When you picture a cricket pitch, what comes to mind? Is it an immaculate grass surface full of runs that does a bit for the bowler? How you answer might well depend on your particular skillset. As a league bowler of ever diminishing pace down the years, a green top that got the ball seaming […]
The NatWest T20 Blast XI facing Yorkshire Vikings
On Friday evening, twenty-over cricket explodes back onto the calendar as the NatWest T20 Blast kicks off! To celebrate the return of the shorter format, Cricket Yorkshire has put together an XI of international stars that you can expect to see facing the Vikings during the northern group stage of the competition. View image | […]
Yorkshire OSCAs: Reward your volunteers
Ok, let’s shatter a few myths early doors before we get to the good stuff. These are not the Oscars. There are no golden statuettes and painful speeches by tearful celebrities who feel the need to ramble incoherently for what feels like days. This is so much better than that. These are the OSCAs – […]
Yorkshire Vikings embark on T20 regional tour
The Yorkshire Vikings begin their domestic T20 preparation in earnest this week by taking on league opposition in Middlesbrough. The Vikings were due to play against a South Yorkshire Select XI at Sheffield Collegiate’s ground, Abbeydale Park, on Tuesday 5 May (**EDITOR’S NOTE: Sheffield was cancelled early due to weather conditions) before taking on […]
Welcome to Raven Cricket
The good news keeps on coming this ‘summer’ (although we’re on British Summer Time, you’d be forgiven for thinking the Yorkshire weather has other plans). Cricket Yorkshire has struck a deal with Carl Marsden from Raven Cricket to promote their cricket bats during the 2015 season. Why Raven in particular? It would be easy for […]
The future for cricket teamwear has arrived
This is where it gets exciting. Imagine a bold fusion of your creativity with cutting-edge design to conjure up cricket teamwear of the future. Once upon a time, sourcing cricket kit was frankly a bit dull and fraught with limitations. The concept of designing something smart that looks and performs how you want it? Forget […]
Six cricket bats to drool over in 2015
This is not a nerdy cricket bat review; it’s an early Christmas list for Santa. We will not be talking about straightness of grains while smothering ourselves in linseed oil. Instead you get a shortlist of six, wonderful cricket bats to drool over, rush out and buy or just gaze longingly at online; I’ll leave […]
Cricket Yorkshire partners with Yorkshire Cancer Research
This is superb news. The opportunity for Cricket Yorkshire to partner with Yorkshire Cancer Research was an opportunity not to be missed and I’m delighted it’s all now been agreed. The Harrogate-based charity is already the official charity partner of Yorkshire County Cricket Club over the next two years and it’s a natural extension for […]
Playing Pacman along Kirkstall Lane
Part of why you read Cricket Yorkshire might be for the unexpected. Well, in that case, you’re going to love this… April Fools Day was celebrated in various creative ways. Yorkshire County Cricket Club launched their retractable roof and here at Cricket Yorkshire, we showcased Dickie Bird’s political bid for Prime Minster. Google turned to […]
Live cricket online remains a work in progress
At the start of England’s visit to the Windies, after all the talk of KP and the relative merits of West Indies’ strength, there was some actual live cricket online action to comment on. Going back a couple of weeks, it piqued the interest that the opening match of the tour against St Kitts & […]