What must it be like to play cricket if you’re visually impaired? It was a thought preoccupying me on the walk up to the Indoor Cricket Centre at Yorkshire County Cricket Club to watch a taster session run by Yorkshire VICC. I’ve written about VI cricket before with Cricket Yorkshire but it has been a […]
Club Cricket
Arthington’s tradition of October cricket lives on
As if to prove that cricket is very much alive and kicking in this part of Yorkshire, as I got out of the car at Arthington Cricket Club last Sunday, a straight six thudded the ball into the grass behind me. It was a spectacular afternoon in this slice of Wharfedale, north of Leeds, proving […]
Winning the JM Kilburn Cricket Writer of the Year Award
You just never know what surprises life will offer up like a juicy half volley outside off stump. It had been a rough fortnight combining poor health, helter-skelter travel around the UK and broadband blackout (don’t get me started on EE, they have been atrocious) when an email from Mick Pope, Secretary of Wombwell Cricket […]
Pudsey St Lawrence edge Great Ayton to book flight to Abu Dhabi
The dust had barely settled on Somerset’s crushing ten-wicket win over Yorkshire in the County Championship when the pinnacle of club cricket came to Headingley. Bradford League champions Pudsey St Lawrence faced Great Ayton, the highest-placed Yorkshire side from the North Yorkshire South Durham ECB Premier League. This was one of two semi-finals of the […]
The Cricket Yorkshire 50
Cricket revels in its stats and likes a list almost as much as Mrs Cricket Yorkshire. Fastest T20 innings of the season when batting with shoelaces undone, percentage of reverse sweeps when on nought, slowest delivery of all time…. For a couple of years, I’ve meant to put together a bit of a Who’s Who’s […]
The village cricketer who’s just hit a hundred at Lord’s
A North Yorkshire village cricket team have become the pride of the county after lifting this year’s Davidstow National Village Cup at Lord’s. Sessay Cricket Club has continued the dominance of Yorkshire villages in the competition after a 119-run victory over Sibton Park from Kent. It is the tenth time a Yorkshire-based side have won […]
Meet the cricketers who walked from Headingley to Scarborough
Folk don’t half undertake some daft, ok, admirable challenges for a good cause. By the time you read this, Mark Sugden and Daniel Hill, who play and coach at Rodley Cricket Club, will have completed their charity walk from Headingley to Scarborough in aid of Yorkshire Cancer Research. That’s eighty miles over four days with […]
Driffield’s ‘Have a Go’ blueprint should be repeated across the country
Have a Go. Those simple three words caught my eye on Twitter the other day and it led to a conversation with a woman who clearly loves her cricket. Say hello to Pam Woodcock of Driffield Town Cricket Club who has been running ‘Have a Go’ cricket competitions annually since 1992. The premise behind it […]
Mount Cricket Club win hearts, minds and awards
It’s been an astonishing couple of years for Mount Cricket Club who play at the ‘Field of Dreams’ on Halifax Road in the Staincliffe district of Batley. With an unstoppable impetus fuelled by their volunteers, Mount’s growth has seen their club offering expand to include three senior teams (two in Huddersfield Central Cricket League and […]
Delph and Dobcross claim the Sykes Cup at Honley
Last Sunday was all about Huddersfield cup cricket. Ok, so we got a little lost on the drive over from Leeds but the bonus was a stunning drive through the countryside around Meltham before dropping down into the village of Honley. The Sykes Cup final saw favourites Delph and Dobcross, who had already beaten Broad […]