Ok everyone, December is here so talk of Christmas no longer feels premature. Even though the supermarkets have been flogging mince pies since the end of the county season. Are you the type to leave Christmas shopping until the last minute then get on Amazon and click round in a state of near panic? Perhaps […]
Cricket Features
Ditching the coin toss and don’t say balls to pink
Plans to scrap the coin toss in Division Two of the LV=County Championship next season has sent seismic, shuddering shock waves through the global game. The idea is to…wait for this decisive, bold and innovative step into the unknown…trial it for a year in 2016 to see what happens. It has yet to be rubberstamped, […]
Cricket Yorkshire’s Christmas Raffle for Cancer Research
The most memorable charity endeavour I’ve done may well have been the time I threw myself out a plane as a tandem skydive into a field in Kent some years past. There is nothing quite like travelling towards the ground at 120mph to encourage you to ponder the meaning of life. This year, the plan […]
Sixes and samosas with Dewsbury vicars and imams
Back in September 2015, John Fuller travelled to Dewsbury to watch an unusual cricket match. Minutes from the hustle and bustle of central Dewsbury, down a path that melds to the contour of the river Calder, lies a gem of a cricket ground. With the striking backdrop of the aquaduct, Sands Lane playing fields was […]
Could the BT Sport Ashes deal rejuvenate English cricket?
The news that BT Sport has won the UK TV rights to broadcast the next Ashes in Australia in 2017-18 was greeted here at CYHQ with a dollop of grumpiness, lashings of indignation and a sprinkling of excitement. The five-year deal between the broadcaster and Cricket Australia, understood to be a cool £80m, once again […]
Ashes – Australia 60 All Out: How Twitter reacted
If Stuart Broad thought that his 300th Test wicket was something to savour, after only three balls of this extraordinary Ashes Test, what happened next took some believing. Australia groggily staggered into an English seam bowling masterclass and fell like skittles. So, you probably now know that Australia were all out for just 60 in […]
Who’s Who? Cricketers doing magic and juggling fire
The Cricket Yorkshire office had a cricket book thump onto the doormat in time for the 2015 county season. It has a mint cover (in colour and condition) with Joe Root teeing off while Moeen Ali, who writes the foreword, clutches his Kookaburra and looks into the readers’ eyes. The Cricketers’ Who’s Who’s, published by […]
Ultimate places to stay for the cricket fan
The bank holiday is already a fading memory and reality, tinged with a five-or seven-day week, is gently mocking you. What can you do about it? Focus on your next break, that’s what… If you’re here at Cricket Yorkshire, in search of cricket-related distraction then look no further than our curated hat trick of ultimate […]
Playing Pacman along Kirkstall Lane
Part of why you read Cricket Yorkshire might be for the unexpected. Well, in that case, you’re going to love this… April Fools Day was celebrated in various creative ways. Yorkshire County Cricket Club launched their retractable roof and here at Cricket Yorkshire, we showcased Dickie Bird’s political bid for Prime Minster. Google turned to […]
Live cricket online remains a work in progress
At the start of England’s visit to the Windies, after all the talk of KP and the relative merits of West Indies’ strength, there was some actual live cricket online action to comment on. Going back a couple of weeks, it piqued the interest that the opening match of the tour against St Kitts & […]