We are thrilled to share the exciting news that Jim Love has joined the Scarborough Cricket Club as Head of Recreational Cricket, effective immediately!
Jim brings an impressive background to the role, having played for Yorkshire and England in his career. As the former Director of Cricket for Scotland, Jim helped lead the country to its first World Cup and numerous European competition successes. At York CC, he delivered victories in both the National KO and League titles, cementing his reputation as a top-tier coach.
With Jim at the helm, our senior and junior players can expect to receive the benefit of an exceptional level of expertise and knowledge.
As the Head of Age Group Development and Academy Assistant Coach at Yorkshire, Jim helped develop some of the best young talent in the game today. We couldn't be more excited to welcome him to the Scarborough Cricket Club family, and we look forward to the success he will undoubtedly bring to our players. Here's to a bright future of cricket excellence with Jim Love leading the way!
The guest speaker at this years Festival Dinner is Pat Murphy. Pat has been broadcasting on sport for BBC Radio for more than forty years, specialising in football and cricket. He can still be heard reporting on football every Saturday afternoon on Radio 5 Live.
Pat covered 18 England cricket tours and developed personal friendships with a lot of the players, resulting in many books. Among those he helped with their autobiographies were Alec Stewart,Andrew Flintoff, Graham Gooch, Bob Willis, Graeme Hick, Bob Taylor, Chris Broad and Devon Malcolm. Also Viv Richards, Wasim Akram, Imran Khan and Allan Donald.
Pat has also written acclaimed biographies of Brian Clough and Ian Botham.
Needless to say he has personal anecdotes to share about all these top sportsmen.
His latest book is the Official History of Sports Report, the legendary Saturday evening programme on Radio 5 Live, born 1948 and still going strong!
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