Yorkshire County Cricket Club seam bowler Jack Brooks must have broken a few mirrors last season such was his bad luck with injury. Sporting what he laughingly refers to as an Oxfordshire tan after catching the sun in the pre-season tour to Potchefstroom, the Headband Warrior is on fine form at the County Media Day. As […]
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BME Development Centres give kids a chance at cricket
With funding from the Yorkshire Cricket Board (YCB), there is a programme in place to deliver cricket to those who’ve never tried it, in areas with large BME (black and minority ethnic) populations through development centres. The YCB cover the cost of venues and coaches (these are local to each community) and the 10 development […]
Cricket scoring is set for a revamp across club cricket
It would be an understatement to note that Steve Ward (right) knows a thing or two about cricket scoring. As Regional Scorers Officer (North) for the ECB ACO (Association of Cricket Officials), his role has been to teach and update cricket scorers across the region as technology and the laws change. Ahead of the 2018 […]
Men in white coats: Life as an ECB Premier League cricket umpire
Club cricket has its fair share of those like Jonathan Corcoran who live for their cricket and wear many hats. Secretary at Knaresborough Cricket Club, Yorkshire U15 Development Team Manager, cricket umpire in Yorkshire’s ECB Premier Leagues plus the York Senior League and an ECB tutor teaching and encouraging umpires. Still, Jonathan found time to catch […]
The MCC Foundation Hubs supporting cricketers from state schools
The topic of cricket in state schools – or rather its conspicuous absence – is something that will fire up anyone who cares about the present health and future of cricket. “There is no cricket in state schools” is a comment I hear all the time and compared to the heady days after the 2005 […]
Coach Paul Shaw on developing the art of captaincy and leadership
Former England Women’s Coach Paul Shaw is talking about cricket captaincy and leadership on a tinny line from his car after a few hectic days holding workshops for the ECB and the Premier League. Paul will be touring Yorkshire during March to deliver a series of regional seminars that are aimed at coaches and captains […]
Winning momentum at Wakefield Thornes
Are Wakefield Thornes Cricket Club currently the best cricket club in Yorkshire? Discuss… Ok, that’s mischevious but the West Yorkshire club, with four senior sides and six junior teams, are understandably upbeat after their first eleven beat Pudsey St Lawrence in the Abu Dhabi final last October to be crowned the inaugural Champion club of […]