated during the 2020 season with Scarborough fielding a team in the local Scarborough Beckett League. Roberts is gearing […]
A thousand wickets: 45 years of Sheffield league cricket
Richard Wells looks back at 45 years of league cricket in Sheffield and beyond. Cricket has been in my life from my earliest memories, on the beach at Filey with Grandad or in Hollinsend Park with brothers, cousins and school pals. We had old kit from Intake Methodist CC and it was expected we would […]
What’s it like playing club cricket in public parks?
Aden Biddle talks to Norton Woodseats about life as a cricket club who play in a public park. During the depths of winter in lockdown, it was possible to believe that summer would just never come. Rest assured it will and one sight that will be familiar is cricket being played in one of Yorkshire’s […]
Craven Cricket League faces umpiring crisis
With around six weeks to go until they hope to start the season, the Mewies Solicitors Craven League, which covers a large area from Bradford to East Lancashire, are facing an umpiring crisis. On Cricket Yorkshire, we’ll be looking at all aspect of recreational cricket, including how clubs and leagues encourage more umpires to start […]