Paying cricketers has to be the single most contentious issue in club cricket and is discussed here on Cricket Yorkshire. Editor’s Note: This article has been refreshed for 2025. Do club cricketers get paid? Yes, they do – but not everyone. The majority of amateur cricketers who play in clubs and leagues are not paid. […]
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White Rose Forum keeps Yorkshire CCC fans connected
The White Rose Forum is proof that amid the breakneck speed of technology and snowballing innovation online, a chance for a natter about cricket without emojis or character limits has its unquestionable place. (This article has been updated but was originally published in 2020) A Yorkshire cricket forum can be a thriving community, a hotbed […]
What is the hardest cricket ground to find?
We have a lot to thank Google Maps and Street View for, even if it felt at the time as if permission was retrospective. By the way, we’ve mapped your road and house, hope you don’t mind. As someone who seeks out cricket in nooks and crevices across Yorkshire, finding my way to a ground […]
Recreational cricket: What is in store in 2022?
As we look ahead to recreational cricket outdoors in England during 2022, what will be the trends and challenges for the grassroots game? Coronavirus is still very much with us though we collectively have the experiences of the past 2 years to call upon in managing any future restrictions or setbacks. I’ve said it before […]
Who should be in this year’s Cricket Yorkshire 50?
The Cricket Yorkshire 50 shortlist is back for 2021 – and you’re invited to share who you think should be included!It’s been going a few years now but the Cricket Yorkshire 50 is this website’s annual shortlist of 50 names across Yorkshire recreational cricket. It’s a chance to celebrate the achievements of players, officials, coaches, […]
What does the badge say about your cricket club?
A cricket club emblem is an integral part of its history and identity. Literally a badge of honour. But what does it say about that cricket club? I was doing some freelance work which involved interviewing Leeds & Broomfield Cricket Club in Kent recently. Their new logo is about a year old; elegant and professional. […]
ECB guides cricket clubs on how to re-open their outdoor facilities
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has issued new guidelines to cricket clubs on the future use of outdoor facilities in England. In doing so, it has shed some light but, for me at least, provoked a hundred other questions. The governing body was drawing sharp, online criticism in certain quarters for their lack […]
Want to play club cricket overseas this winter?
In partnership with CricX – The Cricket Exchange Agency, we’re looking at opportunities for club cricketers to play overseas this winter. Here’s the really good news. Whether you’re a Minor Counties batsman, an ECB Premier League wicketkeeper or a bowler in the lower leagues, there are clubs in Australia and New Zealand that want you […]
Home is where the heart is for Dickie Bird
Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) is a charity that helps those who are born with congenital heart disease in Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire. Cricket Yorkshire has teamed up with the CHSF to showcase their efforts across the region and to hear from their ambassador, the one-and-only Dickie Bird OBE. On an overcast morning, I met […]
Cricket Yorkshire 50: Fifty winners from the recreational game in Yorkshire
The Cricket Yorkshire 50 is my annual shortlist of superstars picked from the recreational game in the county. The CY50 is in its third year and always one of the most popular and fiercely debated articles of the year for the website. Ok, so there are no glittering trophies, red carpet catwalks or paparazzi but […]