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CONTENTS
President
Tony Warrington SCB Chairman Nick Shrubshall
SCCC Chairman Andrew Squire
New president Chairman’s report Captain’s report Sudbury to host Suffolk Fixtures Suffolk professionals Match reports Covid cricket 2nd XI Obituaries Coaches in the spotlight Facts & Figures Professionals 1903-2020 Suffolk Cricket Board Suffolk Cricket Hub Suffolk Youth Cricket - Boys Suffolk Ladies Suffolk Youth Cricket - Girls Cliff Piper Memorial Award Suffolk Seniors Umpires & Scorers Association Read Brothers EAPL Suffolk T20 Cup Two Counties Atkins and Crane Cup Mid Suffolk Mini-League Two Counties Seniors Hunts County Bats League New Bury scorebox Young Cricketers Membership list
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LIST OF ADVERTISERS
CONTACTS
Hon. Secretary Toby Pound
SCB Operations Manager Rob Jones
Captain Jack Beaumont
Cricket Performance Lead Andy Northcote
Toby Pound, Suffolk County Cricket Association Honorary Secretary Email: [email protected] Mobile: 07990 528395
Rob Jones, Suffolk Cricket Board Operations Manager Email: [email protected] Mobile: 07738 199152
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Greene King Gray-Nicolls Ipswich School Culford School Marshall Hatchick Parkers Pitches Ensors Jamie Lee Smith Catering Turners Hyundai
Inside front 25 27 28 57 63 64 Inside back Back
Nick Garnham, Editor. Printed by: Five Castles Press Ltd, Raeburn Road South, Ipswich, Suffolk IP3 0ET
COVER: Matt Wareing in action on his return as Suffolk get to play some cricket in a season decimated by Covid-19.
Andrew Blanchard, County Cup Competitions Manager Email: [email protected] Mobile: 07738 199150
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT Dear Member,
Yours sincerely
Andrew Squire, Chairman, Suffolk County Cricket Club
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Team came so close to claiming silverware Captain’s report by JACK BEAUMONT
The Suffolk squad pictured during the match against Staffordshire at Copdock which saw Suffolk won the Eastern Division title. Back row (left to right): John Abbott (scorer), Darren Ironside, Josh Cantrell, Matt Wareing, Ben Claydon, Joe Gatting, Ben Parker, Alex Oxley, Tom Harper (12th man),Olly Williams (analyst). Front row: Toby Pound (secretary), Adam Mansfield, Andy Northcote (head coach), Jack Beaumont (captain), Andrew Squire (chairman), Tom Rash, Chris Gange (assistant coach), Ben Shepperson. AFTER the previous year with the limited amount of cricket being played due to the pandemic, it was great to finally be given nearly a full year of National Counties cricket. From a personal viewpoint it was great to lead the boys out onto the field in some competitive fixtures and get the chance to show just how strong this group of players is on the national stage. This squad have been together now for a number of years with some great recent additions in Ben Claydon and professional Joe Gatting who fitted in brilliantly as well as offering plenty both on and off the field. One of the most important traits within this group is the togetherness and that general sense of everyone giving their all for each other each time we step out onto the field with the Suffolk lion on our chest. The never-give-up attitude is something instilled within us throughout the last couple of years and to get far in the National Counties competitions it is important to enjoy being together as a group. We started the year with a couple of 50-over warm up games against Cambridgeshire CCC (Ipswich School) and a World Sport Exchange XI (Woolpit CC). The entire squad put in a couple of great performances, notable scores against Cambridgeshire by Jack Beaumont (50) and Ben Claydon (58) before Joe Gatting (37 not out) steered the boys home with a four-wicket victory. Against the WSX XI a key partnership between Ben Claydon (77) and Josh Cantrell (71) helped set up a competitive total before Ben Claydon took five wickets and Max Dias three crucial late wickets to take the WSX XI from 223-4 to 235 all out. This was the first of many instances where the never-giveup attitude from the entire squad and that belief (coupled with some excellent skill) turned a near defeat into a Suffolk victory. One of the main traits with good teams is
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to never know when you’re beaten and having the art of winning. In the first group game of the National Counties Trophy (50-over) competition against Cambridgeshire we registered a disappointing loss to start our campaign. Failure to execute our bowling plans effectively saw Cambridgeshire post 287-5 off their 50 overs and despite some lower order runs from Ben Shepperson (48), Darren Ironside (50) and Darren Batch (61 not out) we fell 19 runs short. Although this was clearly not the result we wanted this gave us immense confidence in our batting ability and the belief that we had the firepower to chase any score. This was quickly called into question in the next game against Lincolnshire at Mildenhall CC. This was the first time for a number of years a county game had been hosted at Mildenhall and the support for the team was truly amazing. A much better bowling performance this time around with key opening spells from Tom Rash and Darren Batch set up middle over wickets from Joe Gatting (10-0-52-2) and Jack Beaumont (10-0-37-4). Another strong fielding performance too resulted in a chase of 250 for victory. A victory was in doubt again with the top order getting starts but failing to make the big score until Alex Oxley (46) came together with Joe Gatting (81 not out) to put on 96 runs before Darren Batch hit a six over fine leg to win the match. Winning one from two meant that the trip to Manor Park to play Norfolk was a crucial fixture. After being sent into bat on a tricky wicket we stumbled to 29-4, before Joe Gatting (54) and Ben Shepperson (31) took us over the 100 mark. A momentum changing 64 not out from 49 balls saw Darren Batch show his class at National County level and was arguably the difference in this low-scoring match
between the two teams. Some economical bowling and good fielding made this target a difficult one to chase and with regular wickets stunting Norfolk’s momentum, this was another hardfought win in the competition. Other results meant that in order to progress into the knock-out stages of the Trophy a win against Hertfordshire at Sudbury was needed. After some wet weather overnight and on the morning of the game any cricket looked unlikely but with plenty of effort from the ground staff at Sudbury CC we managed to get a reduced overs game on. The club had not hosted a competitive county game before and to see the lengths they were willing to go to for this fixture was wonderful and massively appreciated by the entire team and coaching staff. Batting first on another tricky pitch the top order managed to get starts before struggling to increase the run rate until Andy Northcote (48) and Ben Shepperson (52 off 24 balls) helped get us to a competitive score. A win looked unlikely as the pitch dried out and looked easier to bat on, with the majority of the Hertfordshire batsmen getting in and making starts. Although the run rate was never a problem, consistent wickets from Suffolk kept us in the game. Darren Batch delivered a truly brilliant over, conceding just three runs and getting a wicket in the process. This left all outcomes possible with one wicket needed but only one run needed for a tie before a wild swing from the Hertfordshire batsman saw him bowled by Jack Beaumont (5.2-0-31-4) to give Suffolk victory and progress to the next round. This resulted in a trip away to Barrow-in-Furness to play Cumbria in the quarter-final of the Trophy. Fielding first, Suffolk bowled well early on reduced the opposition to 25-3 off 10 overs before a Cumbria fightback set a score of 213. The pick of the bowlers was the ever-economical Tom Rash (7-1-20-1) and Darren Batch (10-2-33-3) leaving us
with the simple equation of 214 to progress to the semifinals. A strong start saw Suffolk reach 40-1 off nine overs to put us in a commanding position, before an almighty batting collapse reduced us to 62-7 and with Tom Rash getting injured effectively making us 63-8. The never-say-die attitude came to the fore again, with Josh Cantrell (63) and Adam Mansfield (52) assisted by a one-legged Tom Rash (21 not out) taking us agonisingly close to Cumbria’s total and eventually falling just five runs short. This result was difficult to take but the facts of the matter are we would back ourselves to chase that score more often than not and this collapse was just one of those days you hope does not happen in knockout fixtures. However, I could not be prouder of the boys for not giving up and taking it as close as we did. With the Trophy season over it was now onto the Championship which started against Cambridgeshire at Bury St Edmunds CC. When batting first in championship cricket it is important to not only set a competitive total but make sure we take the innings deep into our allocated 90 overs. The boys did this brilliantly not being all out until the 90th over of the day. The heavy legs of the Cambridgeshire batters on day one allowed Tom Rash and Ben Claydon to get to work, reducing the opposition to 22-4. Continuing where we left off on day two was key and Matt Wareing came to the party, taking five wickets for just 25 runs, blowing away the lower-order batters. What came next was some brilliant batting from Josh Rymell (139) to take the game away from Cambridgeshire, before five wickets from Tom Rash and four wickets for Ben Claydon put the game to bed by bowling them out for 72, with Suffolk winning by 329 runs. Suffolk were in a strong position in the second Championship game after choosing to bat and setting a
Jack Beaumont bowling against Norfolk in the abandoned match at Manor Park. 4
competitive score of 269 mainly due to a free-flowing 65 by minimal risks against the Staffordshire bowlers. The total Feroze Khushi, before the bowlers reduced Norfolk to started to come into view and with this the hope of victory 132-6 after being 119-1, with some excellent off spin from from the sidelines coupled with memories of the Cumbria Josh Cantrell putting Suffolk in a commanding position. defeat earlier in the season. Unfortunately, what was set up to be an exciting game was We could not have had two better players to be out there cut short due to a positive Covid case in the Norfolk camp. for this partnership, calm heads that know their game and An away trip to Lincolnshire is never an easy fixture, trust their ability at National Counties level. however after being sent in to field on day one the bowlers When Adam Mansfield hit the ball to mid-off and ran with responded brilliantly, dismissing our hosts for 160 within one run to win the team went crazy, running onto the field 50 overs including another five-wicket haul for left-arm and really showing the emotions of what it means to seamer Matt Wareing. represent this great county. Although this was a The key for the game was the batters to set it up that memorable day for the county and our first Championship evening and not lose our top order that night. Kyran final for over 15 years, we must not forget the part that Young (84) and Darren Ironside (54) negotiated some Staffordshire played in this game by agreeing to risk losing quality seam bowling from Mark Footitt to lay the foundations for the rest of the batters to dominate. Joe Gatting (84), Ben Parker (58) and Ben Shepperson (55) moved us past the 400 mark in our 90 overs. Knowing the second innings would be much tougher than the first, the bowlers did the hard yards well, bowling enough balls in the right areas and with consistent wickets plus a late flurry, Lincolnshire were bowled out for 166 leading to a win by an innings and 78 runs. The final group game for a place in the final came down to us against Staffordshire at Copdock CC. Runs were aplenty at the Final wicket – Tom Rash is bowled by Oliver Clarke to clinch victory for Oxfordshire in the play-off final oval, with both teams at Tring Park. scoring freely across the three days. With a result needed by both teams the for the possibility of winning, rather than just letting the captains came together to orchestrate a third-day fourth game peter out into a draw, and it is something I was innings chase for Suffolk. extremely grateful for. With Norfolk winning their final game against So to the final. We went in with a settled squad minus the Cambridgeshire the equation was simple for Suffolk – 370 injured Ben Claydon and everyone ready to play a fourto win on the final afternoon of the season. day game and also pit ourselves against Oxfordshire, the The innings got off to the worst possible start, losing best side in the Western Division. In what were two opener Darren Ironside to the first ball he faced in the evenly-matched sides on paper the difference was going to second over of the innings. Jack Beaumont (74) and Alex come down to the small details and negotiating those Oxley (121) then proceeded to put on 146 for the next tricky periods well throughout the four days. wicket and give some belief that a victory was possible. Unfortunately for us we did not do this as well as As we fast forward through the day all hope looked lost Oxfordshire, allowing them to go from 60-3 on day one to when Suffolk were 281-9 and an injured Ben Claydon posting 248 before Suffolk required a lower-order batting walked to the crease to join Adam Mansfield for what rescue act from Josh Cantrell (49), Tom Rash (30) and seemed like just a matter of time before defeat. Adam Mansfield (34) to claw our way to 213 all out. These two batted brilliantly, scoring freely while taking Any first-innings lead was gold dust and the ability of the 5
Oxfordshire batting line-up to last 115 overs in the second innings before being bowled out created another tricky time to bat for our top order. After a long day in the field we lost three late wickets which left us needing another monumental effort on the last day to pull out a victory. An exceptional effort from a number of the batters including Jacob Marston (61 off 218 balls) allowed us to make it past tea on the fourth day. However, on a turning wicket with the total out of sight despite our best efforts, we succumbed to the Oxfordshire spinners after 86 overs with the total on 168. Despite losing the final it was a truly exceptional year for the 1st XI and it really showed that with this group of players we are very close to getting over that final hurdle. If we can keep this current squad fit and able to represent the lion then I believe we can achieve something great and win at least one of the National Counties competitions in the not-too-distant future. A massive thank you for must go to each and every individual player who represented the county during the season; without them and their dedication none of the results would have been possible. Coach Andy Northcote was invaluable for the group and his hard work over a number of years is a testament to the results we are now achieving. The amount of effort and hours Andy puts in for the lion is incredible and the county would not be where it is today without him. Thanks must also go to the other support staff including
Andrew Squire, Chris Gange, Olly Williams, Nick Garnham and Chris Winder for all their support at every match. It really does go a long way for the players to see friendly faces at all our fixtures and have this support network; this has definitely been a huge part of our success in recent years and something the counties we play against are most envious of. It really felt that the entire county was behind us in helping us achieve what we did and with their continued support this will not be the last you see of this team in National County finals. Another thank you must go to Joe Gatting who was exceptional in his role as professional throughout the season. Joe fitted in perfectly with the rest of the boys and was a truly model professional, with his playing ability on the field but also his understanding and manner off the field. With Joe moving to Australia to be with family during the winter I wish him all the best for the future and hopefully he will think fondly of his time playing for the Suffolk lion. Finally, thanks to Andrew Squire, Toby Pound, Tony Warrington and the Suffolk committee for everything they do allowing us to get onto the field of play and be proud to represent the Suffolk lion. Being able to perform on the field in the way we did over the season was definitely due to the support we had off the field and fingers crossed we can come back better and stronger for a chance at some silverware this season.
SUFFOLK CCC FIXTURES FOR THE 2022 SEASON
All home matches are printed in bold type. All matches start at 11am unless shown. A full list of fixtures for all the county’s teams can be found on the website at www.suffolkccc.play-cricket.com
NCCA COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP Eastern Division One
APRIL Sun Sun
JULY Sun-Tues 11-13 v CAMBRIDGESHIRE at Bury St. EdmundsC.C. Sun-Tues 25-27 v Norfolk at Manor Park, Horsford C.C. AUGUST Sun-Tues 15-17 v Lincolnshire Sun-Tues 22-24 v STAFFORDSHIRE
SEPTEMBER Sun-Weds 5-8 v Play-Off Final
MAY Sun 9 Sun 23
at Sleaford C.C. at Copdock & O.I. C.C.
NCCA 50-OVER TROPHY
MAY Mon 31 v Cambridgeshire
JUNE Sun 20 v LINCOLNSHIRE Sun 27 v Norfolk JULY Sun Sun
AUGUST Sun
4 v HERTFORDSHIRE 18 Quarter-Finals
at Burwell & Exning C.C. at Mildenhall C.C. at Horsford C.C. at Sudbury C.C.
v NORFOLK v Hertfordshire
at Ipswich School at Haileybury School
v CAMBRIDGESHIRE v Lincolnshire
at Ipswich School at Grantham C.C.
JUNE Thurs-Fri
24 & 25 Finals Day
JULY Tues
20
v Kent Spitfires
APRIL Sun Weds
11 14
v BEDFORDSHIRE tbc
ECB Showcase FRIENDLIES 2nd XI
AUGUST Mon 9 v Hertfordshire Wed 11 v CAMBRIDGESHIRE Fri 19 v HUNTINGDONSHIRE Mon 23 v ESSEX DEVELOPMENT XI Wed 25 v Copdock & OI Dates v Bedfordshire and Norfolk (away) Tbc
8 Semi-Finals
SEPTEMBER Thurs-Fri 2 & 3 Finals Day
18 25
NCCA T20 COMPETITION
All fixtures subject to change due to covid restrictions 6
Tbc at Woolpit C.C.
Tbc Tbc Tbc Tbc Copdock & OI C.C.
Suffolk C.C.C. v Cambridgeshire C.C.C.
At Ipswich School, May 9, 2021 Competition: Friendly
Umpires: J. Boyes and P. Lodge Scorers: J. Abbott and K. Coburn
Toss won by Suffolk (bowl). Suffolk won by 4 wkts
Opening stand paves the way for victory AN OPENING stand of 120 between Ben Claydon and Jack Beaumont set Suffolk on course to defeat Cambridgeshire by four wickets. Chasing a total of 213-9, Suffolk won with nine balls to spare to make a solid start to their white-ball season. Beaumont was dismissed for 50 off 77 balls off the second ball of the 29th over, with Claydon falling eight balls later after facing 107 deliveries and striking six fours. Fellow debutant Joe Gatting steered Suffolk home with a well-paced 37 off 41 balls, and Suffolk’s margin of victory could have been even greater but for the loss of three wickets in four overs. After earlier winning the toss Suffolk never let Cambridgeshire’s batsmen get on top, with the visitors indebted to Lee Thomason’s 59 not out for adding vital runs. Suffolk used eight different bowlers, with Darren Batch returning figures of 10-1-40-3 and skipper Beaumont 5-0-25-2. Both Claydon and Gatting also impressed with the ball, Claydon being one of five players to claim at least one wicket and Gatting delivering five overs for just 14 runs. Suffolk were outstanding in the field, with seven of the nine wickets being caught and Sudbury’s Ben Parker claiming two excellent catches. Batsman Ben Seabrook Alastair Russell Waqas Hussain Will Brown Callum Guest* Lee Thomason Matt Gouldstone Josh Bowers† Conor Craig Kieren Mackenzie Harrison Craig Extras TOTAL FOW 1-6 2-60 3-72 4-102 5-138
Over 1.5 16.5 17.4 25.2 30.6
Bowler Tom Rash Matt Wareing Patrick Sadler Ben Claydon Josh Cantrell Jack Beaumont Darren Batch Joe Gatting
Cambridgeshire C.C.C.
How Out c Beaumont b Wareing c Gatting b Sadler c Wareing b Claydon c Parker b Beaumont c Parker b Batch Not out lbw b Beaumont c Beaumont b Batch c Cantrell b Batch Run out (Shepperson) Did not bat b 2, lb 4, w 11 9 wickets, 50 overs Batsman Ben Seabrook Waqas Hussain Alastair Russell Will Brown Callum Guest O 8 6 7 7 2 5 10 5
M 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
R 2 31 30 21 24 59 0 14 7 8
B 9 54 42 28 35 73 3 37 9 10
M 9 76 61 38 52 89 3 35 16 14
0s 8 34 27 18 18 29 3 28 5 2
17 213 300 199 172
FOW 6-140 7-174 8-192 9-213 R 23 20 45 24 16 25 40 14
W 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 0
Over 31.4 42.2 46.2 49.6 nb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4s 0 3 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0
6s 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Ben Parker, pictured fielding in the match at Ipswich School where he took two excellent catches. S/R 22.2 57.4 71.4 75.0 68.6 80.8 0.0 37.8 77.8 80.0
Batsman Ben Claydon Jack Beaumont* Alex Oxley Joe Gatting Ben Parker Ben Shepperson Darren Batch Jack Potticary† Josh Cantrell Tom Rash Matt Wareing Extras TOTAL FOW 1-120 2-121 3-146 4-175 5-188
Batsman Matt Gouldstone Josh Bowers Connor Craig Kieren Mackenzie
w 0 5 1 2 0 1 0 2
0s 33 23 19 24 6 16 31 20
4s 2 0 5 1 1 0 3 0
6s E/R 0 2.9 0 3.3 1 6.4 0 3.4 1 8.0 2 5.0 0 4.0 0 2.8
Over 29.2 30.4 35.4 40.4 43.3
Bowler Callum Guest Matt Jones Harrison Craig Conor Craig Kieren Mackenzie Ben Seabrook
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Suffolk C.C.C.
How Out lbw b Mackenzie c Guest b Seabrook b H. Craig Not out c Mackenzie b Guest c C. Craig b Jones lbw b C.J. Guest Not out Did not bat Did not bat Did not bat lb 3, w 13, nb 2 6 wickets, 48.3 overs Batsman Jack Beaumont Ben Claydon Alex Oxley Ben Parker Ben Shepperson O 10 7.3 10 3 10 8
M 0 0 0 0 0 0
R B M 58 107 103 50 77 99 11 19 19 37 41 64 18 18 16 8 11 11 0 5 4 17 15 15
0s 74 40 13 18 11 5 5 8
4s 6 1 1 3 2 0 0 1
18 217 293 167 172
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FOW 6-189
R 28 36 39 23 52 36
W 2 1 1 0 1 1
Over 44.4
nb 0 0 0 1 0 1
Batsman Darren Batch
w 0 4 2 4 1 1
0s 38 26 39 8 35 26
4s 0 3 1 2 6 2
6s S/R 0 54.2 0 64.9 0 57.9 0 90.2 1 100.0 0 72.7 0 0.0 1 113.3
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6s E/R 0 2.8 0 4.8 1 3.9 0 7.7 1 5.2 0 4.5
Suffolk C.C.C. NCCA Trophy XI v World Sport Exchange XI
At Woolpit, May 16, 2021 Competition: Friendly
Umpires: S. Lilley and R.Raisey Scorers: J. Abbott and O. Williams
Toss won by Suffolk (bat). Suffolk won by 15 runs
Batting collapse sees Suffolk secure win A SPECTACULAR batting collapse saw Suffolk pull off an unlikely victory in their second 50-over friendly of the season. The World Exchange XI, a side assembled from amateur cricketers on the books of the sports agency playing as overseas players in England, appeared to be cruising to victory. However, a fifth-wicket stand of 147 between Yaseen Valli and Onke Nyaku left Suffolk staring down the barrel at defeat as the visitors reached 223-4 with nine overs remaining in pursuit of their target of 251. It was then that Ben Claydon returned to the attack to dismiss skipper Valli for 101 (116 balls with five fours and two sixes) and spark an almighty collapse as six wickets tumbled while only 12 runs were added and they were bowled out with five overs unused. That meant the World Exchange XI were dismissed for 235 to leave Suffolk victors by 15 runs. Claydon picked up his maiden five-wicket haul for the county and Max Dias weighed in with three wickets. Claydon had earlier top-scored for Suffolk with 77, with five fours and two sixes from 97 deliveries, and he added 87 for the third wicket with Josh Cantrell, who was given the opportunity to bat at No.4. Cantrell responded with a knock of 71 containing five boundaries and put on 75 with Ben Shepperson (34 off 33 balls) before both departed in quick succession. Tom Rash (14 off 15 balls) and Darren Ironside (26 off 17 balls) added useful runs towards the end of the innings.
Ben Claydon batting during his knock of 77 against the World Exchange XI at Woolpit.
Batsman Ben Claydon Jack Beaumont* Alex Oxley Josh Cantrell Ben Shepperson Tom Rash Darren Ironside Andrew Northcote Jacob Marston† Max Dias Matt Wareing Extras TOTAL
Batsman Kirwan Christoffels Paballo Mogoera Yassen Valli* Lesiba Ngoepe Migael Machado Onke Nyaku Tim Niemand Harvey Lake† Blaine Bannister Dane Currency Khwezi Gumede Extras TOTAL
FOW 1-28 2-41 3-128 4-203 5-204
Over 6.2 12.1 32.1 43.2 43.4
Bowler Khwezi Gumede Blaine Bannister Onke Nyaku Dane Currency Yassen Valli Lesiba. Ngoepe Tim Niemand
Suffolk C.C.C.
How Out c Christoffels b Ngoepe c Niemand b Gumede b Currency c Valli b Bannister b Gumede b Bannister c Nyaku b Bannister c Nyaku b Bannister c Machado b Ngoepe Not out Not out Did not bat lb 1, w 7, nb 1 8 wickets, 50 overs Batsman Jack Beaumont Alex Oxley Ben Claydon Josh Cantrell Ben Shepperson O 8 10 4 10 6 8 4
M 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
R 77 11 3 71 34 14 26 3 1 1
B M 97 119 18 28 20 25 93 110 33 48 15 19 17 22 3 4 2 5 2 3
0s 55 12 17 44 16 4 2 1 1 1
9 250 300 193 153
FOW 6-231 7-243 8-247 R 42 50 14 30 38 52 23
W 1 4 0 1 0 2 0
Over 47.5 48.6 49.2 nb 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4s 5 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 15
6s S/R 2 79.4 0 61.1 0 15.0 0 76.3 1 103.0 0 93.3 0 152.9 0 100.0 0 50.0 0 50.0 3
Batsman Tom Rash Andrew Northcote Darren Ironside
w 4 2 0 1 0 0 0
0s 28 31 18 40 10 15 11
4s 3 5 2 1 2 2 0
6s E/R 0 5.3 0 5.0 0 3.5 1 3.0 0 6.3 0 6.5 2 5.8
FOW 1-22 2-65 3-66 4-76 5-223
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Over 3.5 15.1 15.4 17.6 41.1
Bowler Tom Rash Matt Wareing Josh Cantrell Ben Claydon Max Dias Jack Beaumont Darren Ironside
World Sport Exchange XI
How Out R B M 0s Run out (Cantrell/Claydon) 30 40 63 22 lbw b Wareing 2 11 17 9 b Claydon 101 116 155 52 c Shepperson b Claydon 0 2 2 2 b Claydon 7 11 9 7 c Marston b Dias 71 72 105 28 c Shepperson b Claydon 4 10 13 7 lbw b Claydon 1 3 5 2 c Cantrell b Dias 0 3 7 3 Not out 1 3 9 2 lbw b Dias 0 2 3 2 b 1, lb 6, w 8, nb 3 18 all out, 45 overs 235 273 196 134 Batsman Paballo Mogoera Kirwan Christoffels Lesiba Ngoepe Migael Machado Yassen Valli O 10 8 6 6 5 5 5
M 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
FOW 6-231 7-233 8-233 9-234 10-235
R 48 42 31 30 23 23 31
W 0 1 0 5 3 0 0
Over 42.5 43.3 43.4 44.3 44.6 nb 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
4s 2 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 12
6s 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Batsman Onke Nyaku Tim Niemand Harvey Lake Blaine Bannister Khwezi Gumede
w 2 3 0 0 2 0 0
0s 31 31 12 19 15 15 11
4s 4 3 1 1 0 1 2
S/R 75.0 18.2 87.1 0.0 63.6 98.6 40.0 33.3 0.0 33.3 0.1
6s E/R 0 4.8 1 5.3 0 5.2 1 5.0 0 4.6 0 4.6 1 6.2
Essex 2nd XI v Suffolk C.C.C.
At Chelmsford, July 5, 2021 Competition: Friendly
Umpires: G. W. Marshall and L. Cullum Scorers: A. J. Thurogood and A. E. Choat Toss won by Essex (bat). Essex 2nd XI won by 84 runs
Allen’s debut to remember in defeat to Essex MATT Allen made an instant impression with bat and ball despite Suffolk being well beaten by their hosts. Allen and his Mildenhall team-mate Tristan Blackledge were called up for their debuts and included alongside several fringe players for the match at the County Ground in Chelmsford. Allen, one of eight bowlers pressed into action but the only one to bowl the maximum ten overs, claimed 3-54 as Essex racked up an imposing 333-7 in their 50 overs. This was built around a second-wicket partnership of 164 in just 24 overs between Nick Browne, who made 73, and Feroze Khushi, whose 117 occupied just 108 deliveries and was laced with nine fours and two sixes. Khushi had scored a century for Suffolk on his threeday debut versus Northumberland in the final Minor Counties Championship match of the 2019 season. Nikhil Gorantla made an aggressive 42 from 37 balls and Aaron Beard weighed in with 41 off 29 balls to set Suffolk a daunting target. The visitors were struggling at 87-5 after 19 overs when Allen, whose 53 spanned 63 balls, joined Tom Matt Allen, who had a debut to remember against Essex 2nd XI at Rash in a 111-run partnership in just 19 overs. Chelmsford, appeals unsuccessfully for lbw. Rash, who brought up his fifty and the century stand with a pull over long on for six, scored two fours and two Blackledge ended unbeaten on 28 from 35 deliveries as sixes in his 64 off 81 balls. Suffolk closed on 249-8.
Essex 2nd XI
Batsman How Out Nick Browne c Claydon b Batch Robin Das c & b Rash Feroze Khushi lbw b Allen Nikhil Gorantla c Batch b Allen Joe MacGregor c Ironside b Blackledge Aaron Beard* Not out Simon Fernandes† b Rash Jamal Richards b Allen Ben Allison Not out Eshun Kalley Did not bat Nav Dwivedi Did not bat Extras b 4, lb 2, w 8 TOTAL 7 wickets, 50 overs FOW 1-21 2-185 3-248 4-267 5-269
Over 4.4 28.4 38.3 41.5 42.3
Bowler Tom Rash Matt Wareing Max Dias Darren Batch Ben Claydon Darren Ironside Matt Allen Tristan Blackledge
Batsman Robin Das Nick Browne Nikhil Gorantla Joe MacGregor Feroze Khushi O 9 4 3 7 4 8 10 5
M 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R B M 73 83 118 16 13 19 117 108 154 42 37 38 10 12 13 41 29 36 8 9 13 2 4 6 10 5 13
0s 45 9 41 12 5 9 5 2 0
4s 10 4 9 1 1 2 1 0 1
6s 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
14 333 300 206 128
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FOW 6-296 7-305 R 50 40 22 37 23 61 54 40
W 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1
Over 45.4 46.6 nb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Suffolk C.C.C.
S/R 88.0 123.1 108.3 113.5 83.3 141.4 88.9 50.0 200.0
Batsman How Out Ben Claydon c Brown b Allison Darren Ironside c Gorantla b Allison Josh Rymell c Das b Dwivedi Jacob Marston† c Fernandes b Kalley Darren Batch lbw b Kalley Tom Rash c MacGregor b Kalley Matt Allen b MacGregor Tristan Blackledge Not out Adam Mansfield* c Fernandes b Beard Max Dias not out Matt Wareing Did not bat Extras lb 3, w 11, nb 6 TOTAL 8 wickets, 50 overs
Batsman Simon Fernandes Jamal Richards
w 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0
0s 28 13 8 23 14 11 27 4
4s 6 8 3 3 2 4 1 2
6s E/R 0 5.6 0 10.0 0 7.3 1 5.3 1 5.8 1 7.6 1 5.4 0 8.0
FOW 1-28 2-31 3-64 4-68 5-87
9
Over 6.6 8.2 12.1 13.1 18.6
Bowler Ben Allison Aaron Beard Nav Dwivedi Eshun Kalley Joe MacGregor Jamal Richards Harry Phillips Feroze Khushi
Batsman Darren Ironside Ben Claydon Jacob Marston Josh Rymell Darren Batch O 8 8 5 10 10 4 3 2
M 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
R 19 10 25 8 11 64 53 28 1 10
B M 27 32 20 27 21 27 9 17 19 23 81 103 63 68 35 43 8 11 20 15
0s 17 16 11 4 9 39 25 18 7 13
20 249 303 186 159
FOW 6-198 7-223 8-233 R 23 41 29 38 46 29 24 16
W 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0
Over 37.6 42.1 45.3 nb 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
4s 3 2 5 1 0 2 4 3 0 1 21
6s S/R 0 70.4 0 50.0 0 119.0 0 88.9 0 57.9 2 79.0 0 84.1 0 80.0 0 12.5 0 50.0 2
Batsman Matt Allen Tom Rash Adam Mansfield
w 1 1 0 0 6 0 2 1
0s 33 29 16 31 26 9 8 7
4s 2 7 4 1 1 1 2 3
6s E/R 0 2.9 0 5.1 0 5.8 1 3.8 0 4.6 1 7.3 0 8.0 0 8.0
Cambridgeshire C.C.C. v Suffolk C.C.C.
At Exning Park, May 31, 2021 Umpires: B. Jones and R. Parker Competition: NCCA Trophy Group 3 Scorers: K. Coburn and J. Abbott Toss won by Suffolk (bowl). Cambridgeshire won by 19 runs
Seabrook century scuppers Suffolk in opener BEN Seabrook’s splendid and undefeated innings of 135 condemned Suffolk to a 19-run loss in their opening Group 3 game. Seabrook, who ironically skippers Suffolk side Bury St Edmunds, batted throughout the home team’s innings to Batsman Ben Seabrook Jack Potticary Waqas Hussain Nikhil Gorantla Callum Guest* Ben Cliverd Lee Thomason† Wayne White Harrison Craig Matt Smith Kieren Mackenzie Extras TOTAL FOW 1-23 2-97 3-104 4-253 5-273
Over 4.4 21.6 25.2 47.1 48.4
Bowler Tom Rash Matt Wareing Ben Claydon Darren Batch Josh Cantrell Jack Beaumont Darren Ironside Joe Gatting Batsman Ben Claydon Jack Beaumont* Josh Cantrell Joe Gatting Alex Oxley Ben Shepperson Darren Ironside Darren Batch Tom Rash Jacob Marston† Matt Wareing Extras TOTAL FOW 1-22 2-26 3-31 4-45 5-111
Over 5.3 6.4 8.6 15.1 24.1
Bowler Wayne White M.R. Smith Nikhil Goranta Harrison Craig Kieren Mackenzie Ben Cliverd
Cambridgeshire C.C.C.
