Seeing as the 2023 English cricket season begins in the coming week, we have dipped into the Wigan archives for a selection of pictures taken by our photographers at local matches over the years.
Picture set up by photographer Frank Orrell as Julie Eckersley batting against the Wallabies at Haigh zoo during the Australian cricket team's tour of England in July 1975. Photo: Frank Orrell
Australian Matt Chasemore hits a boundary on his way to 137 not out for Norley Hall against Birkenhead St. Marys in a Southport and District League match on Saturday 22nd of May 2004. The match ended in a draw. Photo: Frank Orrell