On Monday 22nd July, the Sussex Coaching Staff and players generously gave up their time to help run a training session for Slough CC’s young cricketers. Below you can see some images of the session. If you are interested in playing cricket in and around Berkshire but don’t know where or how to sign up?...

Berkshire have progressed out of the very strong South East group to qualify for the knock out stages, for the third time in the last four years, since the Covid season of 2020. They have been drawn to play Wales away at Pontarddulais CC this coming Sunday 28th July, with a 1pm start. https://over50cc.play-cricket.com/cup_draw?id=65132 The team won...

On Wednesday 10th July, the Southern Vipers took on the South East Stars at Falkland CC which saw two Berkshire pathway players named in the matchday squad. The Southern Vipers, with their rich history of success, were up against a formidable South East Stars side that have proven on multiple occasions that they have the quality...

On Thursday 4th June, our disability officer, Chris Baker and some of our community coaches hosted Berkshire Cricket’s Disability Cricket Festival. Wokingham Cricket Club were generous and offered their facilities for us to use which meant we could have three individual pitches where we played Dynamos Cricket. It was fantastic to see disability cricket played...

Monday June 17th marked the annual MCC Foundation Hub awards evening where teams and coaches from across the country were recognised for their contribution to the programme in 2023/24. Nominees and guests were invited to Lords for the presentation event and Berkshire were successful in two categories as Matt Walmsley was presented the Phillip Hodson award...

Purley on Thames Cricket Club are the latest club in Berkshire to try their hand at Walking Cricket. Despite only beginning at the start of May, the team decided the best way to learn more about the game was to test themselves in a fixture against another club. Holyport Cricket Club duly accepted the offer...

Sunday 2nd June was the date for our second Lords Taverners Super 1’s festival held at Holyport Cricket Club. Nearly 50 players all arrived excited for the day ahead at a very sunny Holyport. For a few of the players, this was the first-time playing matches against other teams so there were a few nerves,...

Here at Berkshire Cricket, we want to ensure we are continuously providing support to newly qualified female coaches as well as build a network of support around them. This season we would like to create a community of female coaches in Berkshire where we can all come together, share ideas around coaching and generally support...

On the weekend Maidenhead & Bray CC Ladies took on Crowthorne & Crownwood CC Ladies in a T20. Crowthorne & Crownwood CC Won the match and offered to host the ladies for a friendly game of Pairs cricket after the match. Some of the new Maidenhead and bray ladies decided to get some more practice in!...

Women’s County Championship  Group 2  Berkshire v Buckinghamshire  April 21st  Sulhamstead Cricket Club Bucks 191 AO Berkshire 192 -2  Berkshire win by 8 wickets Berkshire Women kick started their county championship campaign with an emphatic 8 wicket win against Bucks on Sunday. Captain Mia Rogers won the toss and bowled first on a wicket offering...

Berkshire Women travel to Northants on bank holiday Monday in their second game of the ECB 50 over championship. Captain Ash Muttitt returns to the squad and is in a positive mood ” we had an excellent start to the campaign last week against Bucks, but we will remain grounded and just focus on executing...

Head Coach Tom Lambert has named a 15 man squad for this weekends NCCA T20 group 2 encounters with Buckinghamshire on Sunday at Falkland CC and Monday at Ampthill CC Vs Bedfordshire. With last weeks opening two fixtures with Hertfordshire washed out by the weather, there’s little wiggle room over the bank holiday weekend as...

Wednesday saw Purley on Thames CC become the latest Berkshire cricket club to run their first Walking Cricket session. On a beautiful sunny morning, players of various experiences came together to try their hand at a new activity. It was an impressive first session with some excellent batting and bowling on display before everyone sat...

What is Tape-Ball? It’s a game of thrills, spills, passion and drama – now a brand new national competition is being launched to showcase the best of tape ball cricket from diverse urban communities across the country. Tape ball is a variation of the game which originated in Pakistan and is now played across the...

Head coach Tom Lambert names a 13 man squad for our opening NCCA T20 encounter with Hertfordshire at Wargrave CC. The game comes hot off the heels of 4 wins from 4 pre season games following Sunday’s Marlborough Cup victories against Wiltshire. “Sunday was good, I asked for a few improvements here and there from...

