Now the county cricket season is done and dusted, the light begins to draw in and we pine for November when the ECB usually releases the fixture list for 2017. After the Christmas turkey has been demolished, the prospect of cricket outdoors in March/April no longer feels it is shimmering on the horizon out of […]
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Why Adil Rashid isn’t playing for Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s 13-man squad to face Middlesex at Lord’s in the most important game of their season has provoked howls of protest and got everyone talking. The stakes could not be higher. Win against Middlesex and a third successive County Championship is in the bag and so the welcome availability of Adil Rashid, […]
What is Yorkshire’s stance on the new city-based T20 competition?
Yesterday was quite the day. As the sun set on Somerset’s ten-wicket victory over Yorkshire ensuring the County Championship race remains tantalisingly open for now, news broke of plans for a city-based T20 tournament. Based on the England & Wales Board’s press release, we now know this definitively: a new eight team T20 competition, in […]
Yorkshire Diamonds prepped for Kia Super League
The Yorkshire Diamonds squad came out in dribs and drabs for the Media Day photoshoot with the Carnegie Pavilion looming in the background. Captain Lauren Winfield, Beth Mooney, Jenny Gunn and Danielle Hazell plonked themselves on the front row with the shouted excitement from a sponsors game taking place out in the middle as the […]
Matthew Fisher talks exams, injury and club cricket
Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s vaunted pace bowling reserves have been so plagued by injuries this season, they must being doing stone-paper-scissors for stints on the physio table. Matthew Fisher, Tim Bresnan, Ryan Sidebottom, Jack Brooks and David Willey have all had weeks out of action and it’s a testament to the strength of the county […]
Meet Patto: Not boring, just brilliant
It’s the Thursday afternoon before the visit of Lancashire to Headingley as the return to Roses rivalry in the County Championship looms large. Yorkshire County Cricket Club seam bowler Steve Patterson is on the phone discussing his form with bat and ball during the first tranche of the four-day action that has seen Yorkshire blow […]
Guiding Yorkshire CCC’s future stars
Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s Director of Development Ian Dews sits thoughtfully in the North East stand at Headingley, as we ponder the constantly evolving production line of cricketers involved in the county’s system. Dews has been part of the coaching furniture here at Yorkshire CCC for years with a specific remit for the county Seconds […]
Going to nets with Yorkshire CCC
This year’s Yorkshire County Cricket Club Media Day was held on a glorious, warm morning with the birds chirping away in the hedgerows during the walk up from Burley Park station. It was a chance to catch up with colleagues from the media, talk to the county staff and players and just relish being outdoors […]
Why Yorkshire CCC can win the County Championship
The first sign that Yorkshire County Cricket Club won’t have it all their own way in 2016 emerged in the United Arab emirates when the MCC defeated them by four wickets. The loss was a rarity in four-day cricket for the White Rose county who were only defeated once in 2015 and once in 2014 […]
Lauren Winfield: Big Bash League and Women’s Cricket Super League
Yorkshire and England cricketer Lauren Winfield has had quite the winter. Snapped up by Brisbane Heat for the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL), the 25-year-old from York swapped soggy Yorkshire for Australian sunshine. In the same squad as England team mate Kate Cross and opener Beth Mooney, who played for Yorkshire Women last summer, […]