Embsay Cricket Club passed the ultimate test with flying colours. Sometimes I tell a club I’m coming and sometimes, I’m a tad disorganised, decide on the day or change my mind and we just hit the road. From the moment we parked up outside the gates, the Embsay flag not so much fluttering as writhing […]
Cricket Grounds
Booth Cricket Club: Character, cows, cramp and chirping
Booth Cricket Club was a relatively late decision for the first match of August – but it turned to be one of my best ones. The drive from Cricket Yorkshire HQ is mostly one we know well having explored the ENCO Halifax Cricket League for years now. The A629 Grand Prix chicane out of Denholme, […]
Rain halts weekend games before Monday cup final drama
Harrogate CC Women welcomed St. Chad’s Broomfield CC, while Kirk Hammerton faced Spofforth CC in a rain-affected weekend of Yorkshire cricket, covered by Mark Doherty. High risk of pluvial One of the things that you’ll have probably noticed when reading the musings of John, Andrew or myself…is the fact that we all seem to spend […]
Cricket pitches: Can you water them during a hosepipe ban?
From 11 July 2025, Yorkshire Water imposed hosepipe restrictions – but what does that mean for cricket clubs? The focus is on household water consumption (so no hosepipes or sprinklers in the garden). Here, we explain what cricket clubs can do and also interview South Milford Cricket Club who came up with an innovative solution […]
Wolds apart as Hull Strikers win the Battle of Walkington
For the second time in five days, I found myself watching cricket on the fringes of the rippling Wolds, surely Yorkshire’s most underrated landscape. A quarter-final of the Yorkshire Premier League North’s Dave Conner Memorial Trophy, between teams placed second and first in Division Two Holderness, held sufficient eastern promise to tempt me back along […]
Advice, support and funding for maintaining cricket grounds
In this feature with the Yorkshire Cricket Board (YCB), we’ll discuss the pressures on cricket grounds in Yorkshire, improving standards and some of the new support now available for clubs and teams from the YCB. If you read Cricket Yorkshire regularly, you’ll know that capacity of grounds is a theme I frequently discuss. It’s the […]
CLOSED: Ilkley Recycled Plastic Bench for your club
Our website partner, British Recycled Plastic, offered cricket clubs a chance to win an Ilkley Recycled Plastic Bench with Sloped Backrest (Black or Brown) worth over £500! **THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW CLOSED – but you can still read about the products below…. This traditional bench comfortably seats three adults and the arms help those who […]
All change at Bingley Congs: Juniors growth and ground upgrades
It’s Friday night at Bingley Congs Cricket Club. Having walked across the park and clambered over a wobbly gate inelegantly, the view is of junior cricket in all directions. On the second pitch, a game is underway as the young bowler gets some advice from one of the Congs coaches who is umpiring. At the […]
Height, heat and horses at Low Moor Holy Trinity
Today was a visit to the Halifax Cricket League and a club I’d never been to before. Low Moor Holy Trinity 2nd XI were at home to Stones in the First Division for 2nd XIs. It was a weird day weather-wise. I had a coat and jumper but expected to shed both at some point. […]
total-play cricket pitch covers: Review & 15% discount
Cricket rain covers. When you think about it, those three words are almost like a list of what happens and in what order. Every UK cricket club needs cricket covers and in this content partnership with total-play Ltd, we’ll dive into why their products are a game-changer – plus there’s an exclusive discount for Cricket […]