Staffordshire select 13-man squad for Herefordshire pre-season match
Staffordshire have named a 13-man squad for their pre-season encounter against Herefordshire this weekend. Sunday’s 50-over match takes place at Smethwick (11am) as preparations are fine-tuned for the start of the National Counties Cricket Association campaign. All 13 players will feature at some point in the match. The contest is the first chance for Staffordshire […]
Day Three report: Heartache for Staffordshire as NCCA title bid falls just short
Staffordshire came agonisingly close to retaining their NCCA Championship Division One East title after a dramatic final day against Cambridgeshire. Staffs had their hosts nine wickets down with two overs to go at Peterborough, but just couldn’t find that last piece of magic to keep hold of their crown. They had set Cambridgeshire 244 for […]
Day Two report: Staffordshire look for final flourish in title mission
Staffordshire will need a huge final-day effort in their quest to keep their hands on the NCCA Championship Division One East title. Staffs take to the field for the last chapter of the three-dayer against Cambridgeshire at Peterborough with a 20-run lead after closing day two on 68-1. There are plenty of permutations to throw […]
Tom Brett hopes ‘inside knowledge’ can benefit Staffs’ cause
Tom Brett has taken on a new role ahead of Staffordshire’s NCCA Championship game against Cambridgeshire. The 35-year-old is Staffs’ frontline spinner, but he’s also been the county’s ‘spy in the camp’ ahead of this weekend Division One East finale at Peterborough. It’s a venue where Staffordshire have never played, but Brett is well versed […]
New faces in Staffordshire squad for Championship trip to Cambs
Staffordshire will field at least one NCCA debutant in this weekend’s Championship game against Cambridgeshire. Milford Hall batsman Niall McHale and Stone SP spinner Jack Batchelor, who are both yet to make their senior county bows, have been named in a 12-man squad for the Division One East three-dayer at Peterborough, which starts on Sunday. […]
Day Three report: Staffs’ hopes left up in the air after Bucks seal tense victory
Staffordshire’s hopes of retaining the NCCA Championship Division One East title are out of their hands after a one-wicket defeat by Buckinghamshire. An absorbing encounter at Stafford saw both sides in the ascendency on the final day, but ultimately it was the visitors who held their nerve to seal victory by the narrowest of margins. […]
Day Two report: Staffordshire and Bucks have eyes on the prize in thrilling clash
Eighteen wickets fell on a thrilling second day which ended with both Staffordshire and Buckinghamshire still firmly in the hunt to take the NCCA Championship points. The players will take to the field at Stafford for the final chapter of an absorbing Division One East clash with Bucks resuming on 37-1 in their second innings. […]
Day One report: Staffordshire targeting fightback after Bucks take early honours
Staffordshire will have to display their powers of recovery after a disappointing first day in their NCCA Championship game against Buckinghamshire. A below-par batting performance saw Staffs bowled out for 194 at Stafford, before Bucks drew stumps on 116-3 to seize the initiative. Several Staffordshire batsmen will look back on their dismissals wistfully in a […]
‘We have to be on the money from ball one against Buckinghamshire’
Staffordshire have to continue to live in the moment on the NCCA Championship front, according to captain James Kettleborough. Staffs won Division One East last summer and went on to share the overall title with Berkshire following a rain-affected final at West Bromwich Dartmouth. And they’re in a handy position at their halfway point of […]
Day Three report: Callum Hawkins hits maiden Staffs century in Suffolk draw
Staffordshire’s Championship encounter at Suffolk ended in a draw – but not before they had flirted with pulling off an unlikely success. Suffolk batted for the majority of the third and final day at Copdock before declaring at tea on 306-6. That left Staffordshire requiring 260 to win in 33 overs in the searing East […]