How Out Not out b Rash Run out (Oxley) c Oxley b Beaumont c Cantrell b Rash c Rash b Cantrell Not out Did not bat Did not bat Did not bat Did not bat b 2, lb 5, w 11, nb 2 5 wickets, 50 overs Batsman Jack Potticary Waqas Hussain Nikhil Gorantla Callum Guest Ben Cliverd O 10 5 4 4 10 10 3 4
R B M 135 143 183 13 15 19 37 53 70 3 14 8 63 68 73 14 6 5 2 2 5
0s 64 9 32 11 25 1 0
4s 11 2 5 0 5 3 0
20 287 301 183 142
26
FOW
M 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R 59 22 26 29 47 49 20 28
Over
W 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Suffolk C.C.C.
How Out b Smith Run out (Guest) b White c Potticary b Mackenzie c Clilverd b Gorantla c Seabrook b Craig b Mackenzie Not out c Craig b Gorantla c Craig b Gorantla Not out lb 2, w 16 9 wickets, 50 overs Batsman Ben Claydon Jack Beaumont Josh Cantrell Alex Oxley Joe Gatting O 8 10 8 10 10 4
M 0 1 1 0 0 0
nb 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Batsman
w 1 4 3 2 0 1 0 0
0s 29 19 10 9 31 30 5 9
R B M 0s 6 18 20 15 13 18 26 10 6 12 15 9 35 51 67 28 7 21 21 15 48 47 65 21 50 56 56 23 61 54 66 19 20 17 22 8 2 4 8 2 2 2 7 0 18 268 300 189 150
FOW 6-160 7-188 8-237 9-251 R 35 53 57 41 50 30
W 1 1 3 1 2 0
Over 33.4 40.6 46.3 48.1 nb 0 0 0 0 0 0
4s 5 2 3 2 6 3 2 3 4s 1 1 1 2 0 4 4 6 0 0 0 19
underpin their total of 287-5. He found the boundary 11 times and cleared the ropes on a further three occasions in his 143-ball knock, which featured a 149 stand for the fourth wicket with Callum Guest, who contributed 63. Guest fell to Tom Rash, who also accounted for his Mildenhall team-mate Jack Potticary, who had opted to switch his allegiance from Suffolk after accepting an offer from Cambridgeshire. Suffolk made a disastrous start to their reply, slipping to 45-4 inside the first 16 overs, before Joe Gatting and Ben Shepperson started to rebuild the innings. They compiled a fifth-wicket partnership of 66 before Gatting fell for 35 to the first ball of the 25th over. When Shepperson was out for 48 off 47 balls laced with four fours and two sixes to leave Suffolk 160-6 in the 34th over, it appeared a lost cause for Suffolk. However, Suffolk rallied through Darren Ironside (50 off 56 deliveries), Darren Batch and Tom Rash, but despite Batch’s valiant 61 not out off only 54 balls including six fours and a six, the visitors fell short.
6s S/R 3 94.4 0 86.7 0 69.8 0 21.4 0 92.6 0 233.3 0 100.0
3
6s E/R 1 5.9 0 4.4 0 6.5 1 7.3 0 4.7 1 4.9 0 6.7 0 7.0 6s 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 6
S/R 33.3 72.2 50.0 68.6 33.3 102.1 89.3 113.0 117.6 50.0 100.0
Batsman Ben Shepperson Darren Ironside Tom Rash Jacob Marston
w 0 2 4 1 2 1
0s 28 38 23 30 25 6
4s 4 3 5 1 3 3
6s E/R 0 4.4 3 5.3 2 7.1 1 4.1 0 5.0 0 7.5
10
Ben Shepperson, who made 48 as Suffolk lost their Group 3 opening match to Cambridgeshire.
Suffolk C.C.C. v Lincolnshire C.C.C.
At Mildenhall C.C., June 20, 2021 Umpires: P. Richardson and R. Ellis Competition: NCCA Trophy Group 3 Scorers: J. Abbott and S. Clayton Toss won by Suffolk (bowl). Suffolk won by 3 wickets
Gatting steers Suffolk home at Mildenhall
Joe Gatting scored a superbly-paced 81 not out to steer Suffolk to victory. Batsman Joseph Kendall Tom Keast Ben Coddington Ben Wright Sam Johnson Daniel Freeman Nic Keast Carl Wilson*† Mark Footitt Danny Cliffe Curtis Free Extras TOTAL FOW 1-71 2-91 3-164 4-177 5-181
Over 16.5 21.3 35.6 39.1 39.5
Bowler Tom Rash Darren Batch Joe Gatting Jack Beaumont Josh Cantrell Ben Claydon
Lincolnshire C.C.C.
How Out lbw b Beaumont c Cantrell b Gatting lbw b Beaumont st Mansfield b Beaumont c Gatting b Rash c Claydon b Beaumont c Mansfield b Batch Not out c Ironside b Gatting Run out (Gatting) Did not bat lb 1, w 7 9 wickets, 50 overs Batsman Tom Keast Joseph Kendall Ben Wright Ben Coddington Daniel Freeman O 10 8 10 10 7 5
M 1 1 0 0 0 0
R 42 33 51 37 41 4 2 23 2 6
B 63 49 62 49 35 4 9 20 4 5
M 76 59 78 49 45 3 11 32 5 7
0s 36 31 26 30 14 3 7 6 2 1
8 249 300 185 156
FOW 6-192 7-226 8-231 9-249 R 54 34 52 37 39 32
W 1 1 2 4 0 0
Over 42.2 46.5 47.6 49.6 nb 0 0 0 0 0 0
4s 4 3 3 4 4 1 0 2 0 0
6s 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
21
2
Batsman Nic Keast Sam Johnson Mark Footitt Danny Cliffe
w 3 1 3 0 0 0
0s 31 28 29 35 21 12
4s 6 3 3 3 5 1
S/R 66.7 67.3 82.3 75.5 117.1 100.0 22.2 115.0 50.0 120.0
JOE Gatting’s superbly-paced 81 not out guided Suffolk to a three-wicket win in the first full county match to be played at Wamil Way since 2011. He received excellent support from Alex Oxley, after the pair came together with Suffolk in dire straits on 129-6 in reply to the visitors’ 249-9. Gatting, who faced 119 balls of which four were hit for four and one fox a six, and Oxley put on 96 inside 21 overs before the latter, batting in the unfamiliar position of No.8, was run out for a 62ball 46. With 25 required at a run-a-ball Darren Batch finished off the job with 19, which included two sixes, from only 12 deliveries as Suffolk won with eight balls to spare. Mark Footitt, who finished with figures of 10-0-37-2 had earlier removed both openers, after Suffolk had made a flying start to their innings with 32 from the first three overs. The start of the match was delayed by an hour and after Suffolk had won the toss and put Lincolnshire into bat, the visitors put on 71 for the first wicket in under 17 overs. Gatting made the initial breakthrough and Jack Beaumont bagged 4-37 as Suffolk never allowed the run-rate to spiral out of control. Their target would have been less than the five-anover required had they held their catches, but the good-sized crowd enjoyed an exciting run chase.
Batsman Ben Claydon Jack Beaumont* Josh Cantrell Joe Gatting Ben Parker Ben Shepperson Darren Ironside Alex Oxley Darren Batch Tom Rash Adam Mansfield† Extras TOTAL
FOW 1-32 2-49 3-51 4-79 5-122
Over 3.2 5.5 6.3 14.3 24.1
Bowler Curtis Free Mark Footitt Danny Cliffe Daniel Freeman Nic Keast
6s E/R 0 5.4 0 4.3 0 5.2 0 3.7 0 5.6 2 6.4
11
Suffolk C.C.C.
How Out c Kendall b Footitt c Wilson b Footitt c Wilson b Cliffe Not out b Cliffe c Johnson b Freeman lbw b N Keast Run out Not out Did not bat Did not bat b 7, lb 4, w 10, nb 4 7 wickets, 48.4 overs Batsman Jack Beaumont Ben Claydon Josh Cantrell Ben Parker Ben Shepperson O 9 10 9.4 10 10
M 0 0 0 0 0
R B M 21 19 27 13 9 15 12 9 16 81 119 175 9 28 35 22 31 38 2 5 6 46 62 77 19 12 12
0s 12 4 3 64 23 20 3 31 5
4s 3 2 2 4 1 3 0 4 0
6s 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
25 250 294 202 163
19
4
FOW 6-129 7-225
R 64 37 45 52 41
W 0 2 2 1 1
Over 25.3 45.5
nb 0 2 0 0 0
S/R 110.5 144.4 133.3 68.1 32.1 71.0 40.0 74.2 158.3
Batsman Darren Ironside Alex Oxley
w 2 2 2 4 0
0s 23 39 33 33 35
4s 5 3 2 6 3
6s E/R 2 7.1 0 3.7 1 4.7 0 5.2 1 4.1
Norfolk C.C.C. v Suffolk C.C.C.
At Manor Park, June 27, 2021 Competition: NCCA Trophy Group 3 Toss won by Norfolk (bowl). Suffolk won by 17 runs
Umpires: H. Davies and S. Ross Scorers: A. Bradnock and J. Abbott
Batch stars as Suffolk hold their nerve to win A FINE All-round display by Darren Batch saw Suffolk to a 17-run victory to keep alive their chances of qualifying for the quarterfinals. Batch top-scored with an unbeaten 64 and then delivered his nine overs at a cost of 38 runs and picked up two wickets, including the prized scalp of opener Sam Arthurton for 55. After wet patches on the outfield delayed the start by 90 minutes, Suffolk made a dreadful start to their innings after being asked to bat as some poor shot selection saw them reduced to 29-4 off 6.4 overs. Among the early cluster of wickets in a match reduced to 47 overs-a-side was debutant Josh Rymell, the Ipswich-born batsman on the staff at Essex. A fifth-wicket alliance of 73 spanning 24 overs between Joe Gatting (54) and Ben Shepperson (31) breathed new life into Suffolk’s innings, before Batch added real impetus towards the end. The Sudbury all-rounder plundered three fours and three sixes in his 49-ball innings and received good support from Darren Ironside (22 off 18 deliveries) as the eighth wicket added 55 in just 6.2 overs. After Norfolk’s openers put on 49 in 15 overs, Suffolk’s 211-8 proved sufficient to secure victory as their bowlers held their nerve, with Tom Rash claiming 3-24 and Jack Batsman Ben Claydon Jack Beaumont* Josh Rymell Joe Gatting Ben Parker Ben Shepperson Darren Batch Josh Cantrell Darren Ironside Tom Rash Adam Mansfield† Extras TOTAL FOW 1-11 2-11 3-24 4-29 5-102
Over 1.6 2.2 5.1 6.4 30.1
Bowler Andy Hanby Ashley Watson Brett Stolworthy Charlie Rogers Ryan Findlay
Suffolk C.C.C.
How Out b Watson c Stolworthy b Hanby lbw b Watson st New b Findlay c New b Hanby st New b Watson Not out c Reynolds b Findlay st New b Stolworthy Not out Did not bat lb 2, w 5 8 wickets, 47 overs Batsman Ben Claydon Jack Beaumont Josh Rymell Ben Parker Ben Shepperson O 9 10 9 9 10
M 0 0 1 0 1
R 4 7 4 54 5 31 64 10 22 3
B M 9 7 5 9 8 12 99 110 8 5 69 75 49 62 13 13 18 25 4 5
0s 8 2 4 64 5 47 16 5 7 1
7 211 282 164 159
FOW 6-128 7-150 8-205 R 62 42 40 26 39
W 2 3 1 0 2
Over 35.5 39.3 45.5 nb 0 0 0 0 0
4s 1 1 0 5 0 2 3 0 3 0 15
Darren Batch forces the ball away during his innings of 64 not out at Manor Park. Beaumont 3-41. Steve Marillier cleared the ropes three times among some lusty blows in his 39, before being safely held on the wide long on boundary by Josh Cantrell to leave the hosts adrift on 194-9.
6s S/R 0 44.4 0 140.0 0 50.0 0 54.5 0 62.5 0 44.9 3 130.6 0 76.9 0 122.2 0 75.0
Batsman Sam Arthurton Tom New† Jason Reynolds Will Rogers Steve Marillier Ryan Findlay Ben Wilcox Ashley Watson* Charlie Rogers Brett Stolworthy Andy Hanby Extras TOTAL
3
Batsman Joe Gatting Josh Cantrell Darren Ironside
w 2 0 1 1 0
0s 27 33 30 34 35
4s 8 1 3 1 2
6s E/R 1 6.9 1 4.2 0 4.4 0 2.9 1 3.9
FOW 1-49 2-64 3-82 4-100 5-112
12
Over 14.6 19.5 23.6 28.5 32.1
Bowler Tom Rash Josh Cantrell Darren Batch Joe Gatting Jack Beaumont Ben Claydon
Norfolk C.C.C.
How Out lbw b Batch Run out (Shepperson) b Beaumont b Beaumont c Cantrell b Rash c Parker b Batch b Beaumont c Claydon b Rash Not out lbw b Rash Run out (Ironside) lb 2, w 3 all out, 47 overs Batsman Tom New Jason Reynolds Will Rogers Sam Arthurton Ryan Findlay O 10 8 9 9 10 1
M 3 0 1 0 0 0
R B M 0s 55 89 93 63 19 41 51 31 7 11 13 5 8 14 13 10 39 54 66 34 2 7 11 5 14 17 17 11 0 4 5 4 22 26 37 10 9 7 7 2 14 12 13 4 5 194 282 165 179
FOW 6-141 7-142 8-155 9-168 10-194
R 24 36 38 45 41 8
W 3 0 2 0 3 0
Over 36.5 37.4 41.5 43.4 46.6 nb 0 0 0 0 0 0
4s 8 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 14
6s S/R 0 61.8 0 46.3 0 63.6 0 57.1 3 72.2 0 28.6 1 82.4 0 0.0 0 84.6 0 128.6 0 116.7 4
Batsman Ben Wilcox Ashley Watson Steve Marillier Brett Stolworthy Andy Hanby
w 0 2 0 0 0 0
0s 46 36 34 25 37 1
4s 2 2 6 4 3 0
6s E/R 0 2.4 3 4.5 0 4.2 0 5.0 1 4.1 0 8.0
Suffolk C.C.C. v Hertfordshire C.C.C.
At Sudbury C.C., July 4, 2021 Umpires: G. Roberts and C. Viljoen Competition: NCCA Trophy Group 3 Scorers: J. Abbott and M. Arnold Toss won by Herts (bowl). Suffolk won by 1 run (DLS method)
Suffolk snatch victory in dramatic finale SUFFOLK snatched a dramatic one-run victory in the county’s first full competitive fixture to be played at Sudbury. The result saw Suffolk finish as Group 3 runners-up to Cambridgeshire and so set up a quarter-final tie away to Cumbria. After the start was delayed by 45 minutes due to rain Suffolk, who were put into bat, had progressed to 108-4 off 26.4 overs when the heavens opened, resulting in a break in play of two hours and 40 minutes while the outfield dried out. When play resumed Suffolk’s innings was readjusted to 36 overs, with Ben Shepperson clubbing 52 off 24 balls with Andy Northcote squirts the ball away on the offside during his debut for Suffolk at Sudbury. rates – they would go through. three fours and four sixes, and 38-year-old debutant Andy The visitors were always ahead of their target, and after Northcote 48 off 46 deliveries. Tom Rash was taken for 18 off the 28th over, five were That enabled Suffolk to post 204-6 and Hertfordshire were required with two wickets remaining. then set a revised target of 218 from the same number of Darren Batch then conceded just three runs and took a overs. wicket off his final delivery before Jack Beaumont bowled The outcome was further complicated that if they achieved Abhishek Kulkarni for 33 off 18 balls with the second ball victory inside 28 or 29 overs – no-one seemed to know for of the next over to finish with 4-31. sure after trying to calculate the teams’ respective net runBatsman Ben Claydon Jack Beaumont* Josh Rymell Andrew Northcote Ben Parker Ben Shepperson Darren Batch Darren Ironside Tom Rash Adam Mansfield† Matt Wareing Extras TOTAL FOW 1-50 2-52 3-93 4-108 5-183
Over 13.3 14.4 24.2 26.4 32.5
Bowler Abhishek Kulkarni Jamie Regan Ben Waring Luke Chapman Jamie Southgate
Suffolk C.C.C.
How Out c Neal b Southgate b Chapman c Hussain b Waring c Waring b Regan c & b Southgate c Southgate b Waring Not out Not out Did not bat Did not bat Did not bat lb 5, w 5, nb 2 6 wickets, 36 overs Batsman Jack Beaumont Ben Claydon Josh Rymell Ben Parker Andrew Northcote O 7 7 8 7 7
M 1 0 0 0 0
R 23 24 24 48 7 52 7 7
0s 38 21 19 13 5 5 2 4
4s 3 4 0 3 1 3 0 1
12 204 217 133 107
15
FOW 6-186
R 20 55 52 45 27
W 0 1 2 1 2
B 52 33 37 46 8 24 9 8
Over 33.3
nb 0 0 1 0 0
M 54 49 36 65 8 27 13 10
Hertfordshire C.C.C.
6s S/R 0 44.2 0 72.7 1 64.9 1 104.3 0 87.5 4 216.7 0 77.8 0 87.5
Batsman How Out Adam Bassingthwaite c Rymell b Rash Dom Chatfield Run out Harry Ellison c & b Beaumont Reece Hussain* c Parker b Claydon Andrew Neal lbw b Beaumont Jamie Southgate lbw b Ironside Jamie Regan c Batch b Beaumont Abhishek Kulkarni b Beaumont Luke Chapman c Northcote b Rash Cole Seggery† c Wareing b Batch Ben Waring Not out Extras b 1, lb 2, w 6, nb 4 TOTAL all out, 29.2 overs
6
Batsman Ben Shepperson
w 2 3 0 0 0
0s 30 18 17 17 25
4s 2 7 2 1 3
FOW 1-7 2-80 3-112 4-139 5-142
6s E/R 0 2.9 1 7.9 2 6.5 3 6.4 0 3.9
13
Over 2.4 10.3 16.1 19.3 20.1
Bowler Tom Rash Darren Batch Matt Wareing Jack Beaumont Ben Claydon Darren Ironside
Batsman Adam Bassingthwaite Harry Ellison Dom Chatfield Reece Hussain Jamie Southgate O 8 6 1 5.2 7 2
M 1 0 0 0 0 0
R B M 5 11 8 38 40 63 44 30 33 17 22 39 36 25 40 2 3 4 18 17 16 33 18 26 2 3 5 8 9 17 0 0 2 13 216 178 128
FOW 6-170 7-171 8-178 9-216 10-216
R 71 32 18 31 52 9
W 2 1 0 4 1 1
Over 24.1 24.3 25.3 28.6 29.2 nb 0 0 2 0 0 0
0s 9 19 15 12 11 1 9 6 1 3 0 86
4s 1 2 3 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 13
6s 0 2 4 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 13
S/R 45.5 95.0 146.7 77.3 144.0 66.7 105.9 183.3 66.7 88.9 0.0
Batsman Jamie Regan Andrew Neal Luke Chapman Cole Seggery Abhishek Kulkarni
w 3 1 0 0 1 0
0s 27 18 2 15 17 8
4s 6 2 1 1 3 0
6s E/R 5 8.9 1 5.3 1 18.0 2 5.8 3 7.4 1 4.5
Cumbria C.C.C. v Suffolk C.C.C.
At Barrow C.C. July 18, 2021 Competition: NCCA Trophy Quarter-final Toss won by Suffolk (bowl). Cumbria won by 5 runs
Umpires: N. Ashraf and P. Mustard Scorers: G. Minshaw and J. Abbott
So near yet so far for Suffolk in Trophy defeat
Adam Mansfield, who made 52 to almost engineer victory for Suffolk at Barrow. Batsman Sam Dutton Michael Slack Nathan Waterson Gary Pratt* Matthew Sempill Paul Hindmarch Tom Benn† Nico Watt James McGown Sam Sharp Matthew Siddall Extras TOTAL FOW 1-5 2-17 3-25 4-74 5-144
Over 3.3 7.6 10.3 21.6 37.1
Bowler Tom Rash Darren Batch Ben Claydon Joe Gatting Josh Cantrell Jack Beaumont Max Dias
Cumbria C.C.C.
How Out c Shepperson b Batch c Mansfield b Batch c Mansfield b Rash c Shepperson b Cantrell c & b Claydon lbw b Batch c Northcote b Claydon lbw b Dias b Gatting Not out Not out lb 4, w 10, nb 6 9 wickets, 50 overs Batsman Sam Dutton Michael Slack Nathan Waterson Gary Pratt Matthew Sempill O 7 10 6 10 8 4 5
M 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
R B M 0s 3 13 13 11 7 20 29 17 5 23 27 21 19 33 101 20 51 89 104 54 52 64 37 40 2 8 11 6 11 12 21 8 12 19 28 7 22 17 25 6 9 4 5 1 20 213 302 203 190
FOW 6-148 7-162 8-172 9-196 R 20 33 28 44 33 15 36
W 1 3 2 1 1 0 1
Over 39.3 42.2 43.6 48.6 nb 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
4s 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 2 14
6s S/R 0 23.1 0 35.0 0 21.7 0 57.6 1 57.3 4 81.3 0 25.0 0 91.7 0 63.2 1 129.4 0 225.0
Batsman Ben Claydon Jack Beaumont* Ben Parker Joe Gatting Andrew Northcote Ben Shepperson Darren Batch Josh Cantrell Tom Rash Adam Mansfield† Max Dias Extras TOTAL
6
FOW 1-8 2-40 3-41 4-51 5-60
Batsman Tom Benn Paul Hindmarch Nico Watt James McGown
w 2 3 2 2 0 0 1
0s 35 45 24 34 26 16 10
4s 1 4 1 3 0 2 3
6s E/R 1 2.9 0 3.3 2 4.7 0 4.4 2 4.1 0 3.8 1 7.2
IT WAS a case of so near yet so far for Suffolk as they bowed out of the NCCA Trophy at the quarter-final stage. Suffolk lost by just five runs, but had only themselves to blame as they shot themselves in the foot, losing six wickets in the space of eight crazy overs. Suffolk had moved to 40-1 off nine overs in pursuit of the hosts’ 213-9 when the wheels came spectacularly off the wagon. Suffolk subsided to 62-7 and Tom Rash then retired hurt after suffering a calf muscle injury running a single from the first ball he received. Adam Mansfield joined Josh Cantrell at the crease and they added 98 in 24 overs, before Cantrell was bowled for 63 off 87 balls. Rash returned with Ben Shepperson as his runner and Suffolk edged closer to their target, with 13 required of the last over which saw Mansfield run out for 52 off 79 deliveries from the second ball. Suffolk were left to rue their collapse and the fact that the last over of the Cumbria innings bowled by Max Dias cost 17 runs, Sam Sharp striking 22 off 17 deliveries including a crucial six off the last ball. Suffolk, after winning the toss, had earlier reduced Cumbria to 25-3, before Matthew Semple (51) and Paul Hindmarch (52) added 70 in 15 overs, Hindmarch becoming Darren Batch’s third victim in his 3-33.
14
Over 0.4 9.2 9.3 12.5 16.1
Bowler Michael Slack James McGown Matthew Siddall Sam Sharp Nico Watt Matthew Sempill Paul Hindmarch
Suffolk C.C.C.
How Out b Slack lbw b Siddall b McGown c Hindmarch b McGown st Benn b Siddall b Sharp c Waterson b Siddall b Hindmarch Not out Run out (Hindmarch) Not out b 1, lb 6, w 6 9 wickets, 50 overs Batsman Ben Claydon Ben Parker Joe Gatting Jack Beaumont Andrew Northcote O 7 10 10 8 4 3 8
M 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
R B M 0s 8 4 2 2 26 40 53 29 9 23 36 16 0 1 2 1 8 20 26 13 6 12 19 9 1 3 4 2 63 87 91 52 21 30 43 15 52 79 130 39 1 1 2 0 13 208 300 206 178
FOW 6-62 7-62 8-161 9-203 R 45 21 35 25 25 18 32
W 1 2 3 1 0 0 1
Over 16.6 17.1 41.1 49.2 nb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4s 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 8 1 2 0 19
6s S/R 0 200.0 0 65.0 0 39.1 0 0.0 0 40.0 0 50.0 0 33.3 0 72.4 0 70.0 0 65.8 0 100.0 0
Batsman Darren Batch Ben Shepperson Josh Cantrell Adam Mansfield
w 0 3 0 1 0 0 2
0s 23 43 38 32 10 9 23
4s 8 0 3 2 3 3 0
6s E/R 0 6.4 0 2.1 0 3.5 0 3.1 0 6.3 0 6.0 0 4.0
Suffolk C.C.C. v Cambridgeshire C.C.C. At Bury St Edmunds, July 11-13, 2021 Competition: NCCA Championship, Eastern Division Umpires: H. Davies and N. Oddy Scorers: J. Abbott and I.D. Rippington Toss won by Suffolk (bat). Suffolk won by 329 runs. Suffolk 22pts, Cambridgeshire 4pts
Batsman Ben Claydon Darren Ironside Josh Rymell Alex Oxley Ben Parker Ben Shepperson Josh Cantrell Jack Beaumont* Tom Rash Adam Mansfield† Matt Wareing Extras TOTAL FOW 1-37 2-55 3-62 4-104 5-113
Over 14.2 18.6 24.6 48.1 52.2
Bowler Alex Hancock Matt Smith Wayne White Ben Cliverd Harry Craig
Batsman Ben Seabrook Josh Bowers† Waqas Hussain Lee Thomason* Kieren Mackenzie Jack Potticary Wayne White Ben Cliverd Harry Craig Matt Smith Alex Hancock Extras TOTAL
FOW 1-0 2-14 3-14 4-22 5-67
Over 0.5 8.4 9.2 13.2 29.5
Bowler Tom Rash Ben Claydon Matt Wareing
Suffolk C.C.C. NCCA Championship XI
1st Innings
How Out lbw b Hancock c Bowers b White c Bowers b White c White b Smith c White b Smith c & b Hancock c Thomason b Smith c Bowers b Hancock c Clilverd b White c & b Hancock Not out lb 6 all out, 89.1 overs Batsman Darren Ironside Josn Rymell Ben Claydon Ben Parker Alex Oxley O 19 18.1 19 13 20
M 4 6 7 6 2
R B M 0s 42 84 102 68 10 37 58 32 5 14 18 12 29 86 121 69 18 76 81 67 14 37 46 27 60 100 155 62 0 8 17 8 11 19 22 13 21 46 52 34 16 28 30 20 6 232 535 353 412
FOW 6-138 7-144 8-166 9-208 10-232
R 55 51 36 32 52
W 4 3 3 0 0
Over 60.3 64.5 70.1 82.2 89.1 nb 0 0 0 0 0
4s 8 1 1 2 3 1 6 0 1 3 2 28
6s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S/R 50.0 27.0 35.7 33.7 23.7 37.8 60.0 0.0 57.9 45.7 57.1
Batsman Ben Claydon Darren Ironside Josh Rymell Alex Oxley Ben Parker Ben Shepperson Josh Cantrell Jack Beaumont* Tom Rash Adam Mansfield† Matt Wareing Extras TOTAL
Batsman Ben Shepperson Jack Beaumont Tom Rash Adam Mansfield Josh Cantrell
w 0 0 0 0 0
0s 87 81 92 62 90
4s 7 7 4 5 5
FOW 1-10 2-69 3-152 4-252 5-260
6s E/R 0 2.9 0 2.8 0 1.9 0 2.5 0 2.6
Over 2.5 22.2 47.4 59.3 60.4
Bowler Alex Hancock Matt Smith Ben Cliverd Wayne White Harry Craig Kieren Mackenzie Waqas Hussain
2nd Innings
How Out lbw b Hancock c White b Smith b Mackenzie b Mackenzie c Mackenzie b Clilverd b Mackenzie Not out c Hancock b Mackenzie Did not bat Did not bat Did not bat lb 2, w 1 7 wickets dec, 64 overs Batsman Ben Claydon Darren Ironside Alex Oxley Jaoh Rymell Ben Parker O 8 13.5 7 2.1 10 18 5
M 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
R B M 8 11 11 33 78 89 139 148 196 34 88 78 42 36 45 2 6 8 11 10 13 5 7 10
0s 9 59 78 62 9 4 1 3
4s 2 2 8 2 3 0 0 0
3 277 384 226 225
17
FOW 6-263 7-277
R 25 52 43 11 30 91 23
W 1 1 1 0 0 4 0
Cambridgeshire C.C.C. NCCA Championship XI 1st Innings 2nd Innings
How Out lbw b Rash c sub (Northcote) b Claydon c Oxley b Rash c sub (Northcote) b Claydon c Cantrell b Claydon c sub (Northcote) b Wareing c & b Wareing Not out c Claydon b Wareing lbw b Wareing b Wareing b 4, lb 8, w 2. nb 6 all out, 42.2 overs Batsman Ben. Seabrook Waqas Hussain Josh Bowers Kieren Mackenzie Lee Thomason O 15 17 10.2
M 4 6 1
R B M 0s 0 5 1 5 5 27 36 25 5 22 31 18 15 51 89 42 6 15 17 13 29 79 107 67 7 18 20 15 19 33 38 25 2 4 9 3 0 1 3 1 0 2 6 2 20 108 257 181 213
FOW 6-82 7-96 8-102 9-104 10-108
R 35 36 25
W 2 3 5
Over 34.4 38.4 40.2 40.6 42.2 nb 2 1 0
4s 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 9
6s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Batsman Wayne White Jack Potticary Harry Craig Matt Smith Alex Hancock
w 0 0 2
0s 74 87 52
4s 3 3 3
0
S/R 0.0 18.5 22.7 29.4 40.0 36.7 38.9 57.6 50.0 0.0 0.0
Batsman Ben Seabrook Josh Bowers† Waqas Hussain Lee Thomason* Kieren Mackenzie Ben Cliverd Harry Craig Wayne White Matt Smith Alex Hancock Jack Potticary Extras TOTAL
FOW 1-15 2-33 3-33 4-47 5-47
6s E/R 0 2.3 0 2.1 0 2.4
Over 7.5 13.1 13.6 19.2 19.5
Bowler Tom Rash Ben Claydon Matt Wareing Josh Cantrell
15
How Out c Oxley b Claydon c Rymell b Rash b Claydon c Mansfield b Claydon c & b Rash c Rymell b Rash c Mansfield b Rash c Cantrell b Rash Not out c Beaumont b Claydon Absent lb 4 all out, 37.3 overs Batsman Ben Seabrook Waqas Hussain Lee Thomason Kieren Mackenzie Ben Cliverd O 15 8.3 6 8
M 5 3 2 5
Over 61.3 63.6
nb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R 29 12 16 11
Over 25.1 29.3 31.1 37.3
W 5 4 0 0
nb 0 0 0 0
5
Batsman Ben Shepperson Jack Beaumont
w 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0s 35 53 20 7 39 55 16
R B M 0s 2 21 31 19 49 94 128 74 4 17 23 15 0 5 4 5 2 10 24 9 0 3 3 3 3 15 19 13 5 13 16 11 3 28 24 25 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 4 72 225 148 193
FOW 6-53 7-69 8-70 9-72
6s S/R 0 72.7 0 42.3 5 93.9 0 38.6 0 116.7 0 33.3 0 110.0 0 71.4
4s 3 3 6 1 1 1 2
4s 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
6s E/R 0 3.1 1 3.8 0 6.1 0 5.1 0 3.0 4 5.1 0 4.6
6s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Batsman Harry Craig Wayne White Josh Bowers Alex Hancock
w 0 0 0 0
0s 75 44 30 44
4s 1 1 1 2
0
S/R 9.5 52.1 23.5 0.0 20.0 0.0 20.0 38.5 10.7 0.0 0.0
6s E/R 0 1.9 0 1.4 0 2.7 0 1.4
Suffolk crush visitors in opener JOSH RYMELL scored a century on his three-day debut as Suffolk crushed Cambridgeshire to get their NCCA Championship campaign off to a flying start. Suffolk suffered a setback before a ball was even bowled, with professional Joe Gatting not feeling well enough to return after illness, but they dominated their opponents thereafter. After winning the toss and opting to bat first, Suffolk were dismissed for 232 five balls shy of their maximum 90 overs, Josh Cantrell top-scoring with 60 off 100 balls as Suffolk’s last two wickets added 66 runs. Andy Northcote deputised behind the stumps in the visitors’ first innings as Adam Mansfield was suffering tendinitis in his left knee and took three catches while Matt Wareing claimed 10.2-1-25-5. With a first-innings advantage of 124 Rymell then took centre stage, scoring a sublime 139 off 148 deliveries with eight fours and five sixes. He shared stands of 83 with Alex Oxley (34) for the third wicket and 100 with Josh Rymell raises his bat after reaching three figures against Cambridgeshire Ben Parker (42) for the fourth wicket. Jack Potticary was unable to bat after splitting the webbing That left Cambridgeshire requiring an improbable 402 for on his left hand as Tom Rash took 5-29 including his 100th victory, but they crumbled in just 37.3 overs, with only Championship wicket and Ben Claydon 4-12 to finish with opener Josh Bowers, who batted 94 balls for his 49 runs, seven wickets on his Championship debut. showing any stomach for the fight.
