THE STATS ISSUE
Before we get into the 2020 season statistics, some important news items:
The Annual General Meeting of the Cheshire Women’s Cricket League will be held on Wednesday November 18 at 1930. Due the current health situation, this meeting will, for the first time, be conducted remotely via the Zoom platform. Please ensure your club is represented at the meeting, especially as there will be no need to travel to a meeting venue this year. The business of the meeting will include: • Reports from League Officers • Elections involving candidates wishing to stand for League Officer positions for the next 12 months. Please get in touch if you are interested in standing for: Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Press Officer, Web & Results Administrator, Fixtures Secretary, Senior Competitions Secretary, Rules & Disciplinary Secretary, Umpires & Scorers Representative, Welfare Officer • Assessment of applications from clubs wishing to join the League’s senior competitions for the first time in 2021. If you are aware of any interested clubs, please encourage them to get in contact to enquire as to the application process as soon as possible – ideally their applications would be received at least one week prior to the meeting.
I am pleased to announce that League President Di Totty has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Cheshire Cricket Board for a period of two years, with a specific responsibility for the development of the women’s and girls’ game in Cheshire.
CHESHIRE WOMEN’S LEAGUE
THE LAST RESULT - Summer Series Development Division – September 20:
Wistaston Village 73-7 (20; Toyin Higgins 13, Zoe Davies 13, Natalie Stevens 2-3, Jill Tildsley 2-15) (25pts) Langley 56-9 (20; Abbey Lamidey 16, Anna Bourne 3-4, Phoebe Howle 2-9)
• A series of early wickets for Anna Bourne checked Langley’s reply early on and ensured it would be Wistaston, rather than their opponents, who finished the season with two wins from four.
THE FINAL LEAGUE TABLES
Summer Series Western Division P w wcn l lcn BatP BowlP NRR Pts
1 Porthill Park 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 2.39 200
2 Nantwich 8 4 0 4 0 6 11 0.36 117
3 Upton 8 4 0 4 0 3 13 -0.48 116
4 Chester Boughton Hall 8 3 0 5 0 11 12 -0.37 98
5 Oxton 8 1 0 6 1 12 17 -1.97 44
Porthill were convincing winners with a 100 per cent record and an 83-point lead in the final standings. After winning their early matches by large margins, Porthill didn’t always have things their own way in the batting department in the later stages of the season, but no team was able to truly get to grips with their varied bowling attack.
Nantwich and Upton staged an exciting battle for the runners up spot as these two clubs maintained the excellent progress they have made in a short space of time.
Summer Series Eastern Division P w l t c BatP BowlP NRR Pts
1 Stockport Trinity 8 7 1 0 0 2 5 1.32 182
2 Didsbury 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 1.53 165
3 Leigh 8 3 4 0 1 13 10 -0.41 106
4 Stockport Georgians 8 1 5 1 1 13 18 -0.59 79
5 Ashton-on-Mersey 8 1 7 0 0 15 15 -1.79 55
Trinity finally emerged triumphant by recording a dramatic and emphatic win in a final day winner takes all showdown against Didsbury, after it was Didsbury who narrowly won the first of the top of the table clashes some weeks earlier.
Summer Series Development Division P w l BatP BowlP Pts NRR
1 Lindow 4 4 0 0 0 100 1.36
2 Chester Boughton Hall 2nd XI 4 3 1 3 3 81 1.37
3 Wistaston Village 4 2 2 10 4 64 -0.43
4 Langley 4 1 3 8 9 42 -1.11
5 Heaton Mersey & Cheadle 4 0 4 11 10 21 -1.15
It was another trophy winning season for undefeated Lindow after four victories by comfortable margins.
