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.
Cricket Interviews
Kirkstall Educational CC’s Vandalism Nightmare
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.
Celebrating The Asian Cricket Awards
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.
Cake, Tea and Cricket with Mr Carson
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.
Hull Cricket Club’s Bold Evolution
Hull has been a proud cricketing hub since as far back as 1875 when North and South XIs played each other on Argyle Street at the Town Cricket Club ground. But it’s been a history littered with upheaval.
Pyrah On ‘That’ Catch and his 2015 Benefit
Imagine this. You’re on as substitute fielder for Yorkshire County Cricket Club on their most important morning in recent history. Gary Ballance is in the pavilion icing his hand; Nottinghamshire are teetering on the brink of an innings defeat and James Taylor is doggedly digging in.
Castleford CC: Welcome to Cas-Vegas
Northern Rail’s wheezing bone-rattler from Leeds unceremoniously deposits me at Castleford station; a bleak cul-de-sac with a car park and The Station pub that straddles the corner between Welbeck Street and Enterprise Way.
Yorkshire Cricket Board Awards 2014
The Yorkshire Cricket Board’s Outstanding Services to Cricket Awards, known as OSCAs, was held on Thursday 7th August when Yorkshire cricket honoured the achievements and service given by a range of volunteers within recreational cricket across the county.
SM Cricket Revolution in Northampton
In a corner of Northamptonshire, a cricket revolution of sorts is flourishing. Cricket Deal Direct, run by Ian Anderson, is the vehicle behind Indian brand, SM, which is quietly getting a thumbs-up from more and more UK cricketers.
Phil Dicks: video analysis in county cricket
Involved with Durham County Cricket Club since 2006, Phil Dicks has now brought his considerable expertise down to Yorkshire in the field of performance analysis.