Getting off at New Pudsey railway station for the Bank Holiday derby between Congs and St Lawrence was to realise you should never go anywhere in Yorkshire without a coat. The clouds were meant to burn off later but for now, a flotilla of sooty ships forged a ghostly path
**UPDATE - NOVEMBER 2017** I'm delighted my cricket book, All Wickets Great and Small, has been so generously reviewed and supported. Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy and all those who took the time to get in touch to offer their feedback, favourite chapter or cricket ground.
Last Saturday was a rarity, waking up without any place I had to be. Due to a cricket injury after bellyflopping for a catch like a domino being unceremoniously toppled, a full day was there for the taking. Inevitably, it involved cricket and after a visit to Bradford & Bingley
A cricket match that can be traced as far back as 1880 has once more been contested as part of the Ilkley Carnival on May Bank Holiday Monday. The history of this annual game between shopkeepers and tradesmen, whose teams wore black or white hats, came to light when I
The train from Sheffield to Dore and Totley bounced along the track as we huffed and puffed along the Hope Valley line. It’s only a short walk from the railway station to Abbeydale Sports Club, with the path leading uphill past the shock pink and blue hockey astroturf and
Everyday we all get bombarded with marketing messages. Do this. Buy this. Think this. The trouble with that, apart from being relentless and exhausting, is that you can miss the outstanding deals when they come along. Yorkshire County Cricket Club are offering club cricketers from across the county the chance
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
Thanks to all of you who read the articles and engage on social media, Cricket Yorkshire continues to grow. But there’s no resting on laurels here so, as part of a wider strategy to get the Cricket Yorkshire name out there more, a number of sponsorship deals have been
With the cricket season around the corner, I thought it was an ideal time to introduce the companies and organisations that Cricket Yorkshire will be working with commercially for the rest of 2016. I’m delighted that they are all people I’ve worked with for a number of years,
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
The journey over to Lancashire County Cricket Club for my first-ever cricket memorabilia auction is spent in the back of a car, listening to seasoned collectors Brian and Bob swap anecdotes. On the outskirts of Manchester, we pass through Swinton and, paused at a set of traffic lights, my
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
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 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
On Sunday, with the help of caffeine and Mrs Cricket Yorkshire, I got myself on a Leeds train at an ungodly hour down to London King’s Cross to attend the All Out Cricket Live event at Lord’s. Having written for All Out Cricket Magazine, it was a chance
Gary Lewsley reflects on the difficult journey his club, Rodley CC, has trodden from sensationally quitting one league and having to bolster facilities to join another.For those of you who haven’t visited before, Rodley is a village within the suburbs of Leeds and sits alongside the Leeds/Liverpool
