This is about new housing, planning permission, red tape, proximity to a cricket club, Sport England, flawed references to Freddie Flintoff, risk assessments and common sense. Add in an intervention by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Keir Starmer and things get interesting. While my article on Scarborough Cricket Club’s first-team was blowing […]
Scarborough Cricket Club withdraws 1st XI from YPLN
Scarborough Cricket Club have withdrawn their 1st XI from the Attis ECB Yorkshire Premier League North Cricket League with immediate effect. It’s an extraordinary development given the history and resources of the club, not to mention Scarborough’s position as a Yorkshire County Cricket Club outground. Scarborough’s 2nd and 3rd XI’s are unchanged in the Championship […]
Clubs tap into live streaming potential with FrogBox
FrogBox has extended its partnership with Cricket Yorkshire for 2025. We will be sharing news, features and feedback from clubs using the popular live streaming kit. The appetite for live streaming club cricket matches shows no sign of slowing and here in Yorkshire, there are many who use FrogBox to broadcast live footage on a […]
Bullcroft Main Cricket Club face prospect of final weeks
Bullcroft Main Cricket Club are on a countdown clock. It’s not exaggerating to say that they could well be in their final weeks with an urgent call for players seen as a final throw of the dice. The one-team club in the Pontefract & District Cricket League have been given a two-week extension (Saturday 22 […]
Yorkshire Tea backs cricket teas and new grassroots awards
Yorkshire Tea has extended its partnership with Cricket Yorkshire for 2025. The competition to champion the best cricket teas in Yorkshire is back for a fourth year. It has an ever-so-slight name change to reflect the importance we’ve always placed on everyone’s contributions. There is no overall winner – but plenty of chances to win […]
Bespoke Scoreboards launch their new website
Bespoke Scoreboards have launched their new website – built by John Fuller of Cricket Yorkshire. Bespoke Scoreboards are a family business, based in Morley, who sell a comprehensive range of cricket scoreboards to cricket clubs and schools. As M Jay Electronics Ltd, the team at Albion Mills in LS27 have decades of electronics experience and […]
Eye-catching transfers across Yorkshire’s Premier Leagues
If you’re reading this in March (or later), you might have missed this transfers snapshot from early-2025. Since my last feature picking out eight player moves, there’s been more deals done. If opportunity presents itself, I will dabble with the moves from other Yorkshire leagues but for now, I’ve picked out a few player transfers […]
Yorkshire CCC: Talent search in Premier Leagues
Yorkshire County Cricket Club have announced a talent scouting initiative in the region’s five ECB Premier Leagues. In an interview on the YCCC website, Yorkshire’s general manager of cricket Gavin Hamilton shared plans to identify players, aged from 17-22, in the top tier of club cricket. Photo: Caught Light Photography Hamilton said: “League cricket in […]
Counters and white coats: Cricket umpires courses in Yorkshire
Tim Burnley, Umpire Development Officer for the Aire-Wharfe Cricket League, is telling me about life in the white coat. The experienced umpire has been officiating a few times when there’s been a run out at the non-striker’s end by the bowler which has the potential to get spicy. Usually, a batter leaving their ground early […]
Village Cricket Co Winter Sale: Pick up a bargain
Village Cricket Co are currently offering a winter sale of their popular Village Cricket Co bats and equipment. Their adult cricket bat is £95 in the sale (full price £117) while there are savings on cricket gloves, cricket duffle bag and other items. Note to readers: If you click through links on this page and […]