Hi everyone, we are all trying to wrap our heads around the extraordinary times in which we find ourselves. Here on Cricket Yorkshire, there will be plenty to digest and ponder in the coming month and I’ve been mulling over how to add something new for website readers. What I’ve come up with is a […]
Coronavirus: Recreational cricket on pause
It’s official, we have hit the pause button on grassroots cricket. The ECB has issued a statement on the recreational game in light of the developing COVID-19 situation. They are recommending that all forms of recreational cricket are for now suspended. This extends to training, pre-season friendlies and any associated cricket activity. As you’d expect, […]
Competition: Win Opening Up Cricket Pack for your Club!
***COMPETITION HAS CLOSED*** For March 2020, Cricket Yorkshire has teamed up with Opening Up Cricket to bring you a brilliant competition prize. Does your cricket team or cricket club want to win a Club pack? We are offering five cricket clubs/teams a chance to win! It’s a way to show your support for the important […]
Leeds Bradford MCCU aim for consistency in 2020
Meeting up with Leeds Bradford MCCU Head Coach Andrew Lawson to hear about the 2020 season and future of the scheme proved enlightening – but briefly faltered at Leeds. The city has a shiny new rail station (tick), there are fewer trains constructed of bus parts in service (insert gag about medium-Pacers here) but the […]
Come and say hello at Wombwell Cricket Lovers Society
This Thursday 5 March at 7.45pm, I will be speaking at the Wombwell Cricket Lovers Society at Ardsley Oaks Club (outside Barnsley) – and you’re all invited! The focus of the Q&A with Wombwell’s Chairman James Greenfield will be my book on Scarborough Cricket Club, Last of the Summer Wickets. I’m sure we’ll also dip […]
National Village Cup: Houghton Main rebuild
Houghton Main, who play in the South Yorkshire Cricket League, are back at indoor nets and already hoping for another sensational National Village Cup run in 2020. The South Yorkshire outfit came through eight rounds in 2019 beating the likes of reigning champions Folkton and Flixton as well as Worcestershire’s Astwood Bank, en route to […]
Walking cricket set to shake up the game in Yorkshire
Walking cricket. Not two words you’d necessarily put together. Yet, here I am at Bradford’s Karmand Community Centre to see why this new form of the game is proving so popular. Aimed at older adults, who are semi-retired or retired, but want to use cricket to stay active and enjoy the social side, walking cricket […]
Owzthat cricket game: Dice, paper and imagination
During long summer school holidays that stretched out as endlessly as a Boycott innings, there was one, indomitable saving grace when it rained. Two words. Owzthat cricket. How do you play cricket with dice?
Cricket Yorkshire teams up with Halifax Cricket League
Since 2011, Cricketyorkshire.com has been promoting all forms of Yorkshire cricket from interviews with Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and Adil Rashid to hundreds of club visits and talking with those that so impressively power the grassroots game. That’s over a million words, thousands of photos and yes, a few cricket teas along the way. Going […]
10 Not Out: New Year’s Resolutions at Cricket Yorkshire
Bring on 2020. As a writer, Yorkshire cricket has endless possibilities for exploration. Looking back for a moment, what a year it’s been. The Cricket Yorkshire website has had more readers than ever before and the numbers following on social media continue to grow. That’s important for a number of reasons. Firstly, it shows that […]