An hour zips by talking to Scott Nicholls, Director of All Out Cricket Coaching, who has been helping young cricketers improve for over a decade now. As you’d expect, cricket coaching in Yorkshire is a competitive line of work so to stand out, make an impression and be going strong 14 years later is testament […]
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Quickscore: A cricket scoreboard with a difference
What do you use a cricket scoreboard for? If your cricket club or school is only thinking of it in terms of wickets, runs and overs then you’re missing out. In this content partnership with Quickscore, we’ll explore the world of LED scoreboards and how they can revolutionise cricket scores but also income generation. Quickscore […]
Super 1s: Kian’s Yorkshire cricket success story
Kian James is in his kitchen with his grandma Pauline on video chat, grinning away and listing his favourite international cricketers. The poster boy in Yorkshire for disability cricket programme, Super 1s, reels off Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Joffa Archer. We then swap views on the rollercoaster that was the ODI series with Ireland. […]
Courtney Hill: Inspiring girls to play cricket
Leeds Rhinos’ scrum-half Courtney Hill is at home discussing the exciting talent pool of women and girls playing cricket in Yorkshire. With rugby league currently in stasis due to Covid-19, I’m giving her a call about the coaching she’s been doing with the Yorkshire Cricket Board over a couple of years. If you don’t know […]
Read The Nightwatchman: Club & Roses Cricket
What does the Nightwatchman conjure up for you? Is it the past phenomenon of England’s least capable batsmen shuffling out to face hostile fast bowling in the gathering gloom? Well, for seven years and over 1.5m words, Wisden has been publishing a quite brilliant quarterly collection of essays, called The Nightwatchman, on every corner of […]
How to fundraise for your cricket club just by shopping online
Given the ongoing impact of coronavirus, a cricket club might reasonably be asking: how to fundraise? After all, the usual relied-upon revenue, such as membership, teamwear and socials, isn’t flowing in. The good news is that help is at hand simply by doing something that all of us are familiar with: online shopping. Cricket Yorkshire […]
Buying cricket teamwear without the drama
It’s an exciting time of year with cricket clubs back at indoor nets and plans well advanced for the season ahead. That preparation includes looking the part with new cricket teamwear your cricket club can be proud to wear. In some ways, cricket kit for clubs has advanced over decades (materials and technology) but problems […]
Cricket Yorkshire partners Optimax Eye Surgery Specialists
Cricket Yorkshire is delighted to introduce Optimax Eye Surgery Specialists as a commercial partner on this website for 2020. Optimax is the UK’s longest established eye surgery specialists and has 22 locations across the UK, including one in Leeds. The clinics are all equipped with advanced laser technology, offering exceptional levels of safety and precision. Their […]
Core Cities Leeds: Beeston Mini World Cup & tape ball cricket
Sohail Raz is Community Development Officer (Leeds) at The Yorkshire Cricket Foundation (YCF) and one of his roles is to head up something called Core Cities Leeds. Core Cities is part of the ECB’s action plan to engage South Asian communities and it has identified 10 areas, including Bradford, Leeds and Kirklees in Yorkshire, where […]
Regional Cricket offers intergalactic twist
For junior cricket in Yorkshire, this season has seen the exciting launch of the Regional Cricket programme; designed as a stepping stone to a county age-group team. It has replaced district cricket and involved changing the structure to just four regions: North, East & Central, West and South. Those working behind the scenes to make […]