Notts V Yorks Friendly

1st July 2010

A development game will take place at Colston Bassett Cricket Club IN Nottinghamshire on Saturday 7th August.

There will be a full days cricket with coaching sessions from 11.30 onwards for players of all ages and abilities.

The address of the ground is :-

Colston Bassett CC, Wash Pit Lane, Colston Bassett, Nottingham, NG12 3FE.

BBC TV Coming to Sharlston

1st July 2010

The cameras will be at Old Sharlston CC on the afternoon of Thursday 15th July as Paul Ogden brings a crew to film a piece about the local cricket club and their relationship with the Yorkshire VICC.

They will film our training session and focus on our big plans for the future of visually impaired cricket in the area.

They will also follow this up by bringing the cameras back to cover our game against Hampshire on Sunday 18th July at the same venue.

BBS Cup News

28th June 2010

Although we were not involved this season, I can bring you news on the semi finals of the cup.

The games had very different outcomes from each other as London Metro beat South Wales Dragons by 3 wickets at Highgate Wood in a very tense match and at Sussex CCC's Blackstone training ground, the Sussex Sharks thrashed Warwickshire Bears by 10 wickets, bowling out the visitors for a paltry 39 runs before easily knocking off the runs required without losing a wicket.

This all means that London Metro will take on the Sussex Sharks in the final at the Rose Bowl on Saturday 21st August.

YVICC Beaten By Sussex

25th June 2010

It was a disappointing weekend for the Yorkshire team as they lost twice in two days to the south coast side.

On Saturday they played a Twenty20 quarter final game high up on the west side of Sheffield, in a howling wind and low temperature.

Whilst it was the same for both teams, Sussex adapted better to the conditions and kept Yorkshire down to 109 runs.

They then proceeded to knock the runs off easily having 6 overs to spare at the end.

The league match at Old Sharlston on the Sunday was a closer affair but once again Yorkshire failed to put enough runs on the board after electing to bat first and again Sussex ran the score up with overs to spare.

After a slow start Yorkshire picked up the pace and put good pressure on the opposition taking the wickets of the top four Sussex batsmen.

Man of the match was Alex Towers who was controversially given out stumped when batting well and who went on to take 3 wickets for 25 runs, including a caught and bowled.

It was our first ever home national league game and was a fine occasion enjoyed by all who were present.

Hull VI Cricket

15th June 2010

Saturday 24th July will be a big day for visually impaired cricket in East Yorkshire.

Hull cricket club will be playing host to a Yorkshire VICC training session and their will be plenty of coaching for new and old players alike, including the members of the new hull VI team and the visiting Nottinghamshire Knights VI cricket club.

There will be a Twenty20 match during the afternoon between the two new clubs from Nottinghamshie and East Yorkshire and these will be the first of many as they both look to build their clubs up and give more playing experience to their members.

Anyone interested in getting involved with cricket for the visually impaired would be most welcome on the day and we are open to players of all ages and abilities.

For more information contact the Yorkshire secretary, John Garbett on 07833 592538

National Development Event

15th June 2010

Funding has now been secured by our governing body, Blind Cricket England and Wales, to run the first national visually impaired cricket development tournament.

This will take place at York Universitys Heslington campus over the weekend of September 11th / 12th.

Accommodation is provided on the Saturday night and the only cost to players is for their travel and meal on the Saturday evening.

As well as there being lots of matches there will also be lots of VI cricket coaching for all levels from beginners to potential international players.

This is a fine location to play VI cricket as it's very quiet and all the facilities are at the same location.

Please contact John Garbett on 07833 592538 to book your place for the weekend.

Big Weekend for Yorkshire VICC

15th June 2010

This coming weekend sees the first ever home games for our club as we twice take on the Sussex Sharks ,, at the Birkdale School ground in Sheffield on Saturday 19th in the Twenty20 cup quarter final and in a national league game at Old Sharlston CC on Sunday 20th June.

The T20 match starts at 1 pm and the league game on the Sunday has an 11 am start, both games should be very close and supporters are welcome at both of these matches.

Immediate Success for New Hull Club

15th June 2010

After sending our coaches over to Hull to train the new Hull V.I. team for just three sessions, we have unearthed a quality player already in the guise of Jason Adams, who has been included in the Yorkshire VICC first team for their Twenty20 cup quarter final in Sheffield on Saturday 19th June.

