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Pre-game rituals in cricket – what are yours?

May 1, 2025 by John Fuller Leave a Comment

Picture the scene. The league cricket match starts in ten minutes. I am tearing down the High Street, cricket bag bouncing on my back, bat jutting out and jousting with unsuspecting pedestrians. I am late. Why am I always late?! If we bowl first, I am opening the bowling from the top end. I always […]

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Weekly Column: Joe Wicks, Joe Root and the Pinch Hitter

April 23, 2020 by John Fuller Leave a Comment

Monday 13 April Being confined indoors requires some innovation around exercise. So, it comes to pass that Joe Wicks is on the TV doing a live class on YouTube and I’m joining in. Ok, so I’m doing the warm-up which seems to have got me red-faced and wheezing away. I like Joe. He doesn’t mind […]

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Weekly Column: Sixes and Wickets, Tiger King & BrooksBusters

April 15, 2020 by John Fuller 3 Comments

Wednesday 8 April I had a Google Calendar reminder today that the Halifax Cricket League was due to be hosting a cricket event at Piece Hall over the Easter weekend. It was to be a chance to bring the game beyond its usual surroundings to the good people of Calderdale in the stunning surroundings of […]

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Weekly Column: Shielding, meringues and home-made bowling machine

April 6, 2020 by John Fuller Leave a Comment

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Thursday 3 April I got a letter from the hospital saying that, because I take medication that weakens my immune system, I am deemed at high risk and must take added precautions as of today and go into a 12-week, bells-and-whistles lockdown. The term is to ‘shield’ for 3 months and involves not going outside […]

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Weekly Column: Christmas pud for lunch as Virat Kohli signs for Yorkshire

April 6, 2020 by John Fuller Leave a Comment

In the second part of Cricket Yorkshire’s new column, it’s all happening at CYHQ from festive food choices to signing India’s captain. Monday 23 March This is actually happening. We are now in full lockdown as a country. It’s not that I thought the mayhem from the coronavirus was merely a grim nightmare I’d awake […]

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Launching: Diary of a cricket writer

March 24, 2020 by John Fuller 2 Comments

Hi everyone, we are all trying to wrap our heads around the extraordinary times in which we find ourselves. Here on Cricket Yorkshire, there will be plenty to digest and ponder in the coming month and I’ve been mulling over how to add something new for website readers. What I’ve come up with is a […]

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