The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has today (8th October) launched its action plan to transform women’s and girls’ cricketwith the fundamental goal of making cricket a gender-balanced sport. Transforming women’s and girls’ cricket is one of six priorities within ECB’s ‘Inspiring Generations’ strategy for 2020-2024. An unprecedented £20m of funding will be invested over the next two years, with an ambition of investing £50m over the...
The Isle of Wight performance training will commence on the week begining the 4th November at Ryde School. Players and parents will be contacted to inform them of which group they have been selected for.
The first block of training will be running up until the 20th December. Dates to be published later.
Payments and player information will be taken via the online system. We would encourage you to so this in advance of the first session as non payment will lead to players n...
Newclose awarded its annual batting and bowling awards at it 10 year celebration evening on the 13th September. The event started with a game against Milton Bryan CC from Bedfordshire, which was a tight affair but with a victory for Newclose.
Oli Soames and Joe Weatherley from Hampshire CCC were guests of honour for the celebrations and the evening celebration were led by trustee Hugh Griffith. The awards are given to the best bowling and batting performance at Newclose by an Isle o...
The Isle of Wight Association of Officials (IW ACO) are running scorers and umpires introductory courses on Saturday 12th October. Each session will last around 2-3 hours & will provide basic knowledge for those wishing to score or umpire in the future – it also provides a good base for the Level 1 courses planned in January or February
Venue – Arreton Cricket Club, PO30 3AN
9.30am – An Introduction to Scoring...
The Isle of Wight Council are running a Safeguarding and Protecting Children Course on the 9th October at Ryde Accademy, 6pm (3hrs). If any one at your club needs to atttend the course please complete the application form below and send back to the following email sports. unit@iow.gov.uk.
The Course: -
Every child deserves to enjoy playing sport and engaging in physical activity.
This interactive workshop will help coaches recognise poor practice and the red...
The Isle of Wight Association of Officials (IW ACO) will be offering two course this winter for anyone interested in learning more about Umpiring. Details of the courses are below, but if you are interested in attending either the Introductory or stage 1 course please email Janice Routledge on janiceroutledge223@gmail.com to express you interest.
This short 2-4 hour standalone course will give any cricket enthusiast curious about becoming an umpire a ...
The Isle of Wight Disability Cricket Team made the long journey to Collingham & District Cricket Club in Lincolnshire to take on Yorkshire in the semi-final of the England & Wales Cricket Boards Super 9 competition after qualifying by winning all 6 of their league fixtures.
The Isle of Wight won the toss and decided to have a bowl on a damp day. Openers Kayton Evans (0-33) and bowler of the day Pete Brown (3-20) started well but could not find an early break through, that wa...
Following the incredible success of last year’s ALL STARS DAY, Hampshire Cricket are delighted to offer ALL STARS the opportunity to attend our T20 All Stars Day FREE OF CHARGE. This action packed event takes place on SUNDAY 21ST JULY at the Ageas Bowl, home of Hampshire Cricket, near Southampton. Just wear your All Stars t-shirt to the game and you will be given free entry for an afternoon of action packed T20 cricket, free kids activities and the opportunity to take part in the Al...
2019 NatWest OSCAs.
The 2019 NatWest OSCAs will be held at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Monday 14th October. All nominations will be due by Wednesday 31st July.
The NatWest OSCAs aim to reward the contribution that volunteers make to the game. We welcome nominations for volunteers from the traditional cricketing environments (Clubs, Leagues, and Boards) but in addition to this, we would like to recognise volunteers from emerging environments such as Higher and Further Ed...
BBQs were fired up, Mums and Dads dusted down their whites and guests were welcomed to clubs as a number of Island clubs hosted a Cricket World Cup Family Day. Below is a number of pictures from Arreton and East Cowes events who host junior, women's games, quizs and funs games.
| 20th Oct | Ventnor v Northwood 2 / EPP | Cowes High | Leslies Motors Indoor Cup |
| 20th Oct | Ryde 2 v Ryde 1 / Shanklin and Godshill 1 | Cowes High | Leslies Motors Indoor Cup |
| 20th Oct | Northwood 1 v Ryde School | Cowes High | Leslies Motors Indoor Cup |
| 20th Oct | Brading v Cowes / Island Bakeries | Cowes High | Leslies Motors Indoor Cup |
| 27th Oct | Ventnor / Northwood 2 / EPP v Ryde 2 / Ryde 1 / Shankin and Godshill 1 | Cowes High | Leslies Motors Indoor Cup |
| 27th Oct | Northwood 1 / Ryde School v Brading / Cowes / Island Bakeries | Cowes High | Leslies Motors Indoor Cup |
| 27th Oct | Final v Final | Cowes High | Leslies Motors Indoor Cup |
| 3rd Nov | EPP v Brading | Cowes High | Leslies Motors Indoor League Div I |
| 3rd Nov | Ryde 1 v Shanklin and Godshill 1 | Cowes High | Leslies Motors Indoor League Div II |
| 3rd Nov | Island Bakeries v Northwood 1 | Cowes High | Leslies Motors Indoor League Div I |
| 3rd Nov | Shanklin and Godshill 2 v Ventnor | Cowes High | Leslies Motors Indoor League Div II |
| 3rd Nov | IW Disabled Team v Ryde School | Cowes High | Leslies Motors Indoor League Div II |
| 10th Nov | Island Bakeries v Ryde 1 | Cowes High | Leslies Motors Indoor League Div I |
| 10th Nov | Newport v Ryde 2 | Cowes High | Leslies Motors Indoor League Div II |
| 10th Nov | IW Disabled Team v Cowes | Cowes High | Leslies Motors Indoor League Div II |
Highest batting scores in 2019
| T.Turney | 168 | for Freshwater v. Cowes | 6th Jul |
| R Young | 163 | for Newport v. Arreton | 25th May |
| S Gurney | 161 | for Ryde Ll v. Railway Triangle L | 25th May |
| M.Swann | 161 | for St Cross Symondians III v. Ryde I | 3rd Aug |
| B. Reynolds | 145 | for Milton Bryan v. Brading | 14th Sep |
| F. Powell | 144 | for Arreton v. Bembridge | 1st Jun |
| L. Hailes | 139 | for Brading v. Haringey Libraries | 20th Jul |
Best bowling figures in 2019
| M Stafford | 9 for 25 | 3 overs, 0 maidens | for Island Bakeries v. Cowes | 13th Jan |
| L.Brown | 8 for 27 | 9 overs, 1 maidens | for St Helens v. Northwood | 29th Jun |
| J. Lees | 6 for 18 | 10 overs, 2 maidens | for Freshwater v. Arreton | 10th Aug |
| M Allen | 6 for 36 | 9 overs, 1 maidens | for St Helens v. Northwood | 22nd Jun |
| J.Richards | 6 for 50 | 9 overs, 1 maidens | for Gosport Borough v. Ryde | 1st Jun |
| B.Baker | 6 for 51 | 7 overs, 0 maidens | for Northwood v. St Helens | 29th Jun |
| A.Divecha | 5 for 4 | 5 overs, 3 maidens | for Hook & Newnham I v. Ventnor I | 15th Jun |
