A CRICKET club has been given a cash boost towards buying a set of much-needed mobile wicket covers.

Thirsk Cricket Club, based on the town’s racecourse, has received £500 from homebuilders Taylor Wimpey North Yorkshire to upgrade its covers and protect its wickets from future bad weather.

The club’s honorary treasurer Mark Cook said: “Our primary focus is to invest into our junior division as much as possible, which as you can imagine can be incredibly expensive.

“In addition to kit and the upkeep of the grounds, we have to regularly upgrade equipment, and thanks to the support of Taylor Wimpey we have been able to meet our target and purchase the wicket covers.”

Thirsk Cricket Club, with more than 150 members, has three senior teams as well as three junior teams. The junior players ages range from five to15 and they train four nights a week.

Taylor Wimpey’s sales and marketing director Debbie Whittingham said: “Thirsk Cricket Club is an organisation at the heart of the Thirsk community, so as soon as we heard they were in need of new wicket covers, we were keen to help out.

“The weather can be terrible in North Yorkshire so protecting expensive equipment is a primary focus for many organisations, and we’re glad to have been of assistance to the club.”