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 […]
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White Rose Forum keeps Yorkshire fans connected from Castleford to California
The White Rose Forum (WRF) 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. A cricket forum can be a thriving community, a hotbed of debate or a place where people grumble and throw stones […]
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 […]
VIDEO: Six points on Saturday – Pudsey St Lawrence (1986)
It is 1986. The Pudsey St Lawrence players stroll out onto the field with proper cable-knit jumpers, impressive moustaches as well as bouffant hairdos that look like they could stand up to the rigours of Yorkshire’s weather. As the Yorkshire Television commentary states as a matter of fact: “Every emotion on display at county level […]
