EAST RIDING CRICKET SOCIETY

Matthew Wood , the former Yorkshire opener, will be the guest of East Riding Cricket Society on Wednesday 12  March .  Huddersfield-born Matthew first achieved prominence with England Under-19s, touring Zimbabwe in 1995-6 when he opened the batting with a certain Andrew Flintoff. Matthew made his  Yorkshire debut in 1997 and starred in the club's 2001 Championship-winning team, making four centuries during that memorable season, including a first-innings 124 against Glamorgan at Scarborough in the match which secured the trophy. Matthew followed this up with a winning 2002 C&G Final appearance (pictured above) and two Academy tours of Australia – alongside past and present Test men Flintoff, Andrew Strauss, Graham Swann, Ian Bell, Steve Harmison, Rob Key and Monty Panesar – while 1,400 runs and five centuries in a superb 2003 brought him the much-coveted title of Yorkshire's Player of the Year. After a short spell with Glamorgan, Matthew retired in 2009 and...

Jason Gillespie ,Yorkshire CCC's 1st Team Coach and Australian Test great, and Dave Callaghan , the voice of YCCC on BBC radio, will be presenting their Dizzy 'n' Dave roadshow at East Riding Cricket Society on Wednesday 26 February 2014 , 7.30pm for 7.45pm. Jason Gillespie and Glenn McGrath formed Australia's most statistically successful new ball pairing, and Jason is now one of the world's most highly regarded coaches, much talked about in recent days as a possible successor to Andy Flower. Happily for Yorkshire fans, he has restated his 100% commitment to the club. 'I'm going nowhere,' he said on Monday. 'I love being coach of Yorkshire and can't wait for the new season.' Find out more about his aspirations for Yorkshire in 2014, his take on England's Ashes debacle, his views on friend and team-mate Darren Lehmann, his best-ever 7-37 at Headingley or his celebrated 201* against Bangladesh in his final Test, the highest-ever ...