It was time for another Cricket Yorkshire travel adventure…if you’ve not been before, Altofts Cricket Club lies at the Northern fringes of this Yorkshire village outside Wakefield. The quickest route on foot from Normanton railway station requires a meander along Wakefield Wheel, a pleasant path that cuts through grassland and on a day as I […]
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Sunburn on the coldest day for cricket imaginable
The two-carriage industrial tinbox destined for Harrogate is popular this particular Sunday morning at Leeds station. Little wonder as it’s the third day of the Investec Test match at Headingley between England and New Zealand. Clusters of cricket fans loiter at each of the entrances to the train, waiting for the doors to open and […]
Meet the cricket pitch with artificial intelligence
When you picture a cricket pitch, what comes to mind? Is it an immaculate grass surface full of runs that does a bit for the bowler? How you answer might well depend on your particular skillset. As a league bowler of ever diminishing pace down the years, a green top that got the ball seaming […]
Yorkshire OSCAs: Reward your volunteers
Ok, let’s shatter a few myths early doors before we get to the good stuff. These are not the Oscars. There are no golden statuettes and painful speeches by tearful celebrities who feel the need to ramble incoherently for what feels like days. This is so much better than that. These are the OSCAs – […]
Welcome to Raven Cricket
The good news keeps on coming this ‘summer’ (although we’re on British Summer Time, you’d be forgiven for thinking the Yorkshire weather has other plans). Cricket Yorkshire has struck a deal with Carl Marsden from Raven Cricket to promote their cricket bats during the 2015 season. Why Raven in particular? It would be easy for […]
The future for cricket teamwear has arrived
This is where it gets exciting. Imagine a bold fusion of your creativity with cutting-edge design to conjure up cricket teamwear of the future. Once upon a time, sourcing cricket kit was frankly a bit dull and fraught with limitations. The concept of designing something smart that looks and performs how you want it? Forget […]
Six cricket bats to drool over in 2015
This is not a nerdy cricket bat review; it’s an early Christmas list for Santa. We will not be talking about straightness of grains while smothering ourselves in linseed oil. Instead you get a shortlist of six, wonderful cricket bats to drool over, rush out and buy or just gaze longingly at online; I’ll leave […]
Cricket Yorkshire partners with Yorkshire Cancer Research
This is superb news. The opportunity for Cricket Yorkshire to partner with Yorkshire Cancer Research was an opportunity not to be missed and I’m delighted it’s all now been agreed. The Harrogate-based charity is already the official charity partner of Yorkshire County Cricket Club over the next two years and it’s a natural extension for […]
The Yorkshire Cricket Bat Review 2014
Welcome to our Yorkshire Cricket Bat Review 2014. The idea was to profile two cricket bats here in Yorkshire, introducing them to a new audience and to rigorously put them through their paces. Cricket bat reviews are all over the internet in various guises but not like this. Kippax Cricket and Raven Cricket Kippax Cricket […]
Introducing Yorkshire’s Raven Cricket
Our interview with Carl Marsden, owner of new Pocklington-based bat brand, Raven Cricket, took place some time back in a Leeds café. Launching a new company, as I know myself, is a tough ask and the inspiration for diving into the world of batmaking was one I was keen to get to the bottom of.