Cricket Gifts: The shortlist full of surprises [2026]

Cricket gifts can be fun to do but also a challenge, whether the person you’re buying for plays cricket, watches the game or supports a team. 

At Cricket Yorkshire HQ, our cricket gifts guide has now been assembled like a superstar World XI to help you sort your presents with minimal stress.

Stumped for ideas? Bowled over by choice? Run out of time? Look no further…

🏏 Availability & prices may change as these are third-party retailers and postage not included.

Mystery Cricket shirt (£39.88)

Ok, let me blow your mind. If you are truly stuck with what to get someone as a cricket present then how about a gift that’s a mystery – even to you?!

Get ready for new, 100% official merchandise that arrives as a sleek, black box. Inside will be a randomly selected cricket jersey from any team around the world. (That’s professional teams, not Hallam 6th XI, more’s the pity).

Simon Hope, (founder of Mystery Cricket) told me it’s mainly franchise/domestic T20 offerings with the occasional county or international team shirt.

They offer a Mystery Box, an IPL Mystery Box or a combo option. Just pick the size of the shirt (adults and kids jerseys available, with kids shirts at £36.88) and you can tell them shirts to avoid too.

At less than £40 for a cricket shirt and a guaranteed shock (hopefully a good one), this is the ultimate cricket wildcard.

A Portrait of Cricket Photobook (£45)

Photographer Tom Shaw trains his expert lens on the grassroots game in this gorgeous photobook with its debossed hardcover and 170gsm paper.

Its coverage is recreational cricket in the lower leagues across the country. On his website, Tom says: “The aim is to move the narrative along from being solely the rural, leafy village green and to meet the players, spectators, volunteers, ground staff and everyone else who make the game what it is today.”

Amongst the images are those with a Yorkshire flavour including a foggy day up at Queensbury with cricketers undeterred by the pea-souper as league points were up for grabs.

Scorers signalling to the umpire at Girlington Cricket Club and a number of portraits of Bradford Park Avenue Ladies also feature in its pages. A Portrait of Cricket has a real sense of place, celebrating as it does the diversity of people and grounds across England.

Cricket Scoreboard Desk Tidy (£20)

Scorers and cricket fans… this is the moment you could secure your coloured pens and immaculately sharpened HB pencils in their very own cricket scoreboard.

This works as a mobile, giftable solution for the cricket fan in your life who has just about everything… because they won’t (yet) have one of these beauties.

Made from ‘elegant slate’ (is there any other kind?), the scorer flap opens and you can personalise the numbers. (By personalise, I believe you apply those yourself – stickers included – so they’re not rotating digits before you picture re-enacting famous games through the ages every day.

Cricket Ball Candle – £22.95

Quiz question. What present could you buy a cricket fan that disappears? Why, a glossy, unscented candle by Fallow that closely resembles a cricket ball. Its decadent red sheen and white stitching makes this a very realistic choice and (almost) a shame to light.

With a three-hour melt time, this thoughtful present with its organic cotton wick is made in Sussex and may keep its shape longer than an actual Dukes ball.

Meanwhile, Holly & Co (who also sell this candle) offer a cricket ball Piñata which could be an ingenious way for club cricket batters to release some tension (and save pavilion furniture) after a first-ball duck.

Village Cricketer Socks (£9.99)

Buying someone socks as a gift is either as safe as a forward defence or straight-up ingenious because everyone wears socks (unless they’re on a beach).

These burgundy Village Cricketer socks are men’s UK size 7-12 and, according to the product listing, have a “hilarious, relatable design. Captures the fury of cricket’s most iconic meltdowns in sock form. Perfect for the hot-headed baller in your life.”

As I’m sure you’ll all agree, capturing iconic meltdowns in sock form is no mean feet (sorry) and if that doesn’t convince you, their tagline surely will: Sporting passion meets sophistication.

If you know a hot-headed baller who has run out of socks and is crying out for sophisticated pinkies then you’re really just doing them a great service.

I do like the chunky graphics, lending a certain Donkey Kong 80s vibe.

Dales, Bails and Cricket Club Tales – Paperback £7.99 / Kindle – £4.99

Picking my own cricket books in a shortlist is probably bad form but on the flip side, literally no-one is better qualified to talk about them.

All Wickets Great & Small (2016) is relaxed travel-writing based on my adventures in club cricket – and it’s intriguing to look back at what the recreational game in Yorkshire then.

Last of the Summer Wickets (2019) is a celebration of the Scarborough Cricket Festival – read Geoffrey Boycott’s last innings for Yorkshire in his own words, Ken Rutherford’s 317 in a day recalled by the man himself and Jason Gillespie on his favourite Festival memories.

Dales, Bails and Cricket Club Tales (2023) takes you on a journey around lots of clubs, leagues and grounds over the 2022 & 2023 seasons.

Available on Amazon as a paperback or Kindle, these are terrific gifts at all times of year for the cricket fan in your life.

✍️ PS: I am writing a new club cricket book that will come out in 2026 – looking at the last two seasons in Yorkshire with stunning grounds, diverse teams and memorable matches – similar lines to Dales, Bails and All Wickets.

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