Yorkshire CCC

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 […]

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 […]

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.

As Sam Baker explores, Yorkshire and Australia have shared cricketing links going back over a century.

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

With Yorkshire CCC beginning the day needing five Championship points to retain the four-day title, you didn’t want to be late to your seat at Lord’s. With an earlier 10.30am start now we’ve hunkered into September, Ryan Sidebottom began things sedately with a triple maiden over from the first six balls of the match. Dot. […]

  Whisper it quietly but Yorkshire CCC have already defied history this season. If you glance back at those counties that win the County Championship, they don’t do it again the following season. I can imagine some of the more superstitious of you cringing at that. Ok, so they haven’t won it yet (no voluminous […]

From time to time, writers submit their thoughts for consideration on Cricket Yorkshire and there’s been some really popular articles around club cricket this season. As Yorkshire take their final few strides towards the LV=County Championship title (or not), it’s the turn of county cricket as Tom Collins took the train down to the Sussex […]