As my fingers clatter over the keyboard to bring you this article, it is raining outside. Not chucking, tipping or siling it down but appropriate enough as this feature is all about a cricket club battered by floods, stripped to the bone but now back on its feet. Let’s rewind to August on a Saturday […]
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The Laws of Cricket have had an update but what are the implications?
The game of cricket has now changed significantly as the MCC’s new Laws of Cricket 2017 Code came into force on Sunday 1 October. On the surface, amended rules may not have you frothing with excitement but these are the first changes to the laws of the game since 2000 and there are actually some […]
The Cricket Yorkshire 50 returns: Who’s in? Who’s out?
Ok, so last September I published the Cricket Yorkshire 50 – a shortlist designed to spark debate but mainly to give a nod to those from England cricketers to heros on the village green. It melted time and space and most of Yorkshire’s power supply for a year was thirstily slurped up coping with the […]
Black Sheep Final washout at Masham but hosts excel
There was a heart-stopping moment when our car breached the top of the hill before descending into the North Yorkshire market town of Masham where the expansive views are revealed and everyone gasped. It was akin to the unrolling of a treasure map before our eyes. The Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is one […]
Day of drama awaits for Yorkshire cricket clubs on Saturday finale
Super Saturday, club cricket crunchtime, call it what you will…after league cricket seasons that began for many back in April, this weekend is where titles are decided, promotion campaigns conclude and relegation trapdoors spring open. Yorkshire’s unsettled weather forecast will offer a lifeline or be a cause of consternation and with plenty of rain about, […]
Saltburn Sharks toast U19 T20 county success
Saltburn Sharks recently became champions of the Durham Cricket Board’s County U19 Club competition after a rousing finale at the Emirates Riverside stadium in Chester-le-Street. The Sharks are Saltburn Cricket Club’s under-19 side and had a long route to county honours this season given that the North Yorkshire South Durham Cricket League (NYSD), of which […]
Heavy Woollen Cup Final delivers tradition and pies
On assignment for The Cricket Paper, this year’s Heavy Woollen Cup Final was a welcome return to Bradford Premier League leaders and 2017 hosts, Hanging Heaton. A trip back in April had involved ketchup-slathered chips, a talk to Townville’s West Indian overseas player Shkym Haynes and an appreciation for Hanging Heaton’s early league credentials. This […]
Crunch time for Yorkshire Academy as title race hots up
As one of an elite group of scorers in Yorkshire with a Level 3 qualification this season, Andrew Hinchliffe has found himself in the scorebox for Yorkshire Academy in the ECB Yorkshire Premier League North and as well placed as any to offer a perspective on their progress. Yorkshire Academy continues to be a fertile […]
Meet Scott: back on the cricket field after his second kidney transplant
There are extraordinary cricket matches in Yorkshire every week if you know where to look. None more so than Great Britain Transplant Cricket Club (GBTCC) against Lucky Stars Australia Transplant Cricket Club that took place over two days at Sandal CC back in July. That’s right. There’s a UK representative side for cricketers who have […]
Settle Cricket Club: game on in the Yorkshire Dales
Among the many definitions, the word ‘settle’ is to resolve something, come to rest or make a home and having now visited Settle Cricket Club, all three seem as if they fit snugly in this North Yorkshire town. It’s not a quick journey from Cricket Yorkshire HQ and we travelled in hope rather than expectation; […]