My life would now be dramatically different, had I not began life as a cricket coach in a royal London Park, supervising 5-9 year olds as a university summer job. I might never have met my wife (the ultimate inspiration for Cricket Yorkshire), whose cousin I first befriended whilst safeguarding pint-sized minions as they rocketed […]
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Martyn Moxon: Prepping Yorkshire’s next opener
It’s the tail-end of January and snow blankets the Headingley outfield at Yorkshire County Cricket Club. You can imagine groundsman Andy Fogerty greets such seasonal novelties with stoicism; an eye already on a packed summer of cricket ahead. Speaking of planning, wherever you look, there are changes afoot across the board with the County Champions. […]
Yorkshire – A Champion Year
Here’s something of an odd admission to kick off a cricket book review. I don’t tend to read cricket books; at least not for a bit of light entertainment away from work. The Cricket Yorkshire office has had its January de-clutter so is looking even more Spartan than normal. Even so, the absence of books […]
Scarborough Heartache to County Champions
Yorkshire’s historic championship in 2014 may have been sealed with an emphatic victory over Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in September, but the seeds for that triumph were sown in the dark despair of 12 months earlier in a dejected dressing room at the Oval.
Pyrah On ‘That’ Catch and his 2015 Benefit
Imagine this. You’re on as substitute fielder for Yorkshire County Cricket Club on their most important morning in recent history. Gary Ballance is in the pavilion icing his hand; Nottinghamshire are teetering on the brink of an innings defeat and James Taylor is doggedly digging in.
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.
Batting with Aaron Finch in Yorkshire
Richard Musgrave was at Clifton Alliance Cricket Club the year they signed Aaron Finch and talks about opening the batting with the Australian and what a story it is.
In Conversation with Fred Boycott: Forward defence is king
If you use Twitter and enjoy your cricket then chances are that the mystery of Fred Boycott may well have piqued your curiosity. With a bio that reads: ‘Yorkshire’s Greatest Living Batsman and t’finest fast bowler that ever drew breath. I say what I like and I like what I say,’ Fred is a character […]
Chris Waters on Verity’s 10 for 10
Yorkshire Post cricket correspondent Chris Waters has turned his meticulous research and love of the game towards a remarkable county bowling feat in his latest book.
The Need for Speed with Jack Brooks
The Yorkshire County Cricket Club media day is taking part in the nets below the East Stand because it’s chucking it down. Initial observations centre around the excitable buzz in the sports hall; the Yorkshire squad and staff are chuntering away happily to each other; after all, these press commitments signal that the season proper […]