Cricket Interviews

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 […]

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 […]

On World Cancer Day (Wednesday 4 February), my focus was on the funeral of a family member who lost his battle with cancer. It’s a terrible group of diseases that has brutally rampaged through my family of late and reminded me both to be thankful for every day and also what is truly important in […]

It’s the tail-end of January and snow blankets the Headingley outfield at Yorkshire County Cricket Club. You can imagine groundsman Andy Fogerty greets such seasonal novelties with stoicism; an eye already on a packed summer of cricket ahead. Speaking of planning, wherever you look, there are changes afoot across the board with the County Champions. […]

Yorkshire’s historic championship in 2014 may have been sealed with an emphatic victory over Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in September, but the seeds for that triumph were sown in the dark despair of 12 months earlier in a dejected dressing room at the Oval.

Island Cricket is a digital success story. The website features all aspects of Sri Lankan cricket with a blend of curated content that’s either been submitted by fans or written by staff. Have a read as we discuss Sri Lankan cricket. *This article from 2014 is a rare feature on international cricket and is being […]

The launch of the Yorkshire Cricket Board’s new website has been inevitably cause for feverish excitement in the Cricket Yorkshire office. There are very few things in life where I am more likely to be hawkishly opinionated than assessing, road testing and de-constructing the merits of an online resource.

It takes a particular brand of moron to repeatedly vandalise a cricket club, over and over, mindlessly seeking to destroy the hard work put in by volunteers and the local community.

The realization that Asian cricketers make up around thirty percent of all those who play our wonderful game in this country has been cause for both reflection and now action.

As Somerset set about surpassing Yorkshire’s total of 253 at Headingley, it was time to swap the press box for tea and cake with Mr Carson from the BBC’s Downton Abbey.