Matt Simmonds to captain Shropshire Academy in Twenty20 tournament this weekend
Bridgnorth’s Matt Simmonds will captain Shropshire County Cricket Club’s Academy side in a four-team Twenty20 tournament at Shrewsbury School on Sunday. Shropshire will play Cheshire’s Development XI, with Shrewsbury School’s senior squad facing Herefordshire’s Development XI at the same time. The two winning teams, along with the two other sides, will then meet later in […]
Shropshire beaten by Staffordshire in opening friendly of the season
Director of Cricket John Abrahams has identified key areas for the Shropshire squad to work on ahead of their next three friendlies in the build up to their National Counties Cricket Association campaign getting under way. Shropshire were beaten by seven wickets in their opening 50-over friendly of the season by Staffordshire at Himley on […]
Graham Wagg to captain Shropshire for the first time in Sunday’s friendly at Staffordshire
Graham Wagg will make his first appearance for Shropshire when he captains the county in this weekend’s opening 50-over friendly of the season. The former Glamorgan all-rounder will lead Shropshire against Staffordshire at Himley on Sunday (11am). It’s the first of four 50-over-friendlies arranged by Shropshire in preparation for the NCCA Trophy 50-over competition, which […]
Encouraging signs for Shropshire as they prepare for the first of four 50-over friendlies this weekend
Director of Cricket John Abrahams is encouraged how Shropshire’s preparations for the new season are taking shape ahead of the first of four 50-over friendlies this weekend. The cancellation of the National Counties Cricket Association’s Twenty20 competition left a gap in Shropshire’s early-season fixture list. But the county has moved quickly to arrange four matches, […]
The ECB has published its return to organised outdoor recreational cricket guidance
The ECB has published its return to organised outdoor recreational cricket guidance from today (March 29). This guidance is for organised cricket in England only at Step 1B of the Government Roadmap out of Lockdown from 29 March 2021 until progression to Step 2 is confirmed by the UK Government (no earlier than 12 April […]
Delayed start to Shropshire CCC’s season as NCCA’s T20 competition is cancelled
Shropshire’s cricketers will have to wait a little longer to return to competitive action following the cancellation of this season’s National Counties Cricket Association’s Twenty20 competition. The T20 competition was due to open the 2021 season following the cancellation of all three NCCA formats last season because of Covid-19. But, following discussions between the NCCA […]
Sam Whitney and Graham Wagg to share Shropshire CCC captaincy this season
Sam Whitney and new signing Graham Wagg will share captaincy duties for Shropshire County Cricket Club this season. Whitney, the Bridgnorth skipper, has been appointed captain of Shropshire’s Championship side in the National Counties Cricket Association, with Wagg to be the county’s vice-captain in three-day cricket. The roles will be reversed in the one-day format, […]
Shropshire delighted to complete signing of former Glamorgan all-rounder Graham Wagg
Shropshire County Cricket Club has signed former Glamorgan all-rounder Graham Wagg ahead of the 2021 season. The hard-hitting middle order batsman and left-arm seam bowler will add much experience to the county side with his proven quality. Wagg replaces ex-Lancashire and England spinner Simon Kerrigan, who joined Northamptonshire last August, as Shropshire’s new professional. Shropshire’s […]
Shropshire County Cricket Club’s Director of Cricket John Abrahams provides an update
Having spent 12 months in my role as Director of Cricket, I have had the opportunity to formulate ideas on how to take Shropshire County Cricket Club forward The limited number of practice sessions during the last pre-season and the friendly matches played during a curtailed summer highlighted some of the areas that need to […]
Shropshire County Cricket Club’s AGM delayed until the new year
Shropshire County Cricket Club’s AGM has been delayed and put back until the new year owing to the current Covid-19 restrictions. It was hoped it would be possible for the AGM to be held ahead of December 15, but it is now scheduled to take place early in 2021. The date has yet to be […]