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NATIONAL COUNTIES Championship preview

Details: Created on Sunday, 24 July 2022 07:26; Last Updated on Sunday, 24 July 2022 08:00; Published on Sunday, 24 July 2022 07:26

Wales NC today take a three-day match to Panteg CC in Griffithstown for the first time having switched their Western Division Two match against Wiltshire from Usk.

Wales have previously used Panteg for white ball matches and the ground was used as a home venue by Monmouthshire in the Minor Counties Championship, the last time in 1932.

NATIONAL COUNTIES TROPHY Semi-final draw and venues

Details: Created on Thursday, 21 July 2022 06:06; Last Updated on Thursday, 21 July 2022 06:08; Published on Thursday, 21 July 2022 06:06

Finchampstead and Great & Little Tew Cricket Club have been chosen as the venues for the National Counties Trophy semi-finals on Sunday August 7.

Defending champions Berkshire will take on Dorset at Finchampstead Park with Oxfordshire hosting Cumbria at Ledwell Road in Great Tew.

NATIONAL COUNTIES TROPHY Semi-finals day

Details: Created on Sunday, 08 August 2021 10:07; Last Updated on Sunday, 08 August 2021 20:24; Published on Sunday, 08 August 2021 10:07

Experienced campaigner Brad Wadlan is set to make his first appearance in three years for Wales NC as they attempt to reach the National Counties Trophy final for the first time.

Wales host Trophy holders Berkshire at Port Talbot today in their first semi-final since they were beaten by Bedfordshire at Dunstable in 1996. (rain delay, now set for 1325 start, weather-permitting)

NATIONAL COUNTIES TROPHY quarter-finals day

Details: Created on Sunday, 17 July 2022 08:12; Last Updated on Sunday, 17 July 2022 11:12; Published on Sunday, 17 July 2022 08:13

All-rounder Sam Griffiths will make his first appearance for Wales NC in four years in today’s National Counties Trophy quarter-final against defending champions Berkshire at the Falkland club in Newbury.

Griffiths, who plays his club cricket for Neath, was a regular for Wales between 2012 and 2018 but family commitments have since ruled him out of selection.

NATIONAL COUNTIES TROPHY quarter final nail biter

Details: Created on Sunday, 04 July 2021 07:32; Last Updated on Saturday, 25 June 2022 11:30; Published on Sunday, 04 July 2021 07:32

The remaining five places in the quarter-finals of the National Counties Trophy will be up for grabs in a fascinating final round of group matches today – weather-permitting.

Cumbria, Cambridgeshire and Wales NC all qualified for the last eight last weekend. Cumbria and Cambridgeshire, the only unbeaten sides in the competition, will secure home advantage in the quarter-finals on July 18 if they can beat Shropshire at Netherfield and Norfolk at Peterborough respectively.

NATIONAL COUNTIES CRICKET Cater's twin targets

Details: Created on Sunday, 17 July 2022 08:11; Last Updated on Sunday, 17 July 2022 22:07; Published on Sunday, 17 July 2022 08:11

Jonny Cater will have twin aims when Oxfordshire host Suffolk in the quarter-finals of the National Counties Trophy at Banbury today: to take his side one step closer to a second title of the season and to improve his prospects of becoming the competition’s Most Valuable Player.

Cater has already led Oxfordshire to the National Counties T20 title this season to add to the National Counties Championship they won last September.