The Dazzler 145 Cheshire Women's League
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Ma THE Sophie Ecclestone impresses on full England debut … Chester’s bowlers to fore as they DAZZLER 145 see off Wistaston remain top of division one … Oxton beat Didsbury for best ever win … Cottam hits 100 as Oakmere cruise … Astley Bridge leave the League … Bredbury book Finals Day spot … Cheshire outgunned at Northampton Sophie Ecclestone, who made her senior county debut for Cheshire in 2014, before switching to Lancashire, made her full England debut in Sunday’s T20 international against Pakistan. The 17 year old left arm spinner took 1-21 in four overs, bowling as many as 12 dot balls, with Pakistan opener Sidra Ameen becoming her first international victim. There are two more matches in the series – on Tuesday at 1400 and Thursday at 1830. All matches are live on Sky Sports 2 and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. Video highlights are also available via the BBC Sport website. Sophie made the league’s highest score this season of 133 not out when she played for Chester against Appleton. Her interview with the ECB website can be watched here . CHESHIRE WOMEN’S LEAGUE Division One / Two Cross Divisional Matches – June 26: Didsbury 61 (30.1; Hannah Thornhill 4-9, Hannah Bratt 4-21) (3pts) Wis taston Village 62-4 (19.3; Kara Townsend 25, Alison Smith 21, Laura Smith 3-11) (25pts) For the second successive week, rain arrived in Cheshire during mid-afternoon, albeit a bit later than last week. Wistaston thus go down as one of the big winners, as by bowling out Didsbury cheaply they managed to complete victory before the worst of the weather set in. Oakmere 182-5 (40; Phoebe Cottam 84*, Shami Ahmed 27, Sarah Worsdale 23, Ellie Grisedale 2-29) (15pts) Oxton dnb (11pts) Oakmere had posted an imposing total before rain intervened to deprive them of the chance to complete the victory Stockport Trinity 90-4 (30; Carys White 38*, Ellie Barker 24, Anni Rashid 2-14) (12pts) Appleton dnb (10pts) This match was the first to be curtailed, with the first innings not completed Chester Boughton Hall (25pts) w/o Astley Bridge (minus 10pts) Ashton -on-Mersey (25pts) w/o Hawarden Park (minus 10pts) July 3: Didsbury 83 (32.3; Maria Holmes 23, Meghana Bhide 20, A Harrison 4-13, Mollie Price 2-3) (5pts) Oxton 85-5 (23.2; Jess Pickavance 29, Megan Cureton 25, Bhide 3-11) (25pts) Surely Oxton’s best ever result as the second placed team in the league went down to defeat here. Division two could still be a three horse race. Chester Boughton Hall 108-8 (40; Beth Nicholson 37*, Maddie Goodman 3-21, Hannah Bratt 2-26) (25pts) Wistaston Village 83 (36.5; Hannah Bratt 29, Annette Axon 4 -10, Charlotte Thompson 4-15) (7pts) Without the protection of a large total, Chester’s bowling attack came up trumps to maintain their 100% record. Appleton, who Chester play next, are perhaps the only team who can now realistically stop the title going to Boughton Hall. Oakmere 246-1 (40; Phoebe Cottam 100*, Shami Ahmed 71*, Helen Smith 36) (25pts) Hawarden Park 41 (27; Jenny Broughall 16, Cottam 3-4, Sarah Worsdale 3-10) (1pt) Oakmere recorded their first league win since the opening day as they recorded the highest team score to date this season. Phoebe Cottam batted through the innings for her maiden senior century, and was still able to take three cheap wickets in the Hawarden reply. Cottam and Shami Ahmed added an unbroken 168 for the second wicket. Matches that can still be re-arranged in Division Three. Clubs please advise of any new dates. Match Reason not played on Action if match not re- original date arranged Stockport G v Leigh Ground unavailability on Adjudication would be part of home team required Didsbury 2nd XI v Stockport G Ground unavailability on Adjudication would be part of home team required Lymm v Didsbury 2nd XI Unfit ground Record as cancelled, 8pts each With regret, I have to inform you that Astley Bridge have resigned as members of the Cheshire Women’s League. Any club that has a scheduled division one/two match against that club should note that those fixtures will not now take place. The Astley Bridge squad are free to join any other league club should they wish. The revised master fixture programme has been mailed to all club main representatives. The biggest change caused by the removal of Astley Bridge’s results from the official records is that Wistaston Village now lead division two, although Stockport Trinity could regain top spot by winning their games in hand. Dual player registrations: Georgia Heath and Lucy Tarry (Appleton junior members) played T20 for Lymm