THE BEST INDIVIDUAL MATCH PERFORMANCES
Western Division
Batting:
105, Evelyn Jones (Porthill Park), v Chester Boughton Hall 98, Evelyn Jones, v Upton 87, Evelyn Jones, v Nantwich 60, Lily Scudder (Upton), v Chester Boughton Hall 53, Philippa Dagger (Upton), v Oxton
Bowling:
4-1, Bethan Robinson (Nantwich), v Oxton 4-6, Ali Cutler (Chester Boughton Hall), v Porthill Park 4-8, Ellie-Mae Davies (Porthill Park), v Chester Boughton Hall 4-10, Bethan Robinson, v Upton 3-0, Hannah Bratt (Nantwich), v Oxton
Eastern Division
Batting:
97, Roshini Prince-Navaratnam (Didsbury), v Ashton-on-Mersey 74, Ellie Mason (Stockport Trinity), v Ashton-on-Mersey 72, Roshini Prince-Navaratnam, v Stockport Georgians 71*, Jenny Dunn (Stockport Trinity), v Leigh 61*, Roshini Prince-Navaratnam, v Stockport Georgians 61, Carys White (Stockport Trinity), v Ashton-on-Mersey
Bowling:
4-21, Emily Thomas (Stockport Georgians), v Stockport Trinity 3-4, Emma Royle (Stockport Trinity), v Leigh 3-6, Ellie Mason (Stockport Trinity), v Stockport Georgians 3-6, Millie Baldwin (Leigh), v Stockport Georgians 3-7, Amanda Gettins (Ashton-on-Mersey), v Stockport Georgians
(Emma Royle’s 7-13 for Stockport Trinity’s men’s 2nd XI was the 7th best bowling analysis in all of Cheshire club cricket in 2020)
Development Division
Batting:
51, Michelle Hesslegrave (Lindow), v Chester Boughton Hall 2nd XI 46*, Claire Ashoworth (Lindow), v Wistaston Village 44*, Charlotte Appleyard (Heaton Mersey & Cheadle), v Wistaston Village 41*, Jen Regan (Wistaston Village), v Lindow 38, Nicky Jarvis (Wistaston Village), v Chester Boughton Hall 2nd XI
Bowling:
4-12, Jenny Wallace (Langley), v Chester Boughton Hall 2nd XI 3-3, Bethan Morris (Chester Boughton Hall 2nd XI), v Langley 3-4, Anna Bourne (Wistaston Village), v Langley 3-6, Jo Seddon (Lindow), v Heaton Mersey & Cheadle 3-9, Lily Beckley (Lindow), v Chester Boughton Hall 2nd XI
THE BEST BATSMEN – WESTERN DIVISION
Total Runs – Batting Award
Evelyn Jones (Porthill Park) 343 Ali Cutler (Chester Boughton Hall) 191 Becky Cripwell (Porthill Park) 170 Beth Hughes (Nantwich) 151 Madi Hudson (Nantwich) 150
Average
Evelyn Jones 114.33 Becky Cripwell 28.33 Seren Smale (Chester Boughton Hall) 28.25 Madi Hudson 25.00 Ali Cutler 23.88
Evelyn Jones was well ahead of the other batsmen in the division, and the season would end with her illustrating her class by making big runs at a higher level in the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Trophy. Although the league season was curtailed to just eight matches this year, and Jones herself played just five before departing to play in the Trophy, her runs aggregate of 343 is still amongst the top 20 totals in a CWCL season.
(To make the lists below for best bowling average, economy rate and strike rate, there was a requirement to have bowled at least 20 overs in the Western and Eastern Divisions and eight overs in the Development Division)
THE BEST BOWLERS – WESTERN DIVISION
Total Wickets – Bowling Award
Bethan Robinson (Nantwich) 14 Ellie-Mae Davies (Porthill Park) 13 Freya Davies (Oxton), Hannah McGowan (Upton), Philippa Dagger (Upton) 11 (With 10 wickets for Chester Boughton Hall 1st XI plus five more for the 2nd XI in the Development Division, Gemma Rose was the league’s leading wicket taker of 2020)
Bethan Robinson was undoubtedly one of the major young breakthrough players of 2020, and she finished with 14 wickets even though she only took wickets in four different matches – in addition to the 4-1 and 4-10 performances mentioned above, she also contributed spells of 3-9 and 3-10.
