Want to get into cricket? Maybe you’ve decided it looks like fun when watching some cricket on television. Maybe you’ve seen that local cricket clubs don’t require you to be an athlete to start playing, and want to rekindle your competitive streak. Luckily, cricket is a really accessible sport. When I moved to a new […]

Cricket is an inclusive sport, and whether you have a young child who fancies themselves as the next big thing, or you just want to dust off the whites and have a go at playing some village cricket for the first time in years, there should be a club for you. All levels of skill

Cricket is a wonderful sport for many reasons, one of which is that you will always find a village team happy to welcome beginners, whether you are 16 or 56. The village cricket scene is alive and well for amateurs, and if you’re a young, aspiring cricketer who wants to progress, the county and club

Perhaps you’ve gone from playing with softer practice balls, or even tape balls in the park, and now you’re starting to play cricket at a better level. You’ll need one of the best hard ball cricket bats to make sure that you can play your shots. There are plenty of horror stories to be aware

If you watch any form of cricket you will see bowlers with a variety of different styles and techniques. It is one of the things that keeps cricket so interesting, and turns it into a real “chess match”. The very basic way of categorising the bowling is splitting the styles into “fast” and “slow” but

“Oh and he’s played a beautiful shot into the off side.”  This is the sort of commentary that may confuse you when you start to watch cricket. God forbid you go to practice and someone asks you to go and field at “mid off” and you stare with a blank expression. Off side and leg

If you watch cricket for the very first time, it won’t be long until you see a wide ball signalled. The umpire will put their arms out to the side, extended to signal that the ball is a ‘wide’, but what is a wide? How does this impact the match and the scorecards? In this

It really is amazing how often cricket fanatics will buy the very best equipment and then decide they are going to keep it in a tatty old worn out bag that offers very little protection. In this guide, we’re exploring some of the best cricket bags for 2022. You need a bag that gives you

When you are a child, and you head to cricket practice for the first time, you will be taught how to hold a cricket bat properly. This is one of the very basics of cricketing knowledge. There is a recognised “correct” way to hold a cricket bat. But rules are there to be broken. Some

It’s one of those terms cricket fans and players use all the time that probably makes us sound a bit crazy to those who don’t know the sport. What is a Duck in cricket and what are the origins of this unusual term? You might have even seen some of the animations that come up