Jason, who played a high level of red ball cricket before his sight deteriorated, impressed coaches Mark Beckles Willson and Atif Rafiq immediately with his batting style and will be a great addition to the Yorkshire squad.

Their are other promising players in the Hull group and we will continue to send our coaching teams over to help them along.

The sessions are from 4 pm to 7 pm at Hull cricket club every other Friday, the next one being on Friday 25th June.

For more information please contact the Yorkshire VICC secretary John Garbett on 07833 592538

Historic Win For Yorkshire

14th June 2010#

After two defeats against tough opposition , Yorkshire VICC came good and notched up their first ever win in the national competitions.

The team put in a fine performance to totally outplay the Northants Steelbacks and win by 215 runs, at the Obelisk cricket ground in Northampton.

The home side won the toss and invited Yorkshire to bat and they posted an impressive total of 272 for 8 before declaring after 35 overs.

There was a solid knock of 55 from Taf Naqvi, who was unlucky to be given out, but the star of the show was undoubtedly Arif Malik with a classy innings of 96.

There was also good support from Alex Towers and Phil Green and an impressive running performance from captain, Atif Rafiq.

This all meant that Yorkshire had 25 overs in which to bowl Northants out and they managed to do this with 5 overs to spare, leaving the hosts 57 all out.

Yorkshire stuck to their five main bowlers in Rafiq, Naqvi, Towers, Malik and John Garbett, all bowled very tightly indeed and were helped by some quality close in fielding from Adam Ferguson, Qasib Nazir, Tanveer Mansur and wicketkeeper, Ricky Coleman.

This was a fine all round team performance and will give them the confidence to go on and pick up more good results as the season unfolds. Yorkshire 272-8 [35 overs]

Northants 57 all out [19.1 overs]

NORTHANTS 4 pts YORKSHIRE 22 pts

New Scorer For The Club

11th June 2010

We are delighted to have the services of the Rotherham Town CC scorer, Geoff Brown, for our Sunday matches for the rest of the season.

He comes highly recommended and has plenty of experience of scoring at a high level.

A big welcome to Geoff from all at the club.

Yorkshire Well Beaten by London Metro

10th June 2010

Yorkshire VICC were knocked out of the BBS cup at the quarter final stage on Saturday by a strong Metro team, who have won this trophy for the past two seasons.

The match was played at Highgate Wood cricket ground in north London and in the blazing early afternoon sun Yorkshire elected to field first.

Chances came early on but the visitors unfortunately dropped five catches and this cost them dearly, as the Metro opening batsman and England captain Matt Dean, went on to make 172 not out as the London team posted a total of 278 for 3 from their 30 overs.

Yorkshire were always up against it and chasing the game, especially after a 40 minute rain break.

A revised total left them needing 145 from 13 overs after losing vital wickets before the break and they were left with 97 for 7 after the allotted overs.

The main positive to be taken from the day was that despite being under the cosh for long periods the team didn't give up and kept going right to the end.

Yorkshire Beaten in First League Game

24th May 2010

The Yorkshire VICC took to the field for it's first ever national league game at Leamington Spa on Saturday 15th May.

They faced a Warwickshire Bears team that was made up of five experienced international players and a group of younger , newer players.

Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bowl first and this looked like a good decision as Arif Malik bowled the England opener Andy Power, with the first ball of the game.

This brought together two more top England stars in Luke Sugg and Nathan Foye and after Sugg was dropped on 15, the two of them took control of the match with Foy making 98 and Sugg finishing on 140 not out, as the Bears posted 287for 3 wickets, declaring after 27 overs.

This meant that Yorkshire had 33 overs to play with in their innings and started brightly moving the score along quickly.

However, wickets began to fall regularly and at the 15 over drinks interval they were 146 for 5.

After this break, the lower order collapsed and the team were all out for 157 from 22 overs, John Garbett, batting at number 3, was still there at the end on 60 not out.

Despite a mixture of nervousness and over excitement from many of the players the team must be congratulated on their efforts to keep going when the odds are against them and this bodes well for the future.

Warwickshire Bears 287-3

Yorkshire 157 all out WARWICKSHIRE 22 pts YORKSHIRE 4 pts

VI Cricket Awareness Day

16th May 2010