It’s not just you that likes to stop for a proper brew. Whenever it’s played, one of Britain’s best-loved games comes to a halt around 4pm for a break in play, a refreshing cup of tea and polite conversation. This Summer, Little Urn is all padded up and running up and down the country to serve Yorkshire Tea to thirsty players and spectators at local county cricket clubs.

Yorkshire Tea and cricket have had a long partnership - not only is our tea served at the very best cricket teas, but our packs have sported a watercolour illustration of a village cricket scene on them for almost as long as we can remember. What’s more, this year we’re also sponsoring the 40^th National Village Cup which has 300 village cricket clubs batting it out to play in a showpiece final at Lord's, the Home of Cricket, in September.

To kick the tour off, last Sunday Little Urn hit the road and landed at Wormsley Cricket Ground in Essex for the match between Essex and Stokenchurch. It’s a cracking little ground in a really beautiful part of the England. Right from the off, Little Urn and the Brew Crew’s experienced pairing of Melissa and Heidi were busy making tea for spectators.

Yorkshire Tea wasn’t the only thing pouring, either. The weather was… let’s say… very British, lurching between bright sunlight to dark cloud one minute and rain to even hail at one point. But that didn’t dampen the spirits of the loyal crowd. They were revealing their competitive side with games like the Crazy Catch Challenge, organized by our friends at Barrington Sports, that tested their cricket skills to win Yorkshire Tea and cricket prizes. A group of cricket coaches cleaned up – one of them was from Spofforth too which is only a ball's throw from home in Harrogate. Small world.

Melissa remembered one particularly funny incident: “A woman ran over to me and said she was next up in the game where you throw balls through different sized holes to score points. She said she had a strategy of having a cup of Yorkshire Tea first before having her throw. Well, it seemed to work because she threw her first ball straight through the 100 point hole, which is only just larger than the ball! She was the first to do it that day too. Then her hubby had a go and scored nothing. I think he was a bit embarrassed.”

You can get involved in a number of ways, too. For a start, you could come and try your hand at the Crazy Catch Challenge and enjoy a proper brew or two for yourself at one of the many other county cricket grounds Little Urn will be attending over the next few months – here’s a full list of Little Urn’s Tour:

Sunday 13th May: BPPCA Cricket Day, Birmingham

Sunday 27th May: Armadillos Cricket Day, Sheffield Park, East Sussex

Saturday 9th June: Neston Cricket, Wirral

Sunday 10th June: Richmond (London) Junior Cricket Match

Friday 15th June: Sidmouth, Devon Cricket

Sunday 1st July: Tolethorpe Cricket, Rutland

Tuesday & Wednesday 17th & 18th July: Cheltenham Cricket Festival

Also, if you take your cricket pretty seriously, play for fun or just know someone who does, why not enter our Facebook competition to win a unique Salix bat-making experience? Win and you’ll get to visit their workshop in Maidstone, Kent, to have your very own cricket bat made for you by hand, by Salix experts. Click here to go to our Facebook page and enter.

We’ll keep you posted with the score regarding Little Urn's Tour as it unfolds and do please catch us when we visit the ground nearest to you. There'll be a proper brew ready for you, of course.