A dramatic day of cricket at Wolverhampton CC saw Northants Steelbacks win the BCEW David Townley Memorial Twenty20 Cup for the first time & in doing so they became only the second team ever to win both the BBS Cup & the Twenty20 Cup in the same season. Northants day started by bowling first against […]
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Surrey Seal Southern Regional T20 Success
By Paul Toplis Surrey won the BCEW Southern Regional T20 Cup with a great display of fielding at Ottershaw Cricket Club, that restricted the Dorset Dolphins to 106 for 8 from their 20 overs. Steve won the toss for the Dolphins and chose to bat on a warm, bright sunny day. Although the Dolphins reached […]
Northants Claim First BBS Cup Triumph In Dramatic Final
In the 42 year history of the BBS Primary Club Cup there have been few finals as dramatic as the 2021 edition. On Saturday 4th September at the Northamptonshire County Cricket Ground first time finalists Northants Steelbacks faced cup holders London Metro, who had already lifted this historic trophy on 17 occasions as well as […]
Northants and Metro To Meet In BBS Cup Final
On Saturday 4th September Northants Steelbacks and London Metro will face each other in the final of the BBS Primary Club Heindrich Swanepoel Memorial Cup. The game, being held at The Northamptonshire County Cricket Ground, will see Northants try to win the trophy for the first time having only even reached the semi finals once […]
BCEW Update Return To VI Cricket Rules Following July 19th
BCEW have slightly updated their Return To VI Cricket Rules for 2021 as the government’s lockdown easing roadmap reaches step 4. These rules are likely to stay in place for the rest of the 2021 season. Return To VI Cricket Rules 2021July 19th Update General PrinciplesThese rules apply in all competitive blind cricket matches, all […]
2021 Return To VI Cricket Rules Published
The covid rules and regulations allowing VI cricket to safely start on Saturday 22nd May have now been published. The rules, listed below, will apply until at least 21st June unless otherwise stated. Return To VI Cricket Rules 2021 General PrinciplesAll of these rules only apply to organised matches or organised training sessions. For matches […]
CoronaVirus Blind Cricket Update: 31st May
Hi Everyone, We hope you’re all keeping safe and well. This is not good news. BCEW regret to announce that following the recent ECB announcement on professional cricket and after speaking with ECB about how this effects the recreational game, we have no option but to further extend the suspension of almost all blind cricket […]
Kathryn Jelfs-White Wins UK Women’s Programme Player of the Year 2019
By John GarbettBCEW Development Director and Manager of the UK Women & Girls VI Cricket Programme These awards were supposed to have been given out during the national training weekend at Lambrook School on the last weekend in March and sadly of course, we lost that and subsequent events planned for the two May bank […]
Blind Cricket Clubs Quiz Tournament Launched
As there is no prospect of any cricket for the foreseeable future BCEW Competitions Director Dave Gavrilovic has organised a quiz tournament for blind cricket clubs to take part in. The quiz will feature questions on all sorts of subjects and will be held via zoom with teams of four players playing matches against each […]
CoronaVirus Blind Cricket Update: 20th May
Hi Everyone, We hope you’re all keeping safe and well. BCEW regret to announce a further slight extension to the suspension of all blind cricket activities including matches, training & development work. There will now be no blind cricket until at least Friday 10th July. This means that there will definitely not be any matches, […]