Average
Ellie-Mae Davies 3.38 Bethan Robinson 3.86 Becky Cripwell 4.11 Hannah Bratt (Nantwich) 6.43 Phillippa Dagger 7.55
Ellie-Mae Davies finished with the best average across all of the league divisions, and also finished in second spot in the Western Division for total wickets, economy rate and strike rate.
Economy Rate
Emily Stones (Porthill Park) 1.65 Ellie-Mae Davies 1.69 Becky Cripwell 1.80 Ali Cutler (Chester Boughton Hall) 1.98 Philippa Dagger 2.02
Emily Stones’ miserly contributions were rewarded with just two wickets, compared to the 13 taken by her team-mate Ellie-Mae Davies.
Strike Rate
Bethan Robinson 11.14 Ellie-Mae Davies 12.00 Becky Cripwell 13.67 Hannah Bratt 17.86 Freya Davies (Oxton) 18.18
THE BEST FIELDERS – WESTERN DIVISION
Fielding Dismissals (Fielding Catches & Run Outs) – Fielding Award
Molly Price (Oxton) 7 (6c, 1ro) Evelyn Jones (Porthill Park), Emily Stones (Porthill Park) 6 (all caught) Emily Renshaw (Oxton), Ellen McGowan (Upton), Nicole Fisher (Chester Boughton Hall), Lily Scudder (Upton), Georgia Norman (Porthill Park) 4
Wicketkeeping Dismissals (Wicketkeeping Catches & Stumpings) – Wicketkeeping Award
Libby Clifton (Porthill Park) 8 (4c, 4st) Tessie Nickson (Oxton) 5 (3c, 2st) Seren Smale (Chester Boughton Hall) 4 (1c, 3st)
THE BEST BATSMEN – EASTERN DIVISION
Total Runs – Batting Award
Roshini Prince-Navaratnam (Didsbury) 338 Ellie Mason (Stockport Trinity) 216 Carys White (Stockport Trinity) 166 Jenny Dunn (Stockport Trinity) 145 Beth Caunce (Ashton-on-Mersey) 108
Average
Roshini Prince-Navaratnam 84.50 Jenny Dunn 48.33 Mishel Jeena (Didsbury) 46.00 Ellie Mason 43.20 Emily Thomas (Stockport Georgians) 35.67
THE BEST BOWLERS – EASTERN DIVISION
Total Wickets – Bowling Award
Emma Royle (Stockport Trinity) 12 Amanda Gettins (Ashton-on-Mersey) 10 Amelia Sammons (Ashton-on-Mersey) 9 Millie Baldwin (Leigh), Poppy Donohue (Leigh) 8
Average
Emma Royle 4.25 Hannah Jones (Didsbury) 4.83 Amanda Gettins 8.50 Millie Baldwin 9.50 Poppy Donohue 9.88
Economy Rate
Hannah Jones 1.21 Emma Royle 1.24 Zara Matthews (Didsbury) 2.00 Kasey Bentham (Leigh) 2.03 Lucy Neill (Stockport Georgians) 2.25
The records of the players ranked third to fifth here are certainly impressive enough, but the consistent performances of Hannah Jones and Emma Royle truly stand out. Jones went on to demonstrate, via her Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Trophy performances, that even the country’s best women’s batsmen don’t find her easy to score off.
