Cricket Yorkshire

In 2016, the four ECB Premier Leagues (now five) involving Yorkshire clubs agreed on a new pyramid structure for the grassroots game. The intention was to raise standards on and off the field, introduce a competition to decide a Yorkshire champion and create a pathway for any club to rise.

Believe it or not, this is the story of digging 10 metres under a cricket pitch during a record-breaking Nidderdale League match.

Since June, a group of caving enthusiasts called the Black Sheep Diggers had been excavating deep underground in the North Yorkshire village of Lofthouse.

Now that the clocks have gone back, the cricket season might feel a world away but there is always something going on.

In this article, I’ll explore some of the changes we know as cricket clubs swap leagues for 2027.

Clubs move for all kinds of reasons: a change of scene is common, as is the ambition to become ...

Wakefield Thornes first-team scorer Andy Tipple is up at 5.30am to lay out everything he needs on a matchday. At the ground by 8am for a brew with the Chairman, greeting the umpires and setting up Play-Cricket on the laptop, he’s well-known as an early bird.



There is a reason for this meticulous preparation that goes beyond good time-keeping as Andy has motor neu...