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Berkshire County Cricket Club

Minor counties cricket club in England

Berkshire County Cricket Club
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Minor counties cricket club in England

FieldValue
nameBerkshire County Cricket Club
imageimage:BerkshireCCCLogo.svg
coachTom Lambert
captainDaniel Lincoln
founded1895
groundNo fixed address
title1NCCC
title1wins10
title2MCCAT
title2wins7
title3FP Trophy
title3wins0
websitehttp://www.berkshirecountycricketclub.org

Berkshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor counties clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Berkshire.

The team is currently a member of the National Counties Championship Western Division and plays in the NCCA Knockout Trophy. Berkshire played List A matches occasionally until 2005, but is not classified as a List A team per se.

History

Main article: Berkshire county cricket team (1769–1795)

The first definite mention of cricket in Berkshire relates to the famous all rounder Thomas Waymark who resided at Bray Wick, near Maidenhead in the 1740s. In 1740, a combined Berkshire/Buckinghamshire/Hertfordshire team played two matches against London. Berkshire as a county team in its own right was first recorded in June 1769 when it played Surrey. From then until 1795, Berkshire's matches are recognised as important. The strength of Berkshire lay in the Maidenhead aka Oldfield Cricket Club which was based at Old Field in Bray, which was Berkshire's usual home venue. In August 1795, Berkshire lost to Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord's and then abruptly ceased to appear in the records.

Rowland Bowen's researches discovered evidence of a county organisation by 1841, but it may only have been a loose association of local clubs, as was sometimes the case elsewhere. Berkshire County Cricket Club was founded on 17 March 1895, the same year that the Minor Counties Championship began. Berkshire did not compete in the first year of the competition, but joined for 1896.

Current squad

    • denotes the team captain
  • denotes players who have played first-class cricket.
NameNatBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotesBatsmenAll-roundersWicket-keepersBowlers
Waqas HussainRight-handedRight-arm medium
Brandon GilmourLeft-handedRight-arm medium
Andy RishtonRight-handedRight-arm medium
Oliver BirtsRight-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Dan LincolnRight-handedRight-arm medium
Adam DewesRight-handedRight-arm medium
Euan WoodsLeft-handedRight-arm off break
Archie CarterRight-handed—
Richard Morris*Right-handedRight-arm medium
James MorrisRight-handedLeg break
Adam DewesRight-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Jarryd WallaceUnknownRight-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Joe ThomasRight-handed—
Stewart DavisonRight-handed—
Joe CracknellRight-handed—
Jack DaviesLeft-handed—England Under-19 player
Chris PeploeLeft-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Callum GregoryRight-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Akbar RajaRight-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Alexander RussellRight-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Toby GreatwoodUnknownRight-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Tom NugentRight-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Ethan BamberRight-handedRight-arm fast-medium
  • Squad information correct as of 14 February 2019

Notable players

International

This list includes those Berkshire players who have played in Test cricket since 1877, One Day International cricket since 1971, or a Twenty20 International since 2004.

England England

  • Danny Briggs
  • Percy Chapman
  • Tom Dollery
  • John Emburey
  • Aftab Habib
  • Alan Igglesden
  • Richard Johnson
  • Peter May
  • Albert Relf
  • Graham Roope
  • Shaun Udal
  • Shoaib Bashir

Netherlands Netherlands

  • Billy Stelling

South Africa South Africa

  • Charl Willoughby

West Indies West Indies

  • Jimmy Adams

Other

Honours

  • National Counties Championship (10) - 1924, 1928, 1953, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024 (shared)
  • NCCA Knockout Trophy (8) – 2004, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • NCCA T20 Champions (1) - 2018
  • NCCA Western Division Champions (7) 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024

Grounds

Notes

References

Bibliography

References

  1. "List A events played by Berkshire". CricketArchive.
  2. [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/1/1876/1876.html Berkshire (pre-county club], CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2024. {{subscription
  3. "First-Class Matches in England in 1772". CricketArchive.
  4. Wisden. (1948). "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack". Sporting Handbooks Ltd.
  5. "Berkshire's First Team". Berkshire County Cricket Club.
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