Tom Rash celebtraes one of his seven wickets in the match against Cambridgeshire. 16
Norfolk C.C.C. v Suffolk C.C.C. At Manor Park, July 25-27, 2021 Competition: NCCA Championship, Eastern Division Umpires: I. Warne and I. Rich Scorers: A. Bradnock and J. Abbott Toss won by Suffolk (bat). Match drawn. Norfolk 8pts, Suffolk 8pts
Suffolk C.C.C. NCCA Championship XI
1st Innings
Batsman How Out Kyran Young c Compton b Hanby Darren Ironside b Stolworthy Feroze Khushi lbw b Hanby Joe Gatting lbw b Stolworthy Ben Claydon c New b Stolworthy Ben Shepperson c Compton b Watson Ben Parker lbw b Hanby Josh Cantrell c New b Findlay Jack Beaumont* b Findlay Andrew Northcote† c New b Findlay Matt Wareing Not out Extras b 7, lb 9, w 2 TOTAL all out, 77.5 overs FOW 1-30 2-30 3-46 4-62 5-63
Over 8.6 9.6 15.4 21.5 22.4
Bowler Andy Hanby Brett Stolworthy Ashley Watson Ryan Findlay Charlie Rogers
Batsman Ben Compton Sam Arthurton Ben Wilcox Tom New† Will Rogers Andy Hanby Jason Reynolds Ryan Findlay Ashley Watson Charlie Rogers Brett Stolworthy Extras TOTAL
FOW 1-30 2-119 3-127 4-131 5-132
Over 7.1 29.3 36.1 38.3 40.2
Bowler Jack Beaumont Ben Claydon Matt Wareing Joe Gatting Josh Cantrell
Batsman Kyran Young Darren Ironside Joe Gatting Ben Claydon Ben Shepperson O 13 18 19 18.5 9
M 2 5 1 2 1
R B M 0s 16 27 32 23 13 33 36 28 65 85 123 56 6 17 23 14 5 24 21 22 0 4 5 4 26 71 79 58 71 111 117 74 27 58 67 43 21 36 35 22 1 1 3 0 18 269 467 272 344
FOW 6-139 7-148 8-224 9-268 10-269
R 37 45 82 52 37
W 3 3 1 3 0
1st Innings
How Out c Parker b Claydon c Gatting b Beaumont c Ironside b Cantrell c Northcote b Cantrell b Cantrell Not out b Cantrell Did not bat Did not bat Did not bat Did not bat b 1, lb 1, w 1, nb 6 6 wickets, 40.3 overs Batsman Ben Compton Sam Arthurton Ben Wilcox Tom New Will Rogers
O 10 5 5 8 12.3
M 1 0 0 0 5
R 19 39 57 7 0 1 0
nb 0 0 0 0 0
31
6s S/R 0 59.3 0 39.4 2 76.5 0 35.3 0 20.8 0 0.0 0 36.6 0 64.0 0 46.6 1 58.3 0 100.0
Extras TOTAL
Batsman Feroze Khushi Ben Parker Jack Beaumont Andrew Northcote Josh Cantrell
w 1 0 0 0 1
0s 66 90 76 79 33
4s 7 7 9 3 5
FOW
6s E/R 0 2.8 0 2.5 2 4.3 1 2.8 0 4.1
How Out
Over
B M 24 26 87 104 83 96 36 26 7 14 8 14 1 7
6s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bowler
9 132 246 145 183
15
0
Over 40.3
nb 0 3 0 0 0
Batsman J.D. Reynolds
w 0 0 1 0 0
0s 43 20 26 30 64
4s 3 3 1 5 3
S/R 79.2 44.8 68.7 19.4 0.0 12.5 0.0
FOW
6s E/R 0 2.9 0 6.0 0 1.6 0 5.3 0 1.7
Bowler
17
FOW
O
Batsman
Extras TOTAL
R
Batsman
Norfolk C.C.C. NCCA Championship XI 4s 3 3 9 0 0 0 0
W 1 1 0 0 4
Batsman
3
0s 16 63 61 30 7 7 1
FOW 6-132
R 29 30 8 42 21
Over 42.1 44.4 65.2 77.2 77.5
4s 4 2 5 1 1 0 4 10 4 0 0
2nd Innings
How Out
Over
M
R
W
R
FOW
O
M
R
M
Over
2nd Innings
Batsman
B
nb
B
Over
W
nb
0s
4s
6s
S/R
Batsman
w
0s
M
0s
4s
4s
6s E/R
6s
S/R
Batsman
w
0s
4s
6s E/R
Norfolk clash called off due to Covid concerns
Josh Cantrel forces the ball away on the off-side in his innings of 71 against Norfolk. COVID concerns in the Norfolk camp caused the abandonment of this fixture before the start of play on day two. As the teams went through their warm-ups and corporate hospitality guests arrived at the ground, one of the Norfolk players provided a positive test, causing the fixture to be halted with immediate effect. It was hugely frustrating for all concerned, with Suffolk left feeling flat after twice battling back on the opening day to put themselves in a strong position. Firstly, Suffolk were in dire straits at 63-5 inside the opening 23 overs after winning the toss and electing to bat, before Essex batsman Feorze Khushi oozed class with a composed 65 off 85 deliveries. Khushi, playing in place of Josh Rymell, hit five fours and two sixes and, together with Ben Parker, added 76 runs for the sixth wicket. Josh Cantrell then posted his highest score yet for the county of 71 before being last man out after sharing stands of 76 with skipper Jack Beaumont and 44 with debut-making head coach Andy Northcote. That enabled Suffolk to scramble to 269 all out, but Norfolk then took advantage of some wayward bowling to reach 119-1 in their reply. After Jack Beaumont removed Sam Arthurton, Cantrell claimed four wickets, including two with successive deliveries that both turned appreciably, to reduce Norfolk to 132-6 and leave Suffolk in the ascendency.
Feroze Khushi batting during his innings of 65 against Norfolk 18
Lincolnshire C.C.C. v Suffolk C.C.C. At Sleaford, August 15-17, 2021 Competition: NCCA Championship, Eastern Division Umpires: R. Eagleton and P. Mustard Scorers: S. Clayton and J. Abbott Toss won by Lincolnshire (bat). Suffolk won by an innings and 78 runs. Lincolnshire 3pts, Suffolk 24pts
Batsman Joe Kendall Ross Carnelley Daniel Freeman Sam Evison Sam Johnson Nic Keast Aayush Patel Carl Wilson*† James Dobson Mark Footitt Danny Cliffe Extras TOTAL FOW 1-38 2-46 3-54 4-62 5-111
Over 10.5 14.6 17.1 21.4 35.3
Bowler Tom Rash Kyran Young Matt Wareing Jack Beaumont Joe Gatting
Batsman Alex Oxley Darren Ironside Kyran Young Joe Gatting Ben Parker Ben Shepperson Josh Cantrell Tom Rash Jack Beaumont* Adam Mansfield† Matt Wareing Extras TOTAL
FOW 1-2 2-104 3-225 4-248 5-337
Over 2.5 32.4 56.6 60.5 80.1
Bowler Mark Footitt Danny Cliffe Daniel Freeman James Dobson Nic Keast
1st Innings
How Out lbw b Rash b Wareing c Mansfield b Rash Not out lbw b Wareing c Mansfield b Wareing c Oxley b Wareing b Wareing c Beaumont b Gatting c Cantrell b Gatting b Gatting b 8, lb 8, w 3, nb 6 all out, 49 overs Batsman Joe Kendell Daniel Freeman Ross Carnelley Sam Johnson Nic Keast O 12 9 13 5 10
M 2 3 5 1 3
Lincolnshire C.C.C. NCCA Championship XI
R B M 0s 23 37 43 28 20 45 72 38 7 15 17 11 42 99 145 83 7 18 19 12 21 44 53 36 5 8 20 6 0 5 8 5 8 16 19 14 2 9 10 7 0 1 2 1 25 160 297 206 239
FOW 6-129 7-133 8-156 9-160 10-160 R 34 25 28 19 38
W 2 0 5 0 3
Over 39.3 41.2 46.2 48.5 48.6 nb 1 0 0 0 2
Batsman Alex Oxley Darren Ironside Kyran Young Joe Gatting Ben Parker
O 26 18 19 14 13
w 0 1 2 0 0
0s 58 43 66 23 49
4s 4 4 4 2 6
4s 0 7 9 11 7 1 3 1 0
24 404 542 394 347
39
W 4 0 2 2 0
1
S/R 62.2 44.4 46.7 42.4 38.9 47.7 62.5 0.0 50.0 22.2 0.0
Batsman Joe Kendall Ross Carnelley Sam Evison Daniel Freeman Sam Johnson Nic Keast Aayush Patel Carl Wilson*† James Dobson Mark Footitt Danny Cliffe Extras TOTAL
Batsman Aayush Patel Carl Wilson James Dobson Mark Footitt Danny Cliffe
R B M 0s 1 8 10 7 54 104 131 85 84 164 205 121 84 79 102 46 58 73 139 42 55 73 143 33 27 24 33 9 14 12 17 1 3 5 5 3
FOW 6-379 7-398 8-404
M R 4 106 3 66 2 71 0 90 2 60
20
6s 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FOW 1-13 2-18 3-99 4-125 5-134
6s E/R 0 2.8 0 2.8 0 2.2 1 3.8 0 3.8
Over 3.6 8.4 38.4 45.3 51.5
How Out b Gatting c Mansfield b Young b Rash lbw b Beaumont lbw b Rash b Beaumont c Beaumont b Rash lbw b Wareing lbw b Wareing lbw b Young Not out b 5, lb 3, w 4, nb 6 all out, 64.1 overs
Bowler Tom Rash Kyran Young Matt Wareing Joe Gatting Josh Cantrell Jack Beaumont
Over 85.6 88.4 89.6 nb 0 0 0 2 0
6s S/R 0 12.5 0 51.9 1 51.2 2 106.3 0 79.5 0 75.5 0 112.5 0 116.7 0 60.0
Batsman
Extras TOTAL
3
Batsman Ben Shepperson Josh Cantrell Jack Beaumont
w 0s 3 105 2 82 0 71 0 38 0 51
4s 13 7 5 9 5
FOW
6s E/R 0 4.1 0 3.7 0 3.7 0 6.4 3 4.6
Bowler
19
How Out
Over
R B M 0s 49 110 151 86 4 12 16 10 2 13 19 11 47 123 140 105 20 47 62 39 1 18 23 17 13 23 29 19 7 23 28 18 1 11 21 10 4 8 12 7 0 0 2 0 18 166 388 254 320
Batsman Ross Carnelley Sam Evison Joe Kendall Daniel Freeman Nic Keast
Suffolk C.C.C. NCCA Championship XI
1st Innings
How Out lbw b Footitt c Keast b Footitt b Footitt c Wilson b Footitt lbw b Freeman c Keast b Dobson c Dobson b Freeman Not out c Freeman b Dobson Did not bat Did not bat lb 11, w 9, nb 4 8 wickets, 90 overs
4s 3 4 1 8 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
2nd Innings
O 20 8.1 15 6 9 6
FOW 6-138 7-151 8-155 9-160 10-166 M 5 2 4 3 0 2
R 54 18 25 12 29 20
W 3 2 2 1 0 2
2nd Innings R
Batsman
FOW
O
M
R
Over 54.4 58.6 61.5 63.6 64.1 nb 1 1 0 1 0 0
B
Over
W
nb
4s 7 0 0 9 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 23
6s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S/R 44.5 33.3 15.4 38.2 42.6 5.6 56.5 30.4 9.1 50.0 0.0
Batsman Sam Johnson Aayush Patel Carl Wilson James Dobson Mark Footitt
w 0 3 1 0 0 0
M
0s 99 41 76 33 43 28
0s
4s 8 1 3 2 5 4
4s
6s E/R 0 2.7 0 2.2 0 1.7 0 2.0 0 3.2 0 3.3
6s
S/R
Batsman
w
0s
4s
6s E/R
Suffolk overpower hosts to go top A COMPLETE all-round team performance saw Suffolk storm to the top of the NCCA Eastern Division One table. Suffolk thrashed Lincolnshire by an innings and 78 runs inside two days after the home team had chosen to bat first. They were skittled out for 160 in only 49 overs, Matt Wareing picking up 5-28 and Joe Gatting 3-38. Suffolk made hay in their reply, racking up 408-8, Kyran Young and Joe Gatting scoring 84 apiece and figuring in a third-wicket stand of 121. That was after Young and Darren Ironside (54) had put on 102 for the second wicket, before Ben Parker (58) and Ben Shepperson (55) added a further 89 for the fifth wicket. It was all too much for Lincolnshire, who faced a deficit of 244 and were left with potentially 170 overs to bat. They fared little better in their second innings, being bowled out for 166. Only Joe Kendall (49) and Dan Freeman (47) resisted for any length of time as this time the hosts were dismissed in 64.1 overs. Tom Rash, who returned to the side along with Adam Mansfield after both missed the abandoned Norfolk fixture, led the way with 3-54, with four other bowlers sharing the wickets around.
Kyran Young made 84 on his return to the side in the crushing victory over Lincolnshire.
Matt Wareing, who took five wickets in Lincolnshire’s first innings. 20
Suffolk C.C.C. v Staffordshire C.C.C. At Copdock & OI C.C., August 22-24, 2021 Competition: NCCA Championship, Eastern Division Umpires: J. Tredwell and S. Shanmugam Scorers: J. Abbott and C. Cartwright Toss won by Staffordshire (bat). Suffolk won by 1 wkt. Suffolk 21pts, Staffordshire 6pts
1st Innings
Batsman How Out Alex Mellor† b Wareing Jack Redman c Mansfield b Wareing Zen Malik c Parker b Claydon Michael Hill lbw b Gatting Peter Wilshaw* c sub (Harper) b Gatting Tim Maxfield b Wareing Robert Hemmings c Ironside b Rash Alex Coates c Mansfield b Gatting Toby Bulcock Not out Paul Byrne c Parker b Gatting James Cox lbw b Gatting Extras b 1, lb 10, w 4, nb 6 TOTAL all out, 89 overs FOW 1-42 1-122 3-172 4-176 5-179
Over 15.6 42.2 58.2 60.5 61.2
Bowler Tom Rash Ben Claydon Matt Wareing Josh Cantrell Joe Gatting
Batsman Jack Beaumont* Darren Ironside Alex Oxley Joe Gatting Ben Parker Ben Shepperson Josh Cantrell Tom Rash Adam Mansfield† Matt Wareing Ben Claydon Extras TOTAL
FOW 1-42 2-44 3-74 4-74 5-190
Over 14.4 15.4 23.3 23.4 51.6
Bowler Robert Hemmings Alex Coates Toby Bulcock James Cox Paul Byrne Zen Malik
Batsman Jack Redman Zen Malik Michael Hill Peter Wilshaw Tim Maxfield
O 25 25.5 19.1 4 15
M 3 6 4 1 3
Staffordshire C.C.C. NCCA Championship XI
R B M 0s 130 255 375 182 14 45 66 40 35 75 116 61 20 59 63 47 2 8 11 6 3 3 4 1 38 63 82 45 4 10 18 7 2 12 21 10 5 6 6 4 0 1 1 1 21 274 537 383 402
FOW 6-243 7-255 8-269 9-274 10-274
R 81 68 64 12 38
W 1 1 3 0 5
Over 80.6 84.3 87.3 88.5 88.6 nb 0 3 0 0 0
Batsman Darren Ironside Jack Beaumont Joe Gatting Ben Parker Ben Shepperson O 13 6 15 8 11 6.5
M 2 2 6 1 1 0
R 41 19 40 29 50 33
W 0 0 1 3 1 4
Batsman How Out R B M 0s Alex Mellor† Run out (Parker/Mansfield) 24 49 61 35 Jack Redman lbw b Cantrell 27 64 88 49 Zen Malik c Mansfield b Cantrell 45 60 53 39 Michael Hill b Shepperson 62 88 94 56 Peter Wilshaw* c Gatting b Cantrell 8 8 6 4 Tim Maxfield c Oxley b Mansfield 30 44 49 27 Robert Hemmings c Cantrell b Shepperson 51 34 34 18 Alex Coates c Oxley b Mansfield 23 6 8 1 Toby Bulcock Not out 17 19 25 8 Paul Byrne Not out 4 8 10 4 James Cox Did not bat Extras b 4, lb 5, w 5, nb 6, pen 5 25 TOTAL 8 wickets dec, 63 overs 316 380 216 238
0
Batsman Robert Hemmings Alex Coates Alex Mellor Paul Byrne James Cox
w 0s 0 110 0 120 4 87 0 18 0 67
R B M 0s 26 48 60 38 16 43 55 36 55 106 152 76 17 24 28 19 0 1 2 1 73 95 106 63 9 8 7 5 9 16 24 10 6 14 12 9 0 4 9 4 0 0 0 0 10 221 359 229 261
FOW 6-202 7-202 8-215 9-221
33
6s S/R 0 51.0 0 31.1 0 46.7 0 33.9 0 25.0 0 100.0 0 60.3 0 40.0 0 16.7 0 83.3 0 0.0
4s 12 6 8 2 5
FOW 1-55 2-86 3-131 4-139 5-210
6s E/R 0 3.2 0 2.6 0 3.3 0 3.0 0 2.5
Over 15.5 23.1 33.1 35.1 51.1
Bowler Tom Rash Matt Wareing Josh Cantrell Darren Ironside Jack Beaumont Ben Shepperson Adam Mansfield
Batsman Alex Mellor Jack Redman Zen Malik Peter Wilshaw Tim Maxfield
Suffolk C.C.C. NCCA Championship XI
1st Innings
How Out c Hemmings b Cox b Bulcock c Bulcock b Byrne c Hill b Cox lbw b Cox st Mellor b Malik lbw b Malik Not out b Malik lbw b Malik Did not bat b 5, lb 4, w 1 9 wickets dec, 59.5 overs
4s 17 2 6 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 0
Over 53.6 54.1 57.4 59.5 nb 0 0 0 0 0 0
4s 5 3 7 4 0 11 2 1 0 0 0 33
6s S/R 0 54.2 0 37.2 0 51.9 0 70.8 0 0.0 0 76.8 0 112.5 0 56.3 0 42.9 0 0.0 0 0.0
Batsman Jack Beaumont* Darren Ironside Alex Oxley Joe Gatting Ben Parker Ben Shepperson Josh Cantrell Tom Rash Adam Mansfield† Matt Wareing Ben Claydon Extras TOTAL
0
FOW 1-0 2-146 3-175 4-207 5-250
Batsman Josh Cantrell Alex Oxley Adam Mansfield Matt Wareing
w 0 1 0 0 0 0
0s 61 30 72 37 39 22
4s 7 4 6 6 6 4
2nd Innings
Over 1.1 44.3 52.5 60.3 67.3
Bowler Robert Hemmings Alex Coates James Cox Tim Maxfield Paul Byrne Jack Redman Tobias Bulcock Zen Malik
6s E/R 0 3.2 0 3.2 0 2.7 0 3.6 0 4.5 0 4.8
21
O 7 7 18 9 9 7 6
FOW 6-239 7-276 8-301
M 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
R 21 43 74 39 22 31 72
Over 54.2 55.6 60.2
W 0 0 3 0 0 2 2
2nd Innings
How Out b Bulcock lbw b Coates lbw b Bulcock Run out (Hill) lbw b Bulcock st Mellor b Malik c Mellor b Bulcock b Malik Not out Run out (Malik) Not out b 4, lb 13, w 1, nb 2 9 wickets, 90.5 overs Batsman Darren Ironside Jack Beaumont Joe Gatting Ben Parker Ben Shepperson O 6 7 20 3 18.5 1 29 6
M 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
nb 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
R 16 33 92 13 79 2 88 30
W 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2
Over 68.5 69.3 72.3 74.5 nb 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
6s S/R 0 49.0 0 42.2 2 75.0 3 70.5 0 100.0 1 68.2 4 150.0 3 383.3 0 89.5 0 50.0
25
13
Batsman Michael Hill Alex Coates Robert Hemmings
w 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
0s 31 26 70 32 42 25 12
R B M 0s 74 122 198 85 0 1 5 1 121 211 307 141 9 25 31 16 16 26 29 17 25 26 28 15 2 7 6 5 1 4 3 3 47 65 82 38 4 7 9 6 51 52 59 27 20 370 546 381 354
FOW 6-255 7-256 8-270 9-281
4s 2 4 4 4 1 2 5 1 2 0
4s 2 5 4 5 1 2 6
4s 11 0 11 0 1 2 0 0 5 1 6 37
6s E/R 0 3.0 1 6.1 4 4.1 0 4.3 1 2.4 1 4.4 6 12.0
6s 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Batsman Josh Cantrell Tom Rash Alex Oxley Matt Wareing
w 0s 0 29 0 27 1 78 0 10 0 66 0 4 0 120 0 20
4s 3 5 11 1 8 0 5 4
1
S/R 60.7 0.0 57.3 36.0 61.5 96.2 28.6 25.0 72.3 57.1 98.1
6s E/R 0 2.7 0 4.7 0 4.6 0 4.3 0 4.2 0 2.0 1 3.0 0 5.0
Dramatic win clinches the title
Alex Oxley scores runs on the offside during his innings of 121 against Staffordshire.
Joe Gatting, who claimed five wickets in Staffordshire’s first innings.
SUFFOLK clinched the Eastern Division One title thanks to an extraordinary victory over Staffordshire. After Norfolk completed a four-wicket win at Cambridgeshire, the pennant appeared to be heading north of the Waveney when last-man Ben Claydon walked to the wicket with Suffolk still needing 89 to win in pursuit of 370. Despite suffering a back spasm while bowling on day two and having been told by a physio to rest for two weeks, Claydon was determined to determined to have one last throw of the dice. Claydon and wicket-keeper Adam Mansfield proceeded to chip away at the target, which the pair reduced to 49 off the last eight overs, 20 off four and 11 off two. Mansfield, who ended on 47 off 65 deliveries, struck two fours and two singes either side of Claydon (51 off 52 balls) taking a single to complete a remarkable victory with seven balls to spare amid joyous scenes. Staffordshire, after winning the toss, were bowled out for 274, with opener Alex Mellor making a classy 130 and Joe Gatting taking 5-38. Suffolk replied with 221-9 declared, Ben Shepperson (73 off 95 balls with 11 fours) and Alex Oxley (55) putting on 116 for the fifth wicket. Staffordshire started the last day 240 runs ahead on 187-4, with the two captains agreeing a target for Suffolk to chase in the fourth innings. Jack Beaumont (74) and Oxley (121) shared a second-wicket stand of 146 before the match – and the Championship title – appeared to slip from Suffolk’s grasp. 22
NCCA Championship Leading Averages 2021
BATTING: Qualification 6 completed innings Player County Inns NO Runs HS Graham Wagg Shrops 8 0 453 126 Zen Malik Staffs 7 0 383 102 Euan Woods Berks 7 1 321 122* N A Hammond Hereford 7 1 309 114 Cameron Herring Wales 6 0 309 110 Matt Thompson Devon 8 2 305 90* Oskar Kolk Wales 6 0 289 134 Alex Mellor Staffs 7 0 315 140 Alexander Woodland Bucks 8 2 268 109 James Kettleborough Beds 7 1 265 106 Calum Haggett Devon 7 0 298 109 Joseph Kendall Lincs 8 1 292 61 Matthew Robins Cornwall 6 0 249 73 Ross Richardson Bucks 6 2 158 77* Peter Wilshaw Staffs 7 2 197 102* George Thurstance Beds 7 0 273 86 B J Chapman-Lilley Hereford 8 1 270 125 Robert Sehmi Cheshire 6 1 191 80* Tom Cosford Oxfords 8 0 300 96 Andy Rishton Berks 7 1 223 75 Oli Soames Dorset 6 0 223 91 Michael Hill Staffs 7 0 254 88 Alex Oxley Suffolk 7 0 250 121 K O Mackenzie Cambs 8 2 213 81* Gareth Andrew Oxford 8 2 211 73 Oliver Westbury Cornwall 8 1 246 124 Alexei Kervezee Bucks 6 0 210 70 Robert Hemmings Staffs 7 1 207 51 Alex Eckland Dorset 8 2 206 87 D Chatfield Herts 6 2 137 64* George Tait Oxfords 10 2 269 71 Name M Jack Beaumont 5 Josh Cantrell 5 Ben Claydon 3 Joe Gatting 3 Darren Ironside 5 Feroze Khushi 1 Adam Mansfield 4 Jacob Marston 1 Andrew Northcote 1 Alex Oxley 4 Ben Parker 4 Tom Rash 4 Josh Rymell 1 Ben Shepperson 5 Matt Wareing 5 Kyran Young 3 Sub -
Name M Darren Batch 5 Jack Beaumont 5 Josh Cantrell 4 Ben Claydon 5 Max Dias 1 Joe Gatting 4 Darren Ironside 4 Adam Mansfield 4 Jacob Marston 1 Andrew Northcote 2 Alex Oxley 2 Ben Parker 4 Tom Rash 5 Josh Rymell 2 Ben Shepperson 5 Matt Wareing 2
Josh Cantrell M G Pardoe Scott Harvey Michael P Slack Harrison Smith Luke Webb Xavier Clarke Stephen Croft Marcus Campopiano Matt Taylor Sam M Dutton Tomos Jones Zain Ul Hassan BEI Morgan Ben Parker Simon Woodruff John Oswell Sam Ellis Ben Shepperson Camerson Parsons Joe Gatting JW Rudge Matthew Sempill Josh Lincoln Dan Lincoln Simon Gregory Archie Carter Tom Rash James Horler Ed Young Matthew Oswell Tom New Tommy Sturgess
Avg 56.63 54.71 53.50 51.50 51.50 50.83 48.17 45.00 44.67 44.17 42.57 41.71 41.50 39.50 39.40 39.00 38.57 38.20 37.50 37.17 37.17 36.29 35.71 35.50 35.17 35.14 35.00 34.50 34.33 34.25 33.63
Suffolk 8 Hereford 8 Cornwall 8 Cumbria 6 Oxford 6 Dorset 8 Shrops 8 Bucks 6 Oxfords 10 Beds 7 Cumbria 6 Wales 6 Hereford 7 Hereford 6 Suffolk 6 Dorset 6 Northum 7 Shrops 7 Suffolk 8 Bucks 6 Suffolk 6 Hereford 6 Cumbria 6 Berks 7 Berks 6 Shrops 8 Berks 7 Suffolk 6 Devon 8 Wiltshire 7 Northum 7 Norfolk 7 Cornwall 6
Suffolk C.C.C. NCCA Championship Averages 2021 In NO 8 0 8 1 4 1 4 0 8 0 1 0 5 1 2 0 1 0 7 0 6 0 6 2 2 0 8 0 6 3 4 0 - -
Runs HS 157 74 230 71 106 51 116 84 146 54 65 65 108 47 63 61 21 21 250 121 160 58 89 30 144 139 205 73 24 16 132 84 -
Ave 19.62 32.68 35.33 29.00 18.25 65.00 27.00 31.50 21.00 35.71 26.66 22.25 72.00 25.62 8.00 33.00 -
100 1 1 -
50 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 -
0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 -
In NO 5 4 5 0 4 0 5 1 1 1 4 1 4 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 5 2 2 0 5 0 2 1
Runs 152 83 91 62 1 170 81 52 1 56 53 30 44 28 159 2
HS Ave 64 152.00 26 16.60 63 22.75 23 15.50 1 81 56.67 50 27.00 52 13.00 1 1.00 46 28.00 46 26.50 9 7.50 21 14.67 24 14.00 52 31.80 2 2.00
100 -
50 2 1 2 1 1 1 -
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ov 71.2 97.3 56.2 77 9 6 130 7 89.3 38.1 -
M Runs Wkts 14 205 11 17 277 9 15 146 2 17 230 14 0 39 0 0 72 2 31 347 15 0 31 2 17 274 13 13 101 3 -
1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
230 228 193 125 186 213 212 151 294 175 171 28 194 109 160 133 184 125 205 128 151 75 149 167 138 181 158 89 174 148 147 121 121
71 85 56* 88* 42 82 78 57 90 64* 56 9 69 46 58 59 69 88* 73 43 84 42* 49 96 59 53 64 30 60 53 57 35* 27
32.86 32.57 32.17 31.25 31.00 30.43 30.29 30.20 29.40 29.17 28.50 35.44 27.71 27.25 26.67 26.60 26.29 31.25 25.63 25.60 25.17 25.00 24.83 23.86 23.00 22.63 22.57 22.25 21.75 21.14 21.00 20.17 20.17
Ave 18.64 16.22 73.00 16.43 36.00 23.13 15.50 21.08 33.67 -
BB 10m 5i C/St 5-59 - 1 4 4-21 - - 4 4-12 - - 1 5-38 - 1 2 - - 2 - 2-72 - - 7 - - - 1 - - 5 - - 2 5-29 - 1 1 - - 2 - 5-25 - 2 2 2-18 - - 1 - - 4
Ov M Runs Wkts Ave 36 4 192 6 32.00 35.2 0 158 12 13.17 33 0 155 2 77.50 17 0 118 1 118.00 1 0 36 1 36.00 33 0 169 3 56.33 5 0 29 1 29.00 45 6 228 9 25.33 6 0 40 0 -
BB 10m 5i C/St 2-38 - - 1 4-37 - - 1 1-33 - - 2 1-52 - - 2 1-36 - 2-52 - - 1 1-9 - - 1 - - 1/4 - - - - 1 - - 2 3-42 - - 1 - - - 2 - - 1
Suffolk C.C.C. NCCA Trophy Averages 2021
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BOWLING: Qualification: 10 wkts: PPlayer County Ov M B Fletcher Dorset 72.3 16 C Parsons Bucks 126.0 43 T Brett Beds 158.2 47 MG Pardoe Heref'd 87.5 31 B I Morgan Heref'd 93.0 36 E Woods Berks 122.5 36 K Szymanksi Devon 56.3 14 G Wagg Shrops 114.3 26 Z Akhter Herts 62.5 18 G Andrew Oxford 188.0 57 L Beaven Berks 72.0 24 JW Rudge Heref'd 103.4 34 A Hanby Norfolk 102.0 26 J Gatting Suffolk 77.0 17 S Pearce Wales 76.2 12 K Bull Wales 119.4 20 C Haggett Devon 93.0 32 J Beaumont Suffolk 71.2 17 M Wareing Suffolk 89.3 17 C Peploe Berks 132.3 47 M Siddall Cumbria 123.3 31 J Cox Staffs 59.3 13 R Findlay Norfolk 106.5 18 B Gibbon Cheshire 73.0 21 Ce Rogers Norfolk 60.5 6 C Johnson Cornwall 77.4 12 B Stolworthy Norfolk 119.2 29 M Scott Northum 51.3 11 R Shurmer Oxford 89.0 22 M Sempill Cumbria 66.3 10 D Wainwright Cheshire 146.5 40 KO Mackenzie Cambs 68.0 13 O McGee Northum 81.3 16 T Rash Suffolk 130.0 31 A Woodland Bucks 84.0 18 R Pack Dorset 134.0 26 M Mannering Oxford 151.4 47 M Coles Beds 148.0 37 E Whiteford Cornwall 138.2 15 HE Craig Cambs 158.0 21 T Hampton Bucks 100.4 14 M Footitt Lincs 127.0 30 D Freeman Lincs 70.0 5 E Middleton Devon 96.0 23 J Digby Dorset 85.2 16
R 172 288 352 154 196 299 173 300 192 361 179 254 293 230 214 304 203 188 274 242 313 204 266 190 193 216 300 200 210 210 360 235 282 347 236 337 317 465 447 509 351 411 274 293 295
W Av 16 10.75 25 11.52 30 11.73 13 11.85 16 12.25 24 12.46 13 13.31 22 13.64 14 13.71 25 14.44 12 14.92 17 14.94 18 16.28 14 16.43 13 16.46 18 16.89 12 16.92 11 17.09 16 17.13 14 17.29 17 18.41 11 18.55 14 19.00 10 19.00 10 19.30 11 19.64 15 20.00 10 20.00 10 21.00 10 21.00 17 21.18 11 21.36 13 21.69 15 23.13 10 23.60 14 24.07 13 24.38 19 24.47 18 24.83 19 26.79 13 27.00 15 27.40 10 27.40 10 29.30 10 29.50
NCCA Championship 2021 Final Tables
EASTERN DIVISION 1 Suffolk Norfolk Staffordshire Lincolnshire t Cambridgeshire
P W L 4 3 0 4 3 0 4 1 2 4 0 2 4 0 3
D A/T 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0
Pts 75 73 48 27 21
Oxfordshire Berkshire Cheshire Dorset t Wiltshire
P W L 4 3 1 4 2 1 4 1 1 4 1 2 4 0 2
D A/T 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0
Pts 73 59 47 39 24
WESTERN DIVISION
SUFFOLK 2nd XI
Ironside leads from the front as 2nd XI skipper Adam Mansfield, who managed the side along with Jack Beaumont, reviews the 2nd XI season WITH the 2020 season being affected by the pandemic, it was finally great to get the newly-formed 2nd XI out representing the county in the East of England Development Competition. Although the squad was young in age, there were a number of players with years of 1st XI experience. Captaining the team last year was Darren Ironside and he led from the front with 306 runs at an average of 76.50. Due to weather, the first fixture against Hertfordshire was called off, so our summer began against Cambridgeshire at the wonderful ground of Battisford CC. Having won the toss, we decided to bat first. Ben Parker (95) batted beautifully to help guide us to a competitive score of 249. The Cambridgeshire reply started strongly but thanks to the bowling of George Heldreich (3-34) and Darren Ironside (4-41) they were restricted to 206 and Suffolk won by 43 runs. A strong all-round performance for a side that were playing their first fixture in just under two years. Our next match was at Woolpit CC against Huntingdonshire. Again, winning the toss, Suffolk elected to bat first. The opening pair of Ironside (132 not out) and Alex Oxley (103) put on a huge partnership of 221 and Suffolk finished on 293 from their 50 overs. Although 293 seemed a huge ask, the fantastic Woolpit pitch meant the bowlers had to do their part. Tristan Blackledge (2-15) and Alex Cruickshank (2-16) did most of the damage and Huntingdonshire finished 108 runs short. With only one day’s rest between fixtures, the 2nd XI travelled to Norfolk. Ironside once again won the toss and decided to bat, a decision he may have been regretting when Suffolk were quickly reduced to 52-4. However, a fine captain’s innings saw Ironside score 127 and Suffolk finish on 235. This was always going to be a tricky chase on a tired Manor Park wicket and Suffolk bowled with great skill and patience to bowl Norfolk out for 69. Luke Froggatt (3-12) and Ben Whittaker (2-10 off 9 overs) were the pick of the bowlers. In our fourth fixture of the summer, we travelled to Potton Town CC to play Bedfordshire. On a cold, overcast day Bedfordshire decided to bat first and scrapped to a score of 191. Max Dias (4-38) cleaned up the tail and that left Suffolk with a chase that was comfortably achievable if they performed the way they can. After a top-order collapse, Ryan Vickery (77) was ably supported by Jacob Marston (57) and Suffolk got home with five overs to spare. To cap off the season, we travelled to a windy Stowmarket CC to play against a strong Essex side. After a poor fielding performance where a number of catches were put down, Essex racked up a huge total of 286 off 40 overs. Always up against it, Suffolk finished 88 runs short, but credit must go to the young players in Dan Loveless (55)
Darren Ironside directs operations in the field against Essex at Stowmarket C.C.
