As Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s one-day captain, Alex Lees, stands bolt upright, prepped for interview, the shrieks of young cricketers bounce off the walls of the Indoor Cricket Centre at Headingley. We’re at the launch of the Drax Cup, the country’s biggest under 9 tournament, and the 2015 winners Greenhill Primary School from Sheffield are […]
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Will Geoffrey Boycott be on board?
The release of Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s financial results up to the end of 2015 should have been a relatively dry and uneventful day for news. The positive announcement that the county club had broken into profit for the first time since 2009 was somewhat deflated as a subsequent media storm broke concerning the candidacy […]
A Whitby portrait of Gale and Byas
Seconds into this interview, Whitby-based artist Kathryn Davenport is a bracing, breath of sea air with her honesty and tales of how she discovered a hidden talent. Her paintings have adorned the walls at Headingley and she was asked to do portraits of each of the Past Presidents of The Yorkshire County Cricket Club, sixteen […]
Jared Warner primed for Under 19 World Cup
When Yorkshire County Cricket Club seam bowler Jared Warner wakes up on 27 January, he’ll be forgiven for pinching himself. Before a breakfast of protein-infused quinoa and ultra-energy berries (or whatever professional sportsmen eat nowadays), there will be chance to privately enjoy the prelude to England’s first ICC Under 19 World Cup group match against […]
Solving the county cricket fixtures: half human, half computer
This is a tale of one of the most talked about topics in English cricket – the county cricket fixtures – and how they actually get worked out. It has everything from computer science to Amazonian jungle tribes. It begins with Alan Fordham, who is the Head of Cricket Operations at the England and Wales […]
Your Big Bash League Guide: Yorkshire is coming
While the UK shudders from the meteorological armegeddon that saw Carlisle Cricket Club pavilion almost entirely submerged…on the other side of the world, a sun-kissed, cricketing carnival is about to launch: the Big Bash League.
Strong Yorkshire, Strong Australia?
As Sam Baker explores, Yorkshire and Australia have shared cricketing links going back over a century.
Remember when Younis Khan played for Yorkshire?
View image | gettyimages.com When Younis Khan breezed past Javed Miandad’s 22-year-old record to become the leading Test run-scorer for Pakistan, he barely raised his eyebrows, let along his bat. It is a measure of the man that such an accomplishment did not result in five-fives, jubilant dancing or much outward acknowledgement. There was a […]
Joe Root: the cricket transfer of the year?
Just in time for England’s challenging tour to UAE to face Pakistan, the world’s number-three-ranked Test batsman, Joe Root, has moved from long-time bat sponsor, Gunn & Moore, to relative newcomer, New Balance. While cricket retains a loyalty not seen in football where contracts evaporate the moment a star pouts or has his head turned, […]
Yorkshire CCC are champions by 68pts
The bone-rattler from Leeds has a smattering of county fans in this final chapter of the 2015 county season. A few of us weave our way up the back road and over the railway bridge en route to Headingley where Yorkshire lead Sussex by nearly 300 overnight. Breakfast is a corner of Ugly Mugs cafe […]