Yorkshire CCC putting together new staging agreement for Scarborough Cricket Club
YORKSHIRE County Cricket Club’s special relationship with Scarborough is set to continue.
Colin Graves, the Yorkshire chair, said that a new staging agreement is being put together to keep county cricket at North Marine Road.
At present, Yorkshire have 10 scheduled days of cricket at the ground each summer – two four-day games and two one-day matches.
That status quo seems likely to be preserved, although no details of the deal have yet been confirmed.
“We’re putting together a new staging agreement,” said Graves. “The old one ran out this year, so there's a new one being put together.
“It will discuss them (Scarborough) running matches and what we expect of them, basically.”
There has been plenty of turbulence at Scarborough lately.
A new board took over earlier this month, after the previous regime resigned en bloc, following disgruntlement at the way the club was being run.
“They’ve got new people running the club, which I think will be good going forward,” said Graves.
“We'll work with them now to make sure that we do the things to get Scarborough where it needs to be.”
Graves said Scarborough remains an integral part of the Yorkshire family.
“It's very important,” he added.
“Everybody likes playing at Scarborough.
“It's a good wicket, we get results there, spectators like going there, so it’s very important, is Scarborough, in terms of the whole plan.
"I can’t see that diminishing, to be honest.”