Strike Rate
Millie Baldwin 18.00 Emma Royle, Amanda Gettins 20.50 Poppy Donohue, Hana Rafiq (Didsbury) 21.00
THE BEST FIELDERS – EASTERN DIVISION
Fielding Dismissals (Fielding Catches & Run Outs) – Fielding Award
Carys White (Stockport Trinity) 7 (5c, 2ro) Hannah Jones (Didsbury) 6 (4c, 2ro) Roshini Prince-Navaratnam (Didsbury), Claire Anderton (Ashton-on-Mersey) 4 (3c, 1ro) 8 players on 3 dismissals
Wicketkeeping Dismissals (Wicketkeeping Catches & Stumpings) – Wicketkeeping Award
Sarah McCann (Stockport Trinity) 7 (3c, 4st) Gaby McKeever (Stockport Georgians) 4 (3c, 1st) Carrie Blood (Leigh), Rosie Davis (Didsbury) 3 (all caught)
THE BEST BATSMEN – DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Total Runs – Batting Award
Jen Regan (Wistaston Village) 85 Claire Ashworth (Lindow) 82 Charlotte Appleyard (Heaton Mersey & Cheadle) 75 Nicky Jarvis (Wistaston Village) 52 Michelle Hesslegrave (Lindow) 51
Average (min. 3 innings)
Jen Regan 42.50 Claire Ashworth 41.00 Charlotte Appleyard 25.00 Grace Williams (Lindow) 17.50 Anette Wallace (Langley) 15.00
THE BEST BOWLERS – DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Total Wickets – Bowling Award
Lily Beckley (Lindow), Jenny Wallace (Langley) 6 Gemma Rose (Chester Boughton Hall 2nd XI), Claire Ashworth (Lindow), Phoebe Howle (Wistaston Village), Ella Hirst (Langley) 5
Average
Lily Beckley 5.50 Claire Ashworth 8.00 Ashlee Barnes (Lindow) 8.25 Jenny Wallace 8.83 Bethan Morris (Chester Boughton Hall 2nd XI ) 10.00
Economy Rate
Lily Beckley 2.54 Anna Bourne (Wistaston Village) 2.67 Kate Chapman (Heaton Mersey & Cheadle) 2.77 Lisa Critten (Heaton Mersey & Cheadle) 2.89 Ashlee Barnes, Bethan Morris 3.00
Strike Rate
Lily Beckley 13.00 Jenny Wallace 14.00 Claire Ashworth, Phoebe Howle 14.40 Ashlee Barnes 16.50
Lily Beckley was not only the equal highest wicket taker, but she also ranked highest on average, economy rate and strike rate.
THE BEST FIELDERS – DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Fielding Dismissals (Fielding Catches & Run Outs) – Fielding Award
Jill Tildsley (Langley) 6 (4c, 2ro) Holly Chambers (Chester Boughton Hall 2nd XI) 3 (1c, 2ro) 8 players on 2 dismissals
Wicketkeeping Dismissals (Wicketkeeping Catches & Stumpings) – Wicketkeeping Award
Di Totty (Chester Boughton Hall 2nd XI) 2 (both caught) 5 players on 1 dismissal
DIVISIONAL TEAMS OF THE YEAR – selected according to a formula
The player ranked top for batting average scored one point and the second ranked batter scored two, and so on, with a similar system used for total runs. These points scores were then added and the batsmen with the lowest total points scores across both total runs and averages were selected for the team. For example, Evelyn Jones scored two points as the highest ranked batsman in the Western Division on both measures.
Four different bowling criteria were used: total wickets, average, economy rate and strike rate. In the Eastern Division, Emma Royle was ranked top for total wickets and average and second for economy and strike rate, so she scored a total of six points.
The selected wicketkeeper is the player with the most dismissals in this area.
Players shown as all-rounders are those who qualified for these divisional teams as both batsmen and bowlers. While many of the selected batsmen in the Eastern Division team also made good contributions with the ball in individual matches, none bowled the minimum qualifying 20 over quota across the full season.
