In this extract from my new book Last of the Summer Wickets, I describe the start of the 2018 Scarborough Cricket Festival, the race for a prime viewing spot, Bradman’s 1948 Australians and sneaking Wisden Almanacks into the house. Play starts at 11am with the gates open at 10am, or earlier for Yorkshire members, who […]
Last of the Summer Wickets: They said what?!
You can never tell what the reaction to a cricket book might be, even one that cherishes the much loved annual migration that is the Scarborough Cricket Festival. Thankfully, the reviews so far for Last of the Summer Wickets have been both kind and positive. The book has been out since June and with the […]
Yorkshire Diamonds fail to cut it at Emerald Headingley
Let’s go! #shinebright pic.twitter.com/AmD4pS4dBJ — Yorkshire Diamonds💎 (@YorksDiamonds) August 11, 2019 A visit to Emerald Headingley to watch Yorkshire Diamonds face Loughborough Lightning in the Kia Super League delivered everything you could want – except a home victory. It began with a surreal walk up from the railway station to be gradually overtaken by an […]