Did you know that Taylors of Harrogate has its own cricket team? The family business has a hat-trick of famous Yorkshire brands in Yorkshire Tea, Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate. In this content collaboration with Yorkshire Tea, we’ll talk cricket with their captain Matthew Huffer about the origins of the side and how tea and […]
Alan Igglesden: Remembering Iggy
Former Kent & England bowler Alan Igglesden, affectionately known as Iggy, died on 1 November 2021, aged 57, after a long battle with brain cancer. I first met Iggy for an article in The Cricketer Magazine; the original interview (read below) came about through a combination of Twitter and the offer of ginger cake. I […]
Starbeck Cricket Club: Only just getting started
A new cricket club forming in Yorkshire is unusual, if not completely unheard of. There are already some 800 or so across the region – so why go to the effort of setting up your own? Starbeck Cricket Club, who finished their first season in Division Eight of the Nidderdale Cricket League as champions, have […]
Clare Sanderson: Alwoodley-Leos Ladies, Cricket Without Boundaries
Clare Sanderson shares her path in cricket from launching Alwoodley-Leos Ladies to coaching girls’ teams and development work overseas with Cricket Without Boundaries. #hergametoo and #wegotgame are both hashtags relating to women in sport. Here’s a little something about what they mean for me – and my journey from cricket superfan to coach (and player). […]
Woodlands retain White Rose Trophy: Yorkshire’s Champion Club
Once upon a time, saying you were the best cricket club in Yorkshire would be extremely brave, not to mention difficult to prove. Everyone thought they were. We now have the White Rose Trophy where the four champions of Premier Leagues in Yorkshire (or highest-placed Yorkshire team) have a semi-final and final to decide that […]
History makers: Thornton win the treble and go undefeated
Thornton Cricket have had an extraordinary year in the Halifax Cricket League by anyone’s standards. They have now won the Premier Division for First XIs at a canter, claimed the Parish Cup at Copley against Illingworth St Mary’s and lifted the T20 Cup by defeating Oxenhope by eight wickets. It’s an irresistible march to a […]
Yorkshire Cricket and Lahore Qalanders: Open trial in Bradford
Amid the breathless evolution at Yorkshire County Cricket Club, the news that Yorkshire Cricket and Lahore Qalandars are to hold open trials on 1 October 2023 at Bradford Park Avenue caught my eye. This is part of a longer-term plan between The Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the Lahore Qalandars from the Pakistan Super League […]
Premier League: Doncaster Town Women claim the points at Saxton
Our sat-nav was flipping out: “What on earth are you doing?! Turn around NOW!” It tends to do that when we ignore the suggested route – in this case, missing out motorways for a trip to the village of Saxton. It particularly freaked out when we got to the East Leeds Orbital Route that wasn’t […]
Hybrid cricket pitches help Clifton Alliance juggle fixtures
Clifton Alliance are a York-based cricket club who found themselves with a familiar problem. The Vincent & Brown Alliance Cricket Ground is a picturesque spot in a swathe of green, flanked by the River Ouse – but it can only host so much cricket. With four men’s Saturday teams, a range of junior sides, the […]
Soyeb Kayat: How cricket is inspiring Kirklees communities
The start of my interview with the Yorkshire Cricket Board’s Soyeb Kayat (below) begins with a question – just not by me. “So…is this going to be like This is Your Life then?” I guess that makes me Michael Aspel if you’re of a certain vintage to recall the TV series from 1955-2003. Do you […]