Western Division
Batsmen
Evelyn Jones (Porthill Park) Ali Cutler (Chester Boughton Hall) Madi Hudson (Nantwich) Seren Smale (Chester Boughton Hall)
All-Rounders
Becky Cripwell (Porthill Park) Beth Hughes (Nantwich)
Wicketkeeper
Libby Clifton (Porthill Park)
Bowlers
Ellie-Mae Davies (Porthill Park) Bethan Robinson (Nantwich) Philippa Dagger (Upton) Hannah Bratt (Nantwich)
Eastern Division
Batsmen
Roshini Prince-Navaratnam (Didsbury) Ellie Mason (Stockport Trinity) Jenny Dunn (Stockport Trinity) Carys White (Stockport Trinity) Emily Thomas (Stockport Georgians)
Wicketkeeper
Sarah McCann (Stockport Trinity)
Bowlers
Emma Royle (Stockport Trinity) Amanda Gettins (Ashton-on-Mersey) Hannah Jones (Didsbury) Millie Baldwin (Leigh) Poppy Donohue (Leigh)
Development Division
Batsmen
Jen Regan (Wistaston Village) Charlotte Appleyard (Heaton Mersey & Cheadle) Anette Wallace (Langley) Nicky Jarvis (Wistaston Village) Juliet Wiles (Chester Boughton Hall 2nd XI)
All-Rounder
Claire Ashworth (Lindow)
Wicketkeeper
Di Totty (Chester Boughton Hall 2nd XI)
Bowlers
Lily Beckley (Lindow) Jenny Wallace (Langley) Ashlee Barnes (Lindow) Anna Bourne (Wistaston Village)
SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE CRICKET
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Trophy - Selected Results – September 19:
Lightning 303-5 (50; Sarah Bryce 136*, Teresa Graves 65, Abi Freeborn 40, Bethan Ellis 25, Anisha Patel 2-46) Central Sparks 248-8 (50; Evelyn Jones 115*, Gwenan Davies 48, Marie Kelly 37, Ellis 3-25, Kathryn Bryce 3-25)
• Evelyn Jones ended what has been a very successful tournament for her in spectacular fashion, even if her team ended up on the losing side in this run spree and saw their remote hopes of topping the group disappear. • When you exclude the various England players who only appeared in two matches during the tournament, Evelyn Jones’ batting average of 66.80 was the fourth best across all eight teams. Hannah Jones’ bowling economy rate of 3.17 was the second best by the same measure.
THE DAZZLER EXTRA – HIGHEST RUN SCORERS ACROSS THE SEASONS
(Main league competition only)
Runs Year Division No. of No. of Highest Average matches inns score in for league player season 1 Ali Cutler (Chester BH) 583 2013 1 10 10 137* 145.75 2 Emma Barlow (Appleton) 558 2014 1 12 11 86 62.00 3 Shami Ahmed (Oakmere) 479 2012 1 11 9 125* 79.83 4 Dawn Prestidge 451 2019 1 10 9 134 56.38 (Oakmere) 5 Penny Critchlow 449 2014 1 12 7 103* 149.67 (Romiley) 6 Emma Barlow (Appleton) 448 2010 1 10 8 131 64.00 7 Emma Barlow (Appleton) 441 2011 1 10 8 112 73.50 8 Emma Barlow (Appleton) 438 2018 1 13 9 101 87.60 9 Evelyn Jones (Porthill) 424 2019 1 10 5 138* 141.33 10 Lorna Starkey (Chester 382 2016 1 12 8 116 95.50 BH) 11 Ali Cutler (Chester BH) 378 2018 1 13 11 61* 37.80 12 Emma Barlow (Appleton) 377 2017 1 12 11 67* 41.89 13 Vicky Dean (Trafford) 377 2015 1 13 11 78 41.89 14 Dawn Prestidge 366 2017 1 12 9 97* 73.20 (Oakmere) 15 Kerry Hartnett (Oakmere) 360 2018 1 13 6 135* 360.00 16 Ali Cutler (Chester BH) 357 2006 Only 12 7 70 89.25 17 Helen Smith (Oakmere) 351 2011 1 10 8 85 43.88 18 Emma Barlow (Appleton) 349 2016 1 12 10 82 43.63 19 Sarah McCann (Stockport 345 2011 1 10 9 99 43.13 Trinity) 20 Evelyn Jones (Porthill) 343 2020 SS W 8 5 105 114.33
Highest season runs aggregate in Division 2 is 332 by Leigh’s Daisy Mullan in 2019. Highest season runs aggregate in Division 3 is 340 by Hawarden’s Rachel Warrenger in 2019.