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and Alex Quin (33) who performed well against a highquality bowling attack. Suffolk finished second in the East of England Competition and it should be a season the players look back on with pride. Special thanks must go to the grounds that were able to host us but also to the players for their commitment throughout the summer. Hopefully, plenty was learnt and that a number of them go on to represent the 1st XI in the near future.
Ben Whittaker bowling against Essex at Stowmarket C.C.
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SUFFOLK WOMEN
Imogen stars with the bat to top national charts By Andrew Blanchard
Imogen Sidhu batting during her innings of 60 not out against Cambridgeshire at Woolpit CC. AFTER a 2020 season that saw only friendly fixtures, 2021 provided some welcome competitive cricket for Suffolk Women. Entering just the ECB Women’s County T20 competition meant the playing window was front loaded to the beginning of the season, with a run of double-header fixtures in the East group. Following on from the short playing season of 2020, players who had come through the Suffolk Young Cricketers programme in recent years, as well as those still within it, made up the bulk of the match-day squads. First up was a trip to Ramsey CC to play Huntingdonshire. The weather conditions were less than tropical as we lost the toss and were put into bat. We made a strong start, with captain Natalie Samuels opening with aggressive intent and looking to maximise the powerplay overs. It was the arrival of Imogen Sidhu that truly took the innings on, scoring a run-a-ball 50 not out including eight boundaries to take our score to 121-8 from our 20 overs and provide a preview of what was to come for the Suffolk U18 player. In response, despite some late innings hitting,
Huntingdonshire made 101-5, with Lottie Kent the standout with the ball, taking 2-9 from four overs. Whilst a pleasing win, much of the discussion between games was about continuing to be positive and learn from the previous game. The second match saw an even better performance with Natalie Samuels and Livi Hyndman (U15) getting us off to a blistering start with a 50 partnership inside five overs. This set the platform for Imogen Sidhu, who again batted with controlled aggression on the way to 63 not out to set a total 138-5. With the ball we restricted Hunts to 89-4, with Sophie Hughes taking 2-23 from four overs. The following week we hosted Cambridgeshire at Woolpit CC looking to build on the performances from the previous games. Game one saw us win the toss and again bat first. It was a similar pattern, with Natalie Samuels again getting us off to a good start opening the innings. It was then Imogen Sidhu starring again, hitting 60 not out from 49 balls. Megan Garrod, batting at No.4, gave the innings a further boost with a busy 36 not out from 31 balls taking the total to 137-2. 26
Bowling tightly during the powerplay overs proved to be the difference, with Cambridgeshire falling behind the required rate and ultimately falling 31 runs short with a wicket each for Isobel, Poppy, and Imogen Sidhu. Game two was a much closer contest, with Cambridgeshire this time winning the toss and batting first. A 94-run opening partnership set Cambs on their way to a testing 149-5 (Imogen Sidhu 3-32). With the confidence gained from the previous games it was Natalie Samuels (44) and Imogen Sidhu (56) who scored at a healthy rate to see Suffolk home winning by three wickets with just seven balls to spare. Our third double-header was against Hertfordshire at Woolpit CC knowing that a victory in one of the two games would see us in pole position to top the group. It unfortunately was not to be, with Herts having the upper hand in both games. Game one saw us well beaten, with only Imogen Sidhu’s 37 making any inroads into Herts 128-5 as we fell 43 runs short. Game two was a closer affair, with Suffolk falling 18 runs short of Herts’ 125-6, with Lottie Kent (2-14) and Isobel Sidhu (2-21) the highlights with the ball. Despite the two defeats, Suffolk still had hopes of leading the group but a rained off day at Norfolk put any aspirations to bed. Even though we finished with a disappointing end there were lots of positives to draw upon from the season. Firstly, the integration of so many players from the SYC programme is a great indicator of the future. In total 13 of the 16 players who represented Suffolk Women in 2021 have come through the Suffolk Young Cricketers pathway in the past two years. Seven of these players are still currently within the U15 or U18 squads. A notable mention should go to Imogen Sidhu, who performed incredibly with the bat in every game we played. A run tally of 293 runs at an average of 73 with four fifties is a brilliant return. This saw Imogen top the national batting statistics.
Top: Suffolk skipper Natalie Samuels batting against Cambridgeshire at Woolpit CC Right: Suffolk’s Megan Garrod during her undefeated 36 versus Cambridgeshire at Woolpit CC
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Qualification: 100 runs/10 wickets/played in 2019
M Debut 28 c2008 MHS Adnan 15 1953 HW Aldous 1909 CL Alexander 5 4 1909 CW Alexander 2001 CWJ Athey 6 17 c1934 CC Bailey c1980 MD Bailey 68 8 1998 A Baker 1948 ER Baker 27 69 c1972 PD Barker 1908 H Bassett 16 2010 DP Batch 3 23 2013 JA Beaumont 92 c1939 BH Belle 10 1909 SG Bennett c1977 DG Bevan 9 7 1910 FN Bird 26 1938 DTM Birks c2005 JE Bishop 49 10 2018 OS Bocking 1996 A Bond 11 38 c1981 RJ Bond 1947 PES Bowerbank 3 5 1906 GGS Brander 1951 EJ Branton 10 9 1986 KG Brooks c1985 AD Brown 92 2001 AM Brown 9 c1934 AA Burgess 3 6 1913 HA Busher 1991 RO Butcher 7 1993 KA Butler 8 c1982 PJ Caley 220 12 2016 JJ Cantrell 15 1994 DM Carter 7 1904 C Catchpole 11 c1935 H Catchpole 8 c1934 N Catchpole 1904 W Catchpole 11 1999 MD Catley 12 c1992 RJ Catley 63 c1999 TM Catley 41 2016 JLO Cawkwell 9 1947 E Cawston 25 c1936 RF Clark 22 c1974 SM Clements 184 1936 AC Clift 6 1994 J Clinch 15 1904 PW Cobbold 20 c1955 RA Collinge 12 c2010 MA Comber 33 c1946 MD Corke 106 1906 PP Cornell 22 1934 VJ Covill 6 c1936 M Crannis 36 1957 JG Crisp 3 c2006 M G Cull 64 c1965 CJ Cunnell 59 c1960 RE Cunnell 167 c1957 AG Cutter 16 c1939 JV Daley 8 c1934 B Darvill 11 1938 HT Davy 7 1905 RH Dewing 8 1938 TH Digings 9 1979 RP Done 12 2017 HA Douglas 5 c1950 PR Downing 46 c1946 W Duckham 45 2000 JP East 6 c1991 RE East 17 c1981 JW Edrich 47 2007 PD Edwards 12 c1960 RJ English 82 1913 WG English 7 1983 SAR Ferguson 7 2010 JM Finch 15 c1964 RL Flack 51 2018 JM Foley 3 1946 DF Fordham 13 1910 J Forrest 7 c1939 JE Forrest 8 1904 HF Fox 14 c2003 BJ France 45 c1939 BW Francis 17 1904 J Francis 6 1904 PT Francis 5 1906 VF Gaby 10 1935 AN Gardiner 5 1960 LG Garrett 7 c1952 CBT Gibbons 70
I 48 18 9 8 11 27 57 2 41 116 28 6 36 148 17 15 14 38 72 10 9 62 4 10 11 15 85 16 6 12 14 15 342 19 8 11 17 13 20 22 110 67 15 41 31 338 9 28 31 17 54 176 41 9 47 2 120 105 262 22 8 18 10 14 15 19 3 66 72 9 20 88 14 137 14 12 19 89 4 17 14 13 23 81 22 11 8 17 10 12 119
Facts and figures
NO Runs HS Av 8 2382 236 * 59.55 5 102 22 * 7.84 1 130 58 16.25 2 212 52 35.33 1 205 87 20.50 4 347 45 * 15.08 18 373 24 9.56 0 18 10 9.00 6 715 66 20.42 11 2355 108 * 22.42 3 453 54 18.12 2 121 72 30.25 5 719 57 23.19 21 4459 175 * 35.11 1 343 84 21.43 1 607 95 43.35 2 343 110 * 28.58 4 445 77 13.08 12 1473 88 24.55 6 53 17 * 13.25 8 22 10 * 22.00 13 1032 62 21.06 0 112 70 28.00 2 143 35 * 17.87 3 42 14 5.25 1 220 76 15.71 39 764 61 16.60 1 458 90 30.53 0 164 100 27.33 2 143 57 * 14.30 0 391 74 27.92 1 346 70 24.71 74 9296 150 * 34.68 8 437 68 * 39.72 4 18 9 4.50 1 196 66 19.60 2 353 107 23.53 1 147 49 12.25 0 284 42 14.20 0 620 110 28.18 10 2840 130 * 28.40 4 1626 126 25.80 0 555 143 37.00 1 581 53 14.52 8 446 70 19.39 37 9219 154 30.62 3 51 38 8.50 5 608 84 26.43 0 394 53 12.70 5 244 40 20.33 2 1410 194 27.11 18 3405 163 21.55 10 248 35 * 8.00 0 113 34 12.55 14 203 19 6.15 1 0 0* 10 3857 208 * 35.06 15 1868 97 * 20.75 56 5376 117 * 26.09 5 198 46 * 11.64 2 166 49 27.66 1 362 54 21.29 2 184 87 23.00 1 255 88 * 19.61 4 316 104 28.72 5 221 34 * 15.78 2 37 16 * 37.00 12 861 74 15.94 9 1380 96 21.90 4 67 35 13.40 5 229 48 15.26 7 1990 107 * 24.56 4 195 37 * 19.50 12 2633 119 21.06 0 196 43 14.00 2 203 54 * 20.30 4 381 79 25.40 7 1886 78 23.00 1 109 48 36.33 1 206 34 12.87 2 115 27 9.58 2 341 164 31.00 2 429 60 20.42 12 2700 179 * 39.13 2 162 24 8.10 2 123 27 * 13.66 1 135 54 19.28 0 152 36 8.94 0 152 48 15.20 1 108 21 9.81 19 3227 156 32.27
c = cap awarded since 1934. Runs 312 31 20 167 200 3079 407 1352 657 99 1108 362 14 244 4091 942 831 21 48 12 510 314 7 136 65 48 5960 754 874 463 823 47 634 28 1037 1581 457 61 1886 933 1468 184 264 1799 157 100 2 5598 1016 952 15 111 848 421 772 2481 437 516 227 768 3081 389 42 1349 1224 179 9 30 79 1817 45 20 375 63 424
Wkts 9 0 0 4 1 108 14 50 27 4 36 9 1 5 140 38 15 1 2 0 14 11 0 1 3 0 163 29 38 13 35 1 22 0 36 57 11 0 152 55 63 1 10 70 10 1 1 243 41 46 1 2 29 20 32 126 11 13 4 34 134 15 1 47 42 4 0 0 1 59 1 0 7 1 7
Av 34.66 41.75 200.00 28.50 29.07 27.04 24.33 24.75 30.77 40.22 14.00 48.80 29.22 24.78 55.40 21.00 24.00 36.42 28.54 136.00 21.66 36.56 26.00 23.00 35.61 23.51 47.00 28.81 28.80 27.73 41.54 12.40 16.96 23.30 184.00 26.40 25.70 15.70 100.00 2.00 23.03 24.78 20.69 15.00 55.50 29.24 21.05 24.12 19.69 39.72 39.69 56.75 22.58 22.99 25.93 42.00 28.70 29.14 44.75 79.00 30.79 45.00 53.57 63.00 60.57
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M Debut c1954 KC Girkin 43 13 c1988 C Gladwin 1910 E Godley 7 54 c1990 AK Golding 1904 JN Goldsmith 22 1905 R Gorell-Barnes 9 c1934 HB Goundry 24 20 1980 CC Graham 62 c1989 ID Graham 1978 MA Grant 6 9 1946 JLF Gray 12 1963 JE Green 66 c1982 RC Green 33 1991 RR Gregg 18 c2012 SM Guy 4 1962 D Hall 1968 JE Hall 27 73 c1986 SJ Halliday 1974 BJ Hamer 13 7 1953 IF Hammond c1947 HS Hargreaves 37 c1962 JM Hargreaves 91 c1960 JH Harris 31 66 c1981 PJ Hayes 4 1988 RJ Heap 2004 TDC Hembry 8 1904 FAH Henley 4 8 1938 RA Henley c1946 DF Henley-Welch 45 1984 R Herbert 23 1908 SH Hill-Wood 11 32 c1976 RNS Hobbs c1935 GW Hockey 24 7 1993 MJ Holland 7 1907 F Hollings 25 c1934 RV Howard c1967 RF Howlett 146 1957 PB Hudson 22 c2006 TB Huggins 63 2011 M.D. Hunn 13 1906 JF Ireland 15 2017 DA Ironside 12 1970 JPS Jamieson 6 c1971 PH Jones 97 c1934 AS Kent 19 1987 A King 8 1936 PAKing 9 c1997 PD King 53 c1998 GM Kirk 23 2009 FA Klokker 6 1972 DH Knights 24 2019 FIN Khushi 1 1904 HW Lake 8 1913 RD Lake 4 1958 FG Lambert 6 1907 AH Lang 11 1958 JDF Larter 4 1913 HM Lawrence 5 c1966 CR Layne 45 c2004 NT Lee 28 c1936 RC Leech 8 1992 S Leggett 7 1906 VJ Lewis 16 1963 DJ Ling 27 c1934 FH Lloyd 9 c1934 CC Lockett 7 1974 SRL Long 39 1938 EW Lovegrove 8 1952 CWS Lubbock 9 1963 RS Maddocks 13 2004 DE Malcolm 9 c2011 AP Mansfield 34 1980 MG Maranta 16 2019 J. Marston 1 c2002 AD Mawson 25 1969 B Mayes 22 c1957 R Mayes 53 c1985 MSA McEvoy 54 2004 AC McGarry 21 c1938 CP Mead 11 c2017 JC Mickleburgh 15 c1992 CA Miller 34 c1979 Mohamed Timur 20 1984 G Morgan 28 1912 O Mortimer 16 2002 IS Morton 14 1966 JR Moyes 17 1909 JTC Murray 5 1949 PJ Murton 7 1904 D Mustard 21 1904 FH Mustard 28 2010 MJ Nunn 4 1983 KP Offord 15
I 78 26 13 63 34 16 37 21 88 10 12 19 60 55 32 3 50 133 12 12 43 111 44 91 8 10 6 8 79 37 19 36 40 8 11 38 243 32 119 12 24 21 10 166 28 13 17 58 19 10 45 2 13 8 11 18 1 10 51 48 13 6 28 45 12 10 64 10 12 18 5 49 28 1 43 35 97 100 17 14 26 47 39 47 30 18 24 10 11 36 45 7 26
NO Runs HS Av 2 1809 93 23.80 5 1039 171 * 49.47 1 203 45 16.91 19 680 79 15.45 11 131 14 * 5.69 0 285 136 17.81 5 479 50 14.96 12 66 11 * 7.33 21 1772 91 * 26.44 2 111 39 * 13.87 1 196 67 17.81 4 258 74 17.20 27 281 19 * 8.51 7 787 90 16.39 3 1369 216 47.20 3 6 5* 1 811 53 16.55 16 2939 113 25.11 6 55 26 * 9.16 1 150 51 13.63 10 313 56 9.48 35 902 55 11.86 9 627 76 * 17.91 31 1291 101 * 21.51 0 106 64 13.25 0 210 84 21.00 1 57 23 * 11.40 3 33 16 * 6.60 5 2338 169 * 31.59 5 576 53 * 18.00 3 368 58 23.00 9 347 29 * 12.85 5 1021 86 * 29.17 3 125 74 25.00 1 111 42 11.10 8 505 104 * 16.83 45 5587 101 * 28.21 5 309 36 * 11.44 10 4920 170 45.13 5 53 31 7.57 0 1100 229 45.83 4 417 125 * 24.52 1 106 31 11.77 24 3853 95 27.13 6 320 51 * 14.54 1 129 35 10.75 3 80 23 5.71 11 541 98 11.51 9 39 18 * 3.90 2 328 67 41.00 2 762 120 * 17.72 2 162 120 * 4 165 59 18.33 0 122 53 15.25 0 235 69 21.36 2 409 60 25.56 1 0 0* 3 106 62 * 15.14 20 200 23 * 6.45 7 1341 105 32.70 2 112 29 10.18 4 9 8 * 4.50 1 301 63 11.14 6 677 88 17.35 2 27 6 2.70 0 273 91 27.30 4 1197 98 19.95 1 167 43 18.55 0 127 49 10.58 4 107 15 7.64 2 12 12 4.00 8 904 70 22.04 4 620 67 25.83 11 11 11.00 5 1703 162 44.81 8 391 67 * 14.48 6 2786 106 30.61 11 3175 154 33.67 7 65 32 6.50 2 883 147 73.58 6 1728 218 * 86.40 13 659 84 19.38 2 1840 179 49.72 2 1275 107 28.33 0 429 66 14.30 3 556 91 * 37.06 2 240 47 10.90 2 160 59 20.00 3 141 60 * 17.62 3 528 69 16.00 5 1339 110 * 33.47 1 17 11 2.83 1 452 49 * 18.08
Runs 929 423 6272 896 294 1203 881 4460 419 4794 2335 4 309 36 63 868 78 3251 6296 1310 2919 52 277 472 2022 1649 2771 684 960 1109 1012 4091 953 590 674 28 5924 602 3233 1761 4 285 423 3007 5 734 513 685 530 48 18 502 771 903 920 3 239 44 1923 341 2142 143 119 682 12 68 116 1405 254 52
Wkts 30 9 255 33 16 50 26 135 26 222 54 0 18 2 0 29 1 175 267 45 106 1 15 12 81 70 144 19 23 35 33 185 46 39 15 1 267 24 106 100 0 14 16 119 0 24 10 20 13 0 0 17 28 34 38 0 3 0 87 10 65 2 3 21 0 2 5 56 10 0
Av 30.96 47.00 24.59 27.15 18.37 24.06 33.88 33.03 16.11 21.59 43.24 17.16 18.00 29.93 78.00 18.57 23.58 29.11 27.53 52.00 18.46 39.33 24.96 23.55 19.24 36.00 41.73 31.68 30.66 22.11 20.71 15.12 44.93 28.00 22.18 25.08 30.50 17.61 20.35 26.43 25.26 30.58 51.30 34.25 40.76 29.52 27.53 26.55 24.21 79.66 22.10 34.10 32.95 71.50 39.66 32.47 34.00 23.20 25.08 25.40 -
Debut 2017 AG Oxley 1936 FE Pagan 1914 RD Pafford 2010 AP Palladino 2015 BJ Parker 1995 TE Parker c1988 MJ Peck 1905 W Penfold c1939 GC Perkins 1904 CM Phillips 1965 EJ Phillips c1997 RW Pineo c1955 CHC Piper 1969 R Plumbly 2014 NJ Poole c1934 HL Porter 2012 JE Poulson c1938 AG Powell c1934 HFJ Powell c1956 ID Prior c1958 MW Prior 1904 E Pritchett 1986 R Pybus 1905 W Quaife 1948 N Quinton c1994 DW Randall c2011 TWW Rash 1984 PWE Rawson 1904 K Raynor 2015 BJ Reece 2008 S Rees 1979 PC Rice c1947 MR Ricketts c1968 RJ Robinson 1961 BA Rolph 2014 WT Root c1965 C Rutterford 2019 P Sadler 2016 MET Salisbury c1936 JM Sangster 2006 CP Schofield 1963 ME Scrutton c1997 CP Seal 1998 ACH Seymour 1949 W Sharples c1996 KG Shaw c2012 BD Shepperson 1960 CP Simpson 1954 AF Skinner 1936 AH Sleigh
M 9 7 4 3 10 10 51 66 181 19 6 29 107 8 12 58 20 24 11 81 16 15 18 38 9 50 47 6 27 14 16 27 53 109 12 1 137 1 4 62 5 11 41 19 4 38 25 15 4 5
I 15 13 8 4 18 13 94 114 210 30 7 35 172 13 23 99 28 31 17 153 23 27 20 65 6 91 81 9 48 25 15 53 86 184 19 1 132 7 101 8 22 58 28 5 48 43 22 6 10
NO Runs HS Av Runs 1 428 124 30.57 4 0 127 29 9.76 0 143 57 17.87 63 1 113 43 37.66 321 364 105 20.22 2 95 21 8.63 446 16 1712 80 21.94 45 11 1317 84 12.78 6325 77 2044 67 15.36 10399 4 484 59 18.61 18 2 28 10 * 5.60 436 7 495 70 17.67 1894 21 2641 120 17.49 5 113 42 * 14.12 1 455 80 20.68 161 9 2969 146 32.98 46 7 515 66 24.52 807 1 748 118 24.93 3 433 84 * 30.92 79 13 4841 136 34.57 7 5 154 18 * 8.55 1045 1 544 126 20.92 12 98 24 12.25 1448 3 1325 93 21.37 3 25 13 8.33 248 5 3935 148 45.75 30 13 1771 103 * 26.04 2719 3 245 81 40.83 444 7 1067 96 26.02 494 3 496 66 22.54 582 4 157 30 14.27 605 3 1001 78 20.02 4 4 1606 89 19.58 361 32 2811 78 18.49 5674 1 326 62 18.11 203 1 210 210 * 35 61 938 57 13.21 9261 32 2 100 58 * 20.00 425 6 2006 144 21.11 86 1 367 92 * 52.42 472 4 489 55 27.16 158 12 911 79 * 19.80 1773 2 813 99 31.26 594 0 16 9 3.20 239 10 533 40 14.02 1374 1 1263 129 30.07 184 2 264 47 13.20 157 1 112 41 22.40 0 121 32 12.10 6
Wkts 0 0 19 14 3 375 779 0 24 63 4 1 25 0 0 53 59 10 2 97 11 28 14 17 0 14 191 10 0 431 0 15 1 32 7 62 14 12 45 3 2 1
Av 16.89 31.85 15.00 16.86 13.34 18.16 30.06 40.25 46.00 32.28 19.71 24.54 24.80 15.00 28.03 40.36 17.64 41.57 35.58 25.78 29.70 20.30 21.48 28.33 86.00 14.75 22.57 28.59 42.42 19.91 30.53 61.33 78.50 6.00
Debut M I NO Runs HS Av 14 26 0 312 45 12.00 1937 GWO Smith 2007 MJW Smith 12 9 3 115 29 19.16 22 29 6 435 49 18.91 c2002 TM Smith c1985 AJ Squire 69 121 10 3031 139 27.30 9 14 0 48 16 3.42 1904 HF Steel c1949 JN Stevens 45 51 21 415 51 * 13.83 13 19 2 191 54* 11.23 1969 JA Steward 2013 R Stockdale 6 6 4 16 6 8.00 11 13 4 70 17 7.77 1968 J Stoggell c1969 JP Stuck 64 111 12 2252 113 22.74 15 29 1 612 60 21.85 1973 KG Suttle c1999 CA Swallow 60 78 18 1495 72 * 24.91 523 52 13.07 1910 FL Titchmarsh 24 43 3 1948 WR Towns 10 13 4 279 67 31.00 7 14 1 337 90 25.92 1973 JRA Townsend 1914 PS Trevor 2 4 0 101 37 25.25 64 98 34 414 20 6.46 1904 FG Trudgett 2009 PT Turnbull 5 6 1 193 89 38.60 20 30 5 650 74 26.00 c1951 EJ Unwin 1954 RC Upson 17 20 4 110 34 * 6.87 8 10 3 78 21 11.14 2016 JB Wakelin 1905 OH Walters 6 10 0 182 41 18.20 18 28 4 699 73 * 29.12 2010 SBJ Ward c2015 MB Wareing 10 16 6 54 22 * 5.40 80 119 18 2791 165 * 27.63 c2000 CJ Warn c1965 AG Warrington 147 280 13 7623 130 28.55 10 18 8 57 11 * 5.70 1908 F Waters 1965 AJ Watkins 7 11 1 253 53 25.30 11 20 2 419 128 23.27 1910 AK Watson 1964 KP Watson 9 16 1 236 64 15.73 44 68 6 1515 108 * 24.43 c1934 HP Waugh 1968 AL Webb 11 19 4 201 47 * 13.40 3 5 0 101 61 20.20 1934 HC Webb 2005 T Webley 6 11 3 284 109 35.50 1937 JH Weller-Poley 4 7 1 102 39 17.00 c1973 SA Westley 97 119 31 1575 124 17.89 4 8 0 184 77 23.00 1911 AD Whatman 684 69 14.86 c1957 WAD Whitfield 37 59 13 32.79 c1994 KM Wijesuriya 42 76 9 2197 112 c1955 BA Wilson 39 64 11 1046 107 * 19.73 1905 CS Wilson 17 27 1 411 93 15.80 1908 FTD Wilson 17 30 1 778 183 26.82 1905 HL Wilson 44 74 6 1568 131 23.05 1904 FP Wood 14 25 2 283 38 12.30 33 50 14 652 86 18.11 c1984 HJW Wright c1934 RC Wright 6 10 0 199 107 19.90 1904 HS Wrinch 8 14 1 251 70 19.30 1910 SH Wrinch 4 6 0 106 76 17.66 2017 KP Young 16 29 1 764 139 27.28 1988 JJ Zagni 13 21 7 215 66 * 15.35
Runs 1163 2260 88 495 2964 394 520 507 2 626 3671 272 23 4933 90 506 748 618 1003 7 109 520 351 2107 258 70 99 11 1958 1384 1057 87 887 527 142 2008 90 28 9 907 638
Wkts 35 87 2 21 118 9 16 23 0 26 116 7 0 276 1 20 21 16 36 0 2 18 19 84 8 0 1 0 80 30 42 1 43 16 3 66 1 1 0 27 13
Av 33.22 25.97 44.00 23.57 25.11 43.77 32.50 22.04 24.07 31.64 38.85 17.87 90.00 25.30 35.61 38.62 27.86 54.50 28.88 18.47 25.08 32.25 99.00 24.47 46.13 25.16 87.00 20.62 32.93 47.33 30.42 90.00 28.00 33.59 49.07
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MINOR COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 1904 - 2021
INDIVIDUAL BATTING Highest for Suffolk: 236* Hassan Adnan v Northumberland at Jesmond 2011 Against Suffolk: 208* A.J. Mellor for Staffordshire at Longton 2015 Most runs in a season: 1167 Timur Mohamed, 1979 Most runs in a career: 9269 P.J. Caley, 1982-2009 Most centuries scored: 15 T.B. Huggins 2006-2016 Most centuries in a season: 5 Timur Mohamed, 1979 Two centuries in a match: 103, 126 P.J. Caley v Cambs at Ransomes, 1997 102, 120* H. Adnan v Hertfordshire at Hertford, 2009 100, 101 H. Adnan v Cumberland at Mildenhall, 2011 168, 132 T.B. Huggins v Bedfordshire at Ipswich School 2015
Opponents Played Won Lost Tied Drawn Bedfordshire 76 27 19 1 29 Berkshire 8 4 2 2 Buckinghamshire 70 22 21 27 Cambridgeshire 86 23 27 36 Cheshire* 1 1 Cumberland 31 9 4 18 11 2 4 5 Durham Essex II 24 3 6 15 Hertfordshire 124 30 44 50 Lincolnshire 80 21 20 39 Middlesex II 15 1 5 9 Norfolk 122 36 25 61 Northumberland 30 11 10 9 Nottinghamshire II 4 4 1 Oxfordshire 5 3 1 Staffordshire 37 6 11 20 Surrey II 11 8 3 735 195 213 1 326 *excludes limited overs final of 1985 ** no Championships matches in 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic
RECORDS
INNINGS TOTALS Highest by Suffolk: Against Suffolk: Lowest by Suffolk: Against Suffolk:
INDIVIDUAL BOWLING Suffolk - best in an innings: 10-23 G.C. Perkins v Herts at Felixstowe, 1960 Best against Suffolk: 9-24 G.B. Raikes for Norfolk at Lakenham, 1910 Suffolk - best in a match: 14-94 C. Rutterford v Norfolk at Bury St Edmunds, 1974 14-150 A.K. Golding v Buckinghamshire at Beaconsfield, 1994 Against Suffolk: 14-70 M.V. Bennett for Lincolnshire at Lincoln, 1934 Most wickets in a season: 66 A.K. Golding, 1995 Most wickets in a career 779 G.C. Perkins, 1939-1967
PARTNERSHIP RECORDS FOR SUFFOLK Wkt Runs Batsmen Against 1st: 295 McEvoy MSA/Gladwin C Northumberland 2nd: 240 Huggins TB/Cull M G Norfolk 3rd: 262 Young KP/Cawkwell JLO Hertfordshire 4th: 257 Belle BH/Henley-Welch DF Cambridgeshire 5th: 293* Hassan Adnan/CJ Warn Northumberland 6th: 160 Bishop JE/Warn CJ Cumberland 7th: 207 Guy SM/Finch JM Lincolnshire 8th: 124 Swallow CA/King PD Norfolk 9th: 136* Rash TWW/Cantrell JJ Buckinghamshire 10th: 89* Mansfield AP/Claydon B Staffordshire
527-8 v Lincolnshire at Sleaford, 2013 516-6 by Surrey 2nd XI at The Oval, 1912 29 v Oxfordshire at Felixstowe, 1904 37 by Cambridgeshire at Bury St Edmunds, 1904
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At Year Jesmond 1990 Horsford 2008 North Mymms 2018 Fenners 1946 Jesmond 2011 Mildenhall 2005 Sleaford 2013 Mildenhall 2006 High Wycombe 2019 Copdock 2021
How the race for the
The Suffolk CCC players and management after their one-wicket win against Staffordshire secured the Eastern Division One title. THE race for the Eastern Division One title ebbed and flowed across the final three days of the season. Suffolk led the table going into the last round of matches with 54 points, Norfolk sat second on 50 and Staffordshire occupied third with 42. Victory for Suffolk over Staffordshire would almost certainly secure the Championship pennant. However, if Suffolk failed to win and Norfolk beat Cambridgeshire, the title would be heading to Norfolk. But if Staffordshire won and Cambridgeshire avoided defeat to Norfolk, then Staffordshire would be crowned champions! Norfolk’s chances were dealt a big blow before a ball was even bowled as six players, including skipper Ashley Watson and opening batsman Sam Arthurton, were ruled out due to Covid. However, that didn’t stop them taking a firm grip on the opening day of their match at Wisbech, where the home
team were dismissed for 177, with only Kieran Mackenzie’s undefeated 81 off 200 deliveries holding Norfolk up. Norfolk were 12-0 off three overs by the close. Staffordshire, meanwhile, ended day one at Copdock on 206-5 off 72 overs after a large chunk of the afternoon’s play was lost to rain. The visitors converted that into 274 all out thanks to Alex Mellor’s 130 on day two, with Suffolk replying with 221-9. The visitors then ended the day on 187-4, to give them a lead of 240 with six second-innings wickets still standing to take into the third and final day’s play. Norfolk’s 285 all out saw them establish a first-innings lead of 108, with Cambridgeshire wiping that out for the loss of four wickets as day two ended with them on 110-4. So heading into the final day of the season, Norfolk looked odds-on to win, ramping up the pressure on Suffolk to do likewise if they were to win the title. This is how the drama unfolded on the final day…
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title unfolded… Play begins at 10.30am 10.32am: 10.32 am Kieran Mackenzie is dismissed without addition to his overnight 33 as Cambridgeshire slip to 113 for 5, effectively 5 for 5. 10.45 am 10.45am: Staffordshire’s Robert Maxfield falls to the first ball bowled in his Suffolk career by Adam Mansfield. Joe Gatting keeps wicket to allow Mansfield to bowl at one end while Ben Shepperson operates from the other end. 11.29:am 11.29 Staffordshire declare on 316-8, after an hour of their batsmen filling their boots at the expense of Mansfield (6-0-72-2) and to a lesser extent Shepperson (7-0-31-2), leaving Suffolk to chase 370 to win. 11.46 11:46:am Darren Ironside is dismissed for a first-ball duck – and the odds stack up against Suffolk with the likelihood that Ben Claydon will only bat in an emergency. 12.02 pm 12:02pm: Cambridgeshire’s Alex Maynard is out for 36 to end a sixth-wicket stand of 68 with Josh Bowers. Cambridgeshire’s lead stands at 73. 12.58 pm 12:58pm: After defying Norfolk for 55 minutes and 67 deliveries, Callum McLean is caught off the bowling of Charlie Rogers and Cambridgeshire are nine down and only 98 ahead.
