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Dennis Does Cricket: Caustic Aussie cricket writing

The blurry man staring out at me shifts in his chair in Melbourne and tinkers with his webcam. Meet Dennis Freedman, creator of Dennis Does Cricket, a website Cricket Yorkshire has kept its beady eye on as part of a continual scour of the t’interweb thingy for inspiration. Occasionally,

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Meet the Cricket scorer: View from the box

Meet Andrew, scorer at Kexborough CC in South Yorkshire, who was kind enough to answer some questions for Cricket Yorkshire about number crunching and give his perspective on life in the scorebox. ** As a young boy I had to have operations on my feet which curtailed my sporting capabilities so

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What do you know about disability cricket in Yorkshire?

Disability cricket in Yorkshire is set for a much-needed financial boost when ten members of the Yorkshire Cricket Board (YCB) undertake a 100-mile cycling challenge for charity in July. Joining them on this two-wheeled adventure will be cricketers from the visually impaired team and the physical and

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Desert diary from the UAE: Yorkshire CCC on tour

As Yorkshire wrapped up victory against the MCC in the final game of their UAE tour, Cricket Yorkshire had our very own tour correspondent and Yorkshire CCC fan, Phil Rose, report back on what it's like to visit the country as a cricket fan. The brief was to

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Is women's cricket now healthier than the men's game?

At a time when the men’s game is searching for answers in the aftermath of a forgettable World Cup, England Women can look back with some satisfaction on a successful winter. The T20 series against New Zealand was secured 2-1 and despite starting slowly in the one-day

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Exploring the game in Sri Lanka with Island Cricket

Island Cricket is a digital success story. The website features all aspects of Sri Lankan cricket with a blend of curated content that's either been submitted by fans or written by staff. Have a read as we discuss Sri Lankan cricket. *This article from 2014 is a rare

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Cake, Tea and Cricket with Mr Carson

As Somerset set about surpassing Yorkshire's total of 253 at Headingley, it was time to swap the press box for tea and cake with Mr Carson from the BBC's Downton Abbey. The afternoon event in the Premier Suite of Headingley Experience was in aid of Martin

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Phil Dicks: video analysis in county cricket

Involved with Durham County Cricket Club since 2006, Phil Dicks has now brought his considerable expertise down to Yorkshire in the field of performance analysis. Martyn Moxon’s last year at Durham coincided with Dicks joining the county staff at the Riverside which in turn coincided with the ECB’s

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Usman Arshad: From Bradford to Durham

Usman Arshad is the Bradford-born twenty-one year old allrounder who is making a real impact with the four-day county Champions, Durham. Picking over the bones of his fledgling stats reveal that this professional cricketer is only just starting out – with 11 first-class games and six twenty20

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Paying Tribute to Ian Chappell

Yorkshire cricket has a number of stalwarts embedded in the game that share names with famous cricketers, past and present. There’s David Warner; the esteemed cricket journalist and also Ian Chappell, who recently retired as Yorkshire Cricket Board Chief Executive. Cricket Boards hold a strange position to many within

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