The strong connection between Ringwood Cricket Club in Melbourne and Great Preston Cricket Club in West Yorkshire continues to grow, as the fifth year of the Giles Foster Scholarship (GFS) announced Tyson Freeman as the 2019 scholarship recipient earlier this year, writes Ian Newton. Ringwood Cricket Club all-rounder Tyson follows in the footsteps of Ringwood […]
Airedale Cricket Club deliver views and showstopper cakes
Sometimes the best cricket experiences are the ones that catch you by surprise. I went along to Airedale Cricket Club, outside Keighley, a month back ostensibly to just watch. It’s inevitable as a cricket writer that you look for stories everywhere. I can find it difficult to just take in a game without any obligation […]
Halifax Cricket League: Head for heights at Queensbury
It was with a sense of contentment the prospect of cricket frequently brings that I boarded the bus to Halifax from Bradford Interchange. Retracing a chapter from my first book All Wickets Great and Small, I was going back to Queensbury Cricket Club. The highest cricket club in the country, so they reckon. You can […]
How we can make the most of England’s cricket World Cup success
2006: Dreams of playing for England. 2019: Adil Rashid wins the World Cup with England. #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/ukhKAsWUH0 — BBC Yorkshire (@BBCLookNorth) July 15, 2019 Well, what a ridiculous, riveting Cricket World Cup Final that was. I spent Sunday camped on the sofa, eyes glued on England’s efforts to get the better of New Zealand, pausing […]
Yorkshire South Premier League: Averages, Table and lead performers
How are cricket clubs doing so far this season in the 4 Probate & Wills Yorkshire South Premier League? Who’s leading the batting and bowling averages? What have been the surprises? Who’s challenging for the title and who’s nervously eyeing a relegation scrap? Thanks to the league Chairman Roger Pugh for this statistical feast and […]
Alan Vollans awarded British Empire Medal for services to cricket
Alan Vollans typifies the kind of cricket volunteer we can all relate to. He has been helping at Anston Cricket Club for 40 years as player, coach and instrumental in growing the game. I imagine if you’re reading this, you’ll know someone at your local club who is similarly committed to grassroots cricket. If only […]
New Farnley show potential of cricket streaming
To visit New Farnley Cricket Club, a tree-lined slab of peaceful greenery to the West of Leeds, you wouldn’t know you’re at the forefront of technology in club cricket. They are the first Bradford League club to be cricket streaming all of their home fixtures for the 2019 season, making them available live and recorded […]
Hanging Heaton beat Yorkshire Vikings at Wagon Lane
Looking out of the Cricket Yorkshire office window during Monday was to have that sinking suspicion that another cricketing extravaganza was to be ruined by the weather. Thankfully, the weather gods were smiling after all. The T20 fixture between the National Club T20 Champions Hanging Heaton and the Yorkshire Vikings at Bradford & Bingley’s Wagon […]
Exploring Scarborough & District cricket with Matt Hurren
A conversation with Matt Hurren is to get immersed into the rich and varied world of North Yorkshire cricket. As Scarbrough & District Community Cricket Officer for the Yorkshire Cricket Board, Matt’s remit is heavily involved with schools while he is also YCB Competitions Lead and a Coach Education Tutor for good measure. As to […]
Sausages and spin at New Farnley
The BBC forecast for New Farnley 1st XI’s Bradford League game at home to Cleckheaton hinted at overcast skies with a deluge promised after 4pm. It was on the money. To arrive at the Barry Jackson ground on Lawns Lane in the leafy village of New Farnley is to be struck by the enormous trees […]