The first day of the 2019 county cricket season in Yorkshire was for the die-hard fan, embedded between layers of jumpers, coats and woolly hats. Weetwood was its arctic best. Things started eventfully as the 6 bus to Holt Park decided not to arrive and seemingly vanished into the ether, swallowed by Leeds’ version of […]
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Leeds Bradford MCCU: First-class…for now
As the sun streams through the balcony window of the pavilion at Weetwood, Andrew Lawson, Head Coach of Leeds/Bradford MCCU, is summoning the words to assess the 336-run defeat down at Derby that concluded the day before. It has been a chastening few days for the student sides against county opposition, highlighted by Somerset’s enormous […]
Yorkshire CCC Yearbook: White Rose on every page
Cricket is coming. After the long hiatus that followed the end of the 2018 county cricket season, it’s not long before Yorkshire County Cricket Club begin at Weetwood against Leeds Bradford MCCU. For those of us who pine for the return of domestic cricket, there are staging posts along the way. Fixtures out? Tick. New […]
Foreward to Scarborough with Sir Michael Parkinson
I am delighted to share the news that Sir Michael Parkinson has written the foreword to my new book on the Scarborough Cricket Festival, that’s out in June. It’s a privilege to have a broadcaster, journalist and author of Michael’s standing associated with my second cricket book and particularly apt, given there was the Michael […]
11 must-see Yorkshire cricket matches in 2019
Think of this as your Cricket Yorkshire diary for the year ahead with a smattering of recommendations across Yorkshire cricket. From World Cups to little-known Dales encounters, sit back and enjoy this preview. 6 January – Cricket in the Yorkshire Dales Meet at the Buck Inn, Malham at 12 noon for what is usually the […]
View from the stands on Yorkshire Vikings’ Abu Dhabi T20 adventure
Yorkshire County Cricket Club fan Phil Rose reports from Abu Dhabi on the inaugural Abu Dhabi T20. Images taken by Dubai-based pro photographer Neville Hopwood who was kind enough to respond to emails on his Sunday while out in the world’s largest sand desert called the Empty Quarter. Over to Phil…. In case you missed it, Yorkshire […]
Yorkshire Diamonds fired up for Kia Super League
On the walk up Beechwood Crescent to the Yorkshire Diamonds Media Day, swifts zigzagged above, doing aerobatic circuits through the terraced houses. A pitstop at Ugly Mugs cafe allowed pause for thought about the advent of the 2018 Kia Super League with the Yorkshire Diamonds starting against Western Storm at Taunton on Sunday 22nd July. […]
Martin Ivill on life as Yorkshire Over 60s cricket captain
Nowhere in the lyrics by the Beatles of ‘When I’m 64’ does it mention scrapping against the new ball on a sapping afternoon at Kirkstall Educational in the Over 60s County Championship. Such reticence by John Lennon and Paul McCartney reflects the fact that even though cricket is viewed as a game where we can play […]
Yorkshire CCC Chairman Steve Denison on the 100-ball competition
For the Cricket Yorkshire Podcast, Yorkshire County Cricket Club Chairman Steve Denison shared his thoughts on the furore around the 100-ball format earmarked for 2020; a competition that caused howls of protest from media and fans alike. If you have been living on the moon and are blissfully oblivious of the news, here’s a brief […]
Katie Levick on her leg-spin and county ambitions
Drum roll, please….Yorkshire Women’s CCC’s Katie Levick is now officially the leading wicket taker in the history of the Women’s County Championship. We caught up for an episode of the Cricket Yorkshire Podcast (clip below) and it’s a record that the leg-spinner from Sheffield is rightly proud of claiming as her own. In our interview, […]