Development XI ready for Herefordshire challenge
Staffordshire Development XI start their season tomorrow. Staffs will welcome Herefordshire to Milford Hall for a 50-over per side contest (11am). Audley all-rounder Jack Redman captains a side which features players with NCCA experience. Seamer Sam Atkinson, part of the side which has reached Twenty20 Cup finals day, is included. Callum Leese, who made his […]
Andy Carr proud of Staffordshire players’ efforts
Head coach Andy Carr insists Staffordshire’s players should walk tall after they continued the defence of their NCCA Twenty20 Cup title. Staffs booked their place at finals day for the second successive season after comprehensively beating Hertfordshire and Norfolk at Manor Park in Sunday’s Super 12s stage. Staffs were given a lifeline in the competition […]
Deja-vu for Staffs after NCCA Twenty20 Cup finals day draw is made
Staffordshire have been drawn against Berkshire in the last four on NCCA Twenty20 Cup finals day. The match-up is a re-run of last summer’s meeting between the two sides at Tring Park on the showpiece occasion. This time the pair will battle it out at Chester Boughton Hall on Sunday in the second semi-final, starting […]
Super Staffordshire power their way to NCCA T20 Cup finals day
Staffordshire’s bid to defend their NCCA Twenty20 Cup title gathered pace as they booked their place at finals day. Staffs produced two clinical performances to beat Hertfordshire and host county Norfolk at their Manor Park headquarters to progress from the Super 12s stage. It was certainly a case of Staffordshire making the most of the […]
James Kettleborough out to make more memories after special week
Staffordshire captain James Kettleborough has enjoyed an unforgettable week – both on and off the pitch. A certain beer company boasts about providing perfect weeks… and there’s little doubt that Kettleborough has just had first-hand experience of one. Last Friday afternoon, his wife Jenny gave birth to daughter Grace, before the new dad then went […]
Andy Carr wants Staffordshire to capitalise on NCCA Twenty20 Cup lifeline
Andy Carr is backing his Staffordshire players to make the most of their second chance in the NCCA Twenty20 Cup. Staffordshire initially failed to qualify for this weekend’s Super 12s stage after seeing four of their six group matches fall victim to the weather. But Northumberland were removed from the competition after breaking player rules, […]
James Kettleborough up for the fight in NCCA Twenty20 Cup defence
Staffordshire captain James Kettleborough believes his side can navigate their way through the unpredictable nature of Twenty20 cricket to continue their cup defence. Staffs make the trip to Norwich’s Manor Park on Sunday to play Norfolk and Hertfordshire in the Super 12s stage of the National Counties Cricket Association competition. Kettleborough’s men are the defending […]
Staffordshire name squad for NCCA Twenty20 Cup Super 12 matches
Staffordshire will take a 13-man squad to East Anglia for the latest chapter in the NCCA Twenty20 Cup. Staffs head to Norwich’s Manor Park to play both Norfolk and Hertfordshire in the Super 12s stage of the competition. Norfolk and Hertfordshire kick off proceedings at 10am before Staffs play the loser of that match at […]
Staffordshire find out NCCA T20 Cup Super 12s schedule
The schedule has been announced for Sunday’s NCCA Twenty20 Cup Super 12s stage. Staffordshire will make the trip to Norfolk’s Manor Park, along with Hertfordshire, for the latest stage of the competition. Norfolk will play Hertfordshire in the day’s opening match at 10am. Staffordshire will then face the losers of that game at 1pm and […]
‘Staffordshire produced the perfect Trophy performance’
Andy Carr ranked Staffordshire’s Knockout Trophy win at Suffolk as one of the best performances of his reign. Staffs cruised to a 116-run victory at Mildenhall to start their Group Two campaign in fine style. Staffordshire failed to qualify from their group last summer – and head coach Carr promised a fresh approach to right […]