Massive, fantastic news as recreational cricket is given the green light by the Government to return next weekend. Baffling day. U-turns. Contradictions. Boris Johnson’s LBC interview labelling cricket teas and changing room problematic. None of that matters now. The result we all wanted is happening. Finally. We are delighted that the UK Government have given […]
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Helping cricket: Cricket teas, loaning mowers and twinning clubs
You know the drill. You have an article in your head and it just won’t go away. It probably won’t melt the internet or net you a million pounds but it just sits there and refuses to budge. Well, this is it. Left-field, a bit of fun and three ideas for cricket thrown in for […]
Scarborough & District Evening Cricket League cancels 2020 season
The Andy Hire Scarborough & District Evening Cricket League has reluctantly cancelled its 2020 season with the message: ‘We’ll be back stronger next season!’ As a result of coronavirus and the ongoing uncertainty as to when or if recreational cricket would resume, the league consulted with its member clubs and called it quits. As Vice-Chairman […]
Cricket balls: How to solve a natural vector of disease?
The cricket ball is a ‘natural vector of disease’ – discuss. The Prime Minister’s recent response to a question about the return of recreational cricket has got everyone bemused, appalled or confused. By labelling a cricket ball in that way, he would seem to have quashed my prediction of a July return for club cricket. […]
Club cricket gears up for July return with adapted gameplay
Club cricket in England could return in July after recent promising developments. An ECB statement, dated 19 June, for counties and premier leagues read: ‘The Secretary of State’s message on Tuesday evening outlined plans for earmarking an early July date as being the earliest possible return for recreational cricket.’ Naturally, it comes with the enormous […]
Scarborough Cricket Club: Insider’s Guide to Cricket on the Coast
Ordinarily, Scarborough Cricket Club should have been currently hosting the final day of the Roses match in the County Championship. Due to COVID-19, these are anything but ordinary times. Officially, the Scarborough Cricket Festival match in August is still on. It has yet to be cancelled but common sense dictates that’s only a matter of […]
