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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Sussex Regain National League Title in Closest Ever Season
Sussex Sharks regained the BCEW National League title that they last won in 2022 in a 2024 season that was the closest ever National League season as both the title & Division One relegation were decided by a single point. London Metro drew first blood in the title race with a 110 run win over […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Northants & Sussex Set For Primary Club Cup Final Take Two!
On a sunny day in May when Sussex celebrated cup success in Hove after the rearranged 2023 cup final you could have been excused for thinking the Northants v Sussex cup rivalry was over for this year, but here we are again with the same two teams meeting in Northampton at the end of August. […]
BCEW Make Change to Charles Ronayne Award
BCEW have made an immediate change to the Charles Ronayne Award for Outstanding Contribution to VI Cricket. In the past this prestigious award was handed out annually, from this point on it will be awarded as and when appropriate with the year of award recorded. This will enable the award to be given out more […]