Gary Lewsley reflects on the difficult journey his club, Rodley CC, has trodden from sensationally quitting one league and having to bolster facilities to join another.
Club cricket
Is Clayton West Cricket Club on borrowed time?
Typical challenges facing cricket clubs can be anything from scraping enough funds together to replace a mower to sourcing a wicketkeeper on the morning of a game. The number of cricket clubs has been steadily declined in Yorkshire for years and the reasons for that will vary but not being able to get enough willing […]
How to get the best out of cricket nets
Unless you’ve been hurling yourself around a sports hall playing indoor cricket this winter, cricket nets will be when club cricketers ease their Christmas turkey-enhanced bodies back to fitness and form in time for (or during) the 2016 season. Here’s a shortlist of tips and tricks to make sure all cricketers and clubs get the […]
Meet the Yorkshire cricketer still playing in his eighties
What will you be doing when you’re eighty years old? Batting for your village cricket team still? Yeah. Thought not, me neither, although Mrs Cricket Yorkshire begs to differ. Well, thanks to a wonderful cricket documentary by TV Producer Chris Hay, the world can get to hear about Yorkshire cricketer Geoff Deighton, who is still […]
How have cricket clubs been hit by the floods?
The rain keeps coming. Relentless and overpowering, mother nature – in the guise of the El Nino weather phenomenon – has handed out a kicking again and again to these islands since November. In Yorkshire, where we’re used to witnessing all manner of freakish and cruel weather, Storm Desmond even briefly transformed the limestone lip […]
Wearing One: should helmets be compulsory for all?
In a Twitter poll for Cricket Yorkshire, opinion was split down the middle on whether forcing amateur players of all ages to wear cricket helmets would be the right thing to do. Opponents of this stance tend not to argue on safety grounds but that it will repel cricketers who currently don’t wear helmets; that […]
Cricket Fixtures: Your Yorkshire Cricket Year Ahead
Ok, so you want to get organised. January is here so the 2016 cricket season is literally around the corner. Or so you tell yourself… What you need is a calendar with key cricket fixtures to get you excited and to smoothly orchestrate your summer.
What cricket problem can we solve for you?
Not so long ago, we asked you all for help with a survey to shape what the Cricket Yorkshire website covers in 2016 and what your preferences are.
What’s it like on cricket tour to Bulgaria?
Martin Eede reveals how a small village in East Yorkshire embarked on their first-ever international tour to Bulgaria.
Central Yorkshire Cricket League: history at Methley
A few weeks back in September, the final round of Central Yorkshire Cricket League Premier Division matches proved a welcome afternoon of cricket watching.