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Win for the U15 boys, Mills leads U14 girls to victory with a century

David on May 20, 2026

Runs down the order helped Cricket Shropshire’s Under 15 Boys to victory when they hosted Worcestershire U16s Rapids at Frankwell.

They found themselves in some trouble early on batting first at 55-5 then 86-6 with opener Dylan Barkley hitting 24.

But Jake Adams hit 76 with support from skipper Ralph Davies (33) and Sayak Mukherjee (20) to see their side to 241-9 from their 50 overs.

In the reply, the Shropshire bowlers kept things tight and kept chipping away to restrict the visitors with Davies taking 3-28 from his ten overs and George Jenkins claiming 2-9 at the end of the innings.

The Pears were dismissed for 168 to give Shropshire victory by 73 runs.

Wicket-keeper and opener Daniel Ball (pictured left) held the innings together when the Boys U14s (pictured above) travelled to Cuckney CC to take on Nottinghamshire.

He made an unbeaten 79 as Shropshire finished their 45 overs on 178-9 after winning the toss and batting first.

In reply, the hosts reached 135-4 off 27.1 overs when the weather intervened and gave them the victory on Duckworth/Lewis.

The Girls Under 14s had a big victory when they hosted Herefordshire at Willey CC in the first round of the County One Day KO Cup with skipper Mills Jones leading the way.

She hit a superb unbeaten 102 from just 75 balls before her side was bowled out for 246 in the 40^th over with Gouri Cherukuri chipping in with 23.

The bowlers then got to work, dismissing the visitors for 80 with Verity Pardoe claiming 3-11, Sophia Kundu 2-13, Lexi Thavenot 2-11and Esme Bartlett-Minton 2-27.

They then travelled to Walmley CC to take on Warwickshire in a national Under 14 County One Day Group Game and found the going a bit tougher.

The hosts batted first and finished their 20 overs on 156-6 with Emma Brown claiming an impressive 3-18 and Verity Pardoe 2-24.

In reply, Shropshire were dismissed for 100 with Mills Jones top scoring with 28.

Schools make Midlands semi-finals

David on May 19, 2026

Two Shropshire schools have reached the Midlands semi-finals of their national competitions.

Urban Games session in half term

David on May 19, 2026

We’re looking forward to being part of Telford & Wrekin Council’s Urban Games one again during the Summer school half term holidays.

Quatt claim Dave Vart Memorial U15s Trophy

David on May 18, 2026

Quatt claimed the delayed 2025 Dave Vart Memorial Under 15s trophy with a hard-fought victory over Church Eaton at Oswestry CC.

Coaches Café networking for those involved in the Women & Girls game

David on May 18, 2026

Cricket Shropshire’s Women & Girls’ Officer Naomi Payne is staging a special event for coaches involved in the Women and Girls’ game this week.

Shirt sponsors boost for D40 squad

David on May 18, 2026

Cricket Shropshire’s Disability D40 squad has been boosted by the backing of new partners for the 2026 season.

Shropshire firms NCB and Hampton Industrial Consulting have come forward with support which has helped buy new kit for the squad.

The team were delighted to wear the kit for the first time their recent trip to Higham Cricket Club near Barnsley to take on Yorkshire IIs.

Lead Coach Jonathan Caldecott said: “We are very grateful this year to Pete Thornton from NBC and also to Paul Woodhouse from Hampton Industrial Consulting for their backing.

“Their very generous support has allowed us to purchase new playing match shirts for our D40 squad proudly displaying their business logos.

“This is very important to us, as we now have the same kit as all the other Shropshire representative squads in cricket pathway – showing we are part of the Shropshire cricket family.

“Playing in a match day shirt with your County badge on is a real honour on its own, but to also have logos of sponsors on them is an equally important as it shows support and backing for our disability players.

“We would like to thank both Pete and Paul for their support of our County D40 team and hope they like the look of our playing shirts, and wish them success with their businesses.”

A spokesperson for Hampton Industrial Consulting said: “Supporting local grass roots sports is very important to us.