Oughtrington Park. They remain available for league cricket, but not T20 cricket, for Appleton for the remainder of the season. Roshini Prince-Navaratnam plays regularly for Saxton in the Yorkshire League (Northern League) Premier Division and is thus unable to play in our league competition due to ECB restrictions. However, she has registered to play for Didsbury in our T20 competitions. Facebook site – Cheshire Cricket News & Banter which clubs might want to make use of. T20 DIVISIONAL COMPETITION Western Division – June 27: Hawarden Park 64-6 (20: Laura Wilson 16, Emily MacKenzie 3-17, Abbie Adams 2-9) Wistaston Swans 65-7 (11.2; Hannah Bratt 25ret, Rachel Warrenger 3-12, Emma Birks 3-18) 2014 and 2015 T20 champions Wistaston finally recorded their first win in this competition, and not without Hawarden giving then a fright. The win though comes too late for the Crewe-based side’s hopes of retaining their title Matches that can still be re-arranged in the Western Division. Clubs please advise of any new dates. Match Reason not played on Action if match not re- original date arranged Chester BH v Oxton Oxton unable to fulfil Award to Chester BH fixture Hawarden v Chester BH Hawarden unable to fulfil Award to Chester BH fixture Oxton v Hawarden Hawarden unable to fulfil Award to Oxton fixture Chester BH v Oakmere Rain Record as cancelled, 1pt each Oakmere v Hawarden Hawarden unable to fulfil Award to Oakmere fixture Wistaston v Oxton Oxton unable to fulfil Award to Wistaston fixture Matches that can still be re-arranged in the Eastern Division. Clubs please advise of any new dates. Match Reason not played on Action if match not re- original date arranged Didsbury v Bredbury Insufficient overs played Record as abandoned, 1pt for a result due to rain each Trinity v Didsbury Unfit ground Record as cancelled, 1pt each Ashton on M v Appleton Unfit ground Record as cancelled, 1pt each Bredbury v Ashton on M Ashton on M unable to Award to Bredbury fulfil fixture Trinity v Ashton on M Ashton on M unable to Award to Trinity Matches that can still be re-arranged in the Eastern Division. Clubs please advise of any new dates. Match Reason not played on Action if match not re- original date arranged Didsbury v Bredbury Insufficient overs played Record as abandoned, 1pt for a result due to rain each Trinity v Didsbury Unfit ground Record as cancelled, 1pt each Ashton on M v Appleton Unfit ground Record as cancelled, 1pt each Bredbury v Ashton on M Ashton on M unable to fulfil Award to Bredbury fixture Trinity v Ashton on M Ashton on M unable to fulfil Award to Trinity fixture Didsbury v Appleton Unfit ground Record as cancelled, 1pt each KNOCKOUT CUPS Matches that can still be re-arranged in the Knockout Cup. Clubs please advise of any new dates as soon as possible. Match Reason not played on Action if match not re- original date arranged Hawarden v Oxton Unfit ground Bowl out if teams meet up at ground, Toss of coin otherwise Oakmere v Trinity Unfit ground Bowl out if teams meet up at ground, Toss of coin otherwise Development Knockout Cup Semi Final – June 23: Lymm Lightning 19 (9; Alex Wilson 3-1) Bredbury Saints 20-0 (5) For the first time the League will stage three finals on the same day, and Bredbury became the first team to book their place. The order of the three matches will be determined once all competing teams are known. CHESHIRE SENIORS NatWest Women’s County T20 Division Three – June 26: Cheshire 56 (17.1; Kate Coppack 21, Kari Anderson 4-1, Samantha Haggo 2-12) Scotland 57-6 (13.2; Lauren O’Reilly 3-9, Laura MacLeod 2-11) A valiant effort to defend the small total Cheshire had posted ultimately ended in defeat in the first T20 match of the year. Laura MacLeod made her return to the county fold after seven years. Cheshire v Oxfordshire – Match cancelled Cheshire: Sarah McCann (captain), Laura MacLeod, Charlotte Williams, Ellie Mason, Sami Fowler, Sammi Short, Lauren O’Reilly, Morganne Prince, Natalie Lyons, Kate Coppack, Zehmarad Afzal. Scorer: Katy Thomason-Stewart July 3: Devon 139-5 (20; Cait O’Keeffe 43*, Amara Carr 40, Jodie Dibble 26, Kate Coppack 3-23) Cheshire 77-7 (20; Laura MacLeod 33, Sophie Mackenzie 2-16, Dibble 2-17) A powerful display of hitting in the first six over powerplay from a full international in Jodie Dibble and an England Academy player in Amara Carr, set Devon on the way to a total that Cheshire could not match. Today’s two matches were played on Northampton’s Wantage Road County Ground Cheshire 67-8 (20; Lauren O’Reilly 18, Meera Patel 2-8) Northamptonshire 68-3 (16.5) Game two also saw Cheshire fail to post enough runs to challenge for the match.