In the summer of 2022, I seem to have gravitated to village cricket grounds. From the green slab of St Ives at Harden to whitewashed walls and a stellar tea at Bradshaw, there’s been some real gems. Not to mention Beckwithshaw Cricket Club outside Harrogate and Luddenden Foot up in the heavens above Mytholmroyd. All […]
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A visit to Malton for cricket books and cricket bats
I found myself back in the North Yorkshire market town of Malton recently. It was pre-planned obviously, I didn’t just wake up there. Last time I arrived, in the early days of Cricket Yorkshire, I left the railway station and walked around a hardware store which had a fine selection of flat caps and also […]
Cricket Gifts: The Ultimate Guide [2023]
Buying cricket gifts can be fun to do but also a challenge, whether the person you’re buying for plays cricket, watches the game or supports a team. At Cricket Yorkshire HQ, our cricket gifts guide has now been assembled like a superstar World XI to help you sort your presents with minimal stress. Sit back, […]
Best cricket books to get you in the mood for the season
What are the best cricket books on Amazon? Ok, by ‘best’ I actually mean best-selling and this is a snapshot that changes by the hour. As we all look for lockdown entertainment, I thought I’d do some reviews in the coming months and flag up what’s available from cricket books to cricket training on the […]
Incredible, unseen letters of Brian Close: Just a Few Lines
Just a Few Lines is the remarkable story of the unseen letters and memorabilia of Yorkshire & England batsman Dennis Brian Close CBE. It is a cricket book that will grab the interest of anyone who wants to be introduced to a treasure trove directly from the pen of this famous son of Rawdon. You’ll […]
Honorary Tyke: When Sachin Tendulkar came to Yorkshire
Thomas Blow, who writes for The Cricketer magazine, speaks to Cricket Yorkshire about his new book: The Honorary Tyke. *** I am delighted to announce my debut book, The Honorary Tyke, is now available to purchase. The book is an exhaustive account of Sachin Tendulkar’s summer at Yorkshire CCC, remembering a defining moment in the […]
Yorkshire CCC Yearbook: White Rose on every page
Cricket is coming. After the long hiatus that followed the end of the 2018 county cricket season, it’s not long before Yorkshire County Cricket Club begin at Weetwood against Leeds Bradford MCCU. For those of us who pine for the return of domestic cricket, there are staging posts along the way. Fixtures out? Tick. New […]
What’s in Last of the Summer Wickets: Tales from the Scarborough Cricket Festival?
I’m delighted that my Scarborough Cricket Festival book called Last of the Summer Wickets is available in paperback, published by Great Northern Books. The Scarborough Cricket Festival has made for a compelling subject. We are firmly in an age where T20 dominates the cricket agenda and yet there is an enormously popular cricket tradition that […]
Foreward to Scarborough with Sir Michael Parkinson
I am delighted to share the news that Sir Michael Parkinson has written the foreword to my new book on the Scarborough Cricket Festival, that’s out in June. It’s a privilege to have a broadcaster, journalist and author of Michael’s standing associated with my second cricket book and particularly apt, given there was the Michael […]
Dandelion and Burdock and Don: When Yorkshire played at Settle Cricket Club
Author David Mitchell conjures up an adapted chapter from his new cricket book, From Snicket to Wicket. Here, David reminisces of his childhood at Settle Cricket Club and the spectacle of the annual match against Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Cricket has been in my blood since Grandad took me to watch Yorkshire play Australia at […]