Since 2011, Cricketyorkshire.com has been promoting all forms of Yorkshire cricket from interviews with Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and Adil Rashid to hundreds of club visits and talking with those that so impressively power the grassroots game. That’s over a million words, thousands of photos and yes, a few cricket teas along the way. Going […]
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Cricket Yorkshire 50 is back: Fifty stars from the grassroots game
The Cricket Yorkshire 50 is my annual shortlist of superstars selected from the recreational game in the county. The CY50 is in its fourth year and remains one of the most-read articles of any year for the website. This is for you – the players, coaches, administrators and officials out there who help to make […]
Giles Foster Scholarship offers Great Preston Cricket Club continuity
The strong connection between Ringwood Cricket Club in Melbourne and Great Preston Cricket Club in West Yorkshire continues to grow, as the fifth year of the Giles Foster Scholarship (GFS) announced Tyson Freeman as the 2019 scholarship recipient earlier this year, writes Ian Newton. Ringwood Cricket Club all-rounder Tyson follows in the footsteps of Ringwood […]
The lost cricket leagues of Yorkshire
Recreational cricket across Yorkshire changes at quite a pace. While there are new formats and ways to access the game, there are many leagues that have bitten the dust down the years too. John Phillips rummages through the county archives to learn about the Felixkirk and District League after the second world war. It’s a […]
NYSD cricket: Captains, professionals & transfers
The NYSD (North Yorkshire & South Durham Cricket League is up and running again and my thanks go to its President Chris West for offering his thoughts on how each squad in the ECB Premier Division is shaping up. DARLINGTON BUILDING SOCIETY NORTH YORKSHIRE & SOUTH DURHAM ECB PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON 2019 PREVIEW After the […]
Around the West Yorkshire cricket leagues
Our travelling club cricket correspondent Bill Marshall has rounded up a selection of news from a number of cricket leagues in West Yorkshire. Cricket Yorkshire will aim to feature more leagues from across the region in the next month. If you’d like to summarise what’s been going on in a particular league (or perhaps a […]