Head coach Tom Lambert has named a 13 man squad for this Sunday’s Marlborough cup game with Wiltshire at Westbury CC. Following debut’s for Matt Dalrymple, Sully Akhtar and Yash Lakhani last week, Tommy Sturgess comes into the squad and is set to make his first appearance since joining the royal county from Cornwall. Our...

A fantastic experience for Crowthorne & Crown Wood CC as they took on the Berkshire Stags and had the opportunity to experience cricket through the eyes of a visually impaired cricketer through special lensed glasses. The Berkshire Stags are always on the look for fixtures… fancy having a go at visually impaired cricket? Please get...

Berkshire Women begin their 50 over campaign at Sulhamstead CC on Sunday April 21st against Buckinghamshire. Mia Rogers will captain the side as Ash Muttitt is unavailable this weekend. This new 50 over competition sees the team play 4 games against Bucks, Northants, Herts and Hunts. Mary Briscoe comes into the side and will make her...

On Sunday 7th April, The Berkshire Women’s First XI took on Exeter University in two T20 Friendly games which took place at Sulhamstead CC. Poppy Tulloch captained the side to two strong victories as the run in to the league season continues to edge ever closer. The first game saw Exeter bat first, an excellent...

Head coach Tom Lambert has named a 14 man squad for our opening T20 pre season encounter with Middlesex Academy at Wormsley Estate this coming Sunday. Two T20’s will be played on the day as our lads warm up for the start of the NCCA T20 competition which starts on April 28th. The 14 man...

Over the first week of the Easter holidays, the Berkshire Cricket team have spent time helping to run Reading School’s Holiday Sports Camp. From Tuesday to Friday this week we’ve run activities for 51 year 7’s & 8’s from Reading School, as well as 20 primary school children from local areas. Our coaches have run...

First team captain Dan Lincoln and opening bowler Toby Greatwood head out to Portugal this weekend to represent The British and Irish Knights against Team Europe in the inaugural T10 Weston Shield. As members of the England XI European Champions back in October, both have been selected to represent Britain and Ireland in this Ryder...

Review of the winter and preview of pre season for news letter: Opening pre season game off! Unfortunately our men’s 1st XI opening pre season game of the 2024 summer against Cardiff UCCE in Newport has been cancelled. The recent weather has put pay to any chance of the game going ahead that was due...

I am really looking forward to meeting a lot of you as the success of the Women and Girls teams in this County is something which is important to me. We have lots of exciting things to come in terms of Women and Girls Cricket this summer and throughout the year. One aspect of this...

Little did we know that within a year of walking cricket being launched at Holyport Cricket Club we would be playing in a multi club tournament at Lords, including Sussex CCC, Essex CCC, MCC Lords, Wallington Foundation and Epsom Thoroughbreds. Although each game allowed for teams of 8 we took every player who wished to...

On Wednesday 20th March, Berkshire Cricket – along with neighbours Oxfordshire Cricket – made the trip to Ipswich to pick up a donation from the Lords Taverners Cricket Kit Recycling Centre. Ally Darlow, Hammad Ali and Nick Holroyd enjoyed a fantastic day in Ipswich, picking up plenty of equipment including several pairs of hardball pads and...

Wednesday 20th March saw us run our 3rd consecutive Lords Taverners Table Cricket Finals at Loddon Valley. We had 7 schools from across the county take part in the competition with the winner going on to represent Berkshire in the regional competition at Stoke Mandeville Stadium in April. The day started with each team playing in...

On Wednesday 13th March, Berkshire Cricket ran a Teacher Training CPD course at Newlands Girls’ School, Maidenhead. Our Schools Manager, Ally Darlow delivered an engaging, interactive and insightful course on how teachers can incorporate cricket into P.E lessons. We had a look at how teachers can coach/teach all types of cricketing skills such as throwing,...

On Tuesday 19th March, Holyport Cricket Club will take part in an MCC Walking Cricket festival at Lords Cricket Ground. A coach will take the 30 players and supporters to Lord’s early on Tuesday morning where they will play games against other Walking Cricket clubs. The format of the day will see each team play...

Ava Lee has been named in England Women’s U19 squad to tour Sri Lanka. The tri series which also features Australia will consist of both T20 and 50 – over matches and will be played from late March to early April. Ava has played all her county cricket with Berkshire and enjoyed a successful first...