The ECB National Club Championship saw cricket clubs in Yorkshire battle it out in Round 1 over the weekend. (There have been preliminary rounds beforehand).The chance to show what you can do against other Yorkshire sides and then nationally holds plenty of intrigue. These are really a set of cup finals, difficult to predict and […]
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Yorkshire clubs aim high as National Club Championship returns
In the 2025 edition of the ECB National Club Championship, Sunday 13 April is Preliminary Round 1 as clubs begin to lock horns in their respective groups. In this preview, we’ll look at which Yorkshire cricket clubs are playing and their early-season battles. After group stages and regional finals, we move to the national stages […]
Richmondshire are Yorkshire Premier League Champions
Leaving home to seek out a train into Leeds on this late September morning, there was frost on the cars and foggy breath. A Premier Leagues final at Castleford Cricket Club to crown Yorkshire’s champion Premier League was the showpiece to look forward to. There was already a good crowd in at Savile Park, folding […]
Premier Leagues Preview: White Rose Trophy Semi-Finals
Change is in the air in this year’s White Rose Trophy; the end-of-season knockout competition to crown Yorkshire’s top Premier League club. After Woodlands of the Bradford Premier League have dominated for the past two years; the only club to win back-to-back titles, they are not in the picture in 2024. Instead, New Farnley have […]
Richmondshire win NYSD Premier Division (three weeks early)
Richmondshire Cricket Club are celebrating after the first team won the North Yorkshire & South Durham Cricket League’s Premier Division – with three weeks to play. At the time of writing, they sit at the summit on 383 points with Hartlepool second on 297 points. As it’s a maximum of 25 points for a win […]
Sue Mulholland and the therapy of cricket teas
The extraordinary story of Sue Mulholland blends the human spirit with the therapeutic power of baking and cricket teas. I met Sue, who has been making the cricket teas at Darlington Cricket Club for years, back in 2016 at Headingley. She had prepared a lavish spread for the Premier League Championship Semi-Final and it was […]
Ken Welsh Cup: Friday night T20 from Yarm
The North Yorkshire & South Durham Premier League appears to have more cup competitions than you can shake a stick at. Spectators are spoilt for choice! Always keen to try something new, in this case the Ken Welsh Cup, I had a drive up the A19 to Teesside, an old stomping ground of mine, for […]
North Yorkshire & South Durham Cricket League – Transfer news
A look at the player moves and overseas signings in the ECB Premier Division of the North Yorkshire & South Durham Cricket League. Champions Saltburn will have a new overseas professional for the 2024 season. They have brought in Husnain Bukhari, who last year played for relegated Thornaby. The 32-year-old all-rounder, whose first-class debut was […]
Yorkshire’s leagues postpone season start again: Time for change?
The news that the Match Play Committee of the NYSD had decided to postpone the first weekend’s fixtures (20 & 21 April 2024) had a strange finality – and symmetry – to it. Last year, the same league was fastest out of the blocks in reaching a decision early that others would follow in dribs […]
What if…Club cricket competitions we’d like to see happen
I spotted on LinkedIn that Hornchurch had won the European Cricket League to be crowned Champions of Europe. It got me thinking about other club cricket competitions that could happen with a bit of blue sky thinking. So, here are a few ideas… chip in with your own by leaving a comment at the end […]