Patrick Neal is having a frankly ridiculous season with the bat and so I picked up the phone to find out more. The opening bat has played for Mirfield CC for decades and has represented Yorkshire Over 60s for a couple of seasons now. đ¸ Pat (below left) is pictured with Brett Thompson of Thompson […]
Club Cricket
This, is my England: Evening league cricket at Burton Agnes
It is probably fair to say Burton Agnes, an East Riding village set amid the rolling Wolds, is better known for its Elizabethan manor house than for its cricket club. As it happens, manor house and cricket ground, sites separated by the narrow Rudston Road, are barely a couple of hundred yards apart â and […]
Cricket Yorkshire Teas of the Year 2025: Winners
The Cricket Yorkshire Teas of the Year 2025 competition had a fantastic response from those in the recreational game. It is sponsored by Yorkshire Tea who have supported this recognition of volunteers and cricket teas from the very beginning with trophies, prizes and lots of tea. With more entries than last year, plenty of clubs […]
Young Lions Cricket Championship launches with six under-18 teams
Six teams will take part in an exciting new summer league, for under-18s, to launch on Thursday, July 31. The Young Lions Cricket Championship is the brainchild of Wrenthorpe and MCC player Imran Dawood, an ECB Level Two coach. In addition to his own club, Wrenthorpe, Imran, the fledgling leagueâs president and chairman, has persuaded […]
Cricket pitches: Can you water them during a hosepipe ban?
From 11 July 2025, Yorkshire Water imposed hosepipe restrictions – but what does that mean for cricket clubs? The focus is on household water consumption (so no hosepipes or sprinklers in the garden). Here, we explain what cricket clubs can do and also interview South Milford Cricket Club who came up with an innovative solution […]
Super Sunday: Four clubs representing Yorkshire nationally
It is âSuper Sundayâ this weekend â July 6 â for four of Yorkshireâs teams taking part in the climactic stages of blue riband national knockout club competitions. The menâs sides of York (ECB National Club Championship) and Thornton (National Village Cup), and their womenâs counterparts from Sessay Emeralds (ECB Womenâs Club Cup T20) and […]
Driffield Town lead YPLN Women’s Premier League
Clifton Park hosted Clifton Alliance CC Women v Driffield Town Women in a Yorkshire Premier League North clash on Sunday 29 June 2025, with the sound of County Championship action between Yorkshire and Essex just over the fence â the perfect backdrop for another cricketing tale from Mark Doherty. đť Beer, sun and a bumper […]
Yorkshire ECB Premier Divisions: Our halfway review of 2025
With the 2025 season at or approaching its halfway mark, the leaders of Yorkshireâs five ECB Premier Divisions are Castleford, New Farnley, Rastrick, Richmondshire, and Wakefield Thornes. Ten rounds into the Huddersfield Premier Leagueâs first season with ECB Premier League status, Rastrick have a two-point lead over Hoylandswaine. Rastrick, who boast an impressive player budget […]
New Farnley show Heavy Woollen Cup credentials at Burley
I stepped off the train at Burley-in-Wharfedaleâs station to persistent Sunday rain. Fortunately, the drizzle cleared on the walk to Hodson Park for this Heavy Woollen Cup first round match. The less said the better about the grim forecast predicted but not for the first time, I travelled in hope, keen to see how New […]
T20: Sixes at altitude as Cumberworth United progress
On the hottest day of the year â albeit a temperature almost certain to be bettered several times in the coming weeks â I was desperate for a breeze. Heading for height seemed a sensible option for Thursday evening cricket, so I went to Cumberworth Unitedâs Cumberworth Lane ground, which stands at 719 feet. There […]