Adam Mansfield (left) is congratulated by captain Jack Beaumont after taking a wicket with his very first ball.
2.01 pm 2.01pm:
Norfolk’s Ryan Findlay is stumped to end a sixth-wicket stand of 43 with victory in sight.
5.15pm: 5.15 pm
Cambridgeshire are all out for 240 as Mark Smith is bowled by Andy Hanby and Norfolk need 133 to win.
5.18 pm 5:18pm: Brett Stolworthy scores the three runs Norfolk need to win by four wickets. Their 23-point haul sends them top of the table and means Suffolk must win to deny them the title. All eyes now turn to events at Copdock.
3.03 pm 3.03pm: Suffolk skipper Jack Beaumont is bowled by Toby Bulcock for 74 to end a second-wicket stand of 146 with Alex Oxley. 3.35 pm 3.35pm:
5.20 pm 5:20pm: Alex Oxley’s splendid 121 is ended as he is trapped leg before by Bulcock, and with exactly 100 required Suffolk’s title hopes appear to have ended also.
Michael Hill’s direct hit sees Joe Gatting run out after Oxley calls him for a sharp single. His departure is a big blow to Suffolk’s chances.
5.29 pm 5.29pm:
4.05 pm 4.05pm:
Matt Wareing is run out and, to the surprise of many inside the ground, Claydon walks to the wicket, with runner Ben Parker, to join Mansfield, who is 10 not out.
Tom New is lbw for 27 and Norfolk are 86-5 and in danger of throwing away all their hard work. 4.55 pm 4.55pm:
6.28 pm 6.28pm:
Shepperson is the fifth Suffolk wicket to fall on 250 and the odds on a home win are lengthening with 120 still required. 5:05pm: 5.05 pm Tom Rash is bowled by Zen Malik to leave Suffolk floundering on 256-7.
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Nearly an hour and 89 runs later Mansfield hits the winning single, although even then the celebrations are initially muted as the umpires check with the scorers that Suffolk have indeed reached their target, rather than the scores are level, before the players run onto the pitch to congratulate the last-wicket pair.
Suffolk fail to seize c
Top: The sun shone throughout the four days at the scenic Tring Park CC venue. Above: Bowler Tom Rash and Joe Gatting at slip appeal for lbw. Below: Josh Cantrell forces the ball away on the offside during his first innings knock of 49. Photographs: Chris Winder
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IT WAS a case of what might have been after Suffolk lost to Oxfordshire in the National Counties Cricket Association Play-off Final. Although the better side deservedly won an absorbing final at Tring Park CC in Hertfordshire, Suffolk were left to reflect on failing to capitalise on their opportunities. The first of those came on the opening morning of the four-day fixture after Suffolk had won the toss and put their opponents into bat. However, Suffolk failed to make the most of the favourable conditions and Oxfordshire went into lunch at 114-3. Negotiating the morning session in early September was almost a damage limitation exercise for the batting side, and the significance of losing just three wickets on that first morning proved crucial as the match unfolded. That gave Oxfordshire the platform to reach 248 all out and then take a 35-run first-innings lead, after Suffolk lost five wickets in the first session of day two. The Western Division champions then stretched their advantage to 150 for the loss of just two wickets by the close of day two. The second pivotal moment came on the third afternoon after Suffolk had fought their way back into the match by taking four wickets in the morning session. When Joe Gatting claimed his third wicket to dismiss opposing skipper Jonny Cater to make the score 195-7 soon after lunch and Oxfordshire’s lead stood at 230, Suffolk were right back in the match. Once again, Suffolk failed to seize the moment and with every run their opponents added, so the Eastern Division winners’ chances of being crowned overall champions lengthened. By the time Jack Beaumont, who ended with 5-59, took the last wicket a further 116 runs had been added, leaving Suffolk to chase a target of 347. The difference between the two sides arguably came down to the extra cutting edge that Oxfordshire’s seam bowlers possessed. They had reduced Suffolk to 65-5 in their first
crucial opportunities innings before Josh Cantrell, Tom Rash and Adam Mansfield contributed vital runs to close the deficit to keep Suffolk in touch. Then, after Suffolk wilted in the field under the glorious autumnal sunshine that blessed the final throughout, Oxfordshire scythed through Suffolk’s top order for a second time to leave them 13-3 by the close on day three. Oxfordshire then applied the pressure on day four to squeeze the life out of Suffolk’s resistance, eventually completing victory mid-way through the afternoon session on day four. Suffolk deserve great credit for taking the match so deep – the fourth day effectively being an insurance policy against bad weather to try to ensure a positive result. The fact they resisted for 86.4 overs was in no small measure due to the efforts of 20-year-old Jacob Marston, who faced 218 deliveries and top-scored with 61 in only his second
Championship match and first for two years. Although the 178-run margin of victory suggests a crushing success, Suffolk played their part in a match worthy of the occasion and can reflect on their Championship campaign with a great deal of pride. Suffolk skipper Jack Beaumont, who received a silver salver after being declared Most Valuable Player in the match, said: “The lads gave it their all over the four days, but just came up short. “Credit to Oxfordshire, who played some good cricket over the course of the match. I don’t think you can deny how much we wanted it, but sometimes things don’t fall your way. “We have got a great set of lads and if we can keep the group together then hopefully we will come back even stronger Scorecard on Page 36 next year.”
Bowler Jack Beaumont, wicket-keeper Adam Mansfield and fielder Kyran Young appeal for a wicket. 35
Oxfordshire C.C.C. v Suffolk C.C.C. At Tring Park C.C., September 5-8, 2021 Competition: NCCA Championship Final 2021 Umpires: S. Shanmugam and N. Ashraf Scorers: C. Cox and J. Abbott Toss won by Suffolk (bowl). Oxfordshire won by 178 runs
Batsman Harrison Smith Oliver Ebsworth-Burland Marcus Campopiano Oliver Clarke Tom Cosford Jonathan Cater*† George Tait Oliver Currill Gareth Andrew Robbie Shurmer Maximillian Mannering Extras TOTAL FOW 1-7 2-36 3-60 4-125 5-138
Over 7.2 14.6 19.3 37.2 41.2
Bowler Tom Rash Kyran Young Matt Wareing Josh Cantrell Joe Gatting Jack Beaumont
Batsman Jack Beaumont* Darren Ironside Kyran Young Alex Oxley Joe Gatting Ben Shepperson Josh Cantrell Jacob Marston Tom Rash Adam Mansfield† Matt Wareing Extras TOTAL
FOW 1-37 2-50 3-58 4-58 5-65
Over 9.1 14.1 21.2 22.6 27.6
1st Innings
How Out c Ironside b Young c Beaumont b Rash c Mansfield b Wareing c Mansfield b Gatting lbw b Gatting lbw b Cantrell c Mansfield b Beaumont Run out (Cantrell) c Cantrell b Beaumont b Beaumont Not out b 2, lb 3, w 5 all out, 81.1 overs
Batsman Harrison Smith Marcus Campopiano Oliver Ebsworth-Burland Oliver Clarke Tom Cosford O 14 12 7 20 14 14.1
M 6 6 0 2 2 5
R B M 0s 4s 6s 7 27 29 23 1 0 33 54 83 42 6 0 6 24 33 22 1 0 29 65 86 52 4 0 46 60 79 45 8 1 56 110 155 80 6 1 9 15 19 10 1 0 25 45 47 35 3 1 18 51 53 43 3 0 9 35 22 29 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 10 248 487 306 382 34 3
FOW 6-151 7-190 8-235 9-248 10-248
R 34 21 44 62 43 39
Oxfordshire C.C.C. NCCA Championship XI
W 1 1 1 1 2 3
Over 46.4 58.4 75.3 80.5 81.1 nb 0 0 0 0 0 0
1st Innings
How Out c & b Shurmer lbw b Currill lbw b Andrew c Campopiano b Andrew c Cater b Shurmer c Cater b Currill b Mannering c Currill b Clarke c Cater b Andrew b Mannering Not out b 4, lb 6, nb 6 all out, 87.4 overs Batsman Jack Beaumont Kyran Young Darren Ironside Alex Oxley Ben Shepperson
Bowler Gareth Andrew Robbie Shurmer Oliver Clarke Maximillian Mannering Oliver Currill George Tait
O 26 14 8 19.4 16 4
M 7 3 1 5 3 0
Batsman George Tait Oliver Currill Gareth Andrew Jonathan Cater Robbie Shurmer
w 1 0 2 0 2 0
0s 71 64 27 91 63 66
R 56 41 20 41 29 16
W 3 2 1 2 2 0
Over 49.3 53.2 66.1 82.1 87.4 nb 0 3 0 0 0 0
4s 6 4 8 6 6 4
FOW 1-74 2-84 3-116 4-138 5-148
6s E/R 0 2.4 0 1.8 0 6.3 2 3.1 0 3.1 1 2.8
Over 27.5 32.6 39.3 47.5 50.2
Bowler Tom Rash Kyran Young Joe Gatting Josh Cantrell Jack Beaumont Matt Wareing
How Out lbw b Beaumont c Young b Cantrell lbw b Gatting c Mansfield b Rash c Wareing b Gatting c Mansfield b Gatting b Beaumont lbw b Beaumont c Gatting b Beaumont lbw b Beaumont Not out b 6, lb 4, w 5, nb 12 all out, 115.1 overs
Batsman Harrison Smith Oliver Ebsworth-Burland Marcus Campopiano Tom Cosford Oliver Clarke
Suffolk C.C.C. NCCA Championship XI
R B M 0s 21 26 36 20 20 59 93 50 6 18 22 16 6 30 41 26 22 79 114 64 4 18 19 17 49 114 145 86 2 9 13 7 30 94 100 75 34 63 78 41 3 17 22 14 16 213 529 344 413
FOW 6-122 7-124 8-154 9-191 10-213
Batsman Harrison Smith Oliver Ebsworth-Burland Marcus Campopiano Oliver Clarke Tom Cosford Jonathan Cater*† George Tait Oliver Currill Gareth Andrew Robbie Shurmer Maximillian Mannering Extras TOTAL
S/R 25.9 61.1 25.0 44.6 76.7 50.9 60.0 55.6 35.3 25.7 0.0
4s 4 3 1 0 2 1 6 0 3 2 0 22
6s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Batsman Jack Beaumont* Darren Ironside Kyran Young Alex Oxley Jacob Marston Joe Gatting Ben Shepperson Josh Cantrell Tom Rash Adam Mansfield† Matt Wareing Extras TOTAL
S/R 75.0 33.9 33.3 20.0 27.8 22.2 43.0 22.2 31.9 54.0 17.6
FOW 1-1 2-1 3-8 4-59 5-95
Batsman Joe Gatting Jacob Marston Josh Cantrell Tom Rash Adam Mansfield
w 0s 0 128 0 68 0 35 0 94 0 76 0 12
4s 7 6 2 4 2 1
Over 1.6 2.4 9.6 33.2 45.6
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O 22 9 24 26 27.1 7
M 5 2 6 4 6 1
R B M 0s 4s 6s 33 86 101 71 5 0 38 100 117 85 7 0 31 38 37 26 1 3 12 52 69 43 0 0 16 22 33 16 3 0 35 66 107 51 6 0 11 42 57 36 1 0 24 57 74 48 5 0 38 104 132 80 3 0 36 96 126 77 4 1 10 34 33 30 2 0 27 311 697 445 558 37 4
FOW 6-179 7-195 8-234 9-289 10-311
R 59 37 57 68 59 21
W 1 0 3 1 5 0
Over 62.3 71.5 81.5 104.6 115.1 nb 2 0 3 1 0 0
Batsman Jack Beaumont Darren Ironside Alex Oxley Kyran Young Joe Gatting
w 0 0 3 0 0 2
0s 109 41 116 126 134 32
O 13 4 8 30 24.4 7
R B M 0s 1 12 6 11 0 4 11 4 26 95 122 82 4 19 28 16 61 218 235 190 13 35 36 27 32 60 57 46 1 12 11 11 24 59 55 47 0 4 7 4 0 5 8 5 6 168 523 290 442
M 7 2 3 8 11 2
FOW 6-134 7-135 8-165 9-165 10-168
R 11 4 23 60 59 11
W 1 1 1 1 5 1
Over 66.1 69.4 82.3 84.1 86.4 nb 0 1 0 0 2 0
S/R 38.4 38.0 81.6 23.1 72.7 53.0 26.2 42.1 36.5 37.5 29.4
Batsman George Tait Jonathan Cater Oliver Currill Gareth Andrew Robbie Shurmer
2nd Innings
How Out c Tait b Shurmer lbw b Andrew b Clarke b Currill b Clarke st Cater b Clarke b Tait lbw b Mannering b Clarke c Andrew b Clarke Not out nb 6 all out, 86.4 overs
Bowler Gareth Andrew Robbie Shurmer Oliver Currill Maximillian Mannering Oliver Clarke George Tait
6s E/R 0 2.2 0 2.9 0 2.5 0 2.1 0 1.8 0 4.0
2nd Innings
4s 9 7 6 7 7 1
4s 0 0 4 0 8 1 3 0 2 0 0 18
6s E/R 0 2.7 0 4.1 0 2.4 2 2.6 1 2.2 1 3.0
6s 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Batsman Ben Shepperson Josh Cantrell Jacob Marston Adam Mansfield Tom Rash
w 0s 0 72 0 23 0 38 0 149 0 125 0 35
4s 1 0 4 6 7 0
S/R 8.3 0.0 27.4 21.1 28.0 37.1 53.3 8.3 40.7 0.0 0.0
6s E/R 0 0.8 0 1.0 0 2.9 0 2.0 1 2.4 0 1.6
Top: Suffolk all-rounder Josh Cantrell just fails to pull off a spectacular diving catch at cover. Above left: Adam Mansfield appeals for leg before against Oxfordshire captain Jonny Cater as the ball just misses leg stump. Above: Umpires Naeem Ashraf (left) and Surendiran Shanmugan (right) in discussion. Left: Jo Gatting is congratulated after taking a wicket to the delight of his Suffolk team-mates. Pictures by Chris Winder 37
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2021 season produced a wonderful array of cricket By NICK SHRUBSHALL, Chairman of Suffolk Cricket Board
As I WRITE this, we are hopeful that the worst of the pandemic is behind us. The 2021 season produced a wonderful array of cricket, from the excellent Test series against India, the superb displays from our county side, through to the performances and development of our own local clubs. The fact that we managed an almost full season of fixtures is a compliment to all involved and let’s hope that this season will at least match what has just gone. As mentioned briefly, congratulations to the county team on their achievements last year. I was able to see the team play at Copdock and witnessed a team that was fully committed, skilful and determined, aiming towards the best that the county has to offer. Full credit to all the management, our coaches, and all those behind the scenes. The County team is the pinnacle for all aspiring cricketers at our clubs, and the fact that we have such a visible pathway allows local talent to shine is a credit to all.
The ECB has placed its usual pressures upon the Board throughout the year. Governance of all counties, both First Class and National, is up for discussion and at this time, we are committed to a new structure that will maintain the integrity of our workings. The development of cricket at all levels, in all areas of our business, is paramount to the board, and our new structure will reflect this. Prudent spending with sensible goals and objectives has placed the county in a solid financial position. The existing ECB Television rights have two more years to run, and we expect the existing planned budgets will continue, thus allowing for our support of the County Club and the operational arm to take place. However, we do have to be mindful looking further ahead and ensure that our priorities are well served, and that the game can continue to flourish within the county. I sincerely hope that the forthcoming season is both enjoyable and successful and that the sun continues to shine on the game that we all love.
New agreement will increase ability to grow By ROB JONES, Operations Manager of Suffolk Cricket Board ANOTHER season has flown by and, once again, the cricket community had to cope with Covid restrictions. Overall, as in 2020, clubs and their hard-working volunteers handled the Government restrictions and guidance very well. The ECB continued to work closely with the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and the Government acknowledged how well cricket conducted itself through these difficult times. This resulted in cricket and Edgbaston being allowed to hold one of the first ‘test events’ for large crowds, with a Test match against New Zealand. These test events subsequently led to crowds being allowed to attend matches, including the ECB’s Hundred competition. Whilst many, including myself, raised a few eyebrows about ‘another format’, the competition turned out to be a huge success. With the competition being broadcast on terrestrial television, it reached 16.1m people, 55% of tickets sold were to ‘new to cricket’ purchasers and 19% of all tickets were for children. Behind the scenes the ECB have been working with County Boards, on the County Partnership Agreement (CPA). The CPA includes many standards that County Boards have to work towards, in partnership with the ECB. Initially this includes a major piece of work around Governance being led by Toby Pound (Secretary for both County Club and Board), which will see the two formally merge. Thankfully when compared to other counties we already have a close working relationship, so once finalised it should simply reinforce what happens already, but increase our ability to grow cricket across all levels.
The CPA work also includes encouraging a new audience to play cricket and from a Suffolk perspective helping clubs retain players and volunteers they already have. Suffolk Cricket Board have just started a pilot project with clubs in the North / East of the county to understand what challenges they have, as importantly what’s gone well and how either working together or with support from us what solutions we can come up with. These may include closer links with secondary schools, other sports, club collaboration on certain things, approaching leagues about a loan player system, recruiting volunteers, running ECB junior programmes, etc. There’s no magic wand, however hopefully by working together we will see some success, which can then be extended across the county. Clubs can also benefit from the ECB’s County Grants scheme which helps clubs create welcoming environments, enhanced facilities and playing opportunities to help tackle climate change. Priority is given to clubs engaged with ECB programmes (ie All Stars, Dynamos, Women and Girls cricket and / or Disability cricket), however as the scheme runs until at least the end of 2022 and is open to all affiliated clubs, many will benefit. I am also working with Duncan Jenkinson (ECB Regional Facilities & Planning Manager) and Local Authorities (LA) across Suffolk, to review current and future facilities provision over the coming years, as part of LA’s Playing Pitch Strategies (PPS). All respective clubs have also been approached by their LA and responded accordingly. There are several clubs in the county that need to improve or extend their facilities mainly due to an increasing number of juniors at their clubs 38
and these will be factored into PPS plans. The success of junior cricket has mainly been down to clubs running the ECB’s All Stars and Dynamos programmes, which locally are overseen by Andrew Blanchard. The numbers of clubs running these programmes continues to increase and we hope that continues. These programmes are complemented by our Chance to Shine coaching in schools, led by Ben Wallis and supported by James Sturgeon, ensuring where possible CtS is linked to nearby clubs running national programmes, to encourage transition of boys and girls into clubs. Suffolk Cricket have also recruited Lara Neild, Megan Bowe and Eddie Green to primarily support the development of women’s and girls’ cricket, which continues to remain an ECB priority. Lara has replaced Chloe Leveridge who has moved onto Essex CCC, where we wish her all the best and thank her for her efforts with Suffolk over the years. Lara, Megan and Eddie’s work will include ongoing support for women’s softball cricket, not just within clubs but working with secondary schools as well. This could see schools forming ‘cricket clubs’ or once again like other ECB programmes linking into nearby clubs. We’ve seen the success of having a women’s and / or girls’ sections at clubs, not just from additional players, but volunteers, extra income, etc so any club that hasn’t but is interested please get in touch.
Vic Taylor has seamlessly taken over the accounts and all related work from Neil and Frances Hammond, in addition to overseeing all the courses that we run. I would personally on behalf of Suffolk Cricket like to thank Neil and Frances for all their hard work over the years and for helping Vic take over this important area of the business. Although Suffolk Cricket’s finances are in a healthy position, I am pleased to say that Colin Walters has kindly offered to help try to secure sponsorship. Many will know Colin, so won’t be surprised he simply wants to ‘give something back to help cricket in Suffolk’. His extensive commercial experience is welcomed, and will hopefully lead to Suffolk Cricket supporting clubs, leagues and associations further. Of course, if anyone is interested in sponsoring Suffolk Cricket, then please feel free to contact me initially. Finally, back to where I started and at time of writing England have made a great start to the T20 World Cup and I hope that’s continued. We shouldn’t underestimate the impact successful England men’s and women’s teams will have on cricket at a local level, however conversely grassroots cricket is just as important to the success of our international teams. Therefore I’d like to thank-you for all your hard efforts in sustaining and developing the game and wish you all the very best for 2022.
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Suffolk Boys’ Under-10s. Back row (left to right): O Loveday, H Mayes, R Batch, F Miller, P Sethuraman, S Patil. Front row: G Hearn, H Raber, A Pruden, D Marshall, E Brightwell, A Du Toit. UNDER-10s By Andrew Blanchard FEEDING from the Suffolk Cricket CUB Hub programme, the SYC Under-10s enjoyed a much busier summer than in 2020. Having not had the chance to work with the children through the winter, we enjoyed some early season training and internal games in glorious sunshine and even snow! Despite the changeable weather, it was great to meet the 50+ children and get them active and making new friends. The playing season mainly consisted of double-headed short-format fixtures to maximise the playing and learning opportunities for the players. This was interspersed with the occasional longer-format game to give a different challenge for those involved. With the ball there is considerable strength in depth among the group and on all occasions they more than matched our opposition. However, and perhaps not surprisingly, with the lack of off-season training, batting proved to be our Achilles heel. Coming to terms with the reality of once you are out, there were no second chances was a steep learning curve for most. Across the 12 fixtures, the group recorded five wins, with 23 children representing Suffolk. Finnan Miller was named player of the year after taking 15 wickets with a best of 5-19 and scoring 218 runs at a remarkable average of 109!
Finnan Miller after taking 5-19 against Norfolk.
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UNDER-11s By James Sturgeon UNFORTUNATELY, all of our winter sessions had to be postponed, but once cricket could be played again we were able to resume training and matches outdoors. The boys got straight to it, displaying a brilliant attitude, even when taken outside their comfort zone. Having spent very little time together before the summer, the lads gelled incredibly well and showed great spirit throughout the season. We were fortunate to play in a good number of matches, the
Suffolk Boys’ Under-11s. Back row (left to right): James Sturgeon (coach), Isaac Walshe, Alex Schercliff, Ben Cross (captain), Tom Cooper, Milo Jackson. Front row: Sam Taylor, Nathan Hames, Sam Pruden, Theo Gandy, Anders Bester, Jack Calder. results did not always go our way, but the boys competed in every game, setting good standards and frequently achieving pre-match targets. At this age group it is not all about winning but developing cricketers for the future. The way the boys applied themselves and developed into a team over the summer is something they should all be very proud of, and it was a pleasure to coach the entire group. The lads were rewarded with stand-out victories against Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire, showing that their hard work and team spirit during the season was paying off. Hopefully the lads will be able to use their experience this year to propel themselves forwards on their cricketing journey, one that I’m sure will be fruitful if they continue to apply themselves. Lastly, a huge thanks must be given to all parent supporters, scorers, umpires and clubs for ensuring that during an incredibly difficult time opportunities were available for the squad to learn, develop and have fun whilst playing cricket.
postponed but once cricket could be played again the sessions took place outdoors. The boys got straight back to it, displaying a brilliant attitude even in very poor conditions due to the weather. Thankfully, we managed to play a full season with 10 fixtures against Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Essex respectively. We had a mixed bag of results, recording three wins, but the boys competed in every game, setting high standards and constantly achieving the goals set before the game. One of our main targets at the start of the season was to ensure batters rotated the strike whilst still putting away the bad ball. This target was achieved, and it was great to see three different batsmen go on to make half centuries. At this age group it is not all about winning but developing cricketers for the future. The way the boys applied themselves and competed at a county standard over the summer is something they should all be very proud of. It was a pleasure working with this group and the individual developments and the squad’s camaraderie was brilliant to see. It was so pleasing to see them rewarded on the field for their efforts last season. It is now important that they continue to work hard as the challenges will become harder this year. I wish them all the very best in their cricketing journeys. Finally, I would like to thank the parents for their support over the summer.
UNDER-U12s By Ben Wallis WE WELCOMED three new members to the squad last year. The new players fitted in well and all contributed with bat and ball, which is a great credit to them. Unfortunately, all of the winter sessions had to be 41
Suffolk Boys’ Under-12s. Back row (left to right): Freddie Skinner, Ollie Miller, Kieran Lilley, Charlie Dinmore, Henry Brown. Front row: Malian Du Toit, Stanley Kemp, Billy Woodcock, Zayan Imam, George Prentice, Tait Ferguson, Billy Foyster. Missing from photograph: Jack Auld, Aaksrit John, Harry Nath. UNDER-13s By Chris Farrant THE Suffolk Under-13 season started with a very tough fixture versus Essex and despite being on the wrong side of the result, losing by 25 runs, the signs were there for all to see that this could be a great season for the Suffolk boys. Unfortunately, due to a rain off the next game was not for a month. The wait was worthwhile, however, as Suffolk scored 207-7, with Ish Rakesh (50) top-scoring with his first county half century, and dominated Hunts, who were dismissed for 61 all out. Cambridgeshire away, played on an artificial wicket, was a close affair, with the victory margin of three runs. Rakesh (61), Toby Toombs (42) and late hitting from Kieran Lilley (33) were the mainstays of the Suffolk innings. Norfolk away is always a special game to look out for and this fixture lives long in the memory. Winning the toss and batting first, Suffolk racked up 288, with skipper Bobby East hitting a magnificent 107 ably supported by Rakesh (62) and Toombs (47). Norfolk’s run chase never really got going, with the Suffolk bowling and fielding on fine form, Ben Thomas’ 3-24 spearheading the attack. After another month’s wait between games and Norfolk had their chance for revenge at Copdock. Suffolk played poorly from the start, with only William Menzies (47), Toombs (23) and Luke Hogan (16) registering double figures in Suffolk’s way under-par 130 total. Norfolk barely broke stride chasing it down. All a coach can ask for after such a disappointing performance is a positive response and it was
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Cambridgeshire that felt the full force of this reaction at Woolpit CC. Cambs were blown away, with all the Suffolk bowlers disciplined and threatening. Barnaby Keen was the pick, with 3-16 including the best caught and bowled this coach has ever seen at age group level. Zach Gandy picked up two wickets with his left-arm swing. Chasing 126, Suffolk’s openers, Keen and Rakesh, got off to a steady if not cautious start, reaching the 20-over drinks break on 47 without loss. The combination of some fluids and a stern chat had the desired effect, with the last 83 runs coming from the next 10 overs, Ish Rakesh again top scoring with 80 not out. The return fixture versus Essex at a very wet Kelvedon CC should be one that this bunch of young cricketers will look back on with great pride. After a delayed start and asked to bat first on a very difficult surface, the Suffolk batters showed great skill, determination and courage in the face of some hostile bowling. No batter gave their wicket away, Monty Morgan was particularly aggressive against spin and top-scored with 57 in Suffolk’s total of 154. Ben Thomas bowled the spell of his career so far, taking 36, with great support from Archie Miller and Gandy, with two wickets apiece, and the fit-again Fred Foyster. The bowling, combined with a fabulous fielding effort, saw Essex come up 35 runs short to hand Suffolk a famous win. The magnificent Mellis CC was the venue for another dominant performance versus Hunts. Batting first, Suffolk’s total of 184 was again built around fifty from Rakesh but
Suffolk Boys’ Under-13s. Back row (left to right): Kavish Patil, Monty Morgan, Luke Hogan, Toby Toombs, Zach Gandy, Archie Miller, Nic Urquhart-Pearce, Fred Foyster, William Menzies. Front row: Ollie Knight, Ish Rakesh, Bobby East.
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was 30-40 runs short of par. Again the bowling attack were on top of their collective skills, never giving Hunts the opportunity to release the pressure they were put under. The wickets were shared between Keen, with three, and Thomas, Gandy and Lilley with two apiece. The season finished with a double-header versus Bedfordshire, with the games only three days apart. The first game was away on a very unfriendly surface which benefited neither bat nor ball. Beds batted first and never got going, Ben Thomas again on fine form, with his six overs only yielding six runs as he claimed three wickets. Foyster, now in great rhythm, took 3-11 off his five overs and was the pick of the attack, and allied with another complete fielding display, Beds were restricted to 116. Suffolk made short work of the chase, scoring the winning runs with 17 overs to spare, with East (38 not out) and Toombs (33) blunting the aggressive Beds attack. The last game of the season at Chippenham will be remembered for the innings of Ish Rakesh, whose application and desire to improve at and away from county games and training sessions is an example to others and on this sunny Sunday he got his reward for all that work. He batted through the innings for a marvellous 100, the first of many I am sure. For the second time in 72 hours the Beds batting had no answer to Suffolk’s bowling attack. Ollie Knight, who took three wickets with his leg spin, produced the best figures of the day.
