A season that will see a record 100 competitive blind cricket matches played is just a few days away from starting. One of those games is the completion of the 2023 – the delayed BCEW Primary Club Heindrich Swanepoel cup final. The county ground at Hove has been secured as the venue for Sussex Sharks, […]
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News from the 2023 BCEW AGM
Voting Following changes to the BCEW constitution Birmingham Stars & Cheshire Cobras have become full voting members of BCEW. The rules on games rained off after less than 10 overs play have been changed, from now teams will receive 8 points each in those circumstances. Runners will be required to wear coloured bibs to help […]
Sussex to face Metro in Primary Club Cup the Highlight of 2024 Cup Draws
Sussex Sharks defence of the BCEW David Townley Memorial Twenty20 Cup starts with an away trip to Kent Spitfires in the first round. The winner of that match faces a home quarter final against debutants Dorset County VICT or Southern Development League champions Berkshire Stags. If they can defeat Yorkshire Vikings in the first round […]
Somerset & Sussex Share Spoils in BCEW National Level Awards
Ed Hossell & Dave Daniels headlined a triple success for both Somerset & Sussex in BCEW’s end of season awards. Hossell’s partially sighted player of the year award was his fifth success in that category, whilst Daniels total player of the year win was his third in a row. Ed extends his lead as having […]
Berkshire & Dorset Dominate Development Level Awards
BCEW’s development level awards were dominated by Berkshire Stags (4) & Dorset Dolphins (3) who scooped more than two thirds of the awards on offer in 2023. Berkshire’s success’s were headlined by Thomas Froud winning Partially Sighted Player of the Year & Chris Wallace claiming low partial player of the year. Sam Hoskin picked up […]
Sussex Claim T20 Cup for Fourth Time
By Paul Toplis On Saturday 16th September 2023 Sussex Sharks defeated Lancashire Lions to win the BCEW David Townley Memorial Twenty20 Cup for the fourth time and first since 2019. Phil Daniels smashed the third ball he faced to the square leg boundary to complete a win against the Lancashire Lions in just under eight […]
IBSA World Blind Games 2023: England Men & Women Set for World Blind Games Debut
The England Men’s & Women’s VI Cricket teams take part in the 2023 IBSA World Blind Games starting on Saturday 19th August. The IBSA World Blind Games are taking place in the UK for the first time & for cricket this is the first time the sport has been included in the programme. The Games […]
Rory Field Honoured by the MCC
Metro skipper Rory Field is one of the first eleven winners of the MCC Community Cricket Hero awards. The search for award winners run by the MCC in conjunction with The Cricketer magazine, was launched in March to celebrate the vast number of people whose work for the grassroots game makes it happen for the […]
The Ten Thousand Run Man
Ten thousand runs, it’s quite a number, only a handful of players have achieved it in test cricket, the majority of county cricketers will never reach that mark either, however in blind cricket we have our first player confirmed to have reached that total. Since the adoption of the Play Cricket scoring system it is […]
UK Women’s VI Cricket Team To Hold Open Trials
During February and March 2023 the UK Women’s Visually Impaired Cricket Team will be holding two Open Trials. 2023 will see Visually Impaired Cricket make it’s debut at the IBSA World Games, which are being held in the UK for the first time. The games are an international multi-sport event & take place in Birmingham […]