Recreational Cricket

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.

If you take the train from Leeds to Manchester, you will no doubt have stopped at Mytholmroyd station, a small village in West Yorkshire until now most famous for the Poet Laureate Ted Hughes.

A record number of women and girls are playing cricket across Yorkshire.

A Yorkshire-born club cricketer with Serbian parentage is preparing for what she describes as “a chance of a lifetime” having been invited to get involved in international cricket.

Batting, bowling and catching are not the only useful attributes if you play at or for the Nidderdale League side Blubberhouses - it helps if you can swim as well.

Hull Zingari earned promotion to the Yorkshire Premier League North for 2024 the hard way, beating league winners Woodhouse Grange seconds during a thrilling final day in September to hold off the challenge of third-placed Welton. 

Carlton-in-Lindrick have come a long way in a short space of time, much like their captain Matt Bateman’s journey within the Yorkshire Disability structure.

If you’re a batter, there’s a fair chance you will have had the odd bowler who has ‘shivered your timbers’ throughout your career. Well, at Armitage Bridge Cricket Club in Huddersfield, the pirate theme is playing its part in increasing participation in our great game. 

What better way to celebrate your Centenary year than by playing a club of the same name. For a certain Halifax League club late last month, it was very much a case of Bradshaw squared as they did their bit to keep the Roses rivalry alive.

If and when Fin Bean walks out to bat at Clifton Park for Yorkshire in next week’s pair of Metro Bank One-Day Cup games against Surrey and Hampshire next Tuesday and Thursday, it will be a proud moment for everyone connected with York Cricket Club.

Yorkshire Cricket is delighted to announce that nominations are now open for the Cricket Collective awards 2023. Together with ECB these awards have been put together to help recognise and reward all the fantastic volunteers that work tirelessly within our Clubs, Leagues, and cricketing communities.