Before my debut appearance at a Yorkshire County Cricket Club AGM, there were more pressing concerns at hand as a fine mizzle descended: where can you get a decent cooked breakfast around Headingley before 9am? Tripadvisor led to Caffe Latte on Otley Road (superb) and appreciable calm on my own, sprawled out on a leather […]
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Jack Leaning on Handscomb, North vs South and batting homework
I catch Yorkshire County Cricket Club batsman Jack Leaning by phone one afternoon for a natter about winter training and he launches into the meticulous, finessed programme tailored for each player. At this time of year, downtime centres around taking it easy and boxsetting it up given the likely punishing summer schedule for the twenty-three year-old […]
Back to the Future at Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Fair Warning. No time travelling cars in this article (if you noticed the ‘Back to the Future’ reference in the article title), though come to think of it, there is a Doc! So…on my roaming around the web, I noticed reference to the Yorkshire Pride Appeal funding research into causes of back injuries at Yorkshire County Cricket […]
Sachin Tendulkar as life’s barometer
As part of Cricket Yorkshire’s #6notout birthday celebrations, we are publishing a selection of articles from past years that audiences won’t have read on this current website. To begin with, Graham Shorter on how the sensational career of Yorkshire’s first-ever overseas player and cricketing messiah captures the events of the lives of a generation. ***
Does Kolpak strengthen or endanger county cricket?
The immediate answer (how often do you get that in an opening paragraph?) is that it depends if you’re a fan worried about the potential roadblock for young English county cricketers, a county coach looking to bolster an under-strength squad or a professional cricketer after financial security and a new chapter in life. Kolpak has […]
Gary Ballance captains Yorkshire’s renaissance
Well, well… Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s captaincy roll of honour now officially spans from Lord Hawke to Gary Ballance. Ballance has become Yorkshire County Cricket Club captain across all three formats after being approached by new First XI Coach Andrew Gale. The 27-year-old England batsman described the Yorkshire captaincy as “impossible to turn down” and […]
2017 cricket fixtures in Yorkshire: Six of the Best
So, the England & Wales Cricket Board have released the fixtures for 2017; a moment we all await with barely contained angst by the time November arrives. We can all start planning our year properly around the cricket now, can’t we? Here are a few matches I’ve picked out to circle in the diary… SEASON-OPENER […]
What’s on the agenda for Andrew Gale as Yorkshire’s first-team coach?
Embed from Getty Images One of the burning questions of the autumn has been resolved as Yorkshire County Cricket Club captain Andrew Gale announced his retirement to become the successor to Jason Gillespie as first-team coach. This bold move by the county sees continuity within the club with Gale taking over, having led Yorkshire to […]
Paul Farbrace on the Yorkshire job and life with England
Embed from Getty Images You could be forgiven for thinking that England assistant coach Paul Farbrace, back home and resting from the Test leg of the Bangladesh tour, would be taking this chance to tune out from cricket. As it is, he’s been setting the alarm clock so as not to miss any of the […]
Who will succeed Jason Gillespie at Yorkshire County Cricket Club?
The departure of the popular Australian coach Jason Gillespie has left a void at Yorkshire County Cricket Club after a very successful era at Headingley in which he masterminded successive County Championships. Natural talk of Dizzy’s successor is rife given it’s a plum job at a prestigious club with all of its recent success and […]