The dust had barely settled on Somerset’s crushing ten-wicket win over Yorkshire in the County Championship when the pinnacle of club cricket came to Headingley. Bradford League champions Pudsey St Lawrence faced Great Ayton, the highest-placed Yorkshire side from the North Yorkshire South Durham ECB Premier League. This was one of two semi-finals of the […]
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The Cricket Yorkshire 50
Cricket revels in its stats and likes a list almost as much as Mrs Cricket Yorkshire. Fastest T20 innings of the season when batting with shoelaces undone, percentage of reverse sweeps when on nought, slowest delivery of all time…. For a couple of years, I’ve meant to put together a bit of a Who’s Who’s […]
The village cricketer who’s just hit a hundred at Lord’s
A North Yorkshire village cricket team have become the pride of the county after lifting this year’s Davidstow National Village Cup at Lord’s. Sessay Cricket Club has continued the dominance of Yorkshire villages in the competition after a 119-run victory over Sibton Park from Kent. It is the tenth time a Yorkshire-based side have won […]
Who will be crowned the best cricket club in Yorkshire?
After months of fixtures across Yorkshire’s four ECB Premier Leagues stretching back to April, the push to be the champion club is intensifying. Clubs from the Bradford Premier League, ECB Yorkshire League North, ECB Yorkshire South and North Yorkshire South Durham Cricket League are jostling to win their league and qualify for semi-finals at either […]
Driffield’s ‘Have a Go’ blueprint should be repeated across the country
Have a Go. Those simple three words caught my eye on Twitter the other day and it led to a conversation with a woman who clearly loves her cricket. Say hello to Pam Woodcock of Driffield Town Cricket Club who has been running ‘Have a Go’ cricket competitions annually since 1992. The premise behind it […]
Mount Cricket Club win hearts, minds and awards
It’s been an astonishing couple of years for Mount Cricket Club who play at the ‘Field of Dreams’ on Halifax Road in the Staincliffe district of Batley. With an unstoppable impetus fuelled by their volunteers, Mount’s growth has seen their club offering expand to include three senior teams (two in Huddersfield Central Cricket League and […]
Delph and Dobcross claim the Sykes Cup at Honley
Last Sunday was all about Huddersfield cup cricket. Ok, so we got a little lost on the drive over from Leeds but the bonus was a stunning drive through the countryside around Meltham before dropping down into the village of Honley. The Sykes Cup final saw favourites Delph and Dobcross, who had already beaten Broad […]
Do we play too much cricket but see too little?
Cue the howls of protest at that headline. Now before Disgruntled of Huddersfield or Unimpressed of Bradford gets in touch, hold your horses and let me explain. I want to see more get involved than the 850,000 or so in England and Wales who currently play cricket. I’d like anyone of any age to get […]
Yorkshire U17 Girls shine at Spofforth Cricket Club
Stepping down off the train at Pannal, the local Women’s Institute were doing a spot of pruning at what must be one of the finest floral backdrops of any station. There to meet me was Steve Gill, Spofforth Cricket Club’s Chairman, for the short drive east back to his village where his club was hosting […]
Sheffield’s cricket grounds come up trumps
Our Saturday of exploring cricket in Sheffield actually began outside the city with a dip into Sheffield & Phoenix United Cricket Club in Brinsworth, south of Rotherham. It was a local derby at Bawtry Road where Sheffield Collegiate’s first eleven were the visitors and as we climbed out of the car, the LBW shout against […]