I’ve started the 2022 cricket season in pretty good nick. For me, ‘good nick’ means, during the early weeks of the summer, when enthusiasm is sky-high, watching games at grounds that have spent too long on my ‘must-get-around-to-visiting’ list. Elsecar Cricket Club’s Crab Field (crab apple trees once grew along one side) falls into this […]
Club cricket
Getting the Best Cricket Club Website with Pitchero
A cricket club website can be one of your most important assets. Beyond the usual news, scorecards and league tables, its potential to promote your club, boost membership, manage team selection and make match fees easier is really exciting. Through our partnership with Pitchero, this article will look at how to make the most of […]
Why cricket clubs should do their match fees online
Match fees can be more stressful for cricket clubs than they need to be. Late payments. Chasing the same culprits every week. Working out who’s paid. Cross-referencing bank statements for direct debits. Handling cash. Trips to the bank. Players need to remember to bring cash. Who has the right change? It’s not rocket science – […]
Stokesley topple Richmondshire in NYSD season opener
I’ve got a soft spot for the far corner of Yorkshire which, when I worked on Teesside during the 1990s, was dubbed ‘Cleveland’, an ancient name reinvigorated by the local authority. At the time, I lived at Great Ayton, a pleasant village where the future Captain James Cook went to school. Ayton was an ideal […]
The return of strawberry cheesecake and what it means for club cricket
I heard it long before the first white dots moving around Harden Cricket Club’s outfield came into view. An LBW appeal echoed through the trees of St Ives Estate in this leafy quadrant of BD16. Half a minute later, a ‘tock’ of a cricket bat striking leather reached my ears, somewhere off to the left. […]
Eleven To Watch: Early-Season in Yorkshire [2022]
Andrew Gallon picks his must-watch club cricket matches across Yorkshire in April & May. *** Throughout an unexpectedly sunny, mild March, my anticipation grew, day by day, as the 2022 club cricket season loomed closer. I’ll gloss over the recent snow! It seems Saturday, April 16 is the earliest date to take in a competitive […]
Cricket Club insurance: How these Yorkshire clubs chose theirs
Fishlake Cricket & Bowls Club probably didn’t worry too much about their cricket club insurance until the River Don burst its banks in November 2019. The South Yorkshire village suffered extraordinary flooding and Fishlake Cricket & Bowls Club was badly affected. I caught up with Sam Pepper to discuss how things were then and now […]
Speed guns, overseas players and cricket teas: Your questions answered
In a moment of madness, I offered to answer any questions relating to cricket that readers might like to ask. Thanks to everyone who emailed or sent them in via social media. It was a lot of fun to record and perhaps we can do more across the cricket season and choose a subject each […]
Sewerby Cricket Club: Yorkshire’s coastal castle
Having talked to Java sparrows and met a Humboldt penguin, it was time to go in search of Sewerby Cricket Club. It struck me that Sewerby could well be my favourite ground I’ve never actually watched cricket at, with Bamburgh running it close. They share close proximity to the coast so perhaps it’s that. In […]
Recreational cricket: What is in store in 2022?
As we look ahead to recreational cricket outdoors in England during 2022, what will be the trends and challenges for the grassroots game? Coronavirus is still very much with us though we collectively have the experiences of the past 2 years to call upon in managing any future restrictions or setbacks. I’ve said it before […]