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June 27, 2007
James Bruce penalised by ECB
Posted on 06/27/2007 in Hampshire
The ECB has announced that Hampshire’s James Bruce has received three penalty points under the ECB’s discipline code following an incident during Hampshire’s County Championship match against Durham earlier this month.
Bruce was reported by umpires Barrie Leadbeater and Neil Mallender for a Level Two breach of the code (causing avoidable damage to the pitch that results in a five-run penalty being awarded).
The penalty points remain on Bruce’s record for a period of two years. The accumulation of nine or more penalty points in any two-year period will result in an automatic suspension.
Worcs Twenty20 switched to Kidderminster
Posted on 06/27/2007 in Worcestershire
Worcestershire match this Sunday against Gloucestershire has been switched from New Road to Kidderminster. Flooding at New Road means the game had to be moved, so it will now be played at the Chester Road ground in Kidderminster.
Play will start at 3pm.
Further information about ground admission and car parking for members and existing ticket holders will be published on the Worcestershire CCC website.
June 22, 2007
Yorkshire launch Trueman statue appeal
Posted on 06/22/2007 in Yorkshire
An appeal is to be launched to fund the erection of a statue of Fred Trueman. Yorkshire will host the launch of the appeal at Headingley on Monday, June 25, where the Twenty20 match against Lancashire takes place.
Northern Rail and Craven District Council are also backing the appeal for the statue, which will be located in Trueman's adopted home town of Skipton.
June 21, 2007
Like an empty vase
Posted on 06/21/2007 in Essex
The importance of Andy Flower to Essex can be truly appreciated only now he has gone. Although the county were never a one-man team, Essex without Flower are like Doctor Who without his assistant, Blackpool without a pier or Eurovision without Wogan. They seem to be missing something. Suddenly the season looks as if it could be a long one. While the bowling was always a problem, the batting, too, is wobbling. Minus Flower the top six is made up of
rookies and Ronnie Irani. But no one is blaming Flower. He is 39 and was offered a wonderful position as England’s assistant coach.
“I’ll miss the Essex dressing room,” he says. “It has a great atmosphere and everyone’s pulling for each other. So of course I was a little sad to leave. Everyone at Essex gave me a great opportunity to play county cricket and I learnt so much from guys like Graham Gooch and Ronnie Irani. I always felt I was still learning at Essex and hopefully I gave a lot back.”
He did not just bring experience; he brought a mountain of runs. In five seasons he scored 6,215 first-class runs at 54, just above his overall average. “I think the young batsmen have all got great futures,” he says. “I wouldn’t be surprised to see some of them in the England dressing room soon.”
Daniel Brigham, The Wisden Cricketer
Jaques returns home
Posted on 06/21/2007 in Worcestershire
Worcestershire's Australian opening batsman Phil Jaques will miss the
first four games of the Twenty20 Cup after returning home for "family
reasons''.
Jaques, the New South Wales left-hander, is expected to be back at New Road on June
30. In the meantime, their on-loan allrounder, Kyle Hogg, has been recalled to Lancashire, who are struggling with injuries.
June 20, 2007
Table cricket final at Lord's
Posted on 06/20/2007 in MCC
MCC will host the National Table Cricket Finals in the indoor school at Lord’s on Thursday, June 21.
The competition, for children with disabilities, is organised by the Lord’s Taverners in partnership with the ECB, and provides an opportunity to compete in an innovative and competitive team game.
The regional heats comprised 75 teams who came to county grounds in April and May this year. More than 500 young people took part. The winners of these heats will now compete at Lord's.
John Stephenson, Head of Cricket at MCC, said: “We are delighted to host the national Table Cricket Finals at Lord’s once more. This is one of the annual highlights of MCC’s Indoor Cricket School programme and we look forward to welcoming the competition back next year.”
June 19, 2007
Powell out for a fortnight
Posted on 06/19/2007 in Glamorgan
Mike Powell will have surgery to remove part of a bone which has caused a blood clot under his collarbone. He has been out of action since early June when his left arm became inflamed because of the problem. He will have to rest for a fortnight after the operation.
Worcestershire's Kervezee reprimanded
Posted on 06/19/2007 in Worcestershire
Alexei Kervezee, the Worcestershire and Netherlands batsman, has been reprimanded under the ECB's discipline code following an incident during Worcestershire’s Second Xl Championship match against Somerset.
Kervezee was reported David Millns and Mike Moran, the two umpires, for a Level One breach of the code (showing dissent at an Umpire’s decision by word or action).
The penalty remains on Kervezee’s record for a period of 2 years. Any further Level One breach during that period will result in an automatic imposition of three penalty points.
June 14, 2007
Hampshire put semi-final tickets on sale
Posted on 06/14/2007 in Hampshire
Hampshire have announced that tickets are on sale for their Friends Provident semi-final against Warwickshire on June 20.
Tickets can be purchased from the county’s ticket hotline 08705 321 321 or by booking online at www.ticketzone.co.uk.
Tickets are also available in person from The Rose Bowl between 9.00am – 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.
Narcissism or simply fun?
Posted on 06/14/2007 in Lancashire
Michael Henderson, writing in The Daily Telegraph, has slammed spectators at Old Trafford for their behaviour during the recent Test.
