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 Lauren Winfield are now World… Read more →

We all know a cricket coach that has proved pivotal whether for a team we support, our own relationship with the game or who has been instrumental for someone we know. For Leeds-based community coach Maryam Ali, her journey in cricket is only really starting but yet for those girls whom she’s encouraging to connect with the game, her impact… Read more →

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 websites. What. On. Earth. You… Read more →

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 kind enough to openly share… Read more →

Meet Andrew, scorer at Kexborough CC in South Yorkshire, who was kind enough to answer some questions for Cricket Yorkshire about number crunching and give his perspective on life in the scorebox. ** As a young boy I had to have operations on my feet which curtailed my sporting capabilities so I choose to concentrate on watching a sport I… Read more →

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 Root innings in recent memory.… Read more →