Tahseen Sabir hits the ball over Dave Daniels at Finals Day 2021

Quartet Set For Closely Matched Twenty20 Finals Day

On Saturday 17th September Lancashire Lions, Northants Steelbacks, Somerset VICC & Sussex Sharks will battle for the BCEW David Townley Memorial Twenty20 Cup in what looks set to be a very competitive finals day at Wolverhampton CC.

Defending Champions Northants reached finals day by seeing off Metro in the last over of a thrilling quarter final. 2022 National League Champions Sussex beat Yorkshire Vikings to progress. National League Runners Up Somerset got the better of Surrey VICC in their quarter final, whilst National League Division Two winners Lancashire defeated Kent Spitfires to reach finals day.

Northants are looking to retain a trophy for the first time in their history, Sussex are targeting a league & T20 Cup double, Somerset are seaking their first trophy since winning the T20 Cup in 2018 & Lancashire are aiming for their first ever major trophy.

BCEW David Townley Memorial Twenty20 Cup Finals Day
Saturday 17th September 2022
At Wolverhampton Cricket Club
Address: Wolverhampton Cricket Club, Danescourt Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, WV6 9BJ.
How to find it: A map can be found on http://wolverhampton.play-cricket.com/website/web_pages/102349

Northants with the 2021 BCEW Twenty20 Cup Trophy
Northants with the 2021 BCEW Twenty20 Cup Trophy

Schedule
9.30 The ground will be open by this time
10.00 Teams aiming to be at the ground by around this time.
10.30 Minutes Sielence in memory of Queen Elizabeth II
10.31 Semi Final Draw & Toss for both semi finals
10.50 Both Semi Finals start
14.05 Hopefully both semi finals are finished
14.05 Lunch
14.30 Blind Cricket Hall of Fame Induction – Frank Mcfarlane to be posthumously inducted
14.40 Toss for final & third place play off
14.55 Final & Third place play off start
18.10 hopefully final & third place play off finish
18.20 Presentations

All timings depend on how fast the matches are completed & if everyone’s ready before 10.50 we are fine with the semi finals starting a little early, likewise we will push forward the start of the final and third place play off if we can.

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Other details

Umpires, scorers & match managers for the day are as follows:
Umpires
Semi Finals
Pitch 1: Alan Pearce & Neil Robson
Pitch 2: Darshak Patel & John Egan
Match Manager: Roger Barker

Final & Third Place Play Off
Final, Pitch 1: Darshak Patel & Neil Robson
Third Place Play Off, Pitch 2: Alan Pearce & John Egan
Match Manager: Roger Barker

Scorers will follow the following clubs during the day
Rebecca Ross (Lancashire Lions)
Yvette Bailey (Northants Steelbacks)
Paul Toplis (Somerset VICC)
Steve Field (Sussex Sharks)

Other Notes

Wi Fi is available at the ground,
The bar will be open during the day,
Spectators will be able to purchase food from the bar.