I’ve started the 2022 cricket season in pretty good nick. For me, ‘good nick’ means, during the early weeks of the summer, when enthusiasm is sky-high, watching games at grounds that have spent too long on my ‘must-get-around-to-visiting’ list. Elsecar Cricket Club’s Crab Field (crab apple trees once grew along one side) falls into this […]
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SNAP Sponsorship: Helping clubs find sponsors
Cricket club sponsorship has never been so important for recreational cricket as the effects of Covid-19 are felt far and wide. Cricket Yorkshire has partnered with SNAP Sponsorship to showcase its online platform designed to connect cricket clubs and leagues with businesses. In this article, we’ll explain how clubs can take advantage, the benefits, costs […]
How do we give cricket talent in Yorkshire an opportunity?
Amid the breathless evolution at Yorkshire County Cricket Club, the news that they are to hold county-wide trials caught my eye recently. The partnership with Lahore Qalandars from the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will see open cricket trials for over 18s across Yorkshire resulting in a Finals day. The two best male and female cricketers […]
The Winter Tour: January cricket in the Yorkshire Dales
This Cricket Yorkshire article was from a journey into the Yorkshire Dales in search of outdoor cricket in January back in 2018. The drive from the direction of Leeds to the village of Appletreewick in the Yorkshire Dales took us intrepid cricket explorers through sumptuous scenery. After the vast panorama dropping down past the Cow […]
Indoor cricket nets: Six ways to train smarter in 2022
Whatever standard you play at, you can get the best out of indoor cricket nets. The weird environment of stark lighting, sports hall terrain and matting for a pitch is a significant ritual, normally over several months, designed to ease out the kinks, oil the technique and grow confidence. If you’re of a mind to […]
How is racism showing up in grassroots cricket?
Over months, I’ve talked to cricket club officials, players and coaches about racism, many of whom wanted to contribute anonymously, but they all agreed on one thing. There was racism in Yorkshire cricket long before Azeem Rafiq and it’s not going away. What Azeem and his family have suffered is unimaginable and unforgivable. Yet, somehow, […]