“Good as it was to see the ground full last weekend, too many people had come to admire themselves. This is not a problem exclusive to Old Trafford. The narcissism encouraged by television, which likes to identify 'colourful characters', and people 'having fun', is evident everywhere. It just seems more apparent in Manchester, where the heavy-handed stewarding continues to offend regular patrons.
“What can be done about the increasingly unpleasant atmosphere inside Test grounds? Not much, I'm afraid. Where once spectators were sober observers (in both senses of the word), immersed in the game's history, we now have thousands of people for whom a Test match offers a splendid opportunity to get riotously drunk, and possibly the chance to disrobe and charge on to the field of play.”
Henderson, who has a track record of taking swipes at Old Trafford, writes that when Shiv Chanderpaul completed his half century “thousands of revellers ignored his achievement, preferring to hurl their beer trays higher and higher. The only ground where these high jinks do not take place is Lord's, where MCC members are often mocked for being snobs. Anybody who was at Manchester last week would say that snobbery has much to commend it.”
June 13, 2007
Nash replaced by ... Nash
Posted on 06/13/2007 in Middlesex
There was confusion at Lord’s where Middlesex wicketkeeper David Nash reportedly fainted shortly after the toss in the Friends Provident match against Sussex. The media were told that Sussex had agreed to him being replaced by Ben Scott, even though the teams had been named. Ed Joyce started the match as Middlesex keeper before he was replaced by Scott for the second part of the innings. The official electronic scorecard showed Scott in the Middlesex XI
However, at the fall of Middlesex’s fifth wicket there was surprise when Nash bounded out from the pavilion. It later emerged that the umpires had agreed that as he was fit to bat, he could. The electronic scorecard was swiftly changed and Scott wiped from the records. It mattered little as Nash holed out to square leg for 2.
June 12, 2007
Think you can face Warne? Here's your chance
Posted on 06/12/2007 in Miscellaneous
Have you got a spare £5000? Thought not. But someone must have – and if it’s you, why not put it to a very good cause, and treat yourself, too.
For five measly grand you can net with Shane Warne, Kevin Pietersen, Brian Lara, Andrew Flintoff, and Michael Vaughan at Lord’s. They’ll coach you, too. “It’s not often I give up the chance to bag a few wickets against some Pommies at Lord's,” says, well you can guess.
And you can meet Jemima Khan, the UK ambassador for UNICEF which is one of two charities onboard; the other is the Warne Foundation.
But if £5000 is too much for your own personal slice of cricketing history then for a tenth of that kingly sum you can have dinner with the legends, in the Long Room, on the same evening.
Only 100 tickets to the event, known as Cricket Unites for Children, are available. They can be booked by calling 020 7462 8665 or by e-mail info@evemanagement.com
June 6, 2007
TV talent winner arrives at Grace Road
Posted on 06/06/2007 in Leicestershire
Sukhvir Singh, the 20-year-old who won the Cricket Star talent show in India, has arrived in the UK to take up his prize: a contract with Leicestershire.
Singh is a pace bowler and will be integrated into the set up at Grace Road, although his playing opportunities will be limited to club and second team matches.
The TV show was a success in India and there are plans to bring it to the UK and possibly Pakistan.
June 5, 2007
Gordon Stringfellow, Notts scorer, dies aged 72
Posted on 06/05/2007 in Nottinghamshire
Gordon Stringfellow, the Nottinghamshire scorer, has died at his home in Arnold aged 72.
A popular and well-known figure at Trent Bridge, Stringfellow succeeded Len Beaumont as the first XI scorer in 1994 after working alongside his predecessor the previous summer.
A highly-regarded seam bowler at club level, he once took a double hat-trick against Mapperley Hospital in the Nottingham Evening League in 1972. Affectionately known as ‘Stringy’ by friends and colleagues, he watched his old club take on Kimberley in the Notts Premier League on Saturday.
Ill health limited him to scoring home matches in recent seasons, but his sharp eye and love of the game was undiminished.
“Stringy was a familiar and friendly face to everyone at Trent Bridge and had a real passion for the game,” Mick Newell, the club’s director of cricket said: “He was always very happy to talk about cricket and often acted as an unofficial psychologist for the players if they needed cheering up.
“He shared in the winning and the losing just as much as the squad, and will be deeply missed by everyone.”
Norwich City striker swaps football for batting
Posted on 06/05/2007 in Minor Counties
Chris Sutton, the former Norwich City striker, struck a "bubbling" fifty for Sheringham against East Harling last week.
Sutton - who is being linked with a return to the Canaries - hit 74 in Sheringham's 206-8, with Ben Etheridge picking up three wickets.
But Sheringham could not complete an outright victory as East Harling reached 117-8 in reply.
Read the full story at North Norfolk News.
Many thanks to Allan Schoenherr for sending it in.
June 4, 2007
Durham seek Test volunteers
Posted on 06/04/2007 in Durham
Durham are urging anyone with a few hours free between Friday 15 and Sunday 17 June to help give visitors to Chester-le-Street for the third Test the best
possible welcome.
The Welcome Project will guide visitors from the Chester-le-Street train
station and the town centre down to the Riverside stadium. Volunteers
will be responsible for giving directions, local information and flyers
to the thousands of fans who will be passing through the town centre.
Continue reading "Durham seek Test volunteers"
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