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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 […]
Yesterday, Gloucestershire County Cricketer James Bracey completed his 418-kilometre charity cycle ride from London to Paris with the Professional Cricketers’ Trust (PCA). Bracey was one of eight current professionals, amongst the group of more than 30 riders to set off from the Oval on Tuesday, October 10 before reaching Paris in the evening on Thursday. […]
Gloucestershire cricketer, Paul van Meekeren, will play in Netherlands World Cup opener against Pakistan today. The 30-year-old bowler will be making his World Cup debut and hopes to get the Dutchmen off to a flyer with the ball. The Netherlands have failed to qualify for the last two World Cups and have never made it […]
Harry Brook only played six One Day International’s ahead of the World Cup, yet he was picked over vastly experienced Jason Roy in England’s squad, why? It would not be hyperbole to state that Roy was crucial to England’s 2019 world cup win, he scored loads of runs and without him they looked significantly worse. […]
University of Gloucestershire men’s cricket captain Neal Osborn has underlined his winning mindset heading into the Varsity and Outdoor British Universities and College Sports (BUCS) games. Osborn has skippered the first team for two summers running and it was recently announced he would be doing so again in 2023. “I don’t invest my time in […]
Jofra Archer returned to cricket after an 18-month injury lay-off with a 3-27 bowling performance for MI Cape Town in the South Africa T20 League. The all format bowler last played in 2021 but has slowly been returning returning to fitness, including bowling for the England Lions in Pakistan in November. Archer stormed into international […]
Tuesday morning will see the 12th edition of Australia’s flagship T20 competition, the Big Bash get underway as the Sydney Thunder take on the Melbourne Stars at the Manuka Oval with England’s Alex Hales set to feature. There is plenty of representation from former Gloucestershire stars both past and present with some stalwarts of the […]
England beat Pakistan by 26 runs in the fourth day of their second test match in Multan to ensure an unassailable 2-0 lead in their first tour of Pakistan in 17 years. The hosts started the day in the driving seat after an impressive 80 run stand was shared between Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Nawaz […]
England have beaten Pakistan by 74 runs at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on day five of their series opener. James Anderson and Ollie Robinson collected four wickets each with Pakistan bowled out for 268 in the second innings. The win is England’s first victory on Pakistan soil since 2005 and many are saying it’s one […]