As size of counties go, Yorkshire is vast. If Google is to be believed, it runs to 11,903 metres squared – and they have scanned everywhere with their StreetView project so they ought to know. A Yorkshire population of 5.3 million equates to that of Scotland and a land mass over half the size of […]
Aaron Finch returns from injury at Barnsley
On a roasting hot day at Barnsley Cricket Club, Yorkshire 2nd XI took on Northamptonshire seconds in back-to-back T20s. The prospect of seeing Vikings overseas signing and current Australia T20 captain Aaron Finch make his long-awaited return from a hamstring injury ensured an even healthier crowd. Deckchairs were parked in prime locations and the white […]
Leeds Bradford MCCU’s T20 triumph at Weetwood
After being given a ‘bye’ because their morning opponents Newcastle University had been unable to field a team, Leeds Bradford MCCU took on Durham MCCU at Weetwood in the afternoon sunshine for a place at the MCC / Red Bull T20 Finals Day on Monday 15th June. The winners of that mid-June extravaganza in Oxford […]
What do you know about disability cricket in Yorkshire?
Disability cricket in Yorkshire is set for a much-needed financial boost when ten members of the Yorkshire Cricket Board (YCB) undertake a 100-mile cycling challenge for charity in July. Joining them on this two-wheeled adventure will be cricketers from the visually impaired team and the physical and learning difficulties county side. The money raised, in […]
Sunburn on the coldest day for cricket imaginable
The two-carriage industrial tinbox destined for Harrogate is popular this particular Sunday morning at Leeds station. Little wonder as it’s the third day of the Investec Test match at Headingley between England and New Zealand. Clusters of cricket fans loiter at each of the entrances to the train, waiting for the doors to open and […]
Who’s Who? Cricketers doing magic and juggling fire
The Cricket Yorkshire office had a cricket book thump onto the doormat in time for the 2015 county season. It has a mint cover (in colour and condition) with Joe Root teeing off while Moeen Ali, who writes the foreword, clutches his Kookaburra and looks into the readers’ eyes. The Cricketers’ Who’s Who’s, published by […]
Ultimate places to stay for the cricket fan
The bank holiday is already a fading memory and reality, tinged with a five-or seven-day week, is gently mocking you. What can you do about it? Focus on your next break, that’s what… If you’re here at Cricket Yorkshire, in search of cricket-related distraction then look no further than our curated hat trick of ultimate […]
Bradford Park Avenue cricket
Do you remember that weirdly warm few weeks in April when summer briefly gatecrashed spring and the mercury soared? During that balmy period, there was the chance to go and watch a cricket match at Bradford Park Avenue where two teams from the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League, Interlink and Omar, were shaking off winter […]
Aire Wharfe Cricket: Olicanian vs Calverley
After a stint covering the action at Ilkley Cricket Club on Saturday, the proximity of more cricket was too tempting to pass up so it was on to Olicanian Cricket Club whose firsts were at home and taking on Calverley St Wilifrid’s CC. From Ilkley’s ground, you scooch down Denton Road, passing Ilkley Lido on […]
Ilkley Cricket Club vs Rawdon
It was a productive Saturday of club cricket with the sun out although a fierce wind that could strip the warmth from bone marrow in seconds made it a three-jumper strategy out on the cricket fields around Ilkley. Cricket Yorkshire was there, alternating between a barrage of images with the DSLR camera and then driven […]