CLUB CRICKET Penzance home in national quarter finals

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Last Updated on Thursday, 13 July 2023 09:53

Published on Wednesday, 12 July 2023 09:40

Defending Cornwall League champions Penzance won through to the ECB National Club Championship quarter-finals in the most dramatic of fashions at Potterne, near Devizes.

The ‘compact’ ground at the Grove saw no fewer than a remarkable 33 sixes hit on the day.

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COUNTIES CRICKET Paul Bolton's championship preview

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Last Updated on Sunday, 09 July 2023 07:03

Published on Saturday, 08 July 2023 12:28

Berkshire are taking nothing for granted as they prepare to attempt to win the Durant Cricket National Counties Championship for the sixth time in seven seasons. 

Although Oxfordshire denied them a fifth successive title in 2021 Berkshire regained the title last September when their first innings lead in a rain-ruined final against Lincolnshire at West Bromwich Dartmouth proved decisive. 

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COUNTIES CRICKET Wiltshire home in semi-final

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 05 July 2023 16:19

Published on Wednesday, 05 July 2023 16:19

Sudbury and the South Wilts club in Salisbury have been chosen as the venues for the National Counties Trophy semi-finals on Sunday July 16 (1100). 

Suffolk will make a quick return to Sudbury for their home tie against Cumbria having beaten Northumberland by 87 runs at Friars Street in Sunday’s quarter-finals. 

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COUNTIES CRICKET MATTERS Cornwall fate in own hands

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 June 2023 08:53

Published on Wednesday, 14 June 2023 08:27

Cornwall's National Counties Trophy ambitions remain in their own hands despite Sunday’s game against Berkshire at Slough being declared a ‘no result’.

A heavy thunderstorm just before four o’clock resulted in the match being abandoned with both sides having to sette for a point.

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NATIONAL COUNTIES 50 Overs Trophy about to begin...

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Last Updated on Sunday, 28 May 2023 07:37

Published on Friday, 26 May 2023 05:07

Berkshire hope that a change of formats will help them to bounce back from a mauling by Staffordshire’s Nils Priestley at National Counties T20 Finals Day. 

Former Derbyshire all-rounder Priestley plundered an unbeaten 147 from 66 balls to set up Staffordshire’s 68 runs win in the first semi-final at Tring Park which ended Berkshire’s hopes of winning the competition for the first time since 2018. 

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