Low Moor Holy Trinity Cricket Club is in the midst of a hugely exciting chapter in its history – and one that offers a path for clubs in a similar situation. The Halifax Cricket League club was struggling in one of the hotspots across Yorkshire where cricket clubs are in close proximity – with Bradford […]
Club cricket
Alison Slack wins hearts, minds and funds at Fishlake
Alison Slack from Fishlake Cricket Club is a bit of a legend. There, I said it. Cricket clubs across the country rely on the superheroes that are their volunteers to get things done and this is the tale of someone who goes the extra mile – then kicks on for a marathon. She has been […]
Hallam Cricket Club aim for national indoor cricket title
For those of you who refuse to fathom the concept of not playing cricket for six long, tortuous months, there’s always indoor cricket – and for one club in South Yorkshire, they’ve developed quite a knack for it. Hallam Cricket Club is a success story on many levels with a history that can be traced […]
Fryup, anyone? Still off the beaten track
Cricket Yorkshire continues to welcome a raft of new writers (see Write for Cricket Yorkshire, if you’re interested) and Tony Hutton is the latest contributor with his incredible knowledge of Yorkshire club cricket. I’ve been fortunate to know Tony for quite a few years and we bump into each other everywhere from a windswept Weetwood […]
IOG issues rallying cry to groundsmen
No-one involved in club cricket will be particularly surprised that the evolution of volunteers in key roles is an ongoing concern. Struggles to recruit enough umpires and shortages of scorers is as old as the hills. Is it as bad as it ever was? I’ll leave that to you to ponder but the relatively small […]
Freedoms and forward-defences: Bats, Balls and Bradford Girls
The BBC Three film Bats, Balls and Bradford Girls is an absolute must-see documentary available on iPlayer. There are moments of wit, courage, selflessness and from the accents to the urban landscape, it is unmistakably Yorkshire. At its heart are the stories from an Asian girls’ cricket team who formed at Carlton Bolling College in […]
11 must-see Yorkshire cricket matches in 2019
Think of this as your Cricket Yorkshire diary for the year ahead with a smattering of recommendations across Yorkshire cricket. From World Cups to little-known Dales encounters, sit back and enjoy this preview. 6 January – Cricket in the Yorkshire Dales Meet at the Buck Inn, Malham at 12 noon for what is usually the […]
Is there a future for cricket club programmes?
A strange realisation gripped me the other day. I was writing Christmas cards while troughing a door wedge of chocolate yule log and it became apparent that I have forgotten how to write. When was the last time you picked up a pen and actually wrote anything as opposed to fired up the keyboard and […]
How Zwingo Sports can liven up your cricket training
Zwingo Sports is set to make headlines in 2019 after the Zwingo cricket training tool that we featured before on Cricket Yorkshire, proved so popular. As we’ll explore here, the company is scaling up its plans to revolutionise how we play cricket and help us to train smarter. For its Founder Brett Hillary, the […]
York Cricket Club wins first-class fixture for 2019
York Cricket Club are celebrating after securing a first-class fixture in Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s 2019 season. Yorkshire take on Warwickshire at Clifton Park on Monday 17 June and it is reward for their efforts hosting Yorkshire Seconds and Yorkshire Diamonds in recent years. Yorkshire’s first-team also come and practice at York and there’s been […]