“This year we have decided to sponsor a team that is very important to the directors, as their son is a proud member. It is a team that has provided him with the ability to play and excel at a sport he is passionate about.

“We are proud to support the Shropshire D40s Disability Team this season as a shirt sponsor.

“The D40s are run by a hardworking team of passionate volunteers and play games across the country against teams such as Yorkshire, Cheshire and Warwickshire.

“It’s been a shaky start to their campaign, but we look forward to an exciting season.”

Telford-based NBC supplies bearings and mechanical transmission components to firms around the world.

Hampton Industrial Consulting, based at Howle near Newport, provide clients with business management consulting services to help them reach their full potential.

If any players are interested in getting involved with the disability cricket in Shropshire, they can get in touch with Jonathan via jjc07@hotmail.co.uk or Graham Furber via graham.furber@yahoo.com

Broseley edged out in Furrows League Stocking thriller

David on May 15, 2026

There were some thrilling finishes in the Furrows East Shropshire Mid-Week League in round two – with Wheaton Aston claiming victory at Broseley by just one run at The Stocking.

Batting first in the Division Two clash, Wheaton Aston were indebted to an eighth wicket partnership between Edward Hargreaves (32 not out) and Greg Lawley (16 not out) to see them to 109-7 from their 20 overs.

Bowling honours went to Chris Lloyd who took 3-10 from his four overs with Levi Humphreyson chipping in with 2-22.

Thomas Holcroft held the Broseley reply together with 52 in a tense run chase but he had little support as the Wheaton Aston attack chipped away with Joe Marson claiming 3-6 from his four overs.

With the hosts on the brink of claiming the win, Hargreaves took the final over and claimed two wickets in two balls including that of Holcroft caught and bowled to seal victory for the visitors.

There was also a close contest at Lilleshall as they edged to victory over Albrighton with four balls to spare.

Batting first, Albrighton skipper Sam Wood hit 42, Hasibullah Shah Gasi retired after reaching his half century and Jack Wood 21 as they finished their innings on 153-4.

In the reply, Adam Binfield made 34, Chris Birkett 32 and Conor Steele a crucial 27 off 17 balls before he was dismissed trying to hit the winning runs off the first ball of the final over.

But new batter Hafeez Rehman hit the next ball for four to claim the win.

In the other game in the division, Codsall maintained their unbeaten start to the season when they beat visitors Newport by seven wickets.

Batting first, Newport made 138-4 with Kyle Hodson unbeaten on 49 and Ryan Jones hitting 23.

Karandeep Singh Aulakh got the Codsall reply off to a fast start with 22 off ten balls, Monti Kunner made 21 and Liam Raby then steered his side to victory with an unbeaten 32 as they claimed the win in the 18^th over.

In Division One, Forton claimed their first win of the season with victory over visitors Harpers with an over to spare.

Harpers finished on149-4 with Vivian John and Rama Chaitanya Bammidi both hitting unbeaten half centuries before retiring.

Skipper Joe Roberts hit 39 at the top of the order in the reply for Forton and Ben Yates-Ward chipped in with 35.

But with the game in the balance, it was the fifth wicket partnership between Sam Gill (18 off nine balls) and Chris Hughes (24 off nine balls) which steered the hosts to victory.

Yaswanth Avula claimed 3-21 for Harpers.

Last year’s champions St Georges claimed a comfortable first win of the season when they hosted Priorslee.

The visitors were bowled out for 94 with Raja Janga claiming 3-14, Bobby Gill 2-25 and Jagdeep Singh 3-8. Abhay Srivastava and Siju Thulaskdharan both made 22.

In the reply Ibrar Ahmed hit 22 and Ashish Ashish 24 as the Dragons knocked off the winning runs for the loss of four wickets.

Church Eaton beat visitors Allscott Heath in the other game in the division.

Batting first, Luke Thornton hit 50 off 27 balls for Allscott and Callum Edwards chipped in with 22 as they made 123-7 from their 20 overs.

In the reply, Jason Summers took 2-17 and Isaac Harper 2-20, but Douglas Hughes’ unbeaten 50 ensured the hosts claimed the victory for the loss of five wickets.