Kate Duffield signs for Doncaster Town Kate Duffield, from Auckland University Cricket Club, has signed for Doncaster Town Cricket Club for 2025. The Kiwi teen was part of the Auckland team who won the Kookaburra U17 Girls National tournament at the start of the year and she replaces Laura Scheiwe at Doncaster Town. All-rounder Duffield […]
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Reader Survey: How can we improve Cricket Yorkshire in 2025?
It’s that time of year. The nights are drawing in and planning is well underway for how this website moves forward in 2025. It’s been an incredible 12 months here in many ways and I am always mindful that you, the reader, are at the heart of its success. Thanks to everyone who takes the […]
End-of-season offer: £125 off FrogBox live streaming
To mark the end of the UK outdoor cricket season, our live-streaming partner FrogBox is offering cricket clubs a discount incentive. (🎉 OFFER: If you purchase Frogbox, quote ‘Cricket Yorkshire’ on their website for £125 Off). (This is a limited-time deal until the end of October 2024. First 10 clubs only.) Benefits of live streaming for your […]
Yorkshire’s Class of 2024: The Batters
Despite a very wet start to our Yorkshire outdoor season, batting fireworks have not been in short supply. Using Play-Cricket data, we’ve put together this shortlist to highlight the highest individual batting scores in Yorkshire. 👏 Top of the pile is Haris Khan’s 297 for Salem Athletic in the Quaid-e-Azam Sunday League that I figured […]
What is the future for cricket teas?
It’s time to talk cricket teas. Pop the kettle on, grab a biscuit (we’re partial to Tunnock’s Caramel Wafers here) and settle in. This is a chat about the past, present and future, in association with Yorkshire Tea, who have supported our competition for the past three years. As the only game I can think […]
ACS partners with Cricket Yorkshire for 2025
ACS Cricket Ground Equipment has renewed the partnership with Cricket Yorkshire for 2025, as we look to showcase their products over the coming year. The family business, based at Calverley in West Yorkshire, has manufactured and sold thousands of mobile covers, mobile batting cages, sightscreens and flat sheets nationwide over 15+ years. Whether you’re a […]
Caught Light: Reflections from a busy club cricket season
A rough count of grassroots cricket games I’ve been to this season, seems to come out at around 65. That is a personal best for a single season in the last decade, and I must admit for the vast majority of visits, it has been a real pleasure. As October arrives, I wanted to sit […]
Richmondshire are Yorkshire Premier League Champions
Leaving home to seek out a train into Leeds on this late September morning, there was frost on the cars and foggy breath. A Premier Leagues final at Castleford Cricket Club to crown Yorkshire’s champion Premier League was the showpiece to look forward to. There was already a good crowd in at Savile Park, folding […]
Bails off for the Arthington Cricket Festival
The Arthington Cricket Festival is no more. Time has been called on the season-extending celebration that saw friendly matches in late September and into October at Arthington Cricket Club. The writing has perhaps been on the wall with the need to hold matches elsewhere in recent years due to a waterlogged pitch and then pavilion […]
Close call: Sicklinghall snatch second and go up on net run rate
The last day of the Theakston Nidderdale League threatened to feature the same weather that dominated it in April. The forecast on Wednesday/Thursday suggested an overcast day with spells of light rain, and potentially the worst weather of the weekend at any rate. However, on Saturday morning I pulled the bedroom curtains apart like a […]