Club cricket

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 […]

So, I’ve joined the ranks of published cricket authors now that All Wickets Great and Small – an exploration by foot, bus and rail last summer of Yorkshire club cricket – is out in all good book shops. Or personalised, signed copies are available direct from me with Paypal. The book launch at Waterstones Leeds […]

Getting off at New Pudsey railway station for the Bank Holiday derby between Congs and St Lawrence was to realise you should never go anywhere in Yorkshire without a coat. The clouds were meant to burn off later but for now, a flotilla of sooty ships forged a ghostly path across the skies and a […]

Last Saturday was a rarity, waking up without any place I had to be. Due to a cricket injury after bellyflopping for a catch like a domino being unceremoniously toppled, a full day was there for the taking. Inevitably, it involved cricket and after a visit to Bradford & Bingley to watch their game against […]

Kevin Owens takes a look at some of more innovative approaches to fundraising currently on the go by clubs in the Aire Wharfe League to highlight what can be done with a little bit of imagination… There are many aspects to life with a cricket club that remain constant across the decades from sourcing players […]

The cricket ground at Wagon Lane, home to Bradford & Bingley, hasn’t half seen some extreme weather in the past six months, particularly with the extreme damage caused by the winter floods. But after a pleasant walk along the Leeds Liverpool Canal, it looked glorious on this sizzling May afternoon where the Bradford & Bingley […]