First time winners have dominated the 2025 BCEW Development level awards. Of the ten trophies handed out seven have gone to first time winners.
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Neil Robson Wins Durham Cricket Award
On Sunday 7th September at Durham CCC’s Riverside Stadium BCEW Umpires Coordinator Neil Robson received the Creating Inclusive and Safe Environments award at the Durham Cricket Foundation Community Awards.
BCEW Midland & North T20 Cup Produces Classic Match In First Final
Birmingham Stars the winners of the Midlands T20 competition after a very close match against Staffordshire Wolves in the regional final, hosted Greater Manchester Falcons winners of the Northern section of the competition.
Sussex Win Record Breaking Primary Club Cup Final
A match that went to the final ball where it was poised on a knife edge. Nick Ebbeck was bowling the last over having been held back until the 28th before being thrown the ball. The experienced Rory Field had conceded just three from the previous over, as from his penultimate over, and the Sussex […]
Blind Cricket’s Most Successful Sides Meet in Blockbuster Cup Final
The two most successful sides in blind cricket history face off in the final of the 2025 BCEW Primary Club Heindrich Swanepoel Cup. Sussex Sharks take on London Metro at The 1st Central County Ground in Hove on Saturday 6th September.
UK Women Name World Cup Squad Whilst Fundraising Efforts Continue
The UK Women’s VI Cricket Team have named a 15 player squad for the first ever Blind Cricket Women’s Twenty20 World Cup, which the squad hope to attend in November.
Sussex Seal National League Title as Lancashire & Berkshire Also Claim Silverware
Sussex wanted to take the title on their own terms and were hoping that victory in their match against Northamptonshire Steelbacks on the 19th of July would allow that; however after the tropical heat of the previous weekend thunderstorms put paid to any hope of cricket on that Saturday, so each side simply took 8 […]
Amazing Opportunity For UK Women’s Team Beckons – Perhaps?
Can a team from UK Women’s VI Cricket follow up their annual match against Price & Myers by playing their next T20 match in the Blind Women’s World Cup?
New Best UK VI Cricket Bowling Figures for Mo Ghalib
England and Metro all rounder Mo Ghalib has beaten his England teammate Luke Sugg’s UK VI cricket record bowling figures. During London Metro’s BCEW Primary Club Heindrich Swanepoel Cup Quarter Final against Somerset VICC Ghalib equalled Sugg’s 8 wickets, but only conceded a single run in running through the Somerset batting line up at Wombats […]
Blind Cricket Mourns Passing of Pete Marshall
Blind Cricket England & Wales are sad to learn of the passing of our former Head Umpire, Pete Marshall. Along with Dave Townley it was Pete who had the idea to create the blind cricket umpires panel at the end of the 2009 season. Pete subsequently set up the panel and managed it for its […]









