Technology is great – until it doesn’t work. The ECB’s Play-Cricket platform where clubs across England and Wales display fixtures, results, scorecards and stats is under uncomfortable scrutiny. There have been problems for weeks now, drawing stinging criticism from players, clubs and leagues. Live-scoring down The focus is the live scoring service whereby cricket clubs […]
Dozens of Yorkshire’s cricket clubs turn to FrogBox live streaming
Get £100 Off your FrogBox Streaming kit by Sportradar – use ‘CricketYorksFB23’ (*Offer extended to the first 15 orders and runs until the end of May 2023) It’s official. Live streaming club cricket games with FrogBox by Sportradar has gone mainstream – and with good reason. As we’ve explored here since the partnership began, it […]
Are Mankads happening more in club cricket?
I read an article recently that made me smile at the headline and then shake my head in disbelief at what happened. It was about a Mankad incident in club cricket here in Yorkshire. It wasn’t the first and it won’t be the last – but even so. You’re a knowledgeable lot so you’ll probably […]
Aire-Wharfe Cricket: Rodley & Bingley Congs face off
It’s Saturday morning and I’m scouring around for fixtures, while checking the weather across Yorkshire. Ideally somewhere with a walk, green outdoor space and relatively new for Cricket Yorkshire, decent parking. Rodley’s home match in Division 4 of the Aire-Wharfe Cricket League gets my vote, not least because their opponents are Bingley Congs, my local […]
National Club Championship: The road to Lord’s begins
The ECB National Club Championship is back – and with it comes the prospect of Yorkshire’s cricket clubs showing what they’re made of against the best in the country. The Royal London Club Championship (current sponsor) is 40-overs knockout cricket with a Lord’s final inked in for Saturday 9th September 2023. Here, I’ll share some […]
Birds of prey, boundaries and beeping phones: Cricket is back
Perhaps inevitably, having no firm plan to see any cricket meant I ended up catching two games in the first full weekend of league action. Saturday was a drive over to Knaresborough; the A658 offering ample opportunity (if you’re not driving) to spot red kites circling. One flew low, perhaps 20 feet above our car, […]
Top tips to get the best cricket club insurance cover
As Cricket Yorkshire HQ is battered by high winds yet again and some cricket leagues cancel their entire opening weekend of fixtures due to wet weather, I’m reminded of what a fickle time of year it is. The impact of weather is a chief concern for many cricket clubs as to what extent they’re protected. […]
Forge Valley lose points and fined for late withdrawal
Amongst the cat videos on Facebook and dodgy ads, occasionally something else leaps out. I was scrolling through and a strongly-worded statement from the Scarborough Beckett Cricket League stood out: “The League Management Committee (LMC) has reluctantly agreed to a request from Forge Valley CC to withdraw from the Premier Division for the 2023 season. […]
Heavy Woollen Cup: History, heritage and plenty at stake
It’s particularly in an Ashes year when the Heavy Woollen Cup comes into sharper focus. The England-Australia rivalry is as old as it gets – and yet, this club cricket trophy in Yorkshire first took place less than a year later in 1883. Once limited to 32 clubs who were based within a strict distance […]
Many cricket leagues postpone their season start in Yorkshire
Nothing gets us quite so fired up as the weather – especially when it affects the cricket season. The North Yorkshire & South Durham Cricket League’s decision to postpone the start of their cricket season by a week was a big call. Unusual but not quite unprecedented – and sensible given March was the wettest […]