Jeremy Lonsdale shares his photos and county memories from when Adam Lyth and Alex Lees scored 375 at Northampton in 2014. With little prospect of county cricket for a while, now is a good time to look back at a few recent memorable moments for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. This piece remembers one of the […]
What does the new ECB update mean for professional and recreational cricket?
The ECB has announced a further delay to the start of the domestic cricket season, with no domestic cricket to be played before 1 August. It equates to the loss of 10 rounds of the County Championship and group stages of the T20 Blast. (Editor’s Note – 29th May – Domestic cricket is NOT the […]
How do you live stream on YouTube without any cricket games?
With the absence of actual club cricket for over a month now, we’ve all been trying to get something, anything, similar as a substitution. A number of cricket clubs have been using computer games, apps and other technology to simulate cricket matches. No, it’s not the same but if done in the right way, certainly […]
The cricket poem that perfectly captures life in lockdown
For one dad from Steeton, the experience of lockdown has unleashed creativity with a cricketing twist. In between working from home and home schooling, Daniel Kennedy has written a lockdown poem. The summer that never happened began life with the thought of a lonesome set of cricket stumps stood waiting in the sun for play […]
How to fundraise for your cricket club just by shopping online
Given the ongoing impact of coronavirus, a cricket club might reasonably be asking: how to fundraise? After all, the usual relied-upon revenue, such as membership, teamwear and socials, isn’t flowing in. The good news is that help is at hand simply by doing something that all of us are familiar with: online shopping. Cricket Yorkshire […]
ECB guides cricket clubs on how to re-open their outdoor facilities
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has issued new guidelines to cricket clubs on the future use of outdoor facilities in England. In doing so, it has shed some light but, for me at least, provoked a hundred other questions. The governing body was drawing sharp, online criticism in certain quarters for their lack […]
Why cricket clubs mustn’t stand still right now
How can cricket clubs ride out the impact of coronavirus? It’s a question that seemingly has no answer. We don’t know when we’ll all be able to meet up, let alone start recreational sport back up again. So, as a cricket club that has seen its membership fees, bar takings and sponsorship income evaporate quicker […]
Halifax Cricket League junior cricketers get support from stars
The Halifax Cricket League recently got involved with Halifax SOS; a local fundraising initiative aimed at supporting grassroots sport in the region. Coronavirus has brought so much to a juddering halt and this was an example of community activism at its best. Snowflake Media, who put the ticketed online event together, decided to split […]
How are cricket clubs responding to coronavirus?
On the face of it, things look pretty bleak for club cricket. At the time of writing, we are still in lockdown and the recreational game is suspended indefinitely. No income, no games and the possibility of a full year without any cricket. Nonetheless, I wanted to find out how cricket clubs are coping, what […]
What do Bradford Cricket League grounds look like from the air?
Bradford Cricket League photographer Ray Spencer is one of the few cricket photographers I know who has a drone as well as a mighty collection of cameras and lenses. In this series of stunning photos, here’s captured a bird’s eye view of Yorkshire cricket clubs and their surroundings. Ironically, now would probably be the perfect […]