Recreational Cricket

Oughtibridge’s first-team captain Will Cooper - a former county junior - says survival in this summer’s YPL South Championship division would give the club a real platform for future progression.

The Yorkshire County Cricket Club will continue its innovative approach to talent identification in 2025 by launching a brand-new Under-23 programme.

Pickering Cricket Club head into 2025 full of confidence following two senior promotions last summer, even if the restructuring of the North Yorkshire Premier League pyramid means they effectively remain where they were.

‘Cricket Ground!!!!’ Come on, how many of us down the years have been on a long car journey on the motorway and exclaimed with excitement when a cricket ground comes into view? 

There will be a host of success stories when it comes to cricket in Bradford given the city’s love affair with our wonderful game. Although they missed out on winning this season’s title to New Farnley, Woodlands spring to mind given their recent dominance in the Bradford Premier League. Well, Bradford and District Visually Impaired Community Club certainly fall into the ‘success stories’ category.

The Yorkshire Cricket Board has launched a new fund to help support nomadic teams in Yorkshire.

You will have to go some way to find a club side in England, let alone Yorkshire, who have had a better summer than North Yorkshire’s Richmondshire Cricket Club.

There will be plenty of ground-hoppers across Yorkshire - lovers of our wonderful game keen to see a good game of cricket on a Saturday afternoon. If you’re one of those, you may consider getting down to Savile Park on August 31 to see Castleford take on Clifton Alliance in a top-of-the-table Yorkshire Premier League North clash.

Schools’ cricket in Yorkshire is thriving. That is the view from two national champions from within the county, Scarborough College and St Peter’s School, York. 

Batley Cricket Club is one heck of an impressive place - a pillar of the local South Asian community, without a doubt. In fact, you could very well add in an extra C to make it Batley CCC - Batley Community Cricket Club. Listen to Saqib Talib talk and it would be very much warranted.

Former Yorkshire fast bowler, and one of the county’s current high performance pathway coaches, Jared Warner is preparing for his first season as captain of Methley.