NCCA
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Staffordshire hearts are broken as they lose a thriller against Cumbria.
Staffordshire v Cumbria at Carlisle CC. Staffordshire made the long journey up to Carlisle for their NCCA trophy quarter-final against Cumbria. They lost the toss and were asked to bat first in testing conditions. Sam Kelsall and Tom Moulton negotiated the difficult early conditions well as the Staffordshire 50 came in the 15th over. It
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Match 2 Shropshire vs Staffordshire T/20 at Wem CC.
Shropshire again won the toss and elected to field. Nils Priestley took 10 runs from the opening over, bowled by Joe Stanley. He struck a six and four to get the Staffordshire innings off to a good start.James Kettleborough struck a boundary over mid-wicket in the 2nd over before he was well-caught by keeper Morgan
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Match 1 of Shropshire vs Staffordshire T/20 at Wem CC.
Sadly, I have been unable to attend the match at Wem today as I was unable to leave my estate due to roadworks. Though I have been watching the live stream, such as it is, to get a report out. So here it is. Shropshire won the toss and elected to field. The wicket had
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Staffordshire v Northumberland T/20 match 2.
Northumberland won the toss and elected to bat. Conditions had not changed, except that it had got hotter. Alasdair Appleby made a positive start to the Northumberland innings when he swept a Nils Priestley delivery for a boundary in the opening over. He then dispatched a Liam Hurt slower ball for six over long on
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Staffordshire v Northumberland T/20 group stage match 1.
Northumberland won the toss and elected to field on a perfect day for cricket at Stone CC. Nils Priestley got Staffordshire off to a fast start when he struck two boundaries in the opening over. Ollie Walker was bowled for 5 in the 2nd over when he attempted a big shot off the bowling of
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Staffs win thriller to progress.
Staffordshire vs Lincolnshire at Bignall End CC. Lincolnshire won the toss on a cold, breezy, overcast morning at Boon Hill and unsurprisingly elected to bowl first. Staffordshire made a positive start, James Kettleborough struck two early boundaries through the covers and Sam Kelsall one through the leg side. Kettleborough then struck back-to-back boundaries to end
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Staffordshire bounce back.
Staffordshire defeated Bedfordshire by 34 runs at Ampthill Town CC. Staffs got their NCCA 50 Over campaign back on track with a narrow victory over Bedfordshire on bank holiday Monday. This should now give Staffs a boost as they look to qualify for the knockout stages of the competition for the first time in 3
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Another Aussie invasion.
The county championship has begun once again, and is awash with Australian overseas players. Fifteen will play for English counties this summer, while it has been 9 years now since Mason Crane played his one match for New South Wales. This shows me that the English game has become reliant on the overseas player, and
