Ingleton Cricket Club is an outlier, as the only Yorkshire side in the Westmorland Cricket League that covers three counties. A cricket club AND a cricket league new to me? Time for a road trip. If you like caves and waterfalls, the village of Ingleton is a scenic hotspot; situated in the Craven district of […]
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Alex Brown: Cricket coaching and starting a company in your teens
I caught up with a Level 2 cricket coach, Alex Brown, who combines playing for Wrenthorpe in the Bradford Premier League with improving young cricketers. Here’s our Q&A… Hey Alex, what’s your cricket background? I’ve played cricket since I was around five years old so over 13 years (I’m 19 in June 2023). This interest […]
Pool Cricket Club: Rain delays, beetles and time travel
I’m having almost as much success getting my 2023 cricket-watching season off the ground as rocket man Elon Musk attempting to jettison himself into space. Nobody needs reminding what a wet, windy, cold spring it’s been. Away in Kent for Easter, I caught the final, decisive day of a County Championship match between Division One […]
Archer Cup: Six-team showdown at Northowram
The Archer Cup (named after Steve at the Yorkshire Cricket Board, not Joffra) delivered the hat-trick: skills, sunshine and spectators. After last year’s event had been rained off, this was a chance to bring together the six teams from the inaugural West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League. The drive over set the scene with […]
Clifton Alliance vs Pudsey St Lawrence: Saliva on the ball and five penalty runs
Uumpires Carl Williams and Michael Steele conferred on the square during Pudsey St Lawrence’s innings against Clifton Alliance in their first-round ECB National Club Championship clash. Were they checking the number of overs each bowler had delivered? Had somebody said something out of turn? Were they just passing the time of day? Then Williams turned […]
Play-Cricket: Clubs’ discontent with live scores rumbles on
Technology is great – until it doesn’t work. The ECB’s Play-Cricket platform where clubs across England and Wales display fixtures, results, scorecards and stats is under uncomfortable scrutiny. There have been problems for weeks now, drawing stinging criticism from players, clubs and leagues. Live-scoring down The focus is the live scoring service whereby cricket clubs […]
Dozens of Yorkshire’s cricket clubs turn to FrogBox live streaming
Get £100 Off your FrogBox Streaming kit by Sportradar – use ‘CricketYorksFB23’ (*Offer extended to the first 15 orders and runs until the end of May 2023) It’s official. Live streaming club cricket games with FrogBox by Sportradar has gone mainstream – and with good reason. As we’ve explored here since the partnership began, it […]
Are Mankads happening more in club cricket?
I read an article recently that made me smile at the headline and then shake my head in disbelief at what happened. It was about a Mankad incident in club cricket here in Yorkshire. It wasn’t the first and it won’t be the last – but even so. You’re a knowledgeable lot so you’ll probably […]
Aire-Wharfe Cricket: Rodley & Bingley Congs face off
It’s Saturday morning and I’m scouring around for fixtures, while checking the weather across Yorkshire. Ideally somewhere with a walk, green outdoor space and relatively new for Cricket Yorkshire, decent parking. Rodley’s home match in Division 4 of the Aire-Wharfe Cricket League gets my vote, not least because their opponents are Bingley Congs, my local […]
What’s the best way to do match fees for cricket clubs?
If there’s one thing that unites cricket clubs, players and parents, it’s that match fees can be a bit of a pain. If you’re a club then the challenge is how to collect all of them with minimal admin. For a captain who may ask for subs after a game, there’s chasing, collecting, and keeping […]