The Pudsey St Lawrence Ladies team, captained by Megan Fleming, have won the West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League. The hardball league was in its first year with the other teams involved: Crossflatts, Menston, Bradford Park Avenue Ladies, Lightcliffe and St Chad’s Broomfield. 15-year-old Sarah Wood has been a standout performer with the most […]
Women and girls cricket
Heading indoors: South Yorkshire Women’s and Girls Cricket
If you want an idea of the popularity of women’s and girls’ cricket in South Yorkshire, have a read of this. No sooner has the regular outdoor season come to a close in September than a South Yorkshire Women & Girls Indoor Cricket League has been confirmed. It will run from October until Spring. There […]
Barriers to Female Participation in Cricket: Progress and What next?
The final project from University of Sheffield student, Jamie Moughton, has caught the attention after it looked at barriers to female participation in cricket. Jamie’s video project for his MA in Broadcast Journalism was inspired by a tweet from The Times journalist Elizabeth Ammon. Her point about changing kit options away from traditional whites to […]
Round-up: Women and girls league cricket across Yorkshire
Welcome to Cricket Yorkshire’s league round-up of women’s hard ball cricket from across the region. It’s a snapshot of the 2022 season so far with plenty of clubs, competitions and performances mentioned. This year has seen really exciting growth in the number of women’s teams playing the game across Yorkshire. For this round-up, we’ll focus […]
Women and girls cricket: Crossflatts edge Bradford Park Avenue Ladies
Having dangerously waved goodbye to Mrs Cricket Yorkshire outside Magnet Kitchens, I walked down to Crossflatts Cricket Club where their Ladies 1st XI were at home to Bradford Park Avenue Ladies. A drab, cool forecast proved to be some way off the mark as the sun came out and a decent crowd enjoyed this Divison […]
Women’s soft ball league cricket comes to Huddersfield
As Sara Begg reports, a new West Yorkshire women’s softball league is up and running. New for 2022, the softball league has 20 teams taking part, regionalised into groups: Leeds, Calderdale, Huddersfield, Aire Valley and Bradford. Sunday 15 May 2022 marked a historic occasion as four Huddersfield clubs went head-to-head in the inaugural round of […]
Women and girls cricket hits new heights in Yorkshire
It’s been an extraordinary year for women and girls cricket in Yorkshire. In partnership with the Yorkshire Cricket Board (YCB), I thought it was worth highlighting the successes across the regions and some of the plans already in place for 2022. This year, the Yorkshire Cricket Board has employed three dedicated Women & Girls Club […]
West Yorkshire women’s indoor softball league launches
Despite the long COVID break, this summer saw a surge of interest in women’s softball in West Yorkshire from all ages and abilities. Festivals, tournaments and matches took place across the region, host clubs included Old Leo’s, Thurstonland and Bradford Park Avenue Ladies. Keen to keep the momentum going, clubs have asked for an indoor […]
All-girls MCC Foundation hubs coming to Leeds & Bradford
January will see the launch of all-girls talent hubs in Leeds and Bradford as part of the national development of pathways for women’s cricket. There are currently 74 hubs across the UK, including 13 in Yorkshire. Hull, York, Sheffield, Wakefield and Scarborough are other areas covered with either mixed, all-boys or all-girls sessions. The bespoke […]
Captaining Wrenthorpe Ladies & Girls: Megan Hodkinson
Megan Hodkinson is my latest guest on the Cricket Yorkshire Podcast as we discussed how she got into cricket in the first place, her success with Yorkshire age-groups and a long-term association with Wrenthorpe. Over this half-hour episode, there’s her approach to captaincy as well as the momentum building within the squad as they push […]