Together with Yorkshire Tea, we’re excited to launch the Yorkshire Tea Community Cricket Awards for 2025. These new monthly awards (five trophies in total from May to September) will be our way to recognise the contributions from those right across Yorkshire recreational cricket. đ How to enter Each month, nominations will be invited for anyone […]
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Hurricanes win Women’s Softball County Finals after bowl-out
This yearâs womenâs softball county finals, sponsored by Brown & Brown, were hosted at Headingley Stadium and it delivered drama, quite a bit of rain, terrific support and a bowl-out. It was standard softball league rules at 16-over-a-side with pairs batting four overs each and bowlers getting four overs. Batting totals begin on 200 and […]
ECB Premier Divisions: Who finished top in Yorkshire?
A round-up of Yorkshireâs Premier Leagues as titles were decided on the final weekend. (Except Huddersfield Premier Cricket League). Gordon Rigg Bradford Premier League New Farnleyâs drawn home game with Townville ensured the 1st XI finished the season unbeaten in the league. The back-to-back champions also concluded with a record points total for the Premier […]
100% British Recycled Plastic furniture for cricket clubs
In partnership with British Recycled Plastic, based in Mytholmroyd, weâre sharing different ways that cricket clubs can use their products to help with the ground and activities. đȘ Benches / Picnic Tables Previously, weâve showcased how clubs like Settle and York use memorial benches and outdoor durable seating / tables from 100% recycled plastic to […]
ENCO Halifax League T20 Finals: The good, bad and ugly
The drive to the Vocation Brewery T20 Finals Day took us up over the hills beyond Oxenhope, before those Calderdale hills open out. Historical landmarks like Winny Stone and Able Cross mark moments in the vastness of it all. The twisting, steep descent into Hebden Bridge needs patience, good brakes and better fortune. We had […]
Lola Summerscales: Softball cricket, teas and MPs
Lola Summerscales is our Yorkshire Tea Community Cricket Award winner for August and we caught up with the teen dynamo to discuss Lolaâs many roles, particularly around launching women and girlsâ cricket at Yeadon. Women and girlsâ softball cricket In 2024, Yeadon entered a Womenâs 1st XI softball team into the West Yorkshire Women & […]
Wakefield Thornes lift K3 Dental Cup at Castleford
The K3 Dental Cup Final promised a bundle of opportunities from Premier League cricket involving two South Yorkshire rivals to an assured host in last yearâs winners, Castleford. Back on trains more often this season, Iâve had my âadventuresâ but the Leeds to Knottingley service from platform 17b was quiet, on time and I was […]
Team selection at cricket clubs: The ultimate Rubik’s Cube
Cricket team selection has been on my radar to write about for ages. So many angles. It can be pretty controversial and Iâve worn the various hats as peripheral cricketer to captain with the nuances and pressures that come with both. If we take it as given that everyone wants to play, how do cricket […]
Oughtibridge win South Yorkshire Alliance Works Midweek League
The 2025 edition of the South Yorkshire Alliance Works Midweek League has been won by Oughtibridge after a tense final against Sheffield Collegiate. It is the third year in a row that these teams have contested the final with Oughtibridge claiming a second win, this time by 11 runs. The 20-team evening competition, across three […]
Heavy Woollen Cup Final: Shepley relish underdog tag
Shepley Cricket Club might be heading into Bank Holiday Mondayâs Solly Sports Heavy Woollen Challenge Cup final as underdogs but theyâre ready to scrap. Talking to 1st XI captain Danny Glover, thereâs a steeliness in knowing theyâve already dumped a number of quality sides out of the competition. The Bradford Premier Leagueâs New Farnley, one […]