Northern Premier League
The opposition this weekend are Carnforth with the 1st XI at Home and the 2nd XI away.
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Westmorland League
3rd Team: Saturday 22nd August vs Trimpell away 2.00pm stumps, meet at the club 12.45pm
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4th Team: Saturday 22nd August vs Ingleton away 2.00pm stumps, meet at the club 12.15pm
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New Cricket Structure in place for 2009
The club has changed the cricket structure for the forthcoming season. This will be the following:
Head of Cricket - Nick Milner
Senior Coach - Damien Gudgeon
1st Team Captain - Tommy Clough
1st Team Vice-Capt - Mandla Mashimbyi (Pro)
2nd Team Captain - Nick Milner
2nd Team Vice-Capt - TBC
3rd Team Captain - Stuart McDonald
4th Team Captain - John Cassidy
Junior Co-ordinator - Nick Milner
U16's Coach - Mark Woodhead
U13's Manager - John Cassidy
U13's Coach - Nick Milner
U11's Coach - Tommy Clough
Mini's Coach / Schools Liaison - Frank Wilkinson
Outdoor nets will be starting soon with Tuesday evenings being a Club training evening. All players will be invited and are expected to practice on Tuesdays, rather than the traditional Monday evenings. This includes all junior age groups and the 4 senior teams. This will become club training evening and there will be regular Barbeque's after training to allow for refuelling in true Morecambe Cricket Club style.
Selection
For the latest team Selections click here
Fixtures
For latest 1st and 2nd team fixtures click here.
Results
For latest 1st and 2nd team results and scorecards click here.
Tables
Tables up to 09/08/2008
Latest League News
For all the latest news affecting the Northern Premier Cricket League divisions 1 and 2 click here.
1st Team Match Report - Lancaster Home
Morecambe kept up their recent dominance (last 15 years) over 3rd from bottom Lancaster with a rain affected winning draw on Monday.
After being inserted by the Lancaster captain, a negative ploy which was to continue throughout the afternoon, Morecambe made a good start with the openers Vish and Woody. When the rains came at 25 overs Morecambe had moved to 85 for 3, a position from which a decent total was expected. Unfortunately due to the rain, when play re-started only 8 more overs were available. In their chase for quick runs the Morecambe batsmen collasped to a score of 127 for 9.
On one of the flatest pitches of the year, and Lancaster having 33 overs to chase 127, the team was up against it. A wicket in the first over Heywood Jnr bowled by Gaz, and in then with the score on 18 Stevens was given out LBW to Johno.
A good partnership between Tim Barry and Ryan Nelson, took Lancaster to a position where they could be the only winners of the match, when Barry was out and then Walling the score was 98 for 4 with 3 overs remaining.
With 6 wickets left, a short leg side boundary, a big hitting pro to come in next, the game was there for Lancaster's taking. Unfortunately for them their captain Heywood snr had other ideas, in his continued quest to try to stop Morecambe being the premier club in the region, he thought it better to stop us getting a 5th wicket and a bonus point, than actually concerntrating on winning the game for Lancaster. He brought himself into bat and proceeded to bore everyone for the next 3 overs, instead of what could have been an exciting finish. We can only feel sorry that it means so much to stop Morecambe to the detriment of his own club. We also felt sorry for young Ryan Nelson whose innings deserved more than this outcome.
Still with other results Morecambe are now 1 point off new leaders Kendal, with 3 games to go in what promises to be one of the best league finishes in years, with four teams still involved.
We wish Lancaster well with their battle for staying off the bottom of the table.
Our Cricket Professional
Bruce Martin is a 27-year-old left arm spinner from Northern Districts, New Zealand. He is a very experienced first class cricketer
but this will be his first time in English club cricket. However, he has played in this country before having represented New Zealand A on tour. Bruce comes highly reccomended by fellow New Zealander and former Morecambe pro Mark Orchard. The club have chosen a spinner following the success of Werner Coetsee last season.
23.6.08 - Bruce Season so far; hes taken a third of the wickets 25 in total. Bowling 161 Overs 36 Maidens 560 Runs Average 22. Batting after 10 Innings his total is 315 with 70 being his highest score at a Average of 35.1
23.8.08 - Bruces stats Bowling 279 Overs Maidens 73 Runs 833 Wkts 54 Average 15.43% Batting 18 Innings 469 runs highest 70 Average 29.31%
Bruce has worked well adapting to the English conditions and high hopes for the second half of the season. Hes a great Coach helping the Juniors, and is prepared to have a chat with any players who request his advice.
For more information on Bruce's 1st class statistics click here.
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