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 […]
Skipton Cricket Club: Going places
A short walk from the railway station over the bridge is Skipton Cricket Club whose firsts were at home to Illingworth.
Could the BT Sport Ashes deal rejuvenate English cricket?
The news that BT Sport has won the UK TV rights to broadcast the next Ashes in Australia in 2017-18 was greeted here at CYHQ with a dollop of grumpiness, lashings of indignation and a sprinkling of excitement. The five-year deal between the broadcaster and Cricket Australia, understood to be a cool £80m, once again […]
Yorkshire league cricket: thirteen cricket grounds in a day
A few weekends back, Brian from the Cricket Heritage blog, offered his set of wheels and a pottering journey around Yorkshire league cricket grounds North of Leeds. The opportunity to ditch the camera in favour of just a smartphone (photos below) and the bus and rail timetables is a real blessing. Not to mention the […]
Yorkshire’s batsmen enjoy the sea air at Hove
From time to time, writers submit their thoughts for consideration on Cricket Yorkshire and there’s been some really popular articles around club cricket this season. As Yorkshire take their final few strides towards the LV=County Championship title (or not), it’s the turn of county cricket as Tom Collins took the train down to the Sussex […]
Death of a Gentleman: cricket documentary with bite
Spoiler alert. If you care about the game of cricket in any way, shape or form, the cricket documentary, Death of a Gentleman, will have you weeping into your popcorn – if you haven’t already chucked it at the screen when Giles Clarke appears. This is absorbing viewing, as skilfully put together as any Joe […]
How many people play recreational cricket in Yorkshire?
Ok, so that’s a rhetorical question….which will lead me ingeniously to the real, cunning motive behind this plea. You can do a lot in five minutes. Make a cuppa and raid the biscuit tin for good measure. Bowl an over (if the ball doesn’t get bunted into a hedgerow). Alternatively, cricket clubs across Yorkshire, yes, […]