Rocking up at Leeds Caribbean Cricket Club for their last Dales Council match of 2017 was an exercise in crossing digits and glancing anxiously at the lashing rain pinging off the bonnet of the car. This Division A contest at Scott Hall Road against Bradford Moor looked doomed from the outset as cricketers and officials hunkered in their vehicles or… Read more →
It’s that time of year. The heating is on in the Cricket Yorkshire office and planning is well underway for shaping how this website moves forward for 2018. Thanks to everyone who takes the time to click, read, comment and share content as well as contacting me directly about the articles. Some of our most popular articles included the controversial Bradford… Read more →
As my fingers clatter over the keyboard to bring you this article, it is raining outside. Not chucking, tipping or siling it down but appropriate enough as this feature is all about a cricket club battered by floods, stripped to the bone but now back on its feet. Let’s rewind to August on a Saturday with baby blue skies and… Read more →
The game of cricket has now changed significantly as the MCC’s new Laws of Cricket 2017 Code came into force on Sunday 1 October. On the surface, amended rules may not have you frothing with excitement but these are the first changes to the laws of the game since 2000 and there are actually some major differences that will affect… Read more →
The county cricket season is officially over for Yorkshire CCC and in the harsh light of a crushing 376-run defeat in Essex, it has been far from a classic for those supporting the White Rose. That final nail in the 2017 coffin was the heaviest defeat (by runs) in the history of the club. Ponder that for a moment but… Read more →
The news that Frinton-on-Sea Cricket Club lost their appeal to a Tribunal of the Two Counties Cricket Championship (TCCC) over the eligibility of their Australian player, Blake Reed, could have far-reaching implications for club cricket. If you’re unfamiliar with the saga to date, it revolves around an Essex club defending the status of one of their players who specifically came… Read more →
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