Club Cricket from the inside.

  The Great Pyramids of the West Midlands  Many people year after year fly to Egypt to see the great pyramids of Giza, a man made wonder attracting people from around the world they mesmerized explorers promoting a boom in Egyptology in academia and Victoria high society. But another great pyramid exists out there in the cricketing world and this one is a little bit more modern. Formed over years during the late 90’s early 00’s the Birmingham League Pyramid has grown to become one of the top competitions in amateur cricket in the country. Before I get into the stats about this subject I thought I would explain what prompted me to write it. Moving around the country and therefore, playing cricket in various leagues I had always assumed (incorrectly) that counties have “the” league. My experience of cricket in the West Midlands and then moving down to Kent was that of giant all encompassing county leagues, but then I moved to Yorkshire which has a confusing array of overlapp...

  Just like Marmite (Vegemite to those antipodeans) Indoor Cricket never seems to have any in between there are people who would rather have some time off and maybe net when it comes to January or there are those (myself included) who absolutely love it. I have tried to seek out indoor cricket wherever I have lived in the country, gracing sports halls of Tipton, Hastings, Beckenham, Redhill and Sheffield. There is also the bitter debate about what the format should be, in England we play a 6 a side version which is designed for a traditional sports hall, but when you say indoor cricket to cricketers front the Southern Hemisphere they think of a pairs game played with a softer yellow ball in a modified “court”. In my view both are good games, nether replicate actual outdoor cricket completely but it’s a much better way to keep skills over winter than nets, the slight competitive element and being able to practice fielding helps as an addition to nets. The big difference is your ...