All-rounder Ollie Currill joins Shropshire ahead of new season
Ollie Currill, the former Oxfordshire all-rounder, has joined Shropshire ahead of the start of the new National Counties Cricket Association season. Currill, a hard-hitting middle order batter and seam bowler, started his career with Gloucestershire and plays his club cricket for Knowle & Dorridge in the Birmingham League. “Ollie will be a great addition to […]
Shropshire CCC introduce a new family membership
Shropshire County Cricket Club is pleased to announce a new family membership scheme ahead of the 2024 National Counties Cricket Association season starting in April. Unlimited family members can become club members for a cost of £30 per annum. The figure is discounted to £25 for family members whose sons or daughters are current members […]
Shropshire CCC announce National Counties Cricket Association fixtures for 2024 season
Shropshire County Cricket Club’s fixtures for the 2024 season have been released by the National Counties Cricket Association – with venues for the matches, both home and away, also confirmed. The county’s fixture list includes four three-day NCCA Championship matches, as well as group games in both the NCCA Twenty20 Cup and 50-over NCCA Trophy […]
Shropshire to host Yorkshire this summer – 40 years after memorable Trophy victory
Shropshire County Cricket Club will host Yorkshire in an attractive match this summer – 40 years after memorably beating the first-class county in the NatWest Trophy Wellington Cricket Club will be the venue for the NCCA Showcase Game, a 50 overs per side contest, on Sunday, July 21. All 20 National Counties Cricket Association clubs […]
Shropshire to wrap up 2023 campaign against Wiltshire at Whitchurch
Shropshire will complete their 2023 fixtures with a home match against Wiltshire in the Durant Cricket National Counties Championship. The three-day Western Division Two game starts at Whitchurch Cricket Club on Sunday (11am), with free admission for spectators. Shropshire will be looking to build on their impressive five-wicket victory over Dorset at Wimborne earlier this […]
Shropshire Leopards beaten by five wickets by Cheshire’s Development XI
Shropshire Leopards were beaten by five wickets by Cheshire’s Development XI in their latest fixture. Leopards, the new name this season for the county’s academy/development side, elected to bat in Sunday’s match at Northwich Cricket Club. After losing two early wickets, Ben Lees and Dan Lloyd put on 60 for the third wicket. The partnership […]
Shropshire Leopards ready to return to action against Cheshire’s Development XI
Shropshire Leopards are looking forward to returning to action when they play Cheshire’s Development XI at Northwich Cricket Club on Sunday (1pm start). Shrewsbury all-rounder Luke Thornton will captain the Leopards, the county’s academy/development team, in the 45-over fixture. Thornton is one of four players selected with Shropshire first-team experience along with Dan Lloyd, Ben […]
Record-breaking George Hargrave inspires brilliant chase as Shropshire enjoy victory at Dorset
Record-breaking George Hargrave brilliantly hit centuries in both innings to inspire Shropshire to a stunning victory by five wickets over Dorset in the Durant Cricket National Counties Championship. Hargrave followed up making 115 in the first innings by compiling a magnificent 201 on the third and final day as Shropshire, also helped by an unbeaten […]
George Garrett called up for Shropshire’s NCCA Championship match at Dorset
Warwickshire seamer George Garrett is included in the Shropshire side for the Durant Cricket National Counties Championship trip to Dorset. The three-day Western Division Two fixture starts at Wimborne Cricket Club on Sunday (11am). Garrett, who plays his club cricket for Shrewsbury in the Birmingham League, has represented Shropshire before. He made his county debut […]
Rain the only winner as Shropshire’s NCCA Showcase clash against Worcestershire is abandoned at halfway stage
Rain was ultimately the only winner as Shropshire’s much-anticipated NCCA Showcase match against first-class neighbours Worcestershire had to be abandoned at the halfway stage. Shropshire had completed their innings and, having elected to bat, had been bowled out for 124 in the 41st over, but rain, which had been threatening to arrive all day, then […]