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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Competition: Win a Scarborough Cricket Club Framed Print (Closed)
*** This competition is now closed *** **** Cricket Yorkshire has linked up with The Cricketer to offer a fantastic competition prize. Who wants a framed county cricket print of Scarborough to adorn their office or home? This idyllic scene of North Marine Road at Scarborough Cricket Club has been created exclusively for The Cricketer. […]
John Heald: My favourite cricket photos of 2019
John Heald is a brilliant cricket photographer whose work regularly appears on Cricket Yorkshire as well as our social media channels. Unusually, he covers the full spectrum from the epic Ashes Test at Headingley to grassroots league action such as Aire Wharfe cricket. I’ll confess…part of the reason for this photo-feature is to encourage you […]
Hanging Heaton beat Yorkshire Vikings at Wagon Lane
Looking out of the Cricket Yorkshire office window during Monday was to have that sinking suspicion that another cricketing extravaganza was to be ruined by the weather. Thankfully, the weather gods were smiling after all. The T20 fixture between the National Club T20 Champions Hanging Heaton and the Yorkshire Vikings at Bradford & Bingley’s Wagon […]
Home is where the heart is for Dickie Bird
Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) is a charity that helps those who are born with congenital heart disease in Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire. Cricket Yorkshire has teamed up with the CHSF to showcase their efforts across the region and to hear from their ambassador, the one-and-only Dickie Bird OBE. On an overcast morning, I met […]