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Women and girls cricket

Bradford Park Avenue Ladies aim for league hat-trick

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Bradford Park Avenue Ladies (BPAL) 1st XI captain Kirsty Gavillet is on her lunch break and sharing the club’s successes and future plans with me. Their ascent to unbeaten Division 1 champions in the West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League can make you forget that the club only formed in 2019. Since finishing fourth […]

ECB Women’s Club Cup T20: Yorkshire Preview

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In this feature, we’ll dive into which cricket clubs from Yorkshire are competing in the 2025 ECB Women’s Club T20 and early fixtures. The Women’s Club Cup T20 Group 1 is where four Yorkshire clubs are competing against sides from all over the North. Barnard Castle, Durham City, Fleetwood, Hightown St Marys, Leyland, Lindow, Llandudno, […]

University cricket: The secret of the Christie Cup

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Adrian Wykes fills us in on a little-known university cross-sports competition and the success of Leeds women’s cricket. ** The Christie Cup between Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds Universities is the second oldest varsity competition in the world (after Oxford and Cambridge). It involves 1,500 students in 32 sports. Leeds were the 2024 winners and successfully retained the overall […]

Untangling the spaghetti: Mapping out cricket fixtures

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Tom Jenkins shares the incredible annual feat of how cricket fixtures at grassroots need to knit together, creating 2,000+ over his winter. Where do I start trying to describe the winter of 2024-25 that I’ve had. As I write this I’m sunbathing in Gran Canaria.  I’m a glutton for punishment when it comes to fixtures.  […]

Birstall Belles look forward to outdoor league debut

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When Rachel Lewis realised Birstall Cricket Club didn’t have a women’s team, she decided to do something about it. There was a rounders team but her drive to see women and girls’ cricket at the Leeds Road oval didn’t take long to hit overdrive. A theme that has repeatedly chimed in Cricket Yorkshire’s articles on […]