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Nine Players Added to England Training Squad

Following October’s extremely successful England VI Cricket Open Trial, that saw a record 52 current England players & trialists take part in a single weekend of international ball cricket, nine players have been invited to join England’s winter training squad. Those selected are: Charlton Davis (Kent Spitfires) Chris Ross (Northants Steelbacks) Chris Styles (Worcestershire Elizabethans) […]

David Howells Partially Sighted Player of the Year

Howells Double as Northants & Kent Headline National Level Awards

19 year old David Howells was named Partially Sighted Player of the Year & retained the Partially Sighted Fielder of the Year award as Northants Steelbacks were the biggest winners in BCEW’s National Level Awards, whilst Kent Spitfires trebled the number of awards their club have ever won. Howells was outstanding with bat, ball & […]

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Sublime Somerset Secure Twenty20 Cup Treble

Somerset VICC became BCEW David Townley Memorial Twenty20 Cup Winners for the third time thanks to two sensational performances during Finals Day on Saturday 17th September 2022 at Wolverhampton CC. After a minutes silence in memory of Queen Elizabeth II T20 Cup holders Northants batted first in their semi final against Lancashire but struggled to […]

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Quartet Set For Closely Matched Twenty20 Finals Day

On Saturday 17th September Lancashire Lions, Northants Steelbacks, Somerset VICC & Sussex Sharks will battle for the BCEW David Townley Memorial Twenty20 Cup in what looks set to be a very competitive finals day at Wolverhampton CC. Defending Champions Northants reached finals day by seeing off Metro in the last over of a thrilling quarter […]

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Northern Clubs Dominate Expanded Regional Level Awards

Clubs from the Northern Regional League dominated BCEW’s newly expanded Regional Level Awards as they claimed 8 of the 10 trophies. Bradford & District & Durham VICC claimed three awards each, For Durham Emma Gilfoyle picked up Low Partial Player of the Year & Darren Cook was named total Player of the Year, Nathan Jameson […]

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Johnners Trust Enables a Winning Cricket Weekend

By Paul Toplis The fantastic support of the Johnners Trust enabled over 80 visually impaired cricketers to enjoy a weekend of twenty one matches at the Leicester University Sports Ground. Gathered from all over the country were teams from Lancashire, Somerset, Surrey and Bradford; along with a Staffordshire side with guest players from London based […]

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Surrey and Dorset – Part of a 250th Birthday Celebration!

Southern Regional T20 Cup Final Match Report By Paul Toplis BCEW are very appreciative of the support shown to our cricket – “a different sort of spin” – to quote from the Times, over the years and especially for agreeing to host the Southern Regional T20 Cup this year. It is fantastic for our game […]