Shropshire Academy youngsters produce encouraging display in narrow defeat against Cheshire Academy
Shropshire’s young Academy side produced an encouraging performance as they were beaten by 11 runs by Cheshire Academy in Sunday’s 50-over friendly at Ellesmere College. Coach Dave Nock highlighted a number of positives as Shropshire ran Cheshire close. Charlie Walker bowled well to take four wickets before enjoying an excellent partnership with the bat down […]
Shropshire Academy to face Cheshire Academy at Ellesmere College tomorrow
Shropshire County Cricket Club’s Academy team make a quick return to Ellesmere College when they welcome Cheshire CCC’s Academy side tomorrow (Sunday). Shrewsbury’s Lewis Evans leads a Shropshire side which combines players with previous Academy experience and several new players who have come through Shropshire Cricket Board’s pyramid pathway. Play tomorrow starts at 11am in […]
Mixed fortunes for Shropshire as they complete T20 group fixtures against Northumberland
Shropshire experienced mixed fortunes as they completed their group fixtures in the National Counties Cricket Association’s Twenty20 competition. A third half-century of the T20 season from Andre Bradford, followed by Graham Wagg and Tyler Ibbotson hitting 73 runs off the final four overs, helped Shropshire win Monday’s opening match at Whitchurch by 27 runs. Northumberland […]
Shropshire’s two T20 matches against Cumbria abandoned owing to the weather
Shropshire’s two scheduled matches in the National Counties Cricket Association’s T20 competition against Cumbria at Netherfield CC today (Sunday) were abandoned without a ball bowled owing to the wet weather. With no play possible, both teams collected two points, one each for the two abandoned fixtures. Shropshire will hope for better weather tomorrow (Monday) when […]
Shropshire prepare for busy schedule of T20 matches against Cumbria and Northumberland
Shropshire face a busy schedule of four Twenty20 matches in two days as they complete their group fixtures in the National Counties Cricket Association’s T20 competition. Shropshire head to Netherfield to play Cumbria twice on Sunday before two games against Northumberland at Whitchurch on Bank Holiday Monday. The opening matches on both days will start […]
Shropshire Academy to begin season with T20 match against Ellesmere College this evening
Shropshire County Cricket Club’s Academy squad begin their season when they visit Ellesmere College to play a Twenty20 match this evening (Friday, 5pm). Coaches Ian Roe and Dave Nock will give debuts to several promising youngsters alongside players who already have experience at this level. Head of Academy Roe said: “After some impressive winter training […]
Shropshire’s Graham Wagg presented with Wilfred Rhodes Trophy
Shropshire’s Graham Wagg has been presented with a prestigious award from the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA) following an impressive first season with the county. Wagg received the Wilfred Rhodes Trophy from Nick Archer, the chairman of the NCCA, during the lunch interval of Shropshire’s two T20 group matches against Staffordshire at Whitchurch on Sunday. […]
Shropshire respond in style to earlier defeat to enjoy impressive T20 victory over Staffordshire
Shropshire secured their opening win of the National Counties Cricket Association season in style by impressively beating Staffordshire by 14 runs in the second game of their T20 double-header at Whitchurch. After being edged out by five wickets with eight balls to spare by Staffordshire in Sunday’s opening fixture, Shropshire responded well to win the […]
Shropshire name squad for Sunday’s T20 matches against Staffordshire at Whitchurch
Staffordshire provide the opposition for Shropshire’s opening home group matches in this season’s National Counties Cricket Association Twenty20 competition on Sunday. The teams will face each other twice at Whitchurch’s Heath Road ground, with the opening match getting under way at 11am. A second game between the sides will follow later in the afternoon, with […]
Shropshire’s new NCCA season opens with two Twenty20 defeats against Cheshire
Vice-captain Sam Whitney believes Shropshire will improve the more Twenty20 matches they play after opening the new National Counties Cricket Association season with two defeats against Cheshire. Beaten by eight wickets in Sunday’s first match at Oxton CC, Shropshire then lost by 74 runs to a strong Cheshire side in the day’s second game. Shropshire […]