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Cricket Shropshire has joined forces with the Shropshire Association of Cricket Officials (SACO) to run a Junior Scoring Workshop later this month.

Cricket Shropshire is looking forward to once again being part of the Telford & Wrekin Council’s Urban Games during the Summer holidays.

Lilleshall inflicted the first defeat of the season on Codsall in Division Two of the Furrows East Shropshire Mid-Week League.

In a game restricted to 12 overs a side due to the weather, visitors Codsall were bowled out for 98 with Taha Munawar hitting 30 and Prab Singh 26 off 14 balls.

Kenny Fudge was the pick of the Lilleshall bowlers claiming 3-10 from two overs, while Steve Boney took 3-27 and Mark Binfield 2-10.

A spectacular knock from Aaron Nicholls led the charge for Lilleshall in the reply as he hit 51 off just 15 balls before he retired.

Munawar caused some scares claiming 3-6 from his two overs, and Karandeep Singh Aulakh claimed 2-23.

But with Steve Boney hitting his only ball for six and skipper Adam Binfield keeping his cool in the last over, Lilleshall won the game with three balls to spare.

It was an evening for the bowlers as Broseley travelled to Newport – with the hosts claiming the victory by two wickets.

Batting first, Broseley were bowled out for 92 with an over to go in their innings with Warren Firmstone top scoring with 18.

Oliver Wilson claimed 2-12 from his four overs, Sam Crawford 2-11 and Pankaj Shah 2-10 for the Fishes.

Swapnil Mundra hit 35 off 29 balls at the top of the order for Newport, but the rest of the batting line up struggled against the Broseley bowling attack with Alfie Oakes claiming 2-13, Brandon Platt 2-13 and Chris Lloyd 2-23.

But Newport eventually reached their victory target in the 18^th over.

Games in Division One were also affected by the weather, but St Georges managed to complete a six-wicket victory over visitors Forton.

Batting first, Forton were bowled out off the final ball of their innings for 134 with Joe Roberts hitting an unbeaten half century, Sam Gill 26 and Louis Hancock 21.

KasJuan Sullivan was the pick of the home attack claiming 3-19, with Raja Janga and Ibrar Ahmed taking two wickets apiece.

At 8-2 in reply, the game looked in the balance, but Nazir Mooman hit an unbeaten 39 and Sullivan smashed 48 off just 21 balls as they claimed the win. Charlie Sykes picked up two wickets for Forton.

Pictured above, action in the game between Priorslee and Allscott Heath in Division One before the rain arrived and the game was abandoned.

Two spaces have become available on Cricket Shropshire’s Young Ambassadors course which is running at the end of July.

Coaches from Cricket Shropshire were delighted to be part of Energize Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin’s annual School Games Finals Day this week.

We had a really great morning of competitive indoor cricket held at the Shrewsbury Tennis Dome.

Six teams from across Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin, who were successful in their regional competitions, came together at Shrewsbury Sports Village.

The six teams taking part were St Marys Bridgnorth, Oswestry Primary, Sir Alexandar Fleming, Ludlow Primary, Oakmeadow Primary from Shrewsbury and Captain Webb from Dawley.

At the end of the event, Oakmeadow Primary were crowned champions.

Cricket Shropshire’s Schools and Community Programme Manager Sacha Lee said: “Congratulations to all the schools who took part.

“Thank you to Energize and Schools Games for hosting this amazing event – it was great to see 48 teams from 35 schools taking part in all the activities.”

In total 375 youngsters were involved on the day along with 55 young leaders. In addition to cricket there was netball, rugby, tri golf, athletics and archery events.

A spokesperson for Energize said: “It was a fabulous event for everyone involved filled with movement, music, mascots and healthy snacks.

“Thank you to our sponsors: Keon Homes Limited and Housing Plus Group and to Shrewsbury Sports Village Serco Leisure for hosting.

“Also huge thanks to  our suppliers: Cricket Shropshire, Embrace, @EnglandNetball, Sportshall, The Golf Foundation and Louis Gray facilitating the archery.”

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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.

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.

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