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Walsh joins youngsters in London
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Legendary West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh joined youngsters for a street cricket session at the Westway Centre in West London on November 7
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New Zealand U-19s square series
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Young Kiwis beat England to square series.At Northampton 5th LOI England U-19s 234-9,50 overs(Westley 85,Dawson 50,Morgan 5-38) lost to New Zealand U-19s 240-4,47.5 overs(Bracewell 61,Williamson) by 6 wickets
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England U-19s win at Canterbury
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England U-19s triumph via D/L in rain & bad light reduced match:At Canterbury 1st LOI New Zealand U-19s 231-8,48 overs lost to England U-19s 176-4,28.5 overs by 6 wickets D/L Method
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England U-19s fail to reach target
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Williamson big ton helps Kiwis set England 273 to win but game ends in draw.George Worker misses out on ton as Kiwis post useful innings total:At Worcester 2nd Youth Test New Zealand U-19s 372,107.2 overs(Worker 96,Williamson 75,Dawson 5-74) & 302,80.5 overs(Williamson 151,Boam 68) drew with England U-19s 402,110.5 overs(GP Smith 150*) & 246-7,72.4 overs. England win series 1-0
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Middlesex Youth Squads enjoy a remarkable summer of success!
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The Middlesex Youth Squads have enjoyed a remarkable summer of success yielding a range of silverware to add to the Twenty20 trophy that the first team picked up. Pride of place goes to the Under 17 and Under 15 squads for winning their respective national prizes (the Under 15's triumphing in a nail-biting one run win off the last ball of the game).
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England U-19s thrash Kiwis at Taunton
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England's 4th wicket pair add 252.Kiwis fail after following on to suffer overwhelming defeat:At Taunton England U-19s 512-8dec,132.7 overs(Redfern 151ro,GP Smith 157,Dawson 100*) beat New Zealand U-19s 234, 93.4 overs(Worker 72) & f/o 148,52.2 overs(6-53) by an innings and 130 runs
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Middlesex take U17 County title
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Middlesex scooped the ECB's Under-17 County Championship for the first time in their history when they comfortably defeated five-time winners Yorkshire. Michael Payne hit an unbeaten century and Nicoll claimed 4-35 as Middlesex eased to a 105-run victory.
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England U-19s try Jack Manuel
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Tamworth batsman Jack Manuel has been drafted into the England Under-19 squad for the series against New Zealand at the age of 17 as cover for Alex Wakely.
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North Middlesex are MCC U13 champs
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North Middlesex edged out Yateley on run rate to take the MCC Spirit of Cricket Under 13 National Club Championship title. At the end of the four-day finals at Oakham School, where rain plagued the schedule, both North Middlesex and Yateley of Hampshire were unbeaten going into the final round of matches.
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National Bunbury ESCA Day At Lord's
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MCC will host the first ever Bunbury English Schools Cricket Association (ESCA) day on the Main Ground at Lord’s on Wednesday 10th September when England Under 15s play against England Under 16s in a 50-over contest. The match, which will celebrate 60 years of ESCA, has been arranged following talks by David English - a Vice President of ESCA and creator of the Bunbury festival – and Keith Bradshaw, Secretary & Chief Executive of MCC. More
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Cricket in New York
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Tara Gadomski has been to watch the first ever New York City public school Cricket championship final. She met some of the game's rising stars.BBC Worldservice Outlook
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Kids can watch for a quid in July
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ECB has launched it's School's Out For Summer promotion, giving U16s the chance to see domestic cricket for only £1 a day at a variety of matches during July.
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School cricket gets going in Ghent Belgium
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On Saturday 10 June, two school teams played the first ever final of the Belgian cricket championship for under-11 schoolboys and girls. Under splendid conditions, Christophe Peeters, the alderman for Sport of the city of Ghent, was on hand to see 20 enthusiastic kids playing cricket.
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Young Wisden Schools Cricketer of Year
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In its 144th review of schools cricket, Wisden introduces an overdue innovation, the Young Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year. The aim is to help raise the profile of schools cricket, especially at state schools.The first winner is Jonathan Bairstow, whose eight innings for St Peter's School in York in 2007 produced three centuries, 654 runs and the remarkable average of 218.00. Jonathan, the 18-year-old son of the former England wicketkeeper David Bairstow,
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West Indies take CLICO League U-15s title
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West Indies Under-15 cricketers beat Pakistan by 89 runs in the Final of the Group Phase of the CLICO International Under-15 tournament. The win gave the hosts an element of revenge for a 2-run defeat in the Final of the Knockout competition that opened this overall celebration of international youth cricket. Bangladesh came third, ahead of Malaysia, late replacements for Zimbabwe. Results
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Malaysia replace Zimbabwe in U-15s World Cup
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Malaysia Under-15s are to replace Zimbabwe Under-15s in the forthcoming Under-15 tournament in the West Indies after the Zimbabweans were denied UK visas to travel through London on their way to the tournament.
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New York sets up schools' cricket league
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New York's Department of Education has set up a cricket league with about 600 state secondary-school students expected to take part. Announcing their decision, the department said New York was the first and only state school system in America to offer competitive cricket.
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ECC Centre of Excellence in Spain
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ECC 10th Annual Centre of Excellence underway with 27 of Europe’s most promising young cricketers will participate in the tenth annual ICC European Centre of Excellence at the La Manga Club, Spain from the 7th – 12th April.
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Latest from Schools team in India
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On Thursday 27th March a team of 14 young cricketers, a coach and a manager set off from Lord’s to take part in the inaugural Spirit of Cricket Development Festival in Chandigarh, India.
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129th Battle of the Blues Spoilt by Rain
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Match Drawn with C Fernando's century the highlight:At Sinhalese sports Club Colombo Royal College 300-9dec,89 overs(Fernando 137) & 141-6dec,26.1 overs v St Thomas College 198,90.5 overs & 59-0,21.1 overs,Rain spoils a sporting declaration Report
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South Africa storm to final
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ICC Under-19s World Cup Rain halts 2nd semi which is carried over to 2nd day whereupon South Africa make short work of reigning champions Pakistan :At Kuala Lumpur South Africa U-19s 260-8,50 overs(Smuts 58,Rossour 53,Vandlar 50,I Wasim 3-44) v Pakistan U-19s 153,39.3(A Shehzad 60,Vallie 4-25) target 252 off 47 overs D/L Method Scorecard Windies win play off final from holders Nepal Ireland beat Zimbabwe in Plate Play off,England v Australia abandoned Scores & Report
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India through to final
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ICC Under-19s World Cup India reaches second successive final in close encounter with New Zealand,West Indies through to face Nepal in Plate final,England beats Sri Lanka in Super League play-off Scores & Report
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ECB announces record funding February 2008
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ECB announce doubling of 'Chance to Shine' funding to enhance cricket in schools amounting to a total value of £5m. Annual scholarships to 36 young English cricketers to benefit from playing in overseas conditions
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Pakistan U-19s take title
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Tri-Nations U-19s Tournament Final Sri Lankans collapse to give Pakistan an easy victory:At Colombo Sri Lanka U-19s 131,36 overs(U Akmal 3-17,I Wasim 3-18) v Pakistan U-19s 134-2,27.2 overs Scorecard England U-19s came 3rd but did beat Pakistan in second match.
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