HIGHEST WICKET TAKERS ACROSS THE SEASONS
Wickets Year Division Matches Appearances Average in made by league player season 1 Hannah Thornhill (Wistaston) 24 2013 2 12 12 5.33 2 Annie Rashid (Appleton) 23 2015 1 13 12 7.09 3 Alison Smith (Wistaston) 22 2013 2 12 12 6.14 4 Sarah Sutcliffe (Bowdon) 22 2010 1 10 10 6.50 5 Lorna Starkey (Chester BH) 22 2018 1 13 11 8.68 6 Ellie Grisdale (Oxton) 22 2015 2 13 13 10.91 7 Ellie Grisdale (Oxton) 21 2019 2 14 13 7.62 8 Sarah Sutcliffe (Ashton-on-M) 20 2019 2 14 9 6.40 9 Claire Anderton (Trafford) 20 2014 1 12 9 9.30 10 Alexa Harrison (Oxton) 20 2019 2 14 13 10.30 11 Alison Smith (Wistaston) 20 2014 2 11 11 10.55 12 Kate Renshaw (Oxton) 20 2019 2 14 13 10.65 13 Ellie-Mae Davies (Porthill) 19 2019 1 10 8 4.89 14 Morganne Prince (Wistaston) 19 2013 2 12 12 5.16 15 Charlie Scudder (Upton) 19 2018 3 11 10 5.32 16 Zara Matthews (Didsbury) 19 2019 1 10 8 6.37 17 Emma Royle (Stockport Trinity) 19 2015 2 13 10 7.05 18 Alison Smith (Wistaston) 19 2017 2 11 11 9.89 19 Laura Smith (Didsbury) 18 2013 2 12 11 4.83 20 Kate Coppack (Chester BH) 18 2016 1 12 6 5.61 21 Sophie Morris (Upton) 18 2019 2 14 9 6.83 22 Nidda Waraich (Didsbury) 18 2015 2 13 7 7.61 23 Jordi Matthews (Ashton-on-M) 18 2019 2 14 9 8.00 24 Annie Rashid (Appleton) 18 2016 1 12 11 9.00
FIELDERS WITH MOST DISMISSALS ACROSS THE SEASONS
Dismissals Year Division Matches in Appearances league made by season player 1 Mary Priestner (Trafford) 9 2014 1 12 8 2 Emma Barlow (Appleton) 9 2018 1 13 9 3 Shami Ahmed (Oakmere) 8 2007 1 8 5 4 Jo Lawrence (Didsbury) 8 2013 2 12 8 5 Nicole Baker-Tunney (Stockport Georgians) 8 2017 3 10 9 6 Hannah Thornhill (Wistaston) 8 2015 2 13 9 7 Emily Renshaw (Oxton) 8 2019 2 14 13
WICKETKEEPERS WITH MOST DISMISSALS ACROSS THE SEASONS
Dismissals Year Division Matches Appearances in made by league player season 1 Mishel Jeena (Didsbury) 14 2019 1 10 9 2 Sarah McCann (Stockport Trinity) 14 2011 1 10 9 3 Eloise Jackson (Appleton) 14 2019 1 10 10 4 Mina Khatun (Trafford) 11 2014 1 12 10 5 Gaby McKeever (Stockport Trinity) 9 2018 2 13 8 6 Katie Bennett (Wistaston) 9 2019 2 14 8 7 Katie Bennett (Wistaston) 9 2017 2 11 10
Division 3 record is 5 by Judith Barnes of Appleton 2nd XI in 2018