Ish Rakesh after his century against Bedfordshire at Chippenham It was another fabulous season for this squad who have moulded into a formidable unit, and take genuine pleasure in the success of their team-mates. They were an absolute please to coach. UNDER-14s By Chris Gange & Alfie Marston The Under-14s overall had a fantastic season. Their record across the season was Played 16, Won 7, Lost 5, Drawn 1,
Cancelled 2, Abandoned 1. Taking into account the difficulties of the past couple years, it was fantastic to see how hard they had worked at their game and fitness to be up for it and ready to compete. Highlights included the game against Huntingdonshire, who posted 192 which Suffolk chased it down with three wickets to spare. It was a fantastic team performance and a great partnership at the end between Odin Thomas (49 not out) and George Perkins (28 not out) to get the boys over the line. There was an incredible game played at Framlingham College versus Hertfordshire. Suffolk won the toss and elected to bat and were bowled out for 129 (Dylan Hardy 39). At 101-6 Hertfordshire looked set to win the match. However, a fine team bowling and fielding performance resulted in Suffolk winning by three runs! (Henry Clark 429). This was a game I hope the boys never forget and realise that no matter the situation you can still win – always keep believing you can do it! The match versus Norfolk was abandoned at the start of the season and so the second game was an important local derby to win. The boys played well and won by 10 runs, defending 152 in a low-scoring game – another great team performance all round. Farran Kirkham took 5-4 in the T20 versus Huntingdonshire and Archie Jones batted nicely, scoring 48 not out to win the first game. We were fortunate enough to play our first two-day game versus Cambridgeshire in August. For many of the boys this was the first occasion where potentially you could be fielding or even batting the whole day – Test-match style! Cambridgeshire won the toss and elected to bat.
Suffolk Boys’ Under-14s. Back row (left to right): Henry Clark, Percy Moore, Farran Kirkham, Frank Rogers, Matt Clark, George Perkins, Archie Magnus. Front row: Odin Thomas, Conor Berry, Archie Jones, Dylan Hardy, Theo Cass, Harry Charlton. Not in picture: Freddie Paffett, Addy Singh. 44
Cambridgeshire batted well, posting 271 in just under 70 overs - Farran Kirkham (5-34). Suffolk replied with 180-9 in their 70 overs and this was a great effort to bat time and show such application. In reply, Cambridgeshire needed to get runs on the board to post a score for Suffolk to chase. They hit 158-4 declared in quick time which set up the last day nicely. Suffolk needed 249 runs in about 50 overs (so anyone’s game). Both teams battled hard on what was a very hot August summer’s day. Suffolk started well and were up with the rate but then Cambridgeshire bowled well (in particular the spinners with one taking five wickets). However, Archie Jones was not letting the game go and from chasing to win the game to then having to bat long to draw the game it was amazing to see the boys work hard for the draw. Archie finished 90 not out off 167 balls – a tremendous captain’s effort to secure the draw. There was some doubt the tour at Bernard Castle would take place but the boys (and parents!) were delighted when this was given the go-ahead. The boys travelled up on the team bus and the vibe was awesome with lots of chants and singing! This was always going to be a tough tour, with some exceptional teams involved. The boys, however, faced these challenges head on and played very well. They came first in Group Two which was an awesome achievement. Special mentions to Dylan Hardy (56) v Western Rhinos; Matt Clark (3-16) v Cleveland Schools; Dylan Hardy (4-35) v Cumbria; Odin Thomas (53 not out) and Farran Kirkham (46 not out) in the match v Cumbria as they put on 106 for the sixth wicket to win the game. And on the last day Farran Kirkham (62 not out) and Matt Clark (83 not out) in a 140-run partnership to help see the team over the line versus Cambridgeshire. A massive well done to all the boys and for their strong performances as the week went on – a great team effort to keep at it all week! In summary – this squad came together well as a team and competed with each other to fight to win some close games. They should be proud and hopefully this spurs them on to want to achieve and develop more. UNDER-15s By Jack Beaumont THE Under-15s had a wonderful season and are beginning to show their real potential as a group of players at county level. Last season not only featured T20 and one-day cricket but also a great introduction to two-day cricket. Overall, the team played 13 games, winning seven, drawing two and only losing four games. The season did not get off to a strong start, losing to both Cambridgeshire and Norfolk in the first two fixtures of the season. There were, however, some signs of hope for this squad with Ben Palmer and Charlie Bennett both scoring 75+ against Cambridgeshire and Freddie De La Rue claiming 3-15 against Norfolk. The most promising sign was the desire to fight as a team and pull together in the same direction, even when it feels impossible to do so, and this attitude helped show the
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importance of being a team and working together to win games. The first win of the season came against Hertfordshire which saw captain Arthur Summers lead from the front, scoring 97, and he was ably assisted by Louis Blanchard (83) to take the team from 52-2 to 203-2, and set 287 from 50 overs. Wickets were shared around in the second innings and featured four direct hit run outs, highlighting that fielding is also such an important part of any game. This was not the only time four run outs appeared in a Suffolk bowling innings as this feat was repeated a few weeks later against Norfolk at Woolpit CC. This Norfolk game saw the boys put in a great performance, beating a side that had outplayed them earlier in the season, and winning by six wickets. This was largely helped by some great fielding and regular wickets throughout the innings. Ben Palmer (84) and Arthur Summers (61) played exceptionally well, scoring at better than a run-a-ball, to make sure Norfolk never got a foothold in the game and Suffolk cruised to victory. Resilience and belief were the key aspects of the season for the U15s, putting in some good performances against teams they have lost to for a number of years. Ben Palmer scored his first hundred of the season against Huntingdonshire to help set 273 before Will Blackwell (9-035-4) and Yann Johnson (5.5-0-31-4) tore apart the Huntingdonshire batting line-up to register a 118-run win. Lessons were learnt in the first of our two-day fixtures against Norfolk, playing most of the cricket for the entire two days and dominating the opposition from the first to the last ball. A second innings Suffolk declaration left 69 overs to bowl Norfolk out, with the winning total out of sight for the opposition. Some defiant defensive batting from Norfolk was great to see and made the boys work for each and every wicket during the day. With Norfolk losing their ninth wicket with only four overs left in the day, Suffolk had everyone around the bat but unfortunately could not get the final wicket to win the game. This taught the boys plenty about the difficulties of longerformat cricket and another strong performance is something to definitely be proud of. Huntingdonshire were blown away again by the boys at Newborough CC after the hosts were bowled out for 185 before their score was chased down inside 27 overs, with some destructive batting from Ben Palmer (48 not out) and Freddie Dyer (75). The second of our two-day fixtures also ended in a draw against Cambridgeshire on what was a flat wicket at Hadleigh CC, only in one of the four innings was either side bowled out. Ben Palmer starred with the bat again, scoring 104 and 87 not out and Charlie Bennett also scored 115 in Suffolk’s first innings. Wickets were tough to come by in this match, however the attitude shown by the boys and the willingness to put in the hard yards, never giving up, will stand them in great stead for years to come. The final matches of the season took place in Norfolk, with
a triangular T20 tournament against the hosts and Cambridgeshire. The boys played brilliantly, beating both sides on the day in what were a couple of great team performances. Freddie Dyer top-scored on the day with 69, allowing Suffolk to set 193 and 146 respectively off their 20 overs. Runs were the key to the day and posting two big totals in both games meant our bowlers could relax and stick to their plans, leading us to victory. Finally, a massive thank you must go to all the players and helpers last season for their efforts including the unsung heroes of the parents for getting the boys to all the fixtures throughout the season. Special mention goes to Arthur Summers for captaining the side brilliantly and to Louis Blanchard for stepping in on the final day of the season to great effect. Congratulations to Ben Palmer for scoring two county hundreds and to Charlie Bennett for also scoring a maiden county century. Yann Johnson claimed 17 wickets to top the wicket charts. It was my absolute pleasure to coach these boys and if they can continue to take what they have learnt from last year into the years to come they will have every success within the game. UNDER-18s By Adam Coombes AT THE beginning of the summer, I was presented with the opportunity to lead some of the best young players in the county and support them on their development journey, which was very much one I was looking forward to and
was relishing the challenge. Our opening game in the Royal London Cup ended in a heavy loss at Woolpit CC to Bedfordshire, whose 256-2 included two centuries. Only Alex Quin (56) and Kajeai Tharaneetharan (49) reached double figures in a 99-run defeat. Next up was a visit to the wonderful Fenner’s Cricket Ground in Cambridge. On a belting deck and in particularly warm humid weather, we managed to keep in the game with Cambridge getting 289-8. With the game in the balance and with batsmen set, we were hit by what only can be considered as biblical rainfall and unfortunately Duckworth-Lewis deemed us as behind the rate. It was, however, an encouraging performance and one which we would look to build on. Once we had dried off it was time to begin our Suffolk Cup campaign. We started with a tricky tie away at Easton. After the first six overs we grasped control of the game and the boys showed their experience, restricting Easton to 124, led by Tom Harper’s 4-15. This was never going to be an easy chase against a fullstrength bowling attack, however their experience and maturity shone through, with Arthur Phoenix being the mainstay of the innings with 53 before he was retired out in an eight-wicket win. Two days later we were back in Suffolk Cup action, this time on a hot day away to Felixstowe & Corinthians CC. We had a slightly depleted squad, with even the coach having a game, but once again we were led by Arthur Phoenix with another fifty as we reached 151-4. This was always going to be enough on the day with Kajeai Tharaneetharan backing
Marcus Packer (left) and Lewis Millions after the Suffolk Cup Final win.
Josh Bowyer walks off after his explosive 117 not out against Bedfordshire.
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up his 34 with 3-14 in a 36-run victory. There then followed another loss to Bedfordshire, this time by five wickets at Waresley Park. Skipper Tom Harper topscored with 61, but despite Ben Wittish taking 2-28 off his eight overs, the home team won with four balls to spare. Later that week we played our final group game in the Suffolk Cup, knowing that a win would see us through to the final. Once again, as we had all campaign, we controlled the game from the start, with East Bergholt only managing 109 all out and Tom Harper leading by example by taking 6-11. Despite a couple of wobbles we chased our target down for the loss of five wickets and we were through to finals day. It was a change of pace for the next match with a two-day game against Hertfordshire. It was a real test for our boys to play in a completely different format as well as against a Dukes ball. The game ebbed and flowed across the two days, with forties from Alex Quin, George Tillbrook and Connor Cobbold, as well as 79 not out from KJ meant we set 260 for Herts to win. Going into the last hour we needed four wickets and Herts needed 80 runs, unfortunately the heavens opened up on us again and we lost to the rain. Back to 50-over duty we were able to vindicate our Duckworth-Lewis loss against Cambs with a well-earned 21-run victory, started by Alex Quin’s 98 and then a superb bowling effort which culminated in wonderful death
bowling from Marcus Packer. There then followed a heavy loss to Lincolnshire, Suffolk never really recovering after being 5-3 and being bowled out for just 106 in 36.2 overs. Lincs knocked off the runs inside 27 overs with four wicket down. We warmed up for finals day in style with two convincing friendly wins over Beds. In the first game we were led home superbly by Harper (68 not out) and Toombs (34 not out) as we chased down 145 to win by eight wickets. Then in the second game we were treated to a fireworks display from Josh Bowyer, whose 117 not out off 60 balls in our 195-3 secured his place at the top of the order for finals day. In the field we kept Beds at bay, with Lewis Millions taking 3-23 as we sealed a 60-run success. We were looking to finish the season in style with a win in the Suffolk Cup final. It was set to be our hardest match of the competition playing against the previous year’s winners; it was also an interesting scenario with two of our boys and the coach having a foot in both camps. After a fast start from Woolpit, who closed on 152-4, we managed to grab control of the game and chase down our target to win by eight wickets, forties from Dan Loveless, Harper and Bowyer seeing us home. In a year of ups and downs for the U18s it was always a pleasure to lead the team; they always played the game with the right attitude and always worked their hardest when wearing the lion.
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Suffolk Girls’ U11s team. Back row (left to right): Lilia Cook, Gracie Brunt, Felicity Addison, Darcy Durrant, Georgina Hollis, Livvy Swallow. Front row: Summer Dring-Richardson, Izzy Gebhard, Connie Tassell, Freya Clark, Lily Lawson, Willow Kingstone. UNDER-11 GIRLS By Lara Neild THE Under-11 girls had a productive and thoroughly enjoyable 2021 season, despite not recording a win. The CUB Hub squad included over 25 players, with the majority of these representing the county U11 team at one point in the season. Overall, the season was very positive and the girls involved learned and developed a lot. The first game of the season saw the team take on Essex in two T20 matches; a tough challenge for a team who met each other for the first time that morning. Despite a few nerves going into the match, the girls batted in pairs and put in a great effort against a very strong Essex bowling attack and with the ball we were similarly
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excellent. However, the Essex girls were able to dispatch the bad ball excellently and as a result inflicted the first loss on the U11s for the season. Nevertheless, a standout catch from Lilia Cook at point, some very accurate bowling, and positive intent with the bat showed the girls to have a lot of talent and potential for the year ahead. The league for the U11 girls was extremely difficult last season, with each of the opposition posing a strong challenge with both bat and ball. However, we had some extremely close games throughout the season. These included a narrow 12-run loss to Cambridgeshire, almost beating Middlesex in the second
game away, and losing to an excellent Norfolk side by just two wickets. Along the way there were many outstanding performances such as Gracie Brunt’s outstanding bowling at Middlesex, taking three wickets in the first over including a wicket with the first ball of the innings, big hitting from Felicity Addison, and many brilliant stops and catches behind the stumps and mature captaincy from Connie Tassell. The final game of the season saw the girls take on a very competent Northamptonshire side without a couple of key players from the season. Despite Northants posting 225 runs off their 30 overs, everyone had an opportunity with the ball and Isla Emsden and Penny Cook took wickets. Lilia Cook top scored with the bat, but unfortunately the total was beyond our reach. The positive batting from the first game was evident in the second, however, with Freya Chapman scoring her first ever four and every player matching or outscoring their first match score. The girls enjoyed the game and the progression from game one to game two was a fitting way to end a productive and worthwhile season. Due to the loss of winter training, there was an awful lot of learning to be done by the girls in warm-ups and during the matches last season and, to their credit, the girls coped extremely well with this. As a coach, it was pleasing to see the U11 girls’ team evolve over the season from a group of nervous players meeting each other on the first game, to socialising, scoring, and giving throwdowns to each other at the last game of the season with a real team connection. This team bond translated from off the field to on it, with and encouragement, team celebrations, wicket communication growing throughout the season and their confidence growing with every ball faced or bowled. Looking to 2022, there is room for development to become a more successful team in terms of results. However, the creation of a brilliant team ethos, growth of confidence in all the girls, and creation of a strong bond within the team will
stand them all in good stead, whether staying in CUB Hub or potentially moving up to represent the county U13 sides. The girls were a pleasure to coach and had an enjoyable season with plenty of signs of promise for the future. UNDER-13s By Terry Small A VERY very high number of Under-13s Girls’ trialled last year, so the decision was made to run two squads. The Suns, made up from the more advanced players, and the Risers, to develop the girls showing tremendous promise, most of whom were on the fringe of breaking into the Suns. The intention for the Suns was to have a performance feel to the squad, meaning more advanced players maintained their role; batters batted one-to-five rotating and bowlers the same, providing them with an opportunity to get regular high scores, or wickets at the top of the order for those with the Sunrisers in their horizon. As for the Risers, everyone was rotated to provide maximum opportunities throughout the squad to play in a Suffolk shirt, and represent their county with pride, to take these experiences away when playing for club or school and share their knowledge beyond county cricket. As the season got going, pandemic restrictions relaxed which had an effect on availability, which was indicative of every team sport in 2021 and totally understandable given what these girls have had to go through. Luckily having two teams to choose from became beneficial. This allowed some of the Risers to play in a performance environment, and the Suns to share their knowledge and put skills on show, lifting the standards of both teams and the players involved. It was a privilege to witness all the players develop during the season, with many stand-out performances to choose from. Megan Haynes was chosen as MVP for 2021, leading by example. Megan captained the Suns games on many occasions, and she also stepped in for the Risers whenever asked. She has the ability to dominate with bat and ball and take up the gloves behind the stumps, not to mention she’s
Suffolk Girls’ U13 Risers (left to right): Erin Berry, Evie Tassell, Mia North, Ismene Johnson, Kira Trimby, Thea Langdon, Henrietta Stenning, Rosie Shaw, Pippa Gibbons, Zara Stokes, Lara Neild (coach). 48
also fearless in the field. In the games Megan wasn’t captain, she supported fellow captains in a leadership role, one of the first to arrive and last to leave with a team first mentality. Huge thanks to Lara, Alfie and Rob for their massive support through the year, assisting in training and matches ensuring an enjoyable experience for all.
Suffolk Girls’ U13 Suns relax with coach Lara Neild.
UNDER-15 GIRLS By Alfie Marston IT WAS another very odd winter which saw no squad sessions together as a group. This then led to summer training sessions which was tough to get the group together as they all had so many games for their clubs and representative cricket at regional level. In these summer sessions the girls worked really hard getting their skills back up to the usual high standards and helping the new additions to the squad get up to speed on group expectations and standards. In our first few games of the year we clicked and we had some very strong games against neighbouring counties. The girls performed very well, especially strong in their bowling and fielding, being able to build pressure as a squad this enabled them to dry up runs and take wickets; this was a consistent theme throughout the year. The batting was aggressive, and all players played with freedom and with no fear which allowed us to produce big totals at a fast rate. The stand-out moment was when we played neighbouring county Norfolk away. Sadly, the game was called off, but the batters put us in a really good position with strong, positive batting. Sophie Singer smashed a quick-fire 66 and then Petra Tweedy came in and hit fifty and then Lily Tilbrook, playing the supporting role, made 63 not out – her first half-century for the county. This left us on 215-1 when we came off for rain at 25 overs. This really showed the capabilities of what the team could achieve with the bat, with plenty more firepower to kick on for the rest of the batting innings. Our bowling attack was very consistent and skilled and throughout the year it was our bowling that won us more games. Away to Norfolk in the T20 competition we restricted them to under 70 and then also multiple times we restricted teams to under 100, doing it twice against Cricket East in the T20 days against them. The captaincy team of Evie Booker, Petra Tweedy and Sophie Singer also stood out, working really well together to set awesome bowling plans and very attacking and positive fields. Also, special mention to the girls that stepped up from the under-13 squads as they performed so well, especially with the ball. Megan Haynes, Henrietta Croot and Ella Morgan all grabbed their opportunity with both hands.
Ella Morgan took five wickets for 27 runs in four overs in the game against Cricket East. This was a prime example of the squad depth and the ability of the girls in Suffolk. Also, I would like to say a massive well done to all the under-15 girls for their hard work and performances over the year when playing for the under 15s and also for the under 18s when selected.
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UNDER-18 GIRLS By Rob Southall THE season started off early in April when we hosted Cambridgeshire. After electing to bat first, Cambridgeshire put on 92 before losing their first wicket. That wicket got Suffolk back into the game, restricting Cambridgeshire’s scoring to 207-4 off their 40 overs, with Sophie Hughes (7-1-17-3) taking three of the four wickets. In reply, the new opening partnership of Isobel Sidhu and Sophie Singer got off to a great start and continued throughout the innings as we ended up winning by 10 wickets, Isobel Sidhu (100 not out) leading the way with an incredible hundred and brilliantly supported by Sophie Singer (81 not out). The return fixture against Cambridgeshire was much tighter with Suffolk being bowled out for 126 after losing wickets at regular intervals. Suffolk put up a super fight in the second innings but still lost by only two wickets. The girls got back to winning ways away to Norfolk. Batting first, Suffolk ended up 176 all out, with some valuable late runs by Petra Tweedy (44) to get the side up to a defendable total. In return they made light work of Norfolk, bowling them out for just 67, with Lottie James (5-2-4-3) finishing with fantastic figures. Cricket East then came to Suffolk for the girls’ next fixture. Disciplined bowling restricted Cricket East to 166-6, with the wickets being shared among the bowling attack. Suffolk were able to make fast work of the run chase, with Imogen Sidhu (37) top-scoring as we chased down the total in 24 overs for the loss of three wickets. Their final 40-over game of the season was the return fixture against Norfolk. Suffolk ended a very successful 40-over season with another win after bowling out Norfolk for 115, with the 10 wickets shared throughout the bowling attack. The run chase was completed very professionally with a good opening stand between Isobel Sidhu and Sophie Singer who put on another partnership of over 50 to set up a comfortable win. The T20 season started with a double-header against
Cambridgeshire. In the first of the two fixtures consistent bowling and tight fielding restricted our opponents to 88-4. In reply, an opening partnership of 78 between Sophie Singer (37) and Charlotte Oastler (36) set up the side to win comfortably. In the second fixture, Charlotte Oastler (52) set the pace of the Suffolk innings well and with the support of Imogen Sidhu (31) we scored 125-3. Early wickets and tight bowling led by Niamh Harris (2-6) gave Cambridgeshire an uphill struggle, and even with a strong finish, Suffolk held on to win by two runs. The T20 fixtures with Cricket East started with Suffolk bowling first and tight bowling and fielding led to four run outs as Cricket East ended up 78-8. In reply, early wickets fell and after coming in at 27-3 Imogen Sidhu (36) steadied the innings and led the side to a six-wicket win. Batting first in the second match Suffolk collapsed to 24-4 and it needed Tamsin Holmes (30) and Charlotte Oastler (20) to put on 58 together and get Suffolk to a defendable 114-7.
In reply, Suffolk took early wickets and put pressure on Cricket East, led by Imogen Sidhu (3-3-0-2) with her remarkable three maidens in three overs to help restrict Cricket East to 73-8. The girls ended their season away to Norfolk. Bowling first in the opening game, Suffolk dismissed Norfolk for 83, with Petra Tweedy leading the attack with three wickets. Imogen Sidhu (38 not out) and Sophie Singer (26 not out) made light work of the run chase, Suffolk winning in just 11 overs for the loss of one wicket. In the second game Suffolk came out with an aggressive mind set and a partnership of 103 towards the end of the innings between Imogen Sidhu (46 not out) and Isobel Sidhu (47 not out) saw Suffolk post 178-4 off their 20 overs. With a high total to defend, Suffolk were able to take wickets at regular intervals and win by 75 runs, the nine wickets being shared throughout the attack. Having ended the season with only one loss in the 40-over competition and an undefeated T20 campaign, the girls can reflect on a very successful 2021 season.
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The Suffolk Over-70s Vase-winning side. Back row (left to right): Wendy Black (umpire/scorer) Peter Boughton, Neil Hames, Ray Black, David Adams, Alan Burt, Dave Hinchcliffe, Derrick Messent, Peter Christie. Front row: Peter Webb, Clive Witherly (wkt), Chris Watson (capt), Rob Jenkin. 50
Hames shows his class as Over-70s lift Vase Suffolk Seniors report by ALAN ROGERS
DESPITE the best efforts of the Covid pandemic, there were no reports of any Seniors succumbing to the nasty virus, maybe some infections but nothing worse. Following Lockdown No.2, it was good to learn that the season would be able to start on time, although there were protocols in place to try and ensure that all players and officials remained safe. Unlike 2020, all six teams competed in their regular competitions. The ECB 50s began the season with a trip to play Hunts at Peterborough Town, although nobody had foreseen the chaos on the roads which resulted in a delayed start. Winning the toss always helps and after deciding to bat, the runs flowed swiftly. It was pleasing to see most of the batters make a good start to the campaign, with Sean Cooper and Nick Keefe leading the way with half centuries. A total of 2897 was more than a challenging target. Home skipper Bob Milne defied the best efforts of the Suffolk bowlers whilst wickets were tumbling at regular intervals. Although Milne batted out the full 45 overs for an unbeaten 106, Hunts never looked like reaching their target and finished some 54 runs short on 235-6. Away to Cambridgeshire at March Town was a much different affair. Arthur Wormington won the toss again and again decided to bat first. This time, the Cambs bowlers were that much sharper and without Wormington’s 70, Suffolk would have struggled to reach 200. Karl Storey (44) and Adrian Stockton (37) added mid-order runs, before a flurry of wickets saw the Suffolk innings tail off at 213-7. Ian Knight and Cooper claimed early wickets but at 165-5 Cambs were well in control with No.3 bat Billy Norman looking to be the match winner. One injudicious shot against the spin of Andrew Simmons and Norman’s innings came to an end on 73 and with it much of Cambs’ hope of a victory. The tailenders brought the scores closer but were thwarted by two late wickets by Cooper. Stockton effected the win with a run out of the 10th wicket with the score on 207. After that difficult match, Suffolk were pleased to record a very comfortable win over a poor Lincolnshire XI at Sudbury CC. Lincolnshire won the toss and chose to bat. Cooper’s opening six-over spell while wicketless cost just eight runs but it was Knight that took the first wicket. Simmons (2-9) did for Nos.3 & 4 before Ben Moyle and Stockton both returned 3-25 to clean up the tail. Lincolnshire were all out for 128 with No.5 top scoring with 19. There were a few scares for the home team as the top three were out with 62 runs scored. Stockton (42) and Pete Siegert (20 not out) added 52 for the fourth wicket when Stockton was adjudged leg before with victory in sight. The win came with 11.3 overs in hand although a fifth wicket was lost. Norfolk at Old Buckenham CC turned out to be the Sean Cooper show. Having been asked by Norfolk to bat first, Suffolk’s 45 overs yielded 257-2. Wormington was bowled with the score on 22 but from then on Cooper took control, scoring 179 in partnership with Storey (53) and 56 in partnership with Stockton (23 not out). Cooper’s 147 not out came off 139 balls and contained 11 fours and four sixes. To rub salt into their wounds, Cooper opened the bowling and
at the conclusion of his nine-over spell, Norfolk had been reduced to 35-6. Cooper’s figures read 6-18! Norfolk’s reply concluded inside 30 overs with just 82 runs on the board. Northants’ visit to Ipswich brought about more than the odd twist and turn and a closer result than most pundits would have predicted. Batting first, Suffolk looked to be cruising at 150-2 with 10 overs remaining, Wormington, Storey and Stockton all in the runs. However, a combination of good fielding and an eight-over spell by Terry Butt, the visiting skipper, yielding 4-13, induced a dramatic collapse to 187 all out, which was a poor return. Ian Knight eased the tension in the home camp by dismissing the top three Northants batters with only eight runs on the board. A wicket on ECB XI debut for Lindsey Towers plus a couple for Simmons put Northants in the mire at 95-6. No.7 Peter De Lange provided stiff resistance, scoring a near runa-ball 50 and looked to be turning the match in Northants’ favour. Fortunately, having completed his half century, he edged a catch on the first ball of the 40th over to wicket-keeper Paul Farrow, with the visitors still 42 runs shy of the target. Game over for Northants as the remaining batters could only add a further seven runs. Leicestershire were next on the agenda, with the match being contested at Mildenhall CC. After a 50 from Wormington, Suffolk were pegged back somewhat until Keefe was joined at the crease by Tony Stubbs following the fall of the fourth wicket at 151. The pair upped the tempo significantly and over the remaining 12.3 overs, 102 runs were added. The final over was of great importance since Keefe smashed four fours and a six, the maximum bringing up his century. In reply to the Suffolk total of 253-4, a 99-run partnership for the third wicket looked to be giving the visitors a platform for victory but the wicket of opener Tony Pridmore (72) seemed to have a demoralising effect. A blistering second spell of 5-18 by Cooper wrapped up the tail, but not before the visitors ended eight runs shy of their target. For the final group match against Bedfordshire, the ECB XI were rather hamstrung with availability and injury issues. Batting first, the innings was built around a 170-run partnership between Storey (78) and Keefe (88) for the second wicket. Yes, it was an invaluable partnership but it had such an oh-so-slow start. After Keefe’s dismissal for 88 in the 39th over, the final six overs brought about a frantic chase for quick runs and the loss of a further four wickets, the final total being 219-6. Beds’ reply seemed to centre around opener Ian Horton, his first two partners being dismissed by Stubbs, but together with wicketkeeper Phil Gurney (51) they built a solid foundation. Gurney was stumped by Farrow off the bowling of Simmons soon after reaching his half century but Horton batted on resolutely. Finally, Horton (91) was bowled by Knight but by then Beds needed just five runs off the final over. A disappointing defeat which might well have had a different outcome had Paul Marston not injured himself whilst in the middle of his 51
miserly spell of bowling. Suffolk had reached the national play-offs yet again and were paired with Berkshire, with the match to be played at Ipswich CC. Berkshire won the toss and chose to bat. Cooper again showed his consistency by collecting a wicket in his first spell and another couple at the death. The visitors’ innings was steady if unspectacular and contained few fireworks in reaching 211-9. Keefe bagged four more wickets though somewhat expensive at a cost of 55 runs. Somehow, Suffolk seemed to make a hash of reaching what should have been a relatively comfortable target. Another slow start, with the Cooper (28) and Storey (55) opening partnership taking up almost half of the allotted 45 overs. Suffolk had crawled to 124-3 with only eight overs remaining. Carnage ensued as a wicket, three of which were run outs, fell in every over, the exception being the 42nd. The end came on the final ball of the last over with the score on 155. Home Counties 50s captain Eric Davy was delighted that there would be some new players available to strengthen the squad only to learn that some of the 2019 regulars had changed jobs and would not be able to get time off work. At least there would be more bowlers available, this being one of the reasons for the poor results in 2019. So, from a lone victory in 2019 to four wins, three defeats and one abandoned match in 2021. Essex and Middlesex were the strongest teams in the division and little surprise that both these matches ended in heavy defeats. At Ickenham CC, Suffolk were bowled out for 133 in the 43rd over, with Nick Wright top-scoring on 39. Middlesex reached the target for the loss of one wicket in the 25th over. Against Essex at Ipswich CC, Suffolk could only make 106, being skittled out in the 28th over, Zafir Nazir recording the incredible figures of 7-28 from his nine-over spell. Lawrence Hall collected 2-24 in his nine-over opening spell, but that did little to stop the flow of Essex’s runs as they wrapped up victory in the 25th over. The season had started well for the HC 50s as they recorded an excellent win over Berkshire thanks to an exciting run chase. Mildenhall CC had provided a super batting track which Berkshire took full advantage of, No.2 Bennett (57) and No.4 Wright (72 not out) in particular. Berkshire were more than happy going in for tea at 255-5. Paul Pallant (1-25) was the most economical whilst Jamie Harper recorded 2-41, both from nine-over spells. The Suffolk reply seemed to be floundering at 56-3 after 20 overs, the fall of the third wicket bringing Davy to the crease to partner Karl Storey. In an amazing turnaround, Storey and Davy pummelled the visiting bowlers for 186 runs from 22.4 overs. Storey’s contribution was a round 100, with Davy’s 69 from 63 deliveries faced. The HC 50s added the remaining handful of runs with two balls to spare. Storey remained unbeaten on 131, his ton coming from 116 balls faced. Suffolk rebounded from the Middlesex defeat by gaining a comfortable win over Hertfordshire at Woolpit CC. Batting first, the HC XI had a steady start and had put 104 runs on the board for the loss of four wickets after 23 overs. Ian Gedny (75) and Pallant (52) put on 89 together, their fifties coming off 54 and 45 balls respectively. Whilst Gedny was the fifth wicket to fall on 189, Pallant remained at the crease until the penultimate over. At tea, Suffolk were 219-7. Herts’ reply was stunted by a superb opening spell of 1-12
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from nine overs after which they were always falling behind the required run rate. The loss of four wickets between overs 28 and 34, two of which fell to Hall (3-37) further dented any hopes of an away win. They did push on a little at the end to finish on 180-7. Away wins in Surrey do not happen very regularly and when the home side posted 243-2 at Egham CC this looked to be another defeat for Suffolk. The innings was based upon two century partnerships, with much credit going to opener Taylor for carrying his bat for the full 45 overs for 88 not out. Fortunately, the rain that had interrupted the first innings stayed away as the Suffolk reply gained momentum. Steve Grinling (40) and Wright (22) both scored quicker than a runa-ball before falling to opening bowler Miles. At 142-4 after 28 overs, Suffolk were fractionally ahead of the required rate. It was Gedny again who provided the backbone of this run chase and despite suffering a leg injury mid-innings, partnerships of 58 with Davy (30) and an unbroken 48 with John Tooley (24 not out) saw Suffolk to a five-wicket win. Gedny finished on 78 not out from 73 balls faced. Looking to build on those successive wins, Suffolk were eager to contest the next match against Sussex at East Bergholt. Sussex won the toss and chose to bat which looked to be the wrong decision as both openers were dismissed within the first five overs. Mallows (77) and Harris (67) rescued the situation but were not able to score freely against effective bowling. Harris was the third wicket to fall with the score on 138 and Mallows fifth out in the 44th over, with the score on 181. The final over only yielded three runs, so Sussex finished on 184-5 at tea. Hall returned the best bowling figures with 3-31. Suffolk’s reply did not start well and not only were they behind the run rate but at 51 from 16 overs, four wickets had already been lost. Gedny was becoming ‘Mr Reliable’ and soon started to score freely despite losing two more partners. Perhaps the defining moment of the game came at 114 on the first ball of the 33rd over. Having reached his half century off 48 balls Gedny was then adjudged run out on a very close call when a winning partnership with the belligerent Tooley (31 not out) might well have occurred. As it was, there was not enough firepower in the tail to support Tooley as Suffolk slipped to a 26-run defeat. Suffolk returned to winning ways the following week against Kent at the picturesque Upchurch CC ground. Kent won the toss and decided to bat first. There was a shock in store for the home side as Alex Haverson bowled the opening bat with the third ball of the innings. Captain Olufawo (38) led the recovery before he became Haverson’s second victim with the score on 73 in the 17th over. Shipton, batting at No.5, appeared to be their dangerman, so while he scored 54 not out from 51 balls he was actually at the crease for 24.1 overs. Suffolk had done well to keep him away from the strike. As such, Kent were probably a little under-par at 200-9. After losing Wright in the fifth over, Harper (29) and Gedny added 80 in quick time for the second wicket as Gedny hit his fourth half century of the campaign. A score of 102-2 shortly become 104-3 as Harper fell three overs later. Pallant, batting at No.4, lost two more partners before he was joined at the crease by Nigel Parmenter halfway through the 34th over. Being a batter short for this match, this was an important partnership if the tail were not to be exposed.
