Yorkshire Disability Cricket already has a lot to celebrate in 2022. There is a positive air of improvement, engagement and optimism for the season ahead. This is driven by players, who are hungry for success and have stepped up their expectations of each other and standards to earn the right to wear the White Rose […]
Interviews
Tian Koekemoer: Taking all ten wickets for Tickhill
History was made at Shaw Lane on Saturday as Tian Koekemoer became the first player to take all ten wickets in an innings (10-38) since the establishment of the Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League. Koekemoer, from Eastern Province in South Africa, had already contributed 40 with the bat before putting in a stunning bowling performance […]
Disability cricket takes off at Skipton Cricket Club
John Fuller talks to Ji Mukherjee of Skipton Cricket Club about coaching disability cricket and how he feels it has positively impacted the Skipton community. 1. How did your disability cricket coaching start and why did you choose that area to become involved in? I teach PE in several primary schools locally and was asked […]
Technology and innovation: Keys to boosting club cricket?
John Fuller discusses the role of technology and innovation in recreational cricket with Luke Brooksby, of Illingworth St. Mary’s Cricket Club. Congratulations, you’ve won an ECB national award for ‘Cricket Innovator’ – you must be delighted? Thank you very much. I was thrilled to hear about being nominated for both awards, and then to win […]
Walking cricket proves popular in Leeds as its growth continues
Liz Billings celebrates the popularity of walking cricket in Yorkshire and explains how it has taken off in Leeds. I finally got to scratch that itch when I found ‘walking cricket’. I’ve always loved both playing and watching sport. My love of cricket was born playing in the ginnels – alleyways, to some – with […]
How clubs fuel junior growth with All Stars & Dynamos Cricket
Asher Nutting interviews Joe Steel, the England & Wales Cricket Board’s Head of Brand and Fan Engagement for The Hundred. Up for discussion is the growth of All Stars Cricket (for 5-8 year-olds) as well as the impact of The Hundred on younger audiences. As this is written, it’s the beginning of February, it’s roughly […]
Like father, like son: When cricket runs in the family
Bill Marshall talks to Gary, Charlie and Adam Wainwright about their experiences playing opposing sides in the Gordon Rigg Bradford Premier League. Local league cricket is dotted with instances of fathers opening the batting with their sons (for example I have done it with my son Daniel for Bingley Congs’ second team). However, try this […]
Colson Smith: How Castleford rose to be champions
Colson Smith, Director of Cricket at Castleford CC, spoke to me for the Cricket Yorkshire Podcast ahead of the Yorkshire Premier League Final at Emerald Headingley on Saturday. We discussed the five-year plan Colson devised with David Wainwright to bounce back from relegation out of Yorkshire Premier League North – which they won in 2021. […]
Nick Briggs: 2,000 wickets and counting
In my line of work, I see a lot of seriously impressive performances in recreational cricket. One, well two, that spring to mind of late are Ben Morley’s record-breaking 237 not out off just 143 balls for Rawdon in the Aire-Wharfe Cricket League, followed by 199 the next day in the Waddilove Cup Final. A […]
Jack Dyson: Meet New Farnley’s teen spin prospect
Bill Marshall talks to New Farnley’s 17-year-old off-spinner Jack Dyson about his remarkable start to life in the Bradford Premier League. Few players can have made the transition from Premier League second-team cricket to the first XI look so easy as teenager Jack Dyson. The 17-year-old New Farnley off-spinner has also created something of a […]