Our Saturday of exploring cricket in Sheffield actually began outside the city with a dip into Sheffield & Phoenix United Cricket Club in Brinsworth, south of Rotherham. It was a local derby at Bawtry Road where Sheffield Collegiate’s first eleven were the visitors and as we climbed out of the car, the LBW shout against […]
Yorkshire & Derbyshire Cricket League: Parkhead vs Sheffield Collegiate
When we pulled into the car park at the back of the Toby Carvery on Sheffield’s Ecclesall Road South, it was with something of a heavy heart as it looked like there was movement with Parkhead Cricket Club’s ground covers going on. The reality of Saturday’s weather had been nothing like the morning forecast – […]
Quiz: What’s your cricket IQ?
A bit of fun for you all…to distract you from a hard slog at work or maybe you’re stuck on a train somewhere and need some quick entertainment. Take part in this quick-fire quiz across TEST, COUNTY and CLUB categories. Just 12 questions and all will be revealed… At the end, depending on your answers, […]
Caught out: The Great Cricket Ball Con(undrum)?
Ok, so I have a working theory that says cricket balls used in league cricket can often be expensive, lose their shine in a matter of overs, go out of shape, cause damage to bats and fingers and are, frankly, a bit of a con. So, why has this article come about and why now? […]
Hull Zingari vs Easingwold: sixes and steak pie
When you park up at Hull Zingari, there’s a wall of conifers beyond which you can tantalisingly see flecks of white – on this occasion, the fixture between the home side’s firsts and York & District Senior Cricket League leaders Easingwold. As you walk round the corner, there’s an open expanse with the distinctive and […]
Wickets and IPL stardust at Hull Cricket Club
Finding Hull Cricket Club’s ground on Chanterlands Avenue North proved our first test for this Saturday morning. Brian, who some of you will know if you’ve read All Wickets Great and Small, is nothing if not old school. So no maps, not paper nor one filled with computer pixels, just Brian’s usually Encyclopaedic memory of […]
Quaid-e-Azam League at Bradford Park Avenue
As midday approaches, Bradford feels like it’s only just tentatively waking with a muggy walk up Laisteridge Lane towards Bradford Park Avenue. Today is all about a Quaid-e-Azam Sunday Cricket League match between White Rose and Indus Ghari in the semi-final of the chefgenie Shield. Not one to stand on ceremony, my eye is caught […]
B3 Cricket: Technology with cricket bat craftsmanship
The rain chatters away, bouncing off the roof of the car as we sprint indoors to the B3 Cricket factory where technology and artisan craftsmanship are being expertly combined. I’ve taken the train down to Bulwell, a market town north of Nottingham, where B3 Cricket have been working their magic for years. The batmakers have […]
Get your Cricket Yorkshire T-Shirt
This is Cricket Yorkshire’s debut, confident splosh into the swirling waters of online fashion retail. This is your chance to get a quality, ring-spun 100% cotton cricket T-shirt (for £8 plus postage) that shows your support for grassroots cricket and also Cricket Yorkshire! **Denim shorts not included (well, it was a warm day for our […]
Yorkshire V Cancer at the Ingilby Shield
The forecast bleakly predicted rain. Siling it down, as they say here in Yorkshire. The graphic on my smartphone was prophesising a light soaking building to the kind of downpour where you anxiously seek higher ground. Sunday’s Theakston Nidderdale Cricket League Ingilby Shield fixture – pitting a League Representative XI against a team of overseas […]