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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Tanya Aldred

Stormy weather has left cricket clubs battling to be ready for new season

Worcestershire’s New Road ground is under 4.5 metres of water after being battered by storms.
Worcestershire’s New Road ground is under 4.5 metres of water after being battered by storms. Photograph: Jacob King/PA

Another day, another Yorkshire cricket story, only this time it has nothing to do with events at Headingley and everything to do with a very different type of dark cloud.

Of the three storms to hit the UK over the past week – Dudley, Eunice and Franklin – it is Franklin that has done the most damage to clubs, due to the huge volume of rain that has barrelled down, especially in the north of the country, specifically in Yorkshire. Early Yorkshire club casualties include Bradford & Bingley, Ilkley CC, Olicanian, Horbury Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Bridgeholme and Greetland.

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