Fortune favoured the brave and an unbroken partnership of 65 rewarded Suffolk with a five-wicket victory. Pallant finished on 55 and Parmenter 22. Following the Essex defeat, the final match in the competition was the away match in Buckinghamshire. On a wet day, the best result would have been not to have made the long journey. The match was declared on and Bucks won the toss and chose to bat. After losing an early wicket, opener White (40) and No.3 Weston (61) combined for a partnership of 88. Three more wickets were lost before an unbeaten partnership of 85 brought the score up to 205-5 after 42 overs. More heavy rain ruled out any further play. In amongst the competition matches, Suffolk played a friendly against Sean Cooper (right) pictured celebrating after his 147 not out against Norfolk Over-50s Norfolk at Diss CC. This was a trial alongside Adrian Stockton, who finished 23 not out in partnership of 56. match to help decide whether or not for the loss of only two wickets. It was ironic that Essex to join the Home Counties competition for 2022. Norfolk won skipper Grant once again was forced to retire hurt. the toss and asked Suffolk to bat first. Grinling (69) and Davy The away leg in Bedfordshire was ruled out with the home (65) provided the bulk of Suffolk’s 207 runs for the loss of county citing Covid for the cancellation. Thankfully, there seven wickets. Despite losing wickets at regular intervals, were no such problems at Mildenhall where the 60s played Suffolk felt the full force of a Peter Free onslaught. His 95 out a thrilling victory against Beds. The Beds’ top order all came off 66 balls faced and included eight fours and six sixes. enjoyed batting on a good track and they reached 179-2 after Norfolk won the match by four wickets with three overs to 37 overs. A miserly spell from Paul Brown (0-29) plus 2-48 spare. from Kevin Crossley, who also effected two run outs, helped The 1st XI 60s continue to suffer in that two of the country’s to keep the score in check, with tea taken at 227-6. top teams, Essex and Hertfordshire, are fellow members of A fit-again Walters (62) opened the batting with Halliday and the East Group. Playing Hertfordshire first up is a tough task, with their contrasting styles they added 105 for the first especially when former Suffolk legend Simon Clements leads wicket. Halliday remained unbeaten on 85 to see the 60s a run-fest with an unbeaten ton. Clements and No.4, Sampat through to a six-wicket win with a couple of overs to spare. (79 not out) put on 165 for the third wicket. To be fair, Suffolk Halliday was also in the runs in the first of three scheduled did take two Hertfordshire wickets and then scored 202 in matches against Norfolk. Opening with Tony Locke, the pair reply to the 263 target. put on 141, Locke’s contribution being 79. Halliday carried Having stumbled to 78-5, skipper Colin Walters (78 not out) his bat the full 45 overs, scoring 103 off 125 balls. A hardand Ken Jones (39) added 92 for the sixth wicket. This was a hitting 39 from Kevin Dobson helped to push the Suffolk total much better performance than the away tie in Watford when to 250-4 at tea. Suffolk were skittled out for 107 on a wet wicket. Again, Whilst the Norfolk batsmen all reached double figures and Herts only lost two wickets but there was some satisfaction wickets were not easy to come by, the Suffolk bowling and in having Clements lbw having only scored seven runs. fielding effectively kept the required run rate well in check. At Abberton CC, Essex batted first and made an impressive A total of 198-5 was not a bad score, but Ross (1-23), Hames 262-3, their captain and opening bat Kevin Grant scoring 121 (2-27) and Brown (1-16) all helped to ensure a Suffolk victory. before retiring due to suffering dehydration. The Suffolk The match in Suffolk was rained off and the third match, also bowlers also suffered, although Kevin Ross opened the at Old Buckenham, fell victim to the rain after only eight balls bowling with a tidy nine-over spell that only cost 34 runs. had been bowled. Norfolk lost the toss and were invited to Suffolk’s cause was not helped as Walters was not able to bat bat first. Ross bowled a maiden then Martin Kingdon bowled due to injury. Neil Hames, batting at No.7, top-scored as the a wide followed by a wicket. So, when the match was 60s limped to 132 all out. eventually called off, Norfolk were 1-1 from 1.1. 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partnership between Walters (81 not out) and Brown (24). Having lost Brown in the 43rd, over 44 yielded 16 runs and, with it, victory. Earlier Cambs/Hunts must have been disappointed only to have scored 193, having only lost three wickets on such a splendid batting track. Ross, Hames, and Andy Burgess shared the wickets. It was a different story at Wisbech Town CC, where Suffolk failed to impress with the bat. Only Halliday and Dobson with 40s gave the Cambs/Hunts bowlers any cause for concern. Old adversary Nigel Gadsby took 4-27 to reduce Suffolk to 145 all out before rubbing more salt into the wounds by scoring a chanceless 83 not out. The 60s did take three wickets, but Gadsby’s efforts led them to a comfortable seven-wicket victory. Three wins were sufficient to earn the 60s a home tie in the Vase competition against Leicestershire at Sudbury CC. Opting to bat was a bad move for the visitors with debutant Martyn Wilkins keen to impress, taking a wicket in his first over and finishing his spell on 3-21. With Wilkins and Kingdon bowling their nine overs straight through, Leicestershire had been reduced to 63-4. Ross (4-18) and Brown (2-12) then destroyed the remainder of the innings, leaving Leicestershire in a sorry state, all out for 93 in under 28 overs. Having lost Locke and Halliday, Ross (25 not out) and Dobson (33 not out) wrapped up the win in the 19th over. There followed a quarter-final against Sussex, also at Sudbury CC. With Wilkins missing, the bowling attack seemed to lack the firepower and accuracy from the previous Tuesday. Brown recorded decent figures of 2-25 from his nine overs, but while the Sussex batters were kept in reasonable check, too many byes and wides were conceded and extras top scored for Sussex, who were 244-7 at tea. The reply got off to the worst possible start, with Walters retiring hurt and Locke being caught and only one run having been scored. Halliday and Dobson both scored 41 to start the recovery, before a mid-order collapse reduced Suffolk to 123-7, six wickets having gone down for 43 runs. There followed an entertaining 64-run partnership between Ian Knight (31) and Kingdon (36) for the eighth wicket. A valiant effort but with Suffolk being bowled out for 198, they were left to rue all those extras. As a team, the 60s 2nd XI did not have a very good start to the campaign, but it was good for Andrew Harrison in particular. At Ipswich CC, Essex scored 210-7 despite the best efforts of captain Steve Bulger’s 4-40. Harrison (75 not out) carried his bat for the whole innings which sadly did not last too long as Suffolk were all out for 125. The next fixture was also played at Ipswich, against Norfolk, and ended with the same result. However, it was a much better batting performance all round with the 2nd XI scoring 242-7. Harrison’s contribution this time was an unbeaten 111 scored off 123 balls. The not so good news was that Norfolk has racked up 275-5 following a century opening partnership. The 2nd XI achieved that all-important first win at Wisbech against the combined Cambs/Hunts XI. Harrison’s luck ran out on this occasion, but fortunately David Adams was in good nick, scoring 99, although his innings ended in the cruellest fashion by being run out. However, his knock helped Suffolk to record 216-5 from their 40 overs.
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Apart from opener Brown with 53, the Cambs/Hunts batsmen failed to break the shackles of Suffolk’s accurate bowling. Always behind on the run rate, the innings closed on 151-7. Kevin Crossley was the pick of the bowlers with 219. Suffolk had quite a wait to play their next match as the next two scheduled fixtures, Essex at home and Bedfordshire away, were both cancelled. The 2nd XI achieved what the 1st XI could not and that was to beat Hertfordshire. At Bishop’s Stortford there were fifties for David Adams, Gerry Artindale and Steve Smith as Suffolk were able to chase down Hertfordshire’s first innings total of 200-9 for the loss of only two wickets. The Artindale/Smith unbeaten partnership had reached 111 by the time the winning runs were hit. The first innings bowling honours belonged to Peter Webb (2-18) and Bulger 2-32. Suffolk continued their good form as Buckinghamshire travelled to Stowmarket. Having won the toss and batted, the only real resistance came from opener Langford with 46 and No.5 Zala with 32. A solid effort from the Suffolk bowlers saw the Bucks innings finish on 149 in the 43rd over. Bulger and Graham Deere both finished with figures of 3-33. It only took 27.5 overs to knock off this small target, with Artindale (63) again in the runs, although on this occasion his willing partner was John Gallant with 44 not out. Alas, the 2nds were unable to maintain the winning run as they were second best against Norfolk at Old Buckenham. Norfolk were indebted to an partnership of 88 for the fourth wicket between Clark (70 not out) and Konieczny (44) enabling the home side to conclude their innings on 187-7. Bulger collected another three wickets and was ably assisted by Malcolm Grubb, who recorded 2-34. Grubb also had a decent day with the bat scoring 30 and enjoying a 47-run stand with Gallant (47 not out). Alas, Suffolk were always behind and the innings closed on 153-7. Suffolk completed the double over Cambs/Hunts with a comfortable victory at Worlingworth CC. In a match reduced to 40 overs-per-side, Cambs/Hunts were restricted to 144-7, with Deere (3-10) and Bulger (3-26) leading the way. The loss of an early wicket failed to prevent the flow of runs as Artindale (45) and Smith (42 not out) guided Suffolk to a sixwicket win with three overs in hand. At Kelvedon & Feering CC, rain forced a halt to the match when Essex looked to be heading for a big total. The abandonment came at the beginning of the 26th over with the score on 107-3. Deere had claimed two of those three wickets at a cost of 26 runs. Win number five came for Suffolk without having to take to the field at Felixstowe. Bedfordshire did not want to travel and conceded the match. Hertfordshire then gained revenge for the Stortford defeat by beating Suffolk at Ipswich CC. An exciting match for all to watch as just one run separated the two teams at the death. Dovey (56) and, more importantly, Murphy (63 not out) were instrumental in enabling the visitors to post 215-7 from their 45 overs. Bruce Tompkins was the most successful bowler with 3-22. In reply, Artindale (67) and Clive Heaps (51) got the 2nds to the brink of victory, with the scoreboard on 209-4. In a dramatic turnaround, four wickets fell for three runs and from the remaining balls in the innings two more runs were added when two more were needed for a win or one for a tie.
Suffolk were second best in their final group match at Chalfont St Giles against Buckinghamshire. Opener Field led the charge with a fine century and had ample support from his colleagues, most of whom recorded double-figure scores. Two wickets apiece for Andrew Norburn and Bulger failed to halt the Bucks progress in setting Suffolk a target of 239-6 to beat. The Suffolk reply was flat save for a fine 66 from Andy Foreman batting at No.6. The 2nds were finally dismissed for 172 in the 40th over. The good news was that Suffolk finished second behind Essex in the East Group and qualified for the National Cup quarter finals. The not so good news was that they were drawn to play Lancashire away. At Middleton CC, Lancashire won the toss and asked Suffolk to bat. Early wickets were lost and with Andy Foreman, batting at No.4 top-scoring with 39, plus twenties from Artindale, Webb and Grubb, the 2nds were unlikely to post a challenging total. The innings failed to see out the full 45 overs, finishing on 153 in the 44th over. Chris Hall laid claim to the man of the match award with 5-36. A strong start for Lancashire saw 95 runs on the board for the first wicket. While Davies (61 not out) carried his bat to see out the home win, at least Suffolk were able to take another three wickets. On paper, the record of played 14, lost 14 for the 60s 3rd XI does not make pretty reading. However, this is a relatively new squad of players who had previously only played in friendlies and had been pitched against teams that have played in this county competition for many years. All are confident that with a few new faces and with the experiences gained from their first competitive season that 2022 will bring positive results. Yes, there were heavy defeats but there were also encouraging performances as a team and from individuals: Surrey (away) and Essex (away) were lost by 5 wickets Oxford (away) and Buckinghamshire (home) lost by 35 and 32 runs respectively Martin Pope 64 not out v Surrey (away) and 52 not out v Hertfordshire (away) Viqar Ahmed 86 v Buckinghamshire (home) and 4-25 v Oxfordshire (home) Stuart Cooper 59 v Oxfordshire (away) It was left to the ‘Old Boys’ in the 70s to put another trophy into the Suffolk cabinet. The campaign started at Clay Hall with a pleasing seven-wicket win over near-neighbours Essex. A Neil Hames half century led the way in chasing down a lowly Essex total of 132-7. There were two wickets each for Stuart Carpenter, Peter Christie and Alan Burt. Sadly, the return leg in Essex was cancelled. The fixture in Bedfordshire fell foul of the weather and had to be abandoned before the Suffolk innings had finished. After 38 overs had been bowled, the 70s were 164-6, with Peter Boughton having scored 82. Judging by the result of the match at Woolpit CC, the 70s might well have doubled Bedfordshire. The 70s batted first and totalled 208-8 after their 45 overs with a fifty from Rob Jenkin and 47 from Ray Black. In reply, the visitors finished some 32 runs shy of the target, their progress being slowed by Alan Burt’s 4-40 and Hames’s 3-35. Yorkshire Ridings’ trip down to Suffolk was cancelled which might just have provided the inspiration for Suffolk on their visit up North. In a match of 40 overs-per-team, Suffolk
racked up an impressive 232-3 which was based around a stand of 142 between Boughton (92 not out) and Jenkin (55 not out). The 70s were just as ruthless with the ball in restricting Yorkshire to 155-7. Burt’s eight-over spell yielded an incredible 6-28. The two matches against Norfolk were both won by the away team. First off, Norfolk won a low-scoring day at Copdock as the 70s were restricted to 98-5, with Peter Webb top-scoring with 35. More wickets for Burt, but his 2-17 was not sufficient to prevent a four-wicket Norfolk win. At Hockwald, Suffolk were the chasing side and completed a satisfactory three-wicket win, returning 198-7 helped by 43 from David Adams. Earlier, 3-28 had put the brakes on the Norfolk innings of 197-6. In contrast, the two matches against Kent went to the host county. First off, there were two centurions, Lomax (123) and Phillips (109) in Kent’s innings of 271-3. Definitely not a day to be a bowler as Suffolk replied with 240-7, with Hames (116) becoming the third centurion in the match. At Ipswich CC, Kent might well have been reasonably happy with restricting Suffolk to 180-6. Boughton (47) and Webb (43 not out) were the mainstays of the innings. Suffolk excelled with the ball during the second innings, with Dave Hinchcliffe recording 3-10 from his nine overs and Burt 3-26. Kent all out for 124, but what was remarkable was that No.3, Swadkin scored 85 of his team’s runs. The final group matches were against Cambs/Hunts which produced a heavy defeat away and a tight victory at home. On the road, 214-9 with 60 from Hames proved too little to prevent a crunching eight-wicket defeat. The two wickets that fell both were claimed by Christie. A very close affair followed at Woolpit, with the 70s batting first again. Boughton’s 66 was the major contributor to Suffolk’s 209-6. Cambs/Hunts finished oh-so-close on 202-5. The 70s group season containing six wins was sufficient to earn a high enough rating to qualify for the National Vase competition and with it a home tie in the quarter-final. As events were to unfold, the all-round class of Hames proved crucial. In the quarters at Woolpit against Hertfordshire, Hames (85) with assistance from Black (52) eased Suffolk to a seven-wicket win in response to the first innings total of 175-8. Webb’s 3-35 helped to keep the visitors at bay. Hames again was the dominant player in the semis, his 90 not out destroying Norfolk by nine wickets. Christie took 2-40 during the Norfolk innings of 177-7. On to Kidderminster CC for the final against Leicestershire, who won the toss and decided to bat first. The top three batters all scored 65 which helped Leicestershire to hit an imposing 245-5 from their 45 overs. The 70s lost two early wickets by the time 52 runs had been scored. However, when Jenkin (56) joined Hames at the crease the match swung in Suffolk’s favour. Together, Hames (128 not out from off 130 balls) and Jenkin added 151 runs. Although Jenkin was caught out with the score on 203, Hames remained undefeated to guide Suffolk to a sevenwicket victory. At Kidderminster, a special award was presented to Chris Watson in recognition of his appearance in his 100th Over-70s championship match. A well-deserved honour. As usual, and most importantly, a huge vote of thanks to all our host clubs and their volunteers, the umpires and scorers. 55
Need to recruit more members is a growing concern By RON RAISEY, Chairman of the Association of Suffolk Cricket Umpires and Scorers
WASN’T it great to be back out in the middle for a full season of cricket! Unlike 2020, when we didn’t have any cricket until mid-July and then only under the strictest of guidelines from the ECB, and with no league cricket at all as the Two Counties Championship decided early on that travel would prove difficult, 2021 started as planned in mid-April with a full league programme. The same guidelines from the ECB were still in place which weren’t a problem for those of us who stood in 2020 but still proved to be an obstacle for many of our members who were not comfortable with policing those guidelines and were concerned how players would react with having to hand sanitise every six overs, etc. As it happens all players from all clubs were brilliant in complying and there were no instances of problems at all. Congratulations to all our clubs. Fortunately these guidelines only lasted until the middle of the season when things thankfully returned to normal, whatever the current normal was! The one major thing that didn’t return at all was the traditional cricket tea, with officials and players alike having to provide their own food and drink, although later on in the season some clubs were at least providing hot drinks. This looks like it is going to be the norm in 2022, with a majority of clubs voting against the return of teas at the Two Counties AGM; however, clubs that do want to provide teas will still be allowed to do so. We struggled to provide umpires throughout the season, most weeks only able to cover the top two divisions of the Two Counties and huge thanks must go to our appointments team of Mel Phair and Phil Smith for all their work in what proved to be a very difficult season, moving umpires around as matches were cancelled, or umpires fell foul of the virus. During the course of the season we lost another of our longest-standing members, John Oldfield of Framlingham, who sadly passed away. John was one of the founder members of our association and was very well respected throughout cricket and he will be sorely missed. The Two Counties Division One was a bit of a one-horse race, with Witham winning fairly convincingly and we must congratulate them on their promotion to the East Anglian Premier League. It was good to see two Suffolk clubs challenging for the title, so special mention to both Woolpit and Hadleigh who both had very good seasons. It will be good to see another two Suffolk clubs in Division One in 2022, well done to Mildenhall II’s and Kesgrave on achieving promotion. A number of our members umpired throughout the season covering Suffolk County Youth matches, myself included, and it is really good to see such an abundance of talent coming through at all age groups, both boys and girls. It was also good to see how successful Suffolk Men’s and Ladies’ teams were, congratulations to all involved, including
all the dedicated coaches. It was sad that the various festivals throughout the county were cancelled, notably the Minor Counties Festivals at Royal Hospital School (above) run by Don Topley, and the Framlingham College Festival but hopefully we will see their return in 2022. Looking back on the 2021 season, do I consider it was a success? Yes - because we got back to having a full season and I know both players and officials who did participate thoroughly enjoyed it, even though the weather in April and early May was a bit arctic! No – because we lost a number of umpires for various reasons who did not want to stand, and who have also indicated that they have hung up their coats and will no longer be standing out there in the middle. We cannot afford to lose members like this as there aren’t any new umpires coming on board, and we are all getting older so we definitely need to recruit some new members, preferably younger ones if that isn’t being ageist! At our association AGM we were told that at least ten members had decided not to stand anymore which will, of course, make covering three divisions of the Two Counties Championship this season very difficult but, as always, we will do our best. There are a number of online courses run by the ECB, which can be found on their website, and it is hoped to resume faceto-face courses in 2022 for both umpires and scorers, covid permitting. Our new Scorers Officer, Kathy Parker, intends to run some courses early in the New Year and I know Rob Jones has already circulated her details to all Suffolk clubs, so let’s hope for a good take up. If anyone is interested in umpiring they can contact me by email [email protected] I will point them in the right direction. Despite all the recent controversies that we have all heard and read in the national media, cricket in Suffolk is thriving and long may it continue. I feel that there is a definite inclusivity and diversity in the county at all levels and I would like to thank all our member clubs, and Suffolk Cricket Board for helping to make this happen. I trust you all had a good winter and hope you all come back strong and raring to go for the 2022 season. 56
READ BROTHERS EAST ANGLIAN PREMIER LEAGUE
Difficult season ends with new champions By ANDY ABBOTT, League Secretary
Copdock & Old Ipswichian batsman Alex Oxley (No.43) is given out caught behind by Bury St Edmunds wicketAlfie keeper Marston (No.21) off the bowling of Josh Cantrell in the meeting of the two teams at Copdock in May. The home team won by 29 runs. AFTER 2020 when the Covid pandemic first struck we all D’ Reamed’ that ‘Things Could Only Get Better’. Unfortunately, that proved completely wide of the mark. The 2021 season was the most difficult administratively I have experienced in the 22 years I have been involved. Trying to find a solution of how to deal with games called off due to Covid which was largely fair to the majority rather than one, proved the most difficult, but at all times the Management Committee acted in a professional manner and made a firm decision. In the end only six games out of 132 were lost due to the pandemic. When Premier Leagues commenced in 1999 their mission slogan was: ‘From the Playground to the Test Arena’ and this has in some quarters been forgotten. To provide a foundation for the future of the game both at league and club level is to have a pathway for younger players to be the next generation and it is a mandatory part of the Premier League Accreditation Criteria for Clubs to run three age group sides up to 15. Unfortunately, Cambridge CC, one of the founder members of the league, fell foul of that. Despite warnings in 2018, 2019 and 2020, no progress appeared to have been made with the running of a Youth section and the league was left with no alternative but to demote the club back to the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Premier League. On a more positive note, a new name appeared on the champions trophy – that of Sawston & Babraham CC – and I am pleased to report that all three feeder league winners showed the ambition of making the step up and taking part in the play-offs. It was Essex side Witham CC from the Two Counties Championship that won through to replace Cambridge in the league for 2022. After a consultation with the players, there will be no change in playing format of half the games being 50-overs with a pink ball and half the longer format red-ball cricket. A majority of the players also indicated that they wish to see
the return of lunches and teas and they will be reintroduced in 2022. With the success of the Women’s game both nationally and internationally, the Women’s East Anglian Premier returned for its first full season. The champions were Thriplow CC from Cambridgeshire. The league has already attracted one new team for 2022. The long-term aim is for the league to be the pinnacle of Women’s Cricket in East Anglia and with that in mind we are working alongside the County Boards of Cambridgeshire, Cricket East, Norfolk and Suffolk to set a up a pyramid similar to the male league. The league is continuing to explore the setting up of a Division Two to bridge the gap between the feeder leagues and the top division. Thanks, as always, to the umpires and the league will be working to assist local ACO’s in attracting and supporting the officials of the future. Following on from the Yorkshire racism affair the league has put in place all the necessary policies to ensure that the East Anglian Premier League continues to be a diverse and inclusive league which is open to all. Finally, we are indebted to the league sponsor Read Brothers Ltd Timber Merchants from Norwich who in these difficult times will continue their support for the league in 2022 when we hope that things will certainly be better.
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Sawston & Babraham Swardeston Mildenhall Great Witchingham Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Saffron Walden Copdock & O.I. Sudbury Frinton On Sea Horsford Burwell & Exning
FINAL TABLE 2021
P 22 25 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
W 13 10 10 10 10 8 7 6 4 4 3 3
L 3 4 4 6 7 6 11 7 9 10 10 12
D 3 1 3 3 1 3 2 5 4 3 4 4
C/A 3 7 5 3 4 5 2 4 5 5 5 3
Pts 406 351 342 334 317 314 299 261 231 221 196 187
SUFFOLK T20 CUP
T20 Finals day sees new winners all round! Report by ANDEW BLANCHARD, County Cup Competitions Manager
Woolpit 1s, winners of the Tier 1 competition ONCE again, a large crowd made its way to Woolpit for the culmination of the Suffolk T20 competitions. The competition was again tiered into four sections, providing a Finals Day full of action and excitement as well as new winners for each trophy. After a group stage for each tier, it was Woolpit 1s and Bury St Edmunds (Tier 1), Suffolk U18s and Woolpit 2s (Tier 2), Battisford and Easton (Tier 3) and Shotley Peninsula and Stradbroke (Tier 4) who qualified for Finals Day. The morning fixtures pitted Suffolk U18s against home club Woolpit and Shotley Peninsula facing up against Stradbroke. In the Tier 2 final Woolpit 2s batted first, posting 152-4 from their 20 overs, with Kian Flannagan top scoring with 35. It was a score that looked defendable. However, it was quickly chased in 16 overs by the young Suffolk side, with Josh Bowyer, Dan Loveless and Tom Harper all registering 40+ scores to see the county age group side home. Over in the Tier 4 final it was a match-up between Finals Day newcomers Shotley and Stradbroke. It was a final that Shotley dominated from the off, setting a stiff target of 185-7 from their 20 overs. Highlights with the bat were a half century retirement from George Tuck and a swift 31 from Kieran Mandley. With the ball for Stradbroke, Ian Cattermole was the standout bowler with three wickets.
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In response, despite a 50 partnership between James Gilbee and Drew Cotton, Stradbroke fell short, being bowled out in the 17th over, Tommy Smith and Lee Mandley each taking three wickets. The afternoon Tier 3 final between Battisford and Easton was a repeat of the 2020 final in which Battisford claimed victory. It was a role reversal this time around, with Easton taking the honours in a five-wicket win. Battisford’s 122-8 never seemed enough and needed late order runs from Jonny Doughty, Tom Sillett and Connor Morrell to keep them in the game. Jamie Harper took three wickets for Easton. Despite Battisford fighting hard with the ball and taking five Easton wickets, William Lavergne’s 32 not out steadied the ship to see Easton home comfortably. The Tier 1 final saw Bury St Edmunds bat first against home team Woolpit. A score of 126 all out with contributions from Jack Howland (28) and James McKinney (25) meant Bury had it all to do with the ball to reclaim the cup they last won in 2016. Woolpit’s response was built around Chris Thomas’ run-aball 30 and Will Parker’s 29 not out to win with an over to spare. A massive thank you to the team at Woolpit Cricket Club for being brilliant Finals Day hosts. Finally, a thank you to all the teams who took part in last year’s competition; we look forward to the 2022 competition!
