On an assignment for The Cricket Paper – ahem, article due out this Friday, buy a copy for my forthright ramblings – it was time to head for indoor cricket to watch the The ECB Indoor National Club Championship. This was a full-throttle, pocket of cricket with different rules than I was used to: blink and […]
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Introducing the 12th Man: a charity Yorkshire Ale
Head Brewer and Brewery Manager Ryan Truswell sounds right at home as we discuss two of his passions in life – Yorkshire ale and cricket – in an interview that nonetheless has a deadly serious twist. The Old Mill Brewery, in the East Yorkshire town of Snaith, have created a charity beer called ‘12th Man’ […]
ECB Small Grant Scheme: How cricket clubs can benefit
(Update June 2020: The ECB has reconfigured its funding for cricket clubs due to Covid-19 so visit their funding page to see the latest). As we welcome February, cricket nets will be underway and everyone is building towards the new cricket season. For cricket clubs, 2018 represents a fresh opportunity to change their circumstances for […]
It’s all change in East Yorkshire cricket for 2018
Joe Ashdown must have been a juggler in a former life; the Yorkshire Cricket Board’s Cricket Development Manager for East Yorkshire is also Yorkshire Lead for AllStars Cricket & manages Women & Girls Cricket in the county and coaches Yorkshire Womens 2nd XI. Any given week for Joe is diverse; he might be meeting with […]
How to pick the best cricket bat for your game?
For many of you cricketers, February signals a changing in the seasons just as surely as entering a different time zone: back to nets (BTN). Preparation for this ritual will depend on whether you spend winter oiling your cricket bat with affection or open your cricket bag, after months of fermentation, with a hazmat suit […]
Latest: Yorkshire’s Premier League Winter Transfers
Each year, Cricket Yorkshire does a transfer roundup ahead of the first ECB Premier League games in Yorkshire (normally mid-April). Well, given football has its transfer window, it felt like an apt time to offer a mid-winter transfer update across Yorkshire’s four ECB Premier leagues, in addition to the pre-season article in a few months […]
Don’t miss these Yorkshire cricket matches in 2018
If you’ve clicked through and are reading this, maybe you are someone for whom adventure knows no limits; an intrepid explorer who thirsts for left-field Yorkshire cricket suggestions. Well, as it happens, you’ve come to the right place. This is not about Pakistan Test match at Emerald Headingley, the Roses T20 or the ECB Premier […]
Climbing off the fence: Three club cricket predictions for 2018
A new year brings with it a sense of promise and purpose. A brew is constantly on the go here in the Cricket Yorkshire office so I’ve gazed mystically into the tea leaves to offer up some cricket predictions. A cricketer will be sent off in 2018 I’m a little surprised it’s not happened yet […]
Mark & Charlie’s Story: Opening Up Cricket
December 14th, 2012, is seared into the memory of Mark Boyns (left) who learnt his friend Alex Miller had taken his own life. Alex and Mark were close friends who played cricket together at Sefton Park Cricket Club in the Liverpool & District Cricket Competition. They also shared a common affliction: depression. As Mark describes […]
How cricket clubs can stay out of trouble on social media ?
Let me take you back to a dark Wednesday afternoon earlier in November. In the Cricket Yorkshire office, I am reading the Yorkshire Cricket Board’s disciplinary regulations for cricket leagues, updated in October 2017, line-by-line. Why? Well, I’ll be honest…there was a moment as the chocolate chip cookies dried up when I asked myself the […]