Bill Marshall talks to man-of-the-match, Cosmond Walters, about Jer Lane Cricket Club’s trophy extravagazna in the Bradford Premier League. Champagne was dripping from Cosmond Walters’ goatee beard and, understandably, he was still on a high. He had just scored 101 to win the man-of-the-match trophy in the Jack Hampshire Cup final, edging out Jer Lane […]
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Raqeeb Younis: A testing summer for Jer Lane captain
Bill Marshall talks to captain Raqeeb Younis about battling back from Covid and the push for trophies at Jer Lane Cricket Club in the Gordon Rigg Bradford Premier League. Raqeeb Younis is just grateful to be walking this earth, let alone playing cricket. The Jer Lane captain may have been thinking cricket, cricket, cricket at […]
Jack Dyson: Meet New Farnley’s teen spin prospect
Bill Marshall talks to New Farnley’s 17-year-old off-spinner Jack Dyson about his remarkable start to life in the Bradford Premier League. Few players can have made the transition from Premier League second-team cricket to the first XI look so easy as teenager Jack Dyson. The 17-year-old New Farnley off-spinner has also created something of a […]
Bradford Premier League Interview: Woodlands’ Brad Schmulian
Bill Marshall talks to Woodlands Cricket Club’s overseas signing, Brad Schmulian, about the Bradford Premier League and his first-class career for Central Stags in New Zealand. Bradford Premier League cricketer Brad Schmulian’s career has been a series of peaks and troughs. The 30-year-old, who is the overseas player for Woodlands, had a meteoric first-class debut […]
James Smith: My playing career at Pudsey St Lawrence
Bill Marshall talks to James Smith, of Pudsey St Lawrence in the Bradford Premier League, about his playing career in James’ final season. It is said that when Derbyshire needed another fast or fast-medium bowler in the 20th Century, they just hollered down a mine shaft. Not all of these were miners, however, but the […]
Lee Goddard: Runs galore in the Bradford Premier League
Bill Marshall talks to the leading run-scorer in the Bradford Premier League, Lee Goddard, about form, mindset and the push for silverware. Lee Goddard’s statistics this season are Bradmanesque. In seven innings up to Friday, June 11, the New Farnley opener’s scores have been 123, 89 not out, 141, 32 retired, 19 not out, 0, […]