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S U F F O L K U N D E R - 1 9 V I TA L I T Y T 2 0 C U P
Woolpit successfully defend Under-19 T20 title
Woolpit Wolverines pictured with their medals. Back row (left to right): Merlin Stamper, Marcus Packer, Max Brais, George Tillbrook, Henry Bevan, Jonty Lecompte. Front row: Tim Gourlay, Conor Berry, Will West, Kian Flannagan, Samuel Bradwell, Alasdair English. WITH no competition in 2020, it was a welcome return for the Vitality Under-19 T20 competition last year. After winning their first Vitality U19 T20 title in 2019, Woolpit Wolverines defended their title after defeating Melton Marauders in a closely-fought final held at Hadleigh Cricket Club’s Friars Road ground. The final, which was brilliant hosted by Hadleigh, saw a good crowd watching on as Woolpit won the toss and opted to bat first. Woolpit’s top order began at a good rate before progress was checked with two wickets apiece from Josh Bowyer and Tom Shallish. However, a bright 51 not out off just 32 balls from Max Brais threatened to take the game away from Melton. The introduction of Ethan Banna, who took 3-15 from three overs, managed to restrict Woolpit to 155-8 from their 20 overs. Melton’s response set off at blistering pace, with Josh Bowyer striking 52 not out from 32 balls. Two wickets each from Marcus Packer, Henry Bevan and Kian Flannagan slowed Melton’s charge and despite a late flurry from Billy Whitmore, they fell seven runs short of their target. 60
M A R S H A L L H AT C H I C K T W O C O U N T I E S C H A M P I O N S H I P
Woolpit lead successful season for Suffolk clubs By ALAN ROGERS, Assistant Secretary
FOLLOWING Lockdown No.2 and the roll out of the Covid vaccination programme, the league committee were hoping that a full Two Counties season would be possible. It was envisaged that should there be a full season then there would probably be occasions when teams might have to cancel due to Covid infections. It was a certainty that the ECB would introduce certain protocols to try to keep all players and officials free of infection. This being so, a few of the championship’s rules were amended and/or relaxed to try and ensure that the as many matches as possible could be played. For the first time in many a year, (Covid) cancelled fixtures were able to be re-arranged and for one season only, the divisions were decided on average points rather than cumulative points. Later in the year, it was also ruled that rained off matches could be rescheduled. Whilst retaining a similar squad to that of their successful 2019 season plus a good crop of youngsters in reserve, Witham were obvious favourites to retain the Division One crown. They started the season like champions-elect and during the first half of the summer they had a 100% record, dropping only two points. The only downside to that was that four matches had been cancelled either for Covid or rain. As at the end of June, there were four teams, Mistley, Halstead, Hadleigh and Woolpit, in close attendance, with Mistley having the slightly better average. A strong Hadleigh XI lowered Witham’s colours on the first Saturday in July which ultimately was Witham’s only defeat of the season. The efforts of Chris Huntingdon (701 runs) and captain Jake Wakelin (626 runs plus 24 wickets) helped Witham to win the championship with a record of 14 wins, one defeat and seven cancelled. Having narrowly avoided relegation in 2019, a resurgent Woolpit led by Andy Northcote (874 runs) also recorded 14 wins but they suffered five defeats which ultimately lowered their points average. Hadleigh made it a good year for Suffolk with 12 wins, this being sufficient to finish in
third place. Halstead were the top Essex club, also with 12 wins but with an inferior average. After losing a number of key players, Haverhill had a season to forget, claiming only a sole victory. They will be joined in Division Two in 2022 by Braintree whose return to the top division only lasted one season. As champions, Witham contested the play-offs for the EAPL with the memory that they were soundly beaten in the 2019 play-offs. Last year bought much cheer, with a nine-wicket win in the semi-final away at Downham Stow in Norfolk. Former Suffolk all-rounder Jake This gained Witham Wakelin led Witham to the home advantage in the Division One title. final against Eaton Socon. Winning the toss and batting first helped, but despite the loss of two early wickets a Cody McDonald century led Witham to an impressive 290-8. Their all-round strength proved vital as Eaton Socon collapsed from 91-1 to 154 all out. Best wishes to Witham for their debut season in the EAPL. Division Two was dominated by Suffolk teams for much of the year, with Mildenhall IIs and Kesgrave contesting the two promotion places, while Copdock & OI IIs and Bury St Edmunds IIs not too far behind. What was disappointing for this division was that Ipswich
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MARSHALL HATCHICK TWO COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE Team Witham Woolpit Hadleigh Halstead Coggeshall Mistley Maldon East Bergholt Wivenhoe Worlington Braintree Haverhill
Final League Tables 2021 Season
DIVISION TWO Team Mildenhall Kesgrave Clacton Copdock & OI Bury St Edmunds Copford Elmstead Dunmow Lakenheath Kelvedon & Feering Frinton
DIVISION THREE Team Sudbury Easton Little Bardfield Long Melford Stowmarket Woolpit F’stowe & Corinthians Mistley Walsham Le Willows Tuddenham Abberton & District Haverhill
P 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
W 14 14 12 12 11 11 7 8 6 3 5 1
L C/A 1 0 5 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 7 0 10 1 8 0 11 0 14 0 13 0 17 1
T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 280 303 266 274 266 259 222 196 192 165 165 136
Av 18.67 15.95 15.65 15.22 14.78 14.39 12.33 12.25 11.29 9.71 9.17 7.16
P 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
W 15 15 11 9 10 8 4 4 3 4 1
L C/A 1 4 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 3 7 5 9 7 13 3 12 5 12 4 12 7
T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 306 308 243 203 241 194 124 144 116 117 44
Av 19.13 18.12 16.20 14.50 14.18 12.93 9.54 8.47 7.73 7.31 3.38
P 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
W 15 15 11 8 9 10 7 5 7 6 7 3
L C/A 5 2 4 3 5 6 6 7 7 6 9 2 11 4 9 6 10 4 12 3 10 5 15 4
T 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0
Pts 324 306 226 209 217 249 210 184 206 214 190 134
Av 16.20 16.11 14.13 13.93 13.56 12.45 11.67 11.50 11.44 11.26 11.18 7.44
W 17 12 15 10 10 8 9 9 7 6 2 2
L C/A 2 3 4 5 6 1 6 6 8 4 8 5 8 5 10 3 11 4 10 4 16 4 18 2
T 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 335 265 318 230 250 212 209 231 207 160 131 106
Av 17.63 15.59 15.14 14.38 13.89 12.47 12.29 12.16 11.50 10.00 7.28 5.30
W 13 10 13 11 14 10 9 8 6 7 4 1
L C/A 4 5 4 8 6 3 5 6 7 1 6 6 7 6 12 2 12 4 11 4 15 3 17 4
T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 274 224 294 244 314 230 209 211 187 184 146 30
Av 16.12 16.00 15.47 15.25 14.95 14.38 13.06 10.55 10.39 10.22 7.68 1.67
W 12 13 8 8 9 3 6 3 1
L C/A 2 2 3 0 3 5 6 2 5 2 10 3 8 2 8 5 12 3
T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 250 258 167 188 187 104 55 4 -58
Av 17.86 16.13 15.18 13.43 13.36 8.00 3.93 3.91 -4.46
DIVISION FOUR Team P Witham 22 Ipswich & East Suffolk 22 Nacton 22 Mildenhall 22 Coggeshall Town 22 Eight Ash Green 22 Wivenhoe Town 22 Brockley 22 Nowton 22 Worlington 22 Halstead 22 Harwich & Dovercourt 22
DIVISION FIVE Team P Hadleigh 22 East Bergholt 22 Needham Market 22 Maldon 22 Battisford & District 22 Ipswich 22 Stowupland 22 Great Bromley District 22 Easton 22 St Margaret's 22 Earl Stonham 22 Elmstead 22
DIVISION SIX Team P West Bergholt 16 Dunmow 16 Mildenhall 16 Abberton & District 16 Worlingworth 16 Braintree 16 Sudbourne Hall 16 Kelvedon and Feering 16 Yoxford 16
DIVISION SEVEN P Team Chappel & Wakes Colne18 F’stowe & Corinthians 18 Bury St Edmunds 18 18 Bardwell Melton St Audry's 18 18 Kesgrave 18 Woolpit 18 West Mersea Saxmundham 18 18 Long Melford
DIVISION EIGHT-1 P Team Woodbridge 18 Colchester Cavaliers 18 Maldon 18 18 Tendring West Bergholt 18 18 Copford Ipswich 18 18 Eight Ash Green Nacton 18 Harwich & Dovercourt 18
DIVISION EIGHT-2 P Team Sudbury 18 18 Copdock & OI Chappel & Wakes Colne18 18 Haverhill 18 Worlington Coggeshall Town 18 18 Brockley 18 Nowton 18 Witham Lakenheath 18
DIVISION NINE-1 Team P Brightlingsea 18 Mistley 18 Maldon 18 Woodbridge 18 Melton St Audry's 18 Ipswich & East Suffolk 18 St Margaret's 18 Boxted 18 West Mersea 18 F’stowe & Corinthians 18 DIVISION NINE-2 Team Earls Colne Stowmarket Elveden Bury St Edmunds Mildenhall Stradbroke Stowupland Woolpit
P 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
W 11 11 11 11 6 7 5 7 3 2
L C/A 1 5 3 3 4 3 5 2 7 5 9 2 9 4 11 0 12 3 13 3
T 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 230 247 241 243 152 171 147 176 125 108
Av 17.69 16.47 16.07 15.19 11.69 10.69 10.50 9.78 8.33 7.2
W 14 10 10 8 8 7 8 4 3 0
L C/A 0 4 4 4 6 2 5 5 6 4 7 4 7 3 12 2 10 5 15 3
T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 270 209 229 175 185 182 185 131 84 10
Av 19.29 14.93 14.31 13.46 13.21 13.00 12.33 8.19 6.46 0.67
W 12 10 10 7 8 7 7 4 2 2
L C/A 2 4 4 4 5 3 6 5 6 4 5 6 7 4 10 4 12 4 12 4
T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 243 217 225 170 183 155 158 128 75 29
Av 17.36 15.50 15.00 13.08 13.07 12.92 11.29 9.14 5.36 2.07
W 12 14 14 11 9 4 5 3 1 2
L C/A 2 4 2 2 3 1 5 2 6 3 9 5 10 3 13 2 14 3 11 5
T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 247 281 286 226 205 106 122 114 44 33
Av 17.64 17.56 16.82 14.13 13.67 8.15 8.13 7.13 2.93 2.54
W 10 10 9 7 3 6 3 1
L C/A 1 3 2 2 5 0 5 2 9 2 7 1 9 2 11 2
T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 194 201 194 153 117 126 111 70
Av 17.64 16.75 13.86 12.75 9.75 9.69 9.25 5.83
SUNDAY LEAGUE LADIES T20 PERFORMANCE TEAM P Copdock & OI 10 Woolpit 10 F’stowe & Corinthians 10 Saffron Walden 10 Mistley 10 Bardwell 10 LADIES T20 CENTRAL F’stowe & Corinthians Woolpit Melton St Audry's Battisford & District Worlingworth LADIES T20 EAST Copdock & OI Ipswich & East Suffolk Hadleigh Frinton Maldon LADIES T20 WEST Thriplow Worlington Coton Mildenhall
W 8 6 5 4 2 1
L 2 2 4 3 6 9
C/A 0 1 1 3 1 0
T 0 1 0 0 1 0
Pts 157 121 114 95 58 34
8 8 8 8 8
8 5 3 2 1
0 2 5 5 7
0 1 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0
154 115 65 54 39
8 8 8 8 8
6 5 5 2 0
1 3 3 4 7
1 0 0 2 1
0 0 0 0 0
126 111 110 62 -9
6 6 6 6
4 2 2 1
2 3 1 3
0 1 3 2
0 0 0 0
84 62 61 45
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were allowed to withdraw owing to that fact that most of their 2019 1st XI squad had left the club. Therefore, only 11 clubs fought out the division. Without too many close challengers, Mildenhall IIs and Kesgrave both recorded 15 wins, but Mildenhall prevailed courtesy of just one defeat whilst Kesgrave lost two matches. Like Wakelin at Witham, Mildenhall’s captain and wicket-keeper Ryan Clark played a major part in their success, his 657 runs placing him as the second leading scorer in the division and he had plenty of assistance from Dom Palmer with 555 runs. Ben Colver had a successful season at Kesgrave, scoring 498 runs. At the death, Clacton-on-Sea managed to edge out the Suffolk teams to finish in third place. At the foot of the table, Kelvedon & Feering retained their Division Two status by virtue of the division being one team short whilst Frinton-on-Sea IIs fell to the third tier having only collected one win. For followers of Suffolk cricket, it was notable to see the return to competitive cricket of former Suffolk captain Justin Bishop (right) with 625 runs for Bury St Edmunds IIs. How strange once again that both teams in the promotion places were Suffolk clubs and both finished the season with the same number of wins. The Division Three top teams were Sudbury IIs and Easton. At the beginning of July, it had looked like Little Bardfield would be contenders for promotion, but their early season form deserted them to leave Sudbury and Easton well clear. Having transferred from Haverhill to Sudbury, Dan Poole’s 795 runs kept them marginally ahead of Easton, where Athul Sarangan and Chris Wells both claimed 38 wickets. Alex Lack (Tuddenham) held the distinction of being the only batsman in the feeder competition to score over 1,000 runs which was needed to ensure their Division Three survival. Abberton were unfortunate to be relegated having won seven matches whilst Haverhill
IIs suffered the same fate as their 1st XI. There were further celebrations at Witham as their 2nd XI dominated Division Four by winning 17 out of 19 matches played. The runs of Michael Glynn (554) and Ben Tinham (507) ensured that Witham IIs won the division. Under the regular system, Nacton would have finished as runners-up with 15 wins but with average points, they were headed by Ipswich & East Suffolk, who managed 12 wins. Harry Burman (515 runs) and Karl Mildenhall (41 wickets) were crucial to the final league placing of IES. The division lost two Essex clubs as two wins did not provide sufficient points for Halstead IIs and Harwich & Dovercourt to remain in Division Four. With only three Essex based clubs in Division Five, it was odds-on that the promotion contenders would be situated in Suffolk. Battisford, Ipswich and Needham Market all had spells close to or at the top. However, as the season progressed, Hadleigh IIs and East Bergholt IIs pushed clear of the chasers. The title went down to the last weekend as Hadleigh won by a narrow margin at Gt Bromley whilst East Bergholt lost a home match to lowly St Margarets by a wide margin. Justin Toombs bagged 650 runs for Hadleigh whilst Richard Pickford’s 563 runs for East Bergholt helped them to their third consecutive promotion. A re-organisation of the divisions eventually saved Earl Stonham from relegation, but there was no saving Elmstead IIs. Division Six was the first division to be dominated by Essex clubs. West Bergholt were deserved winners of the division having achieved 12 wins and just two defeats, resulting in an average of just under 18. Important contributions came from Shaakir Ahmed with 522 runs and 40 wickets from Joe Smith. Whilst Mildenhall IVs and Worlingworth were well in contention for promotion in July, it was Dunmow IIs who had the better second half of the season and finished as runners-up. Yoxford were another club struggling for players and will compete in Division Seven in 2022. Chappel & Wakes Colne are another upwardly mobile club and fully deserved their third consecutive divisional title with 11 wins. Little surprise then as Tom Whiteman’s 989 runs was just eight runs shy of the divisional record, with Chris Carter adding another 700 runs. To be fair, they had some close challengers in Felixstowe & Corinthians IIs, Bury St Edmunds IIIs and Bardwell. These three all won 11 matches but could not match Chappel’s average haul. Saxmundham Sports and Long Melford IIs were left to wait for the lower leagues to be re-organised to find out their destinations for 2022. For the first time regionalisation was applied to the penultimate rung as well as the bottom rung. Division 8A representing the teams situated in the east of our domain produced the only 100% record. This belonged to Woodbridge thanks to Dan Vihm’s 660 runs and Marcus Smith’s 622 runs which placed them second and third in the divisional averages. The western section, 8B, was another triumph for Suffolk. Sudbury IIIs, with 12 wins, tended to claim more wickets, Lucy Amos (26) and Phil Halliday (24), than Copdock & OI IIIs, who finished with 10 wins, who tended to out bat the opposition, Santosh Sajnani (687) and Dhaval Sajnani (279).
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The Easterly Division 9A ended with a very close call, with Brightlingsea edging out Mistley IIIs with an average of 17.64 to 17.56. The average system benefited Brightlingsea as they had won two fewer matches than Mistley. Colin French (590 runs) returned to Brightlingsea in the Saturday competition after a number of years playing in the Sunday League. In the western 9B, Earls Colne held off the challenge of Stowmarket IIs. It was a close call with both clubs on 10 wins, the difference being Earls Colne losing one fewer match with one more cancellation. Earls Colne’s Daryl Sleeman topped the divisional averages scoting 788 runs. The Sunday League was a triumph for a totally new club in their first Two Counties season. IPSCOL (Ipswich & Colchester CC) were formed from a gathering of friends and colleagues who play their Saturday cricket at different clubs. In winning 10 out of 11 completed matches they broke the dominance of Great Bromley and Wivenhoe which stretched back to 2015. Great Bromley finished as runners-up having won 11 matches but with an inferior average. Leading the way for IPSCOL were Deepak Manoharan with 27 wickets and Manickam Shanmugan with 343 runs. The Ladies’ T20 competition was divided into a performance division for the stronger teams and three development divisions, East, West and Central. As cancelled matches were able to be rescheduled so the T20 divisions remained to be decided by cumulative points. Petra Tweedy (216 runs) and Beth Quinton (160 runs) proved doughty competitors for Copdock & OIs as they won the Performance Division, winning eight of their 10 matches. With 174 runs, Lily Tillbrook helped Woopit into second place with six wins and one tie whilst Felixstowe & Corinthians were just below them with five wins. Marie-Claire Tweedy topped the batting stats with 91 runs in the East and this rewarded Copdock with their second title, having won six out of seven completed matches. Just one point separated Ipswich & East Suffolk in second from Hadleigh in third. In the West, where there were only four teams, Thriplow won four out of their six matches. Beth Matthews had a successful season with bat and ball, scoring 37 runs and taking five wickets. In their first year in the competition, Worlington achieved a creditable two wins to finish as runners-up. Finally, in the Central Division, Felixstowe & Corinthians won all eight of their matches. Well done to Gill Morris (80 runs) and Sally Ablitt with eight wickets. There was another runners-up berth for Woolpit having won five matches. Following the AGM, it was obvious that the management sub-committee were going to be busy as a certain amount of restructuring of the divisions was required. There were spaces in Divisions Two and Six to be filled owing to teams withdrawing and other spaces to be filled whereby teams had conceded sufficient matches that required their relegation to the lowest division. Two new clubs were welcomed into the Two Counties for 2022, Acton and Real Oddies. IPSCOL, who won the Sunday League, requested to transfer and have been accepted into the Saturday competition.
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Two new teams are joining league for 2022 By ROSS STANNARD, League Chairman
THE 2021 season started with just six teams as unfortunately we lost two teams before a ball was bowled As in the 2019 season the league was played as a 30-overa-side competition, with the added addition of using an orange ball, supplied by our league sponsors AJ Sports. The aim of the league is to provide friendly competitive cricket on Sundays, with an emphasis on promoting juniors into a league format and also not to have long matches. As with all British summers the weather did play a part in some fixtures falling to the elements. IES Tigers were crowned winners after only losing one match closely followed by Felixstowe & Corinthians in the runners-up position. The 2022 season will see two more teams entering, with a return for Melton St Audry’s and new club Ipswich Knights.
The league is always looking for new teams for next season and If any clubs wish to find out more information, please contact Rob Jones at the Suffolk Cricket Board. I would like to take the opportunity to say a big thank you to all the committee and clubs for making the Suffolk Alliance continue and grow again. To finish on a sad note back in January 2021 we lost league stalwart Conrad Wright, who has been deeply missed by all. He was a player for many years (Yoxford, Melton St Audry’s and Suffolk Seniors to name a few) but many knew him as keeper of the results and tables in his folder/book dating back many years, as he had held the job of Fixture Secretary of the Suffolk Alliance from 1984 until 2019. It was a pleasure to be a part of his cricketing life, like so many others. RIP Conrad.
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Exceptional availability and excellent performances Two Counties’ Seniors report by JOHN GALLANT
The Two Counties Over-70s side fielding against East Anglian Ladies at Copford CC in June. IT WAS another successful season for the Two Counties Seniors Family. Fifty games were arranged, with some cancelled because of weather; the playing record was as follows: Over-50s: P20, W9, D3, L8 Over-60s: P11, W6, D1, L4 Over-70s: P11, W7, D0, L4 Availability was exceptional last year, both for our regular players and also for new ones. This certainly bodes well for the future of the Seniors’ organisation. There were some excellent team performances last year, together with centuries for Phil Tomkins (2), John Gallant and John Stuck and five wickets in an innings for Martin Southwell and other fine individual performances. Perhaps the highlight of the season was The President’s Day game. In addition to the cricket, it was a great social event and a fitting tribute to Geoff. Our thanks go to everyone who contributed to making it a success. We are grateful to the league chairman Geoff and Wendy who were in attendance. We thank Elmstead CC for hosting this day and the social manager, Stuart Carpenter, for his work throughout the year and in particular for making the arrangements for the day. Thanks are also due to the captains, Pat Patel, Nick Meakin and Bruce Tompkins, for all their work and also for introducing a number of new players last year. We are also grateful to Charles Revell, for organising umpires and scorers, and to all those umpires and scorers who officiated at the games. A thank you also, to Mike Thew for his help at various times, to John Stuck for arranging the Golf Day and to Rick Jones for the Seniors News tab on the website. We received a superb welcome from the clubs who host our games on a regular basis – Abberton, Chadacre Hall, Chippenham Park, Copford, Eight Ash Green, Elmstead, Frinton, Halstead, Hockerill, Ipswich, Kelvedon, Long Melford, Mistley and Sprowston. We played at Bayford & Nondescripts and Twinstead for the first time and were also made most welcome there. We hope to return to all of these in 2022 together with some games at Copdock and Billericay.
Photograph: Karen Elliott
After a break due to the virus, I am delighted to report that arrangements have been made for us to visit our friends in Yorkshire on the tour this year. There is already a high level of interest in the tour. We did lose Sylvester McKnight last year; he was a great supporter of Seniors’ cricket. At the Suffolk Seniors’ Dinner, I commented on how important Seniors’ cricket is for the health and well-being of everyone; this is especially relevant going forward as we all learn to live with the virus. So, another successful season for The Seniors’ Family, here’s looking forward to more of the same this year. OVER-50s RESULTS Two Counties 205-5 (P Tompkins 100no, B Moyle 65, S Sargent 23, J Matthews 2-42, N Philpott 2-48). Suffolk Over50s 206-8 (I Gedny 81, S Grinling 36, L Towers 3-56, B Moyle 2-22). Suffolk Over-50s won by 2 wkts. Norfolk Over-50s 236-4 (V Cox 92, P Dewing 70, C Hills 238, L Towers 2-57). Two Counties 232-8 (E Davy 49, B Moyle 36, N Meakin 34, M Bishop 3-34). Norfolk Over-50s won by 4 runs. Chippenham Park 161-8 (H Grant 74, J Van de Peer 30, B Moyle 3-36. Two Counties 164-3 (P Tompkins 91no, R Polley 39). Two Counties won by 7 wkts. Two Counties v Surrey Seniors. Match cancelled. Two Counties 205-6 (E Davy 62, P Tompkins 61, S Sargent 50no, C Rattley 2-39). Chippenham Park 104-7 (H Grant 36, M Southwell 4-41, L Towers 2-16). Match drawn. Two Counties 216 (P Tomkins 71, N Claydon 47, E Davy 39, A Cuthbert 4-20, J Hewer 3-47). Frinton-on-Sea CC 217-2 (N Cooper 97no, A Cuthbert 93no.) Frinton-on-Sea won by 8 wkts. Two Counties 244-7 (D Rai 93, P Patel 47, K Helmer 25, N Claus 2-35, S Bonvini 2-42). Kelvedon & Feering CC 124 (C Leftwich 31, C Hills 2-11, M Southwell 2-20, K Greenaway 2-28). Two Counties won by 120 runs. Two Counties 50 251-4 (A Gallant 95no, S Sargent 41no). Halstead CC 253-7 (D Rawlinson 75, J Rose 70no, M Johnson 48no). Halstead CC won by 3 wkts. 65
Two Counties 202 (L Towers 51, S Sargent 40, P Fielding 646). Nomads CC 139-7 (N Claus 4-37). Match drawn. Two Counties 180-7 (S Henderson 38, N Meakin 30, J Wair 2-47). Eight Ash Green 184-5 (O Stovell 62, T Lee 50, M Southwell 3-36). Eight Ash Green won by 5 wkts.
Surrey Over-60s 220-4 (M Redfern 101no, D Taylor 57). Two Counties 209-7 (J Wedge 51, R Polley 39). Surrey Over-60s won by 11 runs. Chelmer Veterans 239-3 (R Cory 79, L Gray 52, B Lovatt 43no, A Gallant 2-51). Two Counties 218-6 (A Sims 51, J Wedge 39, A Porter 3-40, D Griffiths 2-28). Chelmer Veterans won by 21 runs. Two Counties v Essex Police Veterans. Match cancelled. Chelmer Veterans 182-4 (D Griffiths 66no, A Lowe 45, R Smith 30). Two Counties 183-5 (J Wedge 77, A Gallant 35). Two Counties won by 5 wkts. Two Counties 197-4 (S Sargent 76no, J Wedge 34). Billericay Veterans 158-4 (S Good 84no, R Patil 30, S Sargent 2-18). Match abandoned. Two Counties 232-5 (J Gallant 134no, N Meakin 46, J Wedge 37, A White 2-11). Mistley XI 191-5 (S Lennox 76, J Hutton 51, A Gallant 2-57). Two Counties won by 41 runs. Billericay Veterans 169-9 (P Wakefield 88no, M Southwell 2-17). Two Counties 127-7 (J Wedge 38, P Brown 3-8). Billericay Veterans won by 42 runs. Norfolk Over-60s 137 (A Lithins 54, I Robinson 3-14, T Money 2-22, A Mills 2-30). Two Counties 138-3 (S Trivedi 62 ret, M Pope 41no). Two Counties won by 7 wkts.
YORKSHIRE TOUR Two Counties v Embsay. Match cancelled. Two Counties v Steeton Seniors. Match cancelled. Two Counties v Sutton-in-Craven Seniors. Match cancelled. Two Counties v Skipton XI. Match cancelled. Harlow Veterans 235-7 (P Wakefield 87no, S Cadavino 51, K Greenaway 3-44). Two Counties 239-4 (N Meakin 74*, J Wedge 48, P Tomkins 43). Two Counties won by 6 wkts. Two Counties v President’s XI – Pirates 152 (S Henderson 53, T Money 25, M Southwell 4-18). Marauders 156-3 (J Wedge 67, F Eadie 53, I Robinson 2-27). Marauders won by 7 wkts. Two Counties 133 (S Sargent 54, N Schofield 3-3, S Rose 312). Mistley XI 134-2 (M Bibby 52, A Butcher 44, N Schofield 36no). Mistley XI won by 8 wkts. Two Counties 78-6 (P Wakefield 69, J Webster 53, J White 328). Sprowston Seniors 183-7 (R Bean 71no, P Dix 49, K Greenaway 3-31, C Hills 2-16). Sprowston Seniors won by 3 wkts. Two Counties 165 (S Sargent 36, S Trivedi 34, C Baines 2-9, M Bishop 2-38). Norfolk Over-50s 168-5 (P Dewing 50ret, G Taylor 43no, R Carpenter 32ret, C Hills 4-24). Norfolk Over-50s won by 5 wkts. XL Club 277-6 (J Keys 112no, Y Mohammed 60no, D Fordham 33, D Crew 2-43). Two Counties 242-6 (P Tomkins 113no, P Patel 54, C Stride 4-85). Match drawn. Halstead Seniors 210-7 (N Dakin 60, D Brooker 36, C Hills 3-35). Two Counties 144 (F Fitch 41, J Rose 3-32). Halstead Seniors won by 66 runs. Suffolk Over-50s T20 Tournament at Ipswich CC First Round – Hunts League 77 (K Greenaway 3-9). Two Counties 50 78-1 (S Grinling 36rtd, S Henderson 26). Two Counties won by 9 wkts. Final – Two Counties 133-6 (S Henderson 38rtd, A Stockton 35rtd, S Warren 3-20). Essex 137-2 (P Miller 35rtd, S Bond 35rtd, S Warren 29no). Essex won by 8 wkts. Ipswich Seniors 196-7 (S Cooper 55, S Sargent 39, G Artindale 32, M Southwell 2-20, D Crewe 2-21, T Money 232). Two Counties 199-5 (A Stockton 58, E Davy 38, J Wedge 29no, S Cooper 2-33). Two Counties won by 5 wkts.
OVER-70s RESULTS Two Counties v East Anglian Ladies. Match cancelled. Two Counties v Hertfordshire Over-70s. Match cancelled. Two Counties v Ipswich Seniors Over-70s. Match cancelled. Hockerill Veterans 154-1 (A Waheed 85no, G Mackay 55no, B Tompkins 1-57). Two Counties 125-4 (J Stuck 64no, C Leftwich 46, J Francis 2-21, T Woodrington 2-42). Match drawn. East Anglian Ladies 93 (D De Alwis 35, R Black 3-6). Two Counties 94-1 (M Thew 30no, R Ratford 30no, S Shaw 1-25). Two Counties won by 9 wkts. Billericay Veterans 161-6 (G Willet 23, A Jarrett 50no, R Black 3-45). Two Counties 165-6 (J Stuck 86, R Ratford 34, P Johns 3-45). Two Counties won by 4 wkts. Two Counties 213-5 (J Stuck 87no, A Highfield 43). East Anglian Ladies 214-0 (K White 105no, E Honey 102no). East Anglian Ladies won by 10 wkts. Surrey Touring XI 202-4 (A Greenwood-Hone 50no, D Montgomery 43, C Withams 2-28). Two Counties 188-7 (J Stuck 51no, R Hayward 46, A Greenwood-Hone 3-30). Surrey Touring XI won by 14 runs. Hertfordshire Over-70s 288-8 (E Riddle 101ret, A Patel 50ret, C Garside 50ret, A Highfield 2-25). Two Counties 2675 (P Maynard 92no, R Black 42, C Martin 40, E Riddle 2-26). Hertfordshire Over-70s won by 21 runs. Norfolk/Suffolk Seniors 144-8 (D Andrews 80no, R Ratford 39, M Southwell 5-14). Two Counties 147-2 (D Curtis 55no, C Martin 44). Two Counties won by 8 wkts. Two Counties 218-5 (J Stuck 127no, R Jenkin 2-46). Norfolk/Suffolk Seniors 197-5 (C Watson 54, D Andrews 45). Two Counties won by 21 runs.
OVER-60s RESULTS Two Counties 176-8 (A Gallant 39, A Sims 33, N Meakin 30). Essex Police Veterans 180-2 (J Couchman 91no, P Orpe 35no, T Money 2-15). Essex Police Veterans won by 8 wkts. Two v Richard Kemp’s XI. Match cancelled. Two Counties 130 for 8 (A Gallant 42, R Polley 20no, P Francis 2-8, R Locke 2-13, D Singer 2-19). Hockerill Veterans 80-7 (S Sargent 3-19, M Southwell 2-2). Two Counties won by 50 runs. 66
H U N T S C O U N T Y B AT S S U F F O L K C R I C K E T L E A G U E
Acton make it a hat-trick of league titles By Gerard Artindale, league secretary
Brockley take on Acton in the Hunts County Bats Cricket League. AFTER the hiatus of 2020 when only an unofficial Division One tournament was held, competitive Sunday cricket resumed in Suffolk. Covid-19 still had an impact as a number of games were cancelled due to positive tests. The weather was also mixed, leading to further cancellations. There was a big improvement in the number of concessions, possibly due to the difficulties involved in taking foreign holidays, with 13 lost compared to over 40 in 2019. Generally scores were lower than in previous years, but in the dry spells some very big scores were racked up. There was quite a new look to the league with Brantham and Melton St Audry’s playing for the first time since joining for the 2020 season, BT & Waldringfield and Newmarket joining at the last AGM, the return of Haverhill and Stowmarket, and Copdock & OI entering a second team. On the downside we lost at the start of the season Vitec (formerly British Sugar) and Castle, and during the season, Lakenheath. Division One was a three-horse race between Acton, the winners in 2018 and 2019, Bury St Edmunds, and newlypromoted Cavendish. Victory in their game against Bury towards the end of the season ensured that Acton made it a hat-trick of league titles. Cavendish’s success was based around their batting. They made the highest total in the division, 293-5 against Woolpit, and took part in the highest match aggregate, 540 in their match with Bardwell. Of the other promoted clubs, Earl Stonham and Tuddenham struggled and finished in the bottom two places. Ryan Newcombe of Woolpit made the highest individual score of 160 not out, scored when his team were 55-5, and the best bowling was 6-16 by Acton’s Chris Sturgeon Division Two proved to be a very competitive division, with only a three-point average separating the winners Edwardstone from Brettenham in seventh place. Bury St Edmunds’ second team finished in second place, but cannot be promoted due to the presence of their first
DIVISION ONE
Acton Bury St Edmunds Cavendish Woolpit Brockley Long Melford Bardwell Earl Stonham Tuddenham
P 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
W 9 11 10 6 6 4 3 2 0
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L 1 2 3 5 7 6 8 9 10
NR 6 3 3 5 3 6 5 5 6
%Won 90.00 84.62 76.92 54.55 46.15 40.00 27.27 18.18 0.00
Thurston Twinstead Edwardstone Bury St Edmunds 2nd Freston Nowton Brettenham Park Risby
P 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
W 5 6 6 7 6 5 4 2
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L 2 4 4 5 5 6 6 9
NR 7 4 4 2 3 3 4 3
%Won 71.43 60.00 60.00 58.33 54.55 45.45 40.00 18.18
Worlington Academy Castle Hedingham Nacton Horringer Hadleigh Academy Easton Long Melford
P 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
W 7 8 5 5 4 4 1
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L 1 3 5 5 5 6 9
NR 4 1 2 2 3 2 2
%Won 87.50 72.73 50.00 50.00 44.44 40.00 10.00
Copdock & OI 1st Tendring Park Shotley Peninsula Old Newton Elmswell Bardwell Acton 2nd Milden Elveden
P 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
W 13 13 12 7 4 4 4 4 2
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L 1 2 2 8 8 9 9 11 13
NR 2 1 2 1 4 3 3 1 1
%Won 92.86 86.67 85.71 46.67 33.33 30.77 30.77 26.67 13.33
Melton St Audry's Brantham BT Waldringfield Battisford & District Mildenhall Walsham Le Willows Haverhill Newmarket Stowmarket Copdock & OI 4th XI
P 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
W 13 11 11 8 7 8 7 3 2 2
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L 3 3 4 6 6 7 8 12 11 12
NR 2 4 3 4 5 3 3 3 5 4
%Won 81.25 78.57 73.33 57.14 53.85 53.33 46.67 20.00 15.38 14.29
DIVISION TWO
DIVISION THREE
DIVISION FOUR
DIVISION FIVE
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team in Division One. Twinstead, who were runaway winners of Division Three in 2019, finished third and will be promoted in Bury’s place, completing their climb through the league in just five seasons. Risby finished bottom, despite an average of over nine which would have seen them in lower mid-table in most divisions. Tom Park of Twinstead recorded the highest score with 135 not out, and Dan Stobbart of Edwardstone the best bowling with 7-30. The withdrawals of Castle and Lakenheath reduced Division Three to just seven clubs. Worlington, who lost just once in the season, ran out winners ahead of Castle Hedingham. These teams finished well clear of the rest of the division, with Long Melford II finishing bottom. Worlington provided both the best batting and bowling performances. Oliver Riddick made 129 and Zac Baldwin took 6-36. Castle Hedingham amassed the highest score in the league of 348-4. There was a closely-fought contest in Division Four between the winners Copdock & OI 1s, second-placed Shotley Peninsula and third-placed Tendring Park, all of whom averaged over 18. Elmswell’s two concessions consigned them to bottom place in the division. Dan Marsh of Old Newton took the batting honours with a knock of 162 not out, and Matthew Archer of Milden the bowling with 6-9. Elveden were involved in the two highest match aggregates in the League, 560 against Tendring Park and 587 against Acton II. The battle of the new clubs in Division Five was won by
U-13s Boys Jack Auld Henry Brown Charlie Dinmore Malan Du Toit Tait Ferguson Billy Foyster Kaydan Hashmi Zayan Imam Aakshrit John Stanley Kemp Kieran Lilley Ollie Miller Harry Nath George Prentice Freddie Skinner Bobby East Freddie Foyster Zachary Gandy Luke Hogan Barnaby Keen Ollie Knight William Menzies Archie Miller Monty Morgan Kavish Patel Ishaan Rakesh Krishna Sinha Benjamin Thomas
Melton St Audry’s, narrowly ahead of Brantham and BT Waldringfield. The division provided the two highest individual scores in the league during the season. Ned Campbell’s 189 for Walsham was pipped by 196 not out by Harry Parkes of Brantham. The best bowling performance in the league also came in this division, with Josh Bowyer taking 8-20 for Melton St Audry’s. The Hunts County Bats player of the month awards were won as follows: April/May: Senior – A Lack (Risby); Junior – O Thomas (Mildenhall). June: Senior – J Gilderson (Freston); Junior – T Toombes (Hadleigh). July: Senior – V Rajagopal (Horringer); Junior – H Bonner (Long Melford. August/September: Senior – J Pembroke (Brantham); Junior – W Harrison (Brettenham). The Team of the Year was not as clear cut as in previous seasons, with no team going through the season unbeaten, and was awarded to Copdock & OI Sunday 1s. The Les Francis trophy, given to people who do outstanding long service to their clubs, was awarded to Simon Aldous of Bury St Edmunds CC. For the first time for several years there were no new clubs to be voted in at the AGM. We did have two clubs from outside Suffolk apply to enter but they would have both added a fair amount to the distance required to travel to games, which has already increased with the influx of clubs from the Suffolk Alliance, and their applications were rejected by the Committee ahead of the AGM.
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