August heralds the return of the Kia Super League (KSL) as the women’s cricket tournament that sits between the county and international game is back for its second year. For the Yorkshire Diamonds, it’s all change as the refreshed squad has a new coach in Paul Grayson, while England internationals Katherine Brunt, Jenny Gunn and […]
Women’s Soft Ball Cricket Festivals prove popular
Get ready for women’s soft ball cricket: a fun and sociable version of cricket has been introduced to encourage women to get involved with the game. Women’s Soft Ball Cricket Festivals have been taking place up and down the country with Cottingham, Driffield Town, St Chad’s Broomfield and Sheffield Collegiate just some of the clubs […]
Sarfaraz Ahmed factor hits Bradford
Journalists milled around, shooting the breeze, making phone calls and waiting for a particular car to arrive at Bradford Park Avenue cricket ground. Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s new overseas player, Sarfaraz Ahmed, who captains Pakistan in all three formats, was due any minute to meet the media and talk to cricket fans at the new […]
Yorkshire Cricket Foundation’s mission on heritage
Where better than the Yorkshire Cricket Foundation Museum to learn about the future direction of the cricketing heritage of the county? After a group of primary schoolchildren have been shown around by Mel Reuben, one of the charity’s Tour Guides, quiet descends and I sit down with Paul Goodman, Heritage Manager for the Yorkshire Cricket […]
YCB OSCAs champion the role of volunteering in cricket
If it was up to me, I would stream the Yorkshire Cricket Board Outstanding Service to Cricket Awards (OSCAs) ceremony live and make it compulsory viewing for those that portray grassroots cricket in a negative light. For a couple of hours, ahead of David Willey’s whirlwind hundred and Yorkshire’s T20 win over Worcestershire Rapids, invited […]
Have we lost the art of stoic defence in Test cricket?
As I watched aghast as England’s batting crumple against South Africa, like a misbehaving deckchair at the Scarborough Festival, it conjured up a memory from school. Inept with a cricket bat to the point that it was purely for decorative purposes, I was once required to see off 20 overs for an undeserved draw while […]
Brook-Walton’s adventure ends after four years
Brook-Walton Cricket Club, who were formed in 2013 as an entirely new cricket club, are reluctantly calling it a day at the end of this season because of a lack of players. It was the vision of ex-Streethouse and Wrenthorpe cricketer Richard Vigars to start something from scratch and their first competitive fixture was away […]
Triangle Cricket Club: Small but perfectly formed
The allure of Triangle Cricket Club can be reached by winding your way down a hill that puts you the summit of a rollercoaster; before plunging over, down, left and right through the village to the aptly named Grassy Bottom. Parking requires creative thinking and as we did a seven-point turn, glimpses of the cricket […]
Think Outside the Box with Crazy Catch
Listen up. Cricket practice has just got an upgrade. To coincide with the Women’s World Cup, Crazy Catch have unleashed a campaign called ‘Think Outside the Box’ designed to showcase new and innovative Crazy Catch drills, with England star Tammy Beaumont and Director of Cricket at Millfield School, Mark Garaway. This series of six drills, […]
Who are the leading teams and performers across Yorkshire’s ECB Premier Leagues?
Welcome to Cricket Yorkshire’s roundup of action across all four ECB Premier League across Yorkshire. As we head into July, there’s been enough cricket to see to ascertain who’s setting the pace, who’s struggling in the relegation spots and who is excelling with bat and ball? Bradford Premier League Last Saturday, there was a titanic […]