As Yorkshire County Cricket Club pushed for advantage against Lancashire in the Bob Willis Trophy, there was a notable voice missing. Howard Ferguson has been the stadium announcer at Headingley (and sometimes Lord’s) for a number of years now. With no spectators due to Covid-19, his dulcet tones wafting over the airwaves have been temporarily […]
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Scarborough Cricket Festival: Off but not out
There is no Scarborough Cricket Festival in 2020; a victim of the fallout from coronavirus. I believe it’s the only time the Festival has not taken place, outside the war years. It’s true that you only miss something when it’s gone. For many, Scarborough is the highlight of the year; first date in their diary […]
Read The Nightwatchman: Club & Roses Cricket
What does the Nightwatchman conjure up for you? Is it the past phenomenon of England’s least capable batsmen shuffling out to face hostile fast bowling in the gathering gloom? Well, for seven years and over 1.5m words, Wisden has been publishing a quite brilliant quarterly collection of essays, called The Nightwatchman, on every corner of […]
Incredible, unseen letters of Brian Close: Just a Few Lines
Just a Few Lines is the remarkable story of the unseen letters and memorabilia of Yorkshire & England batsman Dennis Brian Close CBE. It is a cricket book that will grab the interest of anyone who wants to be introduced to a treasure trove directly from the pen of this famous son of Rawdon. You’ll […]
Scarborough Cricket Club: Insider’s Guide to Cricket on the Coast
Ordinarily, Scarborough Cricket Club should have been currently hosting the final day of the Roses match in the County Championship. Due to COVID-19, these are anything but ordinary times. Officially, the Scarborough Cricket Festival match in August is still on. It has yet to be cancelled but common sense dictates that’s only a matter of […]
Photo Essay: Lyth and Lees score 375 at Northampton
Jeremy Lonsdale shares his photos and county memories from when Adam Lyth and Alex Lees scored 375 at Northampton in 2014. With little prospect of county cricket for a while, now is a good time to look back at a few recent memorable moments for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. This piece remembers one of the […]
Can Yorkshire CCC success be ruled by the stars?
Former Yorkshire off-spinner and President-elect of the Yorkshire CCC Players’ Association, Peter Whiteley, has evidently been busy during lockdown. There have been many stellar performances by Yorkshire cricketers since the club’s formation in 1863 but he has posed the question: can cricketing success be ruled by the stars? The Yorkshire CCC Handbook lists 673 players […]
Lascelles Hall Cricket Club: Playing Yorkshire CCC
Tony Hutton looks at the history of Lascelles Hall Cricket Club (on the Eastern outskirts of Huddersfield) and an enduring association with playing Yorkshire County Cricket Club down the years. The cricket club at Lascelles Hall, originally a very small village just outside Huddersfield, was founded in 1825 which makes it one of the oldest […]
White Rose Forum keeps Yorkshire CCC fans connected
The White Rose Forum is proof that amid the breakneck speed of technology and snowballing innovation online, a chance for a natter about cricket without emojis or character limits has its unquestionable place. A Yorkshire cricket forum can be a thriving community, a hotbed of debate or a place where people grumble and throw stones […]
Honorary Tyke: When Sachin Tendulkar came to Yorkshire
Thomas Blow, who writes for The Cricketer magazine, speaks to Cricket Yorkshire about his new book: The Honorary Tyke. *** I am delighted to announce my debut book, The Honorary Tyke, is now available to purchase. The book is an exhaustive account of Sachin Tendulkar’s summer at Yorkshire CCC, remembering a defining moment in the […]