Watching Yorkshire play county Championship cricket at Scarborough during the annual Festival remains a pilgrimmage for thousands of fans every summer. Cricket Yorkshire was on the North Yorkshire coast for the second day where Yorkshire were 10-0 in their second innings with Lees and Hodd at the crease. Get a feel for the day with […]
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Vik it to wicket: Did the Vikings ever play cricket?
Many questions surround the origins of our favourite summer sport, but in this part of the world, especially since the county side’s one-day rebranding, there is one that deserves particular attention. Did the Vikings play anything close to cricket? Those of us of sufficient vintage will remember Derbyshire’s Great Dane, Ole Mortensen, the quick-bowling marauder […]
Yorkshire Vikings embark on T20 regional tour
The Yorkshire Vikings begin their domestic T20 preparation in earnest this week by taking on league opposition in Middlesbrough. The Vikings were due to play against a South Yorkshire Select XI at Sheffield Collegiate’s ground, Abbeydale Park, on Tuesday 5 May (**EDITOR’S NOTE: Sheffield was cancelled early due to weather conditions) before taking on […]
Playing Pacman along Kirkstall Lane
Part of why you read Cricket Yorkshire might be for the unexpected. Well, in that case, you’re going to love this… April Fools Day was celebrated in various creative ways. Yorkshire County Cricket Club launched their retractable roof and here at Cricket Yorkshire, we showcased Dickie Bird’s political bid for Prime Minster. Google turned to […]
Is England selection failing county cricketers?
The rubik’s cube that is international selection has illustrated some worrying flaws during England’s Test squad for the West Indies tour. I know what you’re thinking…that this will be a generic moan about how all six Yorkshiremen aren’t being picked by England. Not even close. It’s goes beyond whether Lyth or Rashid are selected (although […]
Yorkshire CCC stars champion cancer screening
Back on Friday – the day the world learnt of the death of Richie Benaud who passed at the age of 84 whilst being treated for skin cancer – members of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club squad themselves got checked for the disease. As part of the county club’s partnership with Yorkshire Cancer Research, cricketers […]
PHOTOS: Cheteshwar Pujara arrives and hit the nets
Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara is here. Well, not here in the Cricket Office office, that really would be a scoop. No, he’s arrived at Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Friday morning saw the sun shine at Headingley and he was into the nets to shake off the jetlag. As an Indian coming to Yorkshire to play […]
Cheteshwar Pujara replaces Younis Khan (until Finch)
This ‘overseas player signs for Yorkshire’ news story is not generally the realm of Cricket Yorkshire but this was too tempting to pass over. Besides, you might need a guide to steer you through the maze that has become the protracted tangle of Yorkshire’s overseas player roster for 2015. View image | gettyimages.com So, first […]
Headingley’s floodlit future is here
Floodlights are here at Headingley as Yorkshire County Cricket Club puts more of the infrastructure in place that it believes will safeguard its future as an international venue for years to come. The 56-metre floodlights situated in the four corners of the venue will be ready for the new season and hats off to the […]
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 give you all a flavour of the […]