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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 […]
This Tuesday saw the start of Movember with plenty of fundraisers being held across the country to raise money and awareness for various causes. Men’s health is the primary focus and the University of Gloucestershire Cricket Club have started their own Movember campaign. The club will be updating the world on their journey on Instagram […]
The Gloucestershire team will be the one of two Universities in their division to be from England as they play against both Cardiff’s Universities, Swansea and Aberystwyth and more over two weekends with the first one tomorrow on the 28th of October. The 2023 Varsity winners hope to improve on a good year last year, […]
Gloucestershire cricketers Glenn Phillips and Paul van Meekeren have played pivotal roles for New Zealand and the Netherlands as both sides impress at this year’s Cricket World Cup in India. Regular T20 Blast overseas player for Gloucestershire, Phillips has impacted games in all three disciplines helping New Zealand win all four of their matches so […]
Gloucester-born, Alastair Cook has officially announced his full retirement from cricket, after a 20-year career. Cook retired from international cricket in 2018 but decided to carry on playing for his county, Essex and announced that he won’t be looking to extend his contract which expired this summer. In a statement on the Essex cricket website, […]
It may now be outside of the cricket season, but Display Refrigeration Hire LTD Cheltenham Indoor Cricket League is just beginning with Cheltenham civil service CC starting strongly as defending champions. Geoff Trett one the leagues independent scorers painted Cheltenham civil service A as “very much the team to beat” “stating there’s no same in […]
New Zealand go into their third game of the 2023 ODI World Cup today as they look to carry on their momentum and take a commanding 3-0 record. Amongst the very talented New Zealand team is former Gloucestershire star Glenn Phillips who celebrated two successful stints at the Bristol County ground and played in the […]