Rick Robinson, Wicketz Development Officer for Hull, discusses the programme that uses cricket to make a lasting impact to young people’s lives. **** Wicketz, a national Lords Taverners programme, is delivered in Yorkshire by the Yorkshire Cricket Foundation, charity and community arm of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Wicketz is a community cricket programme aimed at […]
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Pork pies and port as West Riding Cricket Club reach 70 not out
There is a magic to the multitude of roving cricket sides who bag informal games across the region where they can find opposition. I particularly savoured social cricket at Bolton Abbey with Hawks and Druids. Here, Bill Marshall explores a match to celebrate West Riding Cricket Club reaching a notable landmark. There are fathers and […]
Bradford hosts Community Cricket Festival Week at Park Avenue
In all the research for my new book, Last of the Summer Wickets, the most common view I heard was that Scarborough Cricket Festival isn’t really a festival anymore. More of that another time but if anyone’s looking for inspiration on how to bolster the coastal institution still further then Bradford could well provide it. […]