This survey is now closed! Cricket Yorkshire is doing a survey which aims to hear from players, officials, spectators, clubs and leagues on the state of the grassroots game and what the future holds. We want to receive your feedback to understand the challenges, successes and current thinking in this
Bill Marshall asks: can a cricket club survive these days merely by being a cricket club? Probably not, which is why Craven Cricket League club Hepworth & Idle have started and are continuing to spread their wings in different directions. They realise that to stand still is to go backwards
Jeremy Lonsdale explores which cricket clubs can make the claim? Although not the most important concern at this difficult time, we experienced our first spring without any organised cricket for over 200 years. This thought made me wonder which local cricket clubs in Yorkshire can claim to have existed that
Milton Samuels has lived and breathed Caribbean Cricket Club in Sheffield since joining at the age of 14. Some 50 years later, he has a few stories to tell. Back then in the 70s, Crookesmoor (as it was) played friendlies as they didn’t think they were good enough for
Kian James is in his kitchen with his grandma Pauline on video chat, grinning away and listing his favourite international cricketers. The poster boy in Yorkshire for disability cricket programme, Super 1s, reels off Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Joffa Archer. We then swap views on the rollercoaster that was
The decision by Pocklington Cricket Club not to play any league cricket in 2020 (due to Covid-19) can’t have been easy. When I heard, I thought they’d be a very rare exception but the reality is that clubs have opted not to participate in leagues across Yorkshire,
Andrew Gallon reflects on his journeys across Yorkshire club cricket as an avid 'groundhopper.' From the best views, finest cricket teas and strangest geography, dozens of clubs feature in his round-up: The arcane practice of groundhopping – watching matches at as many different grounds as possible – is fairly
Just a Few Lines is the remarkable story of the unseen letters and memorabilia of Yorkshire & England batsman Dennis Brian Close CBE. It is a cricket book that will grab the interest of anyone who wants to be introduced to a treasure trove directly from the pen of this
My Bradford Cricket League cup experience for 2020 began close to home with a trip to Wagon Lane. The Bradford Premier League teams were starting the new league cup and it saw Bradford & Bingley welcome Pudsey St Lawrence. Billy Whitford and Yasir Abbas are two signings for the home
For fans of the Bradford Cricket League, the Bradford Premier League 2020 season officially begins on Saturday 25 July. After the uncertain and incredibly tough few months for the country and club cricket, it is a relief to focus on players again. Of course, due to Covid-19, we are
Club cricket is back and you could hear the collective sigh of relief all over Yorkshire. Mrs Cricket Yorkshire and I went to Bingley Congs to catch some overs. The excitement at catching the first glimpse of cricketers in whites at a distance through a copse of trees was an
Yorkshire club cricket is officially back. As of Saturday, there have been friendlies played across the region as clubs, officials and cricketers all get back into the swing of things. I asked on Cricket Yorkshire’s Twitter feed for photos and feedback on what it was like to play under
Massive, fantastic news as recreational cricket is given the green light by the Government to return next weekend. Baffling day. U-turns. Contradictions. Boris Johnson's LBC interview labelling cricket teas and changing room problematic. None of that matters now. The result we all wanted is happening. Finally. Next
Craven Cricket League 2019 Champions Crossflatts are moving to the Bradford Premier League for 2021. It is a decision that piqued my curiosity as I've tracked the progress of Crossflatts (including their All Stars success) and even bowled a few overs at their place. The Bradford Cricket League&
The cricket ball is a ‘natural vector of disease’ - discuss. The Prime Minister’s recent response to a question about the return of recreational cricket has got everyone bemused, appalled or confused. By labelling a cricket ball in that way, he would seem to have quashed my prediction of a
Club cricket in England could return in July after recent promising developments. An ECB statement, dated 19 June, for counties and premier leagues read: 'The Secretary of State's message on Tuesday evening outlined plans for earmarking an early July date as being the earliest possible return for
