As you might expect, I spend a huge amount of my year looking at club cricket websites and social media channels. It helps with research, stats, interview ideas, club visits and informs the articles we write here on Cricket Yorkshire. I thought I’d rustle up some top tips for any cricket club to do a […]
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Jack Shutt: Bowling off-spin in a Harrogate shop window
Off-spinner Jack Shutt is opening up about being released by Yorkshire County Cricket Club last November and what comes next. Over five years, Jack played in 32 matches across the formats for the White Rose that yielded 36 wickets; certain potential if not spectacular returns. There were standout performances that ended up bookending his county […]
Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League – Transfer news
It has been a busy close-season of recruitment for clubs in the top division of each of Yorkshire’s four ECB Premier League competitions. With the start – weather permitting! – of the 2024 season not too long now, there are plenty of interesting player movements upon which to dwell. (It is worth updating our late […]
North Yorkshire & South Durham Cricket League – Transfer news
A look at the player moves and overseas signings in the ECB Premier Division of the North Yorkshire & South Durham Cricket League. Champions Saltburn will have a new overseas professional for the 2024 season. They have brought in Husnain Bukhari, who last year played for relegated Thornaby. The 32-year-old all-rounder, whose first-class debut was […]
Yorkshire Premier League North – Transfer news
In the Yorkshire Premier League North, here is an overview of player moves and overseas signings from the ECB Premier Division. Defending champions Castleford have signed Byron Grant, from Yorkshire Southern Premier League club Conisbrough, and Simon Parker, latterly with Carlton, of the Bradford Premier League. Calum Rowe will captain Cas this year. He took […]
Bradford Premier League: Transfer news
A look at player moves in the Premier First XI of the Bradford Premier League, with much of the following gleaned from a characteristically comprehensive league website article penned by league life member, historian and 2023 Sir Leonard Hutton Trophy recipient Reg Nelson. Woodlands, aiming for a fifth consecutive title, have landed young wicketkeeper Alex […]
Yorkshire’s leagues postpone season start again: Time for change?
The news that the Match Play Committee of the NYSD had decided to postpone the first weekend’s fixtures (20 & 21 April 2024) had a strange finality – and symmetry – to it. Last year, the same league was fastest out of the blocks in reaching a decision early that others would follow in dribs […]
What if…Club cricket competitions we’d like to see happen
I spotted on LinkedIn that Hornchurch had won the European Cricket League to be crowned Champions of Europe. It got me thinking about other club cricket competitions that could happen with a bit of blue sky thinking. So, here are a few ideas… chip in with your own by leaving a comment at the end […]
Early birds: Pre-season friendlies and when leagues begin
I get a bit twitchy at this time of year. Conflicted even. On the one hand, it’s definitely a time to celebrate more light and longer days with Spring here and the prospect of club cricket around the corner. Yet, there’s no disguising the fact that perhaps now I don’t play anymore, enthusiasm for watching […]
Club cricket groundskeepers face race against time to be ready
In something of a repeat of last year, the wet weather has played havoc with pitch makers who face the usual race to be ready for April fixtures. In 2023, my article on Yorkshire’s leagues postponing fixtures caught the attention, on account of the fact that we’d had record-breaking rain and many clubs had been […]