A few weeks back in September, the final round of Central Yorkshire Cricket League Premier Division matches proved a welcome afternoon of cricket watching.
Yorkshire prepped for four ECB Premier Leagues
The way amateur cricket in Yorkshire is structured has changed to provide a clear path to the summit for any club in Yorkshire.
Yorkshire CCC are champions by 68pts
The bone-rattler from Leeds has a smattering of county fans in this final chapter of the 2015 county season. A few of us weave our way up the back road and over the railway bridge en route to Headingley where Yorkshire lead Sussex by nearly 300 overnight. Breakfast is a corner of Ugly Mugs cafe […]
Sixes and samosas with Dewsbury vicars and imams
Back in September 2015, John Fuller travelled to Dewsbury to watch an unusual cricket match. Minutes from the hustle and bustle of central Dewsbury, down a path that melds to the contour of the river Calder, lies a gem of a cricket ground. With the striking backdrop of the aquaduct, Sands Lane playing fields was […]
Cricket photos you won’t want to miss
The Cricket Photo of the Year category of the Cricket Yorkshire Awards asked entrants to pick up to three of their best cricket photos for submission. Have a look through as we celebrate the range of photography of Yorkshire cricket, both professional and amateur. JEREMY LONSDALE (WINNER) 10 May 2015, Yorkshire v Hampshire at Headingley. […]
Cricket Yorkshire Awards 2015: Winners
The votes are in, they’ve been independently checked by Doris from Doncaster and…ok, ok, I’ll behave.
How did Pudsey St Lawrence triumph in the Bradford League?
Pudsey St Lawrence have claimed the JCT600 Bradford League title – the club’s first in twenty-four years – after they won at Cleakheaton by 66 runs.
Dennis Does Cricket: Caustic Aussie cricket writing
The blurry man staring out at me shifts in his chair in Melbourne and tinkers with his webcam. Meet Dennis Freedman, creator of Dennis Does Cricket, a website Cricket Yorkshire has kept its beady eye on as part of a continual scour of the t’interweb thingy for inspiration. Occasionally, Cricket Yorkshire will profile other cricket […]
Will Yorkshire CCC do the double?
Whisper it quietly but Yorkshire CCC have already defied history this season. If you glance back at those counties that win the County Championship, they don’t do it again the following season. I can imagine some of the more superstitious of you cringing at that. Ok, so they haven’t won it yet (no voluminous […]
The most important article you might read this year
This is an interview about the damage the sun can do – and how being out in it watching or playing cricket can play its part – from Lawrence, Chairman of Rawdon Cricket Club who has also worked for years at the Yorkshire Cricket Board. Keen to raise awareness of skin cancer, Lawrence has been […]