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  • Talbot Shield Quarter finals round up 7th June 2026.

    Burslem 1st XI v Porthill 2nd XI Porthill won by 9 wickets. Burslem won the toss and elected to bat. Burslem were soon reduced to 37/3 and never really recovered as they were bowled out for 112 by some very good Porthill bowling. Tom Mason claimed 4/20 as he did the most damage. There were

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  • A Jalat Khan masterclass seals a thumping victory for Meakins.

    Meakins vs Eccleshall. Red ball cricket returns this week as both sides look to recover from heavy defeats. Eccleshall had won three in a row and were the surprise leaders before they were well beaten at home by Leek. Meakins had won two in a row before suffering a heavy defeat at home against Hem

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  • The pink ball summary.

    With the first block of pink ball fixtures now complete, I’m just going to do a summary and share my own opinions of how things stand in Premier A after the first 6 games. I will give each team a mark out of 10 for how their season is going so far, and also a

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  • NSSCCL Round-up 30th May 2026.

    Audley vs Checkley. Checkley won by 7 wickets. Audley won the toss and elected to bat first at Kent Hills. Oliver Wilde made 33 at the top of the order for Audley as he added 55 with Freddie Doorbar before he was bowled by Nils Priestley to end a promising opening stand. Doorbar went on

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  • NSSCCL Premier A round-up 23rd May 2026.

    Checkley vs Stone. Stone won by 4 runs. Stone won the toss and elected to bat first at Four Trees. Professional Warrick Fynn made 54 at the top of the order, which included nine 4’s. No other top-order batter could get going, though, and it was left to Daniel Lunn 27* and James Green 33*

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  • Talbot Shield 2nd Round 17th May.

    Little Stoke 1st XI beat Bagnall Norton 2nd XI by 69 runs. Little Stoke won the toss and chose to bat first at Potteries Fuels Park. After the early wicket of Nikita Sayar. Tim Twigg and Rob Spruce added 151 for the 2nd wicket. Spruce was dismissed first for an excellent 95 made off 103

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  • Eccleshall vs Moddershall.

    Eccleshall won the toss and elected to bowl in cool, damp conditions at the Roy Thomson Memorial Ground. After a short shower delayed the start of play by just a mere 7 minutes, the contest was reduced to 44 overs a side. This should not have been the case, given that there is a 30-minute

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  • NSSCCL Premier League Round Up 9th May 2026.

    Eccleshall beat Checkley by 4 wickets. Eccleshall won the toss and asked Checkley to bat first at Four Trees. Checkley lost James Abbotts early before Tom Carrigan and James Kettleborough added 42 for the 2nd wicket. Carrigan made 43 before he was LBW to Murvin Abinash. Kettleborough made 22 before being bowled by Oliver Palmer,

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