BCEW’s 2024 David Townley Memorial Twenty20 Cup Finals Day looks set to be a close & exciting event with four very strong sides having qualified.
The first semi final sees defending Champions Sussex Sharks, this season’s National League Champions, face three time former winners & this season’s Division Two champions Somerset VICC.
In the second semi final 2021 champions & this season’s Primary Club Cup winners Northants Steelbacks face London Metro, Metro are the most successful team in blind cricket history but have never won the Twenty20 Cup.
The day will also feature Gav Griffiths being inducted into the Blind Cricket Hall of Fame & BCEW presenting their end of season National Level awards.
BCEW David Townley Memorial Twenty20 Cup Finals Day 2024
Saturday 21st September 2024
At Wolverhampton Cricket Club
Address: Wolverhampton Cricket Club, Danescourt Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, WV6 9BJ.
How to find it: A map can be found on:
https://wolverhampton.play-cricket.com/Aboutus
Schedule
9.30 The ground will be open by this time
10.00 Teams please aim to be at the ground by around this time
10.30 Toss for both semi finals
10.50 Both Semi Finals start
14.05 Hopefully both semi finals are finished
14.05 Lunch, including Gav Griffiths Hall of Fame Induction
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
Match Officials
Umpires
Semi Final 1 Pitch 1 – Sussex v Somerset – Neil Robson & Fiona Shone
Semi Final 2 Pitch 2 – London Metro v Northants – Ian Hopkins & Darshak Patel
Final Pitch 1 – Darshak Patel & Fiona Shone
Third Place Play Off Pitch 2 – Ian Hopkins & Neil Robson
Match Manager – Roger Barker
Scorers
Clive Spencer (Metro or Somerset)
Seb Egan (Metro or Somerset)
Steve Field (Sussex)
Yvette Bailey (Northants)
Clive & Seb’s appointments will be made to ensure Seb & Yvette are on opposite pitches so that both games will be live scored on Play-Cricket via:
BCEW.Play-Cricket.com
Commentary by Paul Toplis
For the semi-final from 10.35
https://youtube.com/live/xgS3tcEB9XI
Back-up 1
https://youtube.com/live/rqeOKN059jI
Back-up 2
https://youtube.com/live/mlgIe6glk2w
For the final from 2.40pm
https://youtube.com/live/TlaUW8msLfk
Back-up 1
https://youtube.com/live/1OAIayOd0HU
Back-up 2
https://youtube.com/live/w_-2pTFZ7lA
Other Details
Spectators are welcome and the bar will be open all day.
