The inaugural Grassroots Cricket Awards for Yorkshire took place at Headingley on 23 March to recognise all of those volunteers who contribute to recreational cricket in Yorkshire. This delayed and rebooted version of what used to be the ‘OSCAs’ is organised by the Yorkshire Cricket Board and there are new categories, with nine recipients chosen […]
Cricket Interviews
Sophie Devine & Paul Grayson on Yorkshire Diamonds’ trophy drive
August heralds the return of the Kia Super League (KSL) as the women’s cricket tournament that sits between the county and international game is back for its second year. For the Yorkshire Diamonds, it’s all change as the refreshed squad has a new coach in Paul Grayson, while England internationals Katherine Brunt, Jenny Gunn and […]
Dennis Does Cricket: Caustic Aussie cricket writing
The blurry man staring out at me shifts in his chair in Melbourne and tinkers with his webcam. Meet Dennis Freedman, creator of Dennis Does Cricket, a website Cricket Yorkshire has kept its beady eye on as part of a continual scour of the t’interweb thingy for inspiration. Occasionally, Cricket Yorkshire will profile other cricket […]
The most important article you might read this year
This is an interview about the damage the sun can do – and how being out in it watching or playing cricket can play its part – from Lawrence, Chairman of Rawdon Cricket Club who has also worked for years at the Yorkshire Cricket Board. Keen to raise awareness of skin cancer, Lawrence has been […]
Death of a Gentleman: cricket documentary with bite
Spoiler alert. If you care about the game of cricket in any way, shape or form, the cricket documentary, Death of a Gentleman, will have you weeping into your popcorn – if you haven’t already chucked it at the screen when Giles Clarke appears. This is absorbing viewing, as skilfully put together as any Joe […]
Billy Root intent on making a name for himself
Nottinghamshire and Leeds Bradford MCCU’s Billy Root is a young cricketer to look out for and it has nothing to do with that headline-grabbing surname. The twenty-two year old from Sheffield plays for Sheffield Collegiate in the ECB Yorkshire League and crams in games for the Weetwood-based MCC universities hub in Leeds and second-eleven county […]
The Strange Death of English Leg Spin
A little like a Japanese graphic novel, I’m reading a thought-provoking cricket book about English leg-spin backwards in order to review it. No sniggering at the back…no, that doesn’t mean it must be a short book either because of the subject matter. You just wait to be suitably enlightened. I can’t testify as to whether […]
Yorkshire Vikings embark on T20 regional tour
The Yorkshire Vikings begin their domestic T20 preparation in earnest this week by taking on league opposition in Middlesbrough. The Vikings were due to play against a South Yorkshire Select XI at Sheffield Collegiate’s ground, Abbeydale Park, on Tuesday 5 May (**EDITOR’S NOTE: Sheffield was cancelled early due to weather conditions) before taking on […]
Desert diary from the UAE: Yorkshire CCC on tour
As Yorkshire wrapped up victory against the MCC in the final game of their UAE tour, Cricket Yorkshire had our very own tour correspondent and Yorkshire CCC fan, Phil Rose, report back on what it’s like to visit the country as a cricket fan. The brief was to give you all a flavour of the […]
Is women’s cricket now healthier than the men’s game?
At a time when the men’s game is searching for answers in the aftermath of a forgettable World Cup, England Women can look back with some satisfaction on a successful winter. The T20 series against New Zealand was secured 2-1 and despite starting slowly in the one-day series, that too was ultimately wrapped up with […]