Did you know that Taylors of Harrogate has its own cricket team? The family business has a hat-trick of famous Yorkshire brands in Yorkshire Tea, Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate. In this content collaboration with Yorkshire Tea, we’ll talk cricket with their captain Matthew Huffer about the origins of the side and how tea and […]
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Hybrid cricket pitches help Clifton Alliance juggle fixtures
Clifton Alliance are a York-based cricket club who found themselves with a familiar problem. The Vincent & Brown Alliance Cricket Ground is a picturesque spot in a swathe of green, flanked by the River Ouse – but it can only host so much cricket. With four men’s Saturday teams, a range of junior sides, the […]
Soyeb Kayat: How cricket is inspiring Kirklees communities
The start of my interview with the Yorkshire Cricket Board’s Soyeb Kayat (below) begins with a question – just not by me. “So…is this going to be like This is Your Life then?” I guess that makes me Michael Aspel if you’re of a certain vintage to recall the TV series from 1955-2003. Do you […]
Kiran Bali: Breaking barriers and encouraging change
It becomes apparent minutes into our conversation that Kiran Bali’s professional and personal journey has been about breaking barriers but also advocating change. The magistrate and community volunteer, who won an MBE in 2008 for her community work in West Yorkshire, has taken those beliefs and brought them into grassroots cricket in Huddersfield. Kiran’s connection […]
Rwanda: The land of a thousand hills where cricket builds hope
Have you ever wondered where your steaming mug of Yorkshire Tea comes from? I rely on a couple of brews (strong, milky, normally no sugar) before I can think coherently about cricket. Or anything else for that matter. But, did you know that 15% of all Rwandan tea is bought by Yorkshire Tea, to be […]
Club Cricket Grants: Getting third-party support and advice
Club cricket grants don’t grow on trees but there is plenty of low-hanging fruit to reach, with a helping hand. In this content collaboration with Angus Martin of The Name of the Game, we’ll explore some of the challenges for cricket clubs and how to get meaningful support, without handing over a big fee. Let’s […]
Total Play: Outdoor cricket nets and non-turf pitches across Yorkshire
In this content collaboration with Total Play, we’ll look at three upgrades at cricket clubs in Yorkshire. They now have six ECB-approved system designs, offering a choice of artificial cricket pitches and synthetic cricket practice facilities. This stamp of approval from the England & Wales Cricket Board is important to clubs as a sign of […]
League cricket transformation for Yorkshire’s women and girls
Here is an overview of women and girls’ league cricket across Yorkshire, in association with the Yorkshire Cricket Board. New pyramid Yorkshire loves its pyramids and after there was a re-structure in men’s league cricket in 2016, the women and girls’ game has followed suit. A single Premier League at the top and each region […]
Dozens of Yorkshire’s cricket clubs turn to FrogBox live streaming
Get £100 Off your FrogBox Streaming kit by Sportradar – use ‘CricketYorksFB23’ (*Offer extended to the first 15 orders and runs until the end of May 2023) It’s official. Live streaming club cricket games with FrogBox by Sportradar has gone mainstream – and with good reason. As we’ve explored here since the partnership began, it […]
What’s the best way to do match fees for cricket clubs?
If there’s one thing that unites cricket clubs, players and parents, it’s that match fees can be a bit of a pain. If you’re a club then the challenge is how to collect all of them with minimal admin. For a captain who may ask for subs after a game, there’s chasing, collecting, and keeping […]