Cricket
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NSSCCL Premier A round-up 18th July.
Audley vs Stone. Audley won by 89 runs. Audley won the toss and elected to bat. Jack Redman anchored the home side’s innings with a fine knock of 88 from 138 balls. He struck nine 4s and four 6s as he put his side in a strong position. He shared a 3rd wicket partnership of
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Hat-Trick Hero Rameez spins Castle to a crushing victory.
Newcastle & Hartshill vs Longton. Newcastle & Hartshill won by 9 wickets. As the season continues to fly by, match-day 13 of the season takes me to The Potteries Oval for Newcastle & Harshill’s home fixture against Longton. The home side suffered a narrow 3-wicket defeat to Eccleshall last week, which has dropped them down
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Buckinghamshire vs Staffordshire NCCA Cluberly Eastern Division 1 @ Chesham CC 12,13 and 14th June 2026.
Staffordshire’s three-day campaign begins with a trip to Chesham to face a strong Bucks side. Bucks won the toss and elected to bat as the warm weather continues. Liam Hurt bowled Billy Dodds in the opening over to give Staffordshire the perfect start. Sam Keeling-Wright also struck early when he had Aaryan Sawant caught by
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CDS Controls Talbot Cup round 1 summary 12th July 2026.
Bagnall Norton vs Hem Heath. Hem Heath won by 6 wickets. Bagnall Norton won the toss and elected to bat. Only Hafiz Suleman could get to grips with a disciplined Hem Heath bowling attack. He made 40 from 50 balls with five 4s and a six as the home side were bowled out for just
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The Hassett brothers are the heroes as Bignall End secure a thrilling victory over Cheadle.
CDS Controls Talbot Cup Round 1. Cheadle vs Bignall End. Bignall End won by 3 runs. The Talbot Cup begins this weekend, and I’m off to the lovely Tean Road ground to watch two sides who are going well in their respective divisions. Cheadle are flying high in Premier B as they look to return
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NSSCCL Premier A round-up 11th July 2026.
Eccleshall vs Newcastle & Hartshill. Eccleshall won by 3 wickets. Newcastle & Hartshill won the toss and elected to bat. Matthew Wright took two early wickets as Castle were reduced to 19/3 early on. Kasun Ekanayake then made a patient 28 from 72 balls with two 4s to help Castle recover to 70/4. The home
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Brilliant Ben bowls Porthill to a convincing win.
Meakins vs Porthill. Porthill won by 89 runs. Matchday 12 takes me back to Ivy House Road for Meakins’ home fixture against Porthill. The home side come into this game on the back of a crushing victory against Newcastle & Hartshill last week that moved them up to second in the table. They trail leaders
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NSSCCL mid season round-up part 3.
This will be the final part of my summary that looks at teams at the top and bottom of Divisions 6 to 8. I’ll again be looking at leading run scorers, top wicket takers and the players with the safest hands. Division 6. Wood Lane have amassed 8 wins and 3 draws as they are
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NSSCCL Mid season round-up part 2.
Welcome to the second part of my rundown where I take a look at the top and bottom of the leagues along with the top runs scores, leading wicket takers and the players with the safest hands. Today I will be focusing on Divisions 3 to 5. Division 3. Leek are unbeaten at the top
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NSSCCL mid-season round-up.
As we’ve reached the halfway stage of the season, I thought I’d have a look at the standings and give some stats from Premier A down to Division 2. I’ll look at the top and bottom of each division then give a rundown on the top run scorers, top wicket takers and the players with
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Warwickshire Access CC vs Shropshire Disability D40 at The Lant.
Shropshire won the toss and elected to bat. Adam Marshall began in a typically aggressive fashion as he crashed a 21-ball 35 that included five 4s and a six. He added 58 with Kevin Baker for the opening wicket in just 7.2 overs. Baker went on to make 48 from 56 balls with 10 boundaries
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JS Sports T/20 Plate round-up 5th July 2026.
The final four groups were contested yesterday, with the winners advancing to finals day. I covered group 3 yesterday, so that will not be included in today’s round-up. Group 1. Newcastle & Hartshill 2nd XI – 2 points.Checkley 2nd XI – 1 point.Betley 1st XI – 0 points. Betley vs Checkley. Charlie Richards made 43
