Club cricket

When we pulled into the car park at the back of the Toby Carvery on Sheffield’s Ecclesall Road South, it was with something of a heavy heart as it looked like there was movement with Parkhead Cricket Club’s ground covers going on. The reality of Saturday’s weather had been nothing like the morning forecast – […]

Slow, posh and complicated are amongst some of the adjectives that were used when I asked fellow teenagers to describe their thoughts on cricket. As a keen advocate of the game, these words have a tendency to hurt as I love it and see cricket as so much more. So the question is…why is there […]

A bit of fun for you all…to distract you from a hard slog at work or maybe you’re stuck on a train somewhere and need some quick entertainment. Take part in this quick-fire quiz across TEST, COUNTY and CLUB categories. Just 12 questions and all will be revealed… At the end, depending on your answers, […]

Ok, so I have a working theory that says cricket balls used in league cricket can often be expensive, lose their shine in a matter of overs, go out of shape, cause damage to bats and fingers and are, frankly, a bit of a con. So, why has this article come about and why now? […]

When you park up at Hull Zingari, there’s a wall of conifers beyond which you can tantalisingly see flecks of white – on this occasion, the fixture between the home side’s firsts and York & District Senior Cricket League leaders Easingwold. As you walk round the corner, there’s an open expanse with the distinctive and […]

Finding Hull Cricket Club’s ground on Chanterlands Avenue North proved our first test for this Saturday morning. Brian, who some of you will know if you’ve read All Wickets Great and Small, is nothing if not old school. So no maps, not paper nor one filled with computer pixels, just Brian’s usually Encyclopaedic memory of […]

As midday approaches, Bradford feels like it’s only just tentatively waking with a muggy walk up Laisteridge Lane towards Bradford Park Avenue. Today is all about a Quaid-e-Azam Sunday Cricket League match between White Rose and Indus Ghari in the semi-final of the chefgenie Shield. Not one to stand on ceremony, my eye is caught […]

This is Cricket Yorkshire’s debut, confident splosh into the swirling waters of online fashion retail. This is your chance to get a quality, ring-spun 100% cotton cricket T-shirt (for £8 plus postage) that shows your support for grassroots cricket and also Cricket Yorkshire! **Denim shorts not included (well, it was a warm day for our […]

What would you prepared to pay for a cricket bat? The answer to that is as broad as the edges of bats that now dominate the market. Your ability as a cricketer, economic circumstances, your sense of value and whether you are a grain-obsessed badger or don’t much care what lightsaber you wield at a […]

In the quiet coastal village of Marske-by-the-Sea, there is a batting storm every bit as powerful as when the North Sea winds gather their puff. Saeed Bin Nasir won’t be a name too familiar to many in Yorkshire league cricket but the prolific Pakistani cricketer, with 10,000 first-class runs to his name, is racking up […]