The England and Wales Cricket Board has paid tribute to the late Richie Benaud, with ECB Chair Giles Clarke describing Benaud as “a true giant of the modern game.” Benaud, who played 63 Test Matches for Australia between 1952 and ...
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Mark Butcher kicks off LV= County Championship
Mark Butcher does not expect Yorkshire to retain their LV= County Championship title – and he has warned his former county, Surrey, that they also face a tough battle to gain promotion back to Division One. The former England opener, ...
Read More »Gibson is Fast Bowling Coach
The England Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that Ottis Gibson has been appointed as England’s Fast Bowling Coach for the Test squad’s forthcoming West Indies tour. Gibson, who enjoyed a three-year spell as England’s Fast Bowling Coach from 2007-2010 before ...
Read More »Young people get a Chance to Shine
Emdad Rahman Young people will now be able to play accessible cricket after the announcement of a new partnership between Chance to Shine and Lycamobile. Lycamobile is the world’s biggest international mobile virtual network operator, and during an event at ...
Read More »England blow the Aussies out the water!
The England learning disability cricket team has defeated Australia in Melbourne to win the INAS International cricket series 5-1. England finished the final match of the series in style by defeating Australia in the last One Day International by 35 ...
Read More »Who’s heading for the Windies?
Trott returns and Lyth, Rashid and Wood all win places in England’s West Indies tour party. The England selectors have announced a 16-man squad captained by Alastair Cook for the three-match Test series in the West Indies which starts next ...
Read More »Overs at the Oval
Let’s hope there’s no April showers this Easter as the Human Relief Foundation holds a charity cricket tournament at the Oval. For more information ring 07738-808 918 or email malam@surreycricket.com.
Read More »It’s not “over” yet!
Tower Hamlets Cricket Development Officer Jahid Ahmed took his U13 District team to Lords Cricket Ground on Sunday, to mix it with the elite of London Cricket – and they came within a whisker of pulling off a major upset. ...
Read More »Scintilla CC star makes history
Emdad Rahman reports that Enamul Haque Jnr has reached a milestone 400 wickets. Bangladeshi spinner Enamul Haque Jnr – who starred for Barking-based Scintilla Cricket Club en route to lifting the Essex County Cricket League Premier Division –has created history ...
Read More »Prime Bank are Dhaka Premier League champions
Scintilla CC star Enamul Haque Jr helps steer Khaled Mahmud’s men to success Emdad Rahman Prime Bank Cricket Club are the newly crowned Dhaka Premier League champions after beating Dhaka Abahani Limited in the competition’s penultimate round of Super League ...
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