Exhibition puts older cricketers in the frame

Lepton Highlanders CC v Delph & Dobcross. Poet Andrew McMillan, 22, and documentary photographer Anton Want teamed up for the Runs on the Board exhibition. Photograph: Anton Want

John Broom (retired accountant), Thorp Perrow Cricket Club, North Yorkshire, August 2010. McMillan and Want have spent the last year getting to know over-50s cricket players across the region. Photograph: Anton Want

Grimethorpe Miners Welfare CC v Sheffield Caribbean. The Runs on the Board exhibition and book of the same name have been produced as part of imove, Yorkshire's cultural programme for the 2012 Olympics. Photograph: Anton Want/Anton Want

Gilbert Whyte (HGV driver), Sheffield Caribbean Cricket Club, July 2010 Photograph: Anton Want

Pictures of cricket teams hung on the walls of the club. Graham Roberts, a public art consultant behind the project, says: 'I felt that the money for the Cultural Olympiad was going mainly to youth and thought: "Hang on; let's get older people involved as well.'" Photograph: Anton Want

Bob Skaith (sales manager), Goldsborough Cricket Club, North Yorkshire, August 2010 Photograph: Anton Want

A cricket ball in the field. The Legacy Trust donated £42,000 to cover the photographer fees and the cost of staging the exhibition and publishing the book. Photograph: Anton Want

Ian Maw (retired lecturer), Whiston Parish Church Cricket Club, Rotherham, July 2010 Photograph: Anton Want

Cricket pads and glove. Runs on the Board is at the Civic, Barnsley, until 31 July. The book of the same name is available from graham@runsontheboard.co.uk for £12.50 including UK postage. Photograph: Anton Want