The road to Lord’s sees the return of Sessay, victors of the National Village Cup in 2010 & 2016. Can the North Yorkshire club put a run together? Their first eleven are eligible now they are in Premier Division 2 of the YPLN. Sessay last entered the Village Cup in 2022 when they lost out […]
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Electronic Cricket Scoreboards: Guide for Clubs
Electronic cricket scoreboards come in all shapes and sizes and in this guide, in association with Bespoke Scoreboards, we’ll share some of the features, costs and next steps a club cricket volunteer needs to consider. Electronic Cricket Scoreboards: Choosing for your club If you are exploring what updating to an electronic cricket scoreboard involves then […]
Outdoor cricket nets: How Yorkshire clubs achieved theirs
Club cricket nets facilities continue to be built and refurbished across the North of England to improve the quality of practice and enjoyment of the game. In this collaboration with total-play Ltd, we’ll look at three sites – Hundhill Hall, Sheriff Hutton Bridge and Middlesbrough. They vary in size, scope, materials and complexity. What they […]
National Club Championship 2026: New entries, plum ties
The ECB National Club Championship for 2026 has teams in Yorkshire entering for the first time, serious pedigree and tough competition. In this round-up, I’ll walk you through some of the headlines for this edition as well as early-season ties to whet the appetite. All change Yorkshire’s cricket clubs feature in Group 1 and Group […]
6 ways for cricket clubs to earn with easyfundraising
If your cricket club isn’t yet using easyfundraising, it’s missing out on a huge way to regularly earn money – at no cost to anyone. 🏏 If your cricket club registers on easyfundraising, Cricket Yorkshire will earn an affiliate commission. It doesn’t cost you anything – but you’ll also be supporting this website and grassroots […]
Howden’s Ashes story: Pavilion in flames to future plans
As we await the next chapter of England’s Test cricket rollercoaster in Australia, it got me thinking about the Ashes in Yorkshire. Not at Headingley though, in Howden. The Ashes Playing Fields is a 15.5 acre park that’s located in the Georgian market town of Howden in East Yorkshire. I’ve walked its boundary a few […]
Scarborough Cricket Festival Book: Last of the Summer Wickets
Scarborough Cricket Festival is celebrated in John Fuller’s book, Last of the Summer Wickets. Interviews with Boycott, Lehmann, Gillespie and many more. Foreword by Sir Michael Parkinson. *** Much has changed since I wrote it but plenty stays the same too and with all of the interviews I packed in, there’s something for everyone. (As […]
Jake Weatherald: From Barnsley to the Ashes
Jake Weatherald’s inclusion in Australia’s 15-player squad for the first Ashes Test did not go unnoticed in Barnsley. The 31-year-old could open the batting for his country but you may not know that he had two profitable summers in South Yorkshire for Barnsley Woolley Miners. I caught up with Phil Chapman, the club’s Cricket Development […]
Team selection at cricket clubs: The ultimate Rubik’s Cube
Cricket team selection has been on my radar to write about for ages. So many angles. It can be pretty controversial and I’ve worn the various hats as peripheral cricketer to captain with the nuances and pressures that come with both. If we take it as given that everyone wants to play, how do cricket […]
Clock ticking at Kirkstall Educational with Yorkshire Water
Kirkstall Educational Cricket Club, of the Aire-Wharfe Cricket League, have fingers crossed that a current Yorkshire Water project finishes on time for the 2026 season. The water company is installing a new storage tank at Kirkstall’s ground so there is currently a cavernous hole in the outfield at the far end. According to a Yorkshire […]