NEWSPAPERS, who tend to have skeleton staffs these days due to drastically reduced income from just about all of their traditional financial streams (about the only growth area these days is from the internet), have taken to re-printing pages from days gone by. Some would say that was a benefit to older readers, despite the […]
Club Cricket
Yorkshire Disability Cricket: End of Season Review for 2022
When we last updated Cricket Yorkshire readers in May, we were looking forward to playing our County League programme and hopeful of a good season. Here is our end-of-season catch-up… Our Super 9s, softball team, playing in the Northern Region competition had an outstanding season, achieving their first Regional League winners and play-off trophies, being […]
Money-saving tips for cricket clubs and members in 2023
After an action-packed cricket season, there is an opportunity to pause, take a breath, reflect and plan. If you’re involved with helping to run a cricket club then that may well involve goal-setting for 2022. Amid the end-of-season awards and league dinners, thoughts inevitably turn to the financial: how are we going to afford that? […]
St Chad’s Broomfield Cricket Club: New Beginnings
One of Cricket Yorkshire’s most popular articles this year was on switching cricket leagues. Its inspiration was my local club, Bingley Congs, who have swapped the Craven Cricket League for the Aire-Wharfe Cricket League. What I didn’t know was that a club was voted out of the league to make space; namely St Chad’s Broomfield […]
Brsk offers 50% off full-fibre broadband for a year
Cricket Yorkshire has partnered with brsk, a broadband provider with a growing reputation, to promote their services (to areas with a Bradford postcode) with an incredible deal. Read on to learn more about who brsk are and how they can deliver superfast, reliable, affordable broadband. It is a collaboration that began because an engineer was […]
Andy’s story: Playing visually impaired cricket for Yorkshire
Visually impaired cricketer Andy Fisher remembers the moment his eyesight changed. ‘I woke up with my eyesight all massively blurry. I went for tests and they thought it could be a brain tumour or a stroke.’ Andy was 35 at the time he was diagnosed with the extremely rare genetic condition called Leber Hereditary Optic […]
Martin McCague: Opening the bowling for Kent with Iggy
MARTIN McCague spent eight seasons as a Kent team-mate of Alan Igglesden, who died last November aged 57 after a brain tumour. The special bond that the opening bowlers enjoyed in county cricket meant that it was an easy decision for 53-year-old McCague to head north to play in a special match at Bingley Congs […]
The chess moves that come with switching cricket leagues
For this feature, I’ve talked to cricket clubs this season about switching leagues; something that happens every year. It’s a little like moving chess pieces around a board. Thinking several moves ahead, reacting to scenarios unfolding and a game of strategy behind the scenes. I remember talking to Ben Rhydding about swapping the Aire-Wharfe Cricket […]
David Major: Photographing Yorkshire’s cricket clubs
I’ve followed David Major, a photographer who captures cricket, including here in Yorkshire, on Flickr for years. There are relatively few of us who cover the grassroots game and his photos are an important body of work. I caught up with David to learn more about his journey and to share a few images with […]
Making a donation: Ko-fi, Cricket Yorkshire & you
Since it began in 2011, cricketyorkshire.com has covered an enormous range of people, places, matches and topics. Interviews with some of the world’s best players rub shoulders with stories of village cricketers, incredible feats and in-depth analysis on club cricket. Cricket Yorkshire is here to show you the remarkable people and places involved in the […]