Staffordshire Cricket News

 

Greg Massingham In England development Honour

 

After a series of fine bowling performances for Staffordshire U15’s and an excellent week at the Bunbury festival, Greg Massingham has been selected for the ECB Under 15 development squad – a group of 20 Under 15 players selected following their performances at the Bunbury Festival and during the 2010 U15 county games.

 

This achievement is currently the highest accolade presented by the ECB at Under 15 level and will involve a programme of tuition and skills camps at the ECB Centre for Excellence at Loughborough University over the coming months.

 

Greg was selected to represent the England Schools Cricket Association Midlands Under 15 squad that took part in the prestigious Bunbury festival in Chester between 26^th and 30^th July. The Midlands Region came second in the Bunbury Festival behind the London & East Region. Greg took 5 for 81 in 23 overs in wins against the North Region and the South & West Region.

 

 

Greg has captained the Staffordshire Youth Cricket sides for the past 6 seasons through to the current Under 15 side. In the current campaign he has taken 20 wickets with his accurate leg-spin bowling to help Staffordshire to joint top of their regional table. In addition Greg has been an ever present in the Little Stoke 1^st XI during their 2010 campaign in the North Staffs and South Cheshire Premier League.

 

A pupil at Stafford Grammar School, Greg leads a very busy life as he is also in his second year with the Derbyshire County Cricket Club Academy, which involves an intense programme of coaching sessions throughout the closed season and over 15 days of representative cricket against senior cricketing sides throughout the country.

 

Staffordshire Under 13’s win Taunton Festival

 

 

Staffordshire Under 13 team (pictured above) have won the prestigious Taunton festival with an emphatic victory against Northants on the final day.

 

The boys went into the final day a point from top needing a victory in the hope Oxfordshire denied Derbyshire full points. Oxfordshire only losing 7 wickets in their game meant Staffordshire could win the tournament by bowling out Northants which was duly obliged and a famous tournament victory confirmed.

 

Details of the games are as follows :

 

Game 1 - v. Cambridgeshire Won by 5 runs

  

Staffs 171 for 9 (Shoaib Malik 53, Austen Crump 34, Matt Thomas 25)

Cambs 166 all out (Alex Urwin 3 for 7, Adam Pursell 2 for 42)

 

Game 2 - v. Oxfordshire Won By 3 wickets

 

Oxford' 161 all out (Jack Hassall 4 for 38, Adam Pursell 3 for 7)

Staffs 162 for 7 (Austen Crump 71 Not Out, Rory Jackson 39)

 

Game 3 - v. Yorkshire Won by 6 wickets

 

Yorks 213 for 9 (Jack Hassall 3 for 21, Adam Keates 2 for 17)

Staffs 216 for 4 (Rory Jackson 74 Not Out, Adam Pursell 53, Austen Crump 24)

 

Game 4 - v. Derbyshire (played as 20/20 game) lost by 5 wickets

 

Staffs 142 for 4 (Austen Crump 55 Not Out, Rory Jackson 38, Matt Thomas 20)

Derbys' 145 for 5 (Shoaib Malik 2 for 27, Austen Crump 1 for 14)

 

Game 5 - v. Northants Won by 122 runs

 

Staffs 200 for 5 (Austen Crump 103, Alex Urwin 34)

Northants 78 all out (Shoaib Malik 5 for 13, Jack Hassall 4 for 22)

 

Staffordshire won the Festival by 1 point over Derbyshire.

 

Most runs in Festival (all teams) - Austen Crump 287

Most Wickets in Festival (all teams)- Jack Hassall 11

 

The lads also beat Bedfordshire last Sunday so they have won the Regional County Championship too which will give Staffordshire good points as our displays at under 13 and under 14 will decipher which group we go into as an under 15 team.

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One To One Coaching Available

 

Staffordshire Cricket is now operating a one to one coaching programme at all ages.

 

Development work in all areas of the game is now available with specialist coaches taken from the representative teams of the county.