Tom Barton whilst playing at the 2022 Development Festival.

Clubs Share Success as Tom Barton Named Player of the Year For First Time

In a season which saw all eight National League clubs claim at least one & no more than two of BCEW’s National Level end of season awards Kent’s Tom Barton won Partially Sighted Player of the Year for the first time. Tom’s all round performances this season meant he won just his second BCEW award […]

Somerset & Metro Forced To Wait For Twenty20 Cup Final

For the second time in the competition’s history the final of the BCEW David Townley Memorial Twenty20 Cup will have to take part in the following season. On Saturday 21st September in Wolverhampton the final national level action of 2024 saw both semi finals completed before rain & thunder drenched the ground at Wolverhampton CC […]

Finals Day umpires Darshak Patel, Neil Robson & Roger Barker

Quartet Set For Exciting T20 Finals Day

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 […]

Greater Manchester Falcons team photo

Cricket The Winner in Rainy Leicester

The BCEW Johnners Trust development festival at Leicester university sports ground brought together six teams this year for a full round robin event across Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th September. Players enjoyed meeting those from other parts of the country with all the regions having two teams. From the south there were the Berkshire Stags […]

Sam hoskin receives Development League total player of the year 2024

Berkshire Dominate 2024 Development League Awards

For the second year in a row it was Berkshire Stags who were most successful in BCEW’s Development League end of season awards. The Stags won 4 awards with Dorset & Staffordshire taking home 2 each and one a piece for roses rivals Lancashire & Yorkshire. Thomas Froud retained Partially Sighted Player of the Year […]

An image of David Howells, Luke Sugg, Justin Hollingsworth, Mo Khatri, Mark Turnham, Nathan Jameson, Mo Ghalib, Moshfique Ahmed, Ed Hossell & Matt Dean

England Men’s Visually Impaired squad announced for multi-format Ashes Series

Ed Hossell will captain a 15-man squad as the England Men’s Visually Impaired Team travel to Australia this November for a multi-format Ashes series. Mo Ghalib is the only uncapped player in an experienced squad that will compete in the fifth edition of the VI Ashes, England will be aiming to retain the trophy that […]

Northants Steelbacks with the Primary Club Cup Trophy

Northants Stun Sussex For Dramatic Cup Win

On a mild but blustery afternoon at The Northamptonshire County Cricket Ground Northants Steelbacks ended Sussex Sharks all conquering run that saw them holding all three National trophies at once, as the Steelbacks added to their 2021 BCEW Primary Club Heindrich Swanepoel Cup success at the same ground. After Northants won the toss & sent […]