Club Cricket

This Cricket Yorkshire survey on recreational cricket was designed to take the temperature of the game. Due to Covid-19, it has been as challenging and all-consuming as any cricket season. The impact on volunteers, the serious and overwhelming guidance to wade through, the reduced playing opportunities, the list stretches on and makes for grim reading. […]

The Cricket Yorkshire 50 is a shortlist compiled every year celebrating those who contribute to recreational cricket here in Yorkshire. It is in its fifth year and is one of the most popular articles as you get to learn more about some remarkable achievements. Due to coronavirus, it has been an unprecedented year. One that […]

Aden Biddle reflects on what it was like to play in an adapted season due to Covid-19. From teas to going out on loan, what can we all learn? As the rain teems down outside my window here in Sheffield, Storm Alex is in full force. The rainfall has cancelled my remaining fixtures with only […]

Alex Miller, a committee member at Ben Rhydding Cricket Club, explains his club’s move to the Nidderdale Cricket League. Cricket clubs do change cricket leagues. It’s not revolutionary but there’s been two interesting examples with cricket clubs opting for something different in 2021. Ben Rhydding swapping Aire-Wharfe cricket for the Nidderdale Cricket League caught my […]

This survey is now closed! Cricket Yorkshire is doing a survey which aims to hear from players, officials, spectators, clubs and leagues on the state of the grassroots game and what the future holds. We want to receive your feedback to understand the challenges, successes and current thinking in this most extraordinary of seasons.  Did […]

Jeremy Lonsdale explores which cricket clubs can make the claim? Although not the most important concern at this difficult time, we experienced our first spring without any organised cricket for over 200 years. This thought made me wonder which local cricket clubs in Yorkshire can claim to have existed that far back. Cricket was almost […]

The decision by Pocklington Cricket Club not to play any league cricket in 2020 (due to Covid-19) can’t have been easy. When I heard, I thought they’d be a very rare exception but the reality is that clubs have opted not to participate in leagues across Yorkshire, due to worries over Covid-19. It’s important to […]

Just a Few Lines is the remarkable story of the unseen letters and memorabilia of Yorkshire & England batsman Dennis Brian Close CBE. It is a cricket book that will grab the interest of anyone who wants to be introduced to a treasure trove directly from the pen of this famous son of Rawdon. You’ll […]

My Bradford Cricket League cup experience for 2020 began close to home with a trip to Wagon Lane. The Bradford Premier League teams were starting the new league cup and it saw Bradford & Bingley welcome Pudsey St Lawrence. Billy Whitford and Yasir Abbas are two signings for the home side who have a new […]