White Rose Trophy finalists decided It’ll be a New Farnley Cricket Club vs Richmondshire Cricket Club final at Castleford Cricket Club this Saturday 28 September. New Farnley bowled out hosts Cleethorpes for 207. Tom Keast (79), Gurman Randhawa (3-33), Usman Arshad (3-41) and Fletcher Coutts (3-39). In reply, Steve Bullen (70) led the way as […]
Yorkshire Women and Girls Cricket League
Celebrating league and cup doubles (and going undefeated)
After a season of LBWs, run outs, unplayable deliveries, huge sixes, drama and tension, many of Yorkshire’s cricket leagues have now been decided. Commiserations if your team is destined for a lower division in 2025. With luck and a fair wind, you’ll bounce back next year. But there are those who have not only won […]
Laura Scheiwe hits 1,000-run landmark for Doncaster Town
Laura Scheiwe, who swapped an Australian winter for a spell at Doncaster Town, has crossed the 1,000-run threshold for the season. Across all competitions, her tally of 1,044 runs and counting at an average of 52 with three hundreds and six fifties marks her out as a top player in Yorkshire. The 18 year-old from […]
The Hundred: Wrenthorpe unbeaten at Yapham
Over the past decade, my coverage of grassroots women’s cricket has been, let’s be totally honest, poor. I have got to games, but infrequently and usually put to one side because of commercial pressures to cover county or international men’s and women’s cricket instead. This season, I have resolved to clear each Sunday, and if […]
Wrenthorpe Ladies & Girls: Path to Premier League Champions
Wrenthorpe Women’s 1st XI capped a memorable year by defeating title challengers Sessay in the last match of the 2023 season to be crowned Premier League Champions. Having led from the start, it still required a final push against the reigning Champions Sessay who set out their stall with 169 for 9 off their 40 […]
Premier League: Doncaster Town Women claim the points at Saxton
Our sat-nav was flipping out: “What on earth are you doing?! Turn around NOW!” It tends to do that when we ignore the suggested route – in this case, missing out motorways for a trip to the village of Saxton. It particularly freaked out when we got to the East Leeds Orbital Route that wasn’t […]