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University of Gloucestershire Cricket’s Varsity has been cancelled this year due to circumstances out of their hands, but the team wants to put that behind them to prepare for the outdoor BUCS season. The Social Secretary speaks about the indoor team making it to the national indoor finals “A really successful Indoor BUCS campaign reaching […]
Adam Sercombe, the vice-captain of the University of Gloucestershire’s cricket team, believes the team can “go and win the BUCS outdoor league this season.” After a successful indoor cricket campaign over the winter months, the university’s first team are preparing for the upcoming BUCS outdoor league, which starts in May. Sercombe has high hopes for […]
England once again gave away a strong position to lose a third Test match on the bounce in their tour of India in Ranchi, with the series scoreline now 3-1 with one game to play in Dharamshala. Despite Joe Root’s stunning century in the first innings of the test, in a fashion somewhat akin to […]
“It was a very challenging year for us, a year of near misses really.” Gloucestershire player-coach Tom Smith said, reflecting on finishing bottom of the County Championship. “It was a frustrating year, there were loads of opportunities, especially when we played against Worcestershire, and it was rain affected, we were close to winning that one.” […]
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club are looking at opportunities into selling their home ground, since 1889, the Bristol County Ground as they looked to become more competitive and sustainable for a long period of time. With Nevil Road being located near the centre of Bristol, the potential of expanding and improving the facilities, on the pitch […]
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club head coach Dale Benkenstein and bowling coach Robbie Joseph have recently left the club, taking opportunities with Lancashire and Kent for the upcoming 2024 season. Before spending two years as head coach of Gloucestershire, Benkenstein had previously worked for Lancashire as batting coach on a short-term basis in the summer of […]
The University of Gloucestershire cricket team have had an amazing semester on and off the field as they make it through to the national trophy for Indoor BUCS. They have also had some incredible events, such as their golf day and their Movember events. Team member Ollie Pugsley spoke about their recent Movember events where […]
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club announced four new contracts recently as Joe Phillips signed a two-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2025 season. Phillips has played four professional games for the county since making his debut in July of this year against Glamorgan in the County Championship. He has […]
Last weekend the University of Gloucestershire Cricket team travelled down to Cardiff to play in Indoor BUCS at Sophia Gardens. The eight-man squad had an early start leaving Oxstalls Campus at 7am. It didn’t get off to a good start after fresher, Toby Rice, realised he had forgotten to bring something quite important: his bat. […]
Gloucestershire overseas cricketers Glenn Phillips and Paul van Meekeren have continued to help their nations to successful World Cup campaigns so far. Phillips and his New Zealand side currently sit fourth in the table after three losses on the bounce before a huge game versus Pakistan early on Saturday morning. Van Meekeren has continued to […]