What do we all think of the news that Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) are to trial a series of measures from 2017, aimed at stamping out bad behaviour in cricket? MCC Universities (such as Leeds Bradford MCCU based at Weetwood), leagues and clubs will be invited to get involved this summer, to offer crucial feedback […]
A Whitby portrait of Gale and Byas
Seconds into this interview, Whitby-based artist Kathryn Davenport is a bracing, breath of sea air with her honesty and tales of how she discovered a hidden talent. Her paintings have adorned the walls at Headingley and she was asked to do portraits of each of the Past Presidents of The Yorkshire County Cricket Club, sixteen […]
Is Clayton West Cricket Club on borrowed time?
Typical challenges facing cricket clubs can be anything from scraping enough funds together to replace a mower to sourcing a wicketkeeper on the morning of a game. The number of cricket clubs has been steadily declined in Yorkshire for years and the reasons for that will vary but not being able to get enough willing […]
Jared Warner primed for Under 19 World Cup
When Yorkshire County Cricket Club seam bowler Jared Warner wakes up on 27 January, he’ll be forgiven for pinching himself. Before a breakfast of protein-infused quinoa and ultra-energy berries (or whatever professional sportsmen eat nowadays), there will be chance to privately enjoy the prelude to England’s first ICC Under 19 World Cup group match against […]
How to get the best out of cricket nets
Unless you’ve been hurling yourself around a sports hall playing indoor cricket this winter, cricket nets will be when club cricketers ease their Christmas turkey-enhanced bodies back to fitness and form in time for (or during) the 2016 season. Here’s a shortlist of tips and tricks to make sure all cricketers and clubs get the […]
Solving the county cricket fixtures: half human, half computer
This is a tale of one of the most talked about topics in English cricket – the county cricket fixtures – and how they actually get worked out. It has everything from computer science to Amazonian jungle tribes. It begins with Alan Fordham, who is the Head of Cricket Operations at the England and Wales […]
Meet the Yorkshire cricketer still playing in his eighties
What will you be doing when you’re eighty years old? Batting for your village cricket team still? Yeah. Thought not, me neither, although Mrs Cricket Yorkshire begs to differ. Well, thanks to a wonderful cricket documentary by TV Producer Chris Hay, the world can get to hear about Yorkshire cricketer Geoff Deighton, who is still […]
How have cricket clubs been hit by the floods?
The rain keeps coming. Relentless and overpowering, mother nature – in the guise of the El Nino weather phenomenon – has handed out a kicking again and again to these islands since November. In Yorkshire, where we’re used to witnessing all manner of freakish and cruel weather, Storm Desmond even briefly transformed the limestone lip […]
Wearing One: should helmets be compulsory for all?
In a Twitter poll for Cricket Yorkshire, opinion was split down the middle on whether forcing amateur players of all ages to wear cricket helmets would be the right thing to do. Opponents of this stance tend not to argue on safety grounds but that it will repel cricketers who currently don’t wear helmets; that […]
Cricket Fixtures: Your Yorkshire Cricket Year Ahead
Ok, so you want to get organised. January is here so the 2016 cricket season is literally around the corner. Or so you tell yourself… What you need is a calendar with key cricket fixtures to get you excited and to smoothly orchestrate your summer.