Ma THE Hannah Jones claims T20 awards hat-trick at CWCL Dinner … All the winners from DAZZLER 151 CWCL & CYC Dinners listed … Leigh complete unbeaten season … Sophie Ecclestone in line for ODI debut in West Indies … Clubs invited to apply for small grants funding LEAGUE DINNER AWARDS The Cheshire Women’s Cricket League held another successful annual presentation dinner at Chester Boughton Hall CC last Saturday. For the first time, the same player won the awards for all three disciplines in the same category. Hannah Jones of Didsbury was the best batsman, bowler and fielder according to the statistics for the league’s T20 competitions. A number of awards were only settled after some dramatic events on the last day. Lorna Starkey, captain of league champions Chester Boughton Hall, scored 116, the second highest individual score of the year, on the final day, allowing her to overhaul what had looked like a comfortable lead for Emma Barlow. Perhaps the most closely fought award was the division two bowling award. At the start of the final matches, six bowlers were locked together on nine wickets – Stockport Trinity’s Katy Hart and Olivia Smith, Oxton’s Ellie Grisedale and the Wistaston Village trio of Alison Smith, Hannah Bratt and Emily Mackenzie. Hart’s two wickets on September 11 ensured she moved into the outright lead and thus bagged the award. INDIVIDUAL AWARD WINNERS 2016 Division 1 Batting 1 Lorna Starkey (Chester Boughton Hall) 382 runs (also best average with 95.5) 2 Emma Barlow (Appleton) 349 3 Phoebe Cottam (Oakmere) 306 4 Lauren Smith (Didsbury) 242 5 Natalie Lyons (Oakmere) 184 Division 1 Bowling 1 Kate Coppack (Chester Boughton Hall) 18 wickets (average 5.61 – best average of any division 1 bowler who bowled more than 3 overs. Her strike rate of 15.67 was the best of any who bowled more than 8 overs) 2 Anni Rashid (Appleton) 18 (average 9) 3 Nathalie Long (Appleton) / Olivia Horsfield (Appleton) 14 4 Annette Axon (Chester Boughton Hall) / Sarah Worsdale (Oakmere) 12 (Best economy rate for any division 1 bowler who bowled more than 22 overs was Hannah Jones with 1.48) Division 1 Fielding 1 Becky Baldock (Ashton-on-Mersey) 6 fielding dismissals plus 1 as wicketkeeper 2 Shami Ahmed (Oakmere) 6 3 Kate Coppack (Chester Boughton Hall) / Maeve Sparks (Chester Boughton Hall) / Kathryn Jackson (Appleton) 5 Division 2 Batting 1 Alison Smith (Wistaston Village) 213 runs 2 Olivia Smith (Stockport Trinity) 179 3 Gaby McKeever (Stockport Trinity) 150 (also best average with 150 – six innings, five times not out) 4 Morganne Prince (Wistaston Village) 149 5 Jess Pickavance (Oxton) 143 Division 2 Bowling 1 Katy Hart (Stockport Trinity) 11 wickets (also her average of 10.64 was the best of any division 2 bowler who bowled more than 14 overs) 2 Emily MacKenzie (Wistaston Village) 10 3 Olivia Smith (Stockport Trinity) / Alison Smith (Wistaston Village) / Hannah Bratt (Wistaston Village) 9 (Best strike rate for any division 2 bowler who bowled more than 14 overs was Gaby McKeever of Stockport Trinity with 23.25) (Best economy rate for any division 2 bowler who bowled more than 8 overs was Emma Royle of Stockport Trinity with 1.88) Division 2 Fielding 1 Gaby McKeever (Stockport Trinity) 5 fielding dismissals 2 Emily MacKenzie (Wistaston Village) 4 3 Gillian Spragg (Stockport Trinity) / Abbie Adams (Wistaston Village) / Megan Cureton (Oxton) 3 Division 2 Fielding 1 Gaby McKeever (Stockport Trinity) 5 fielding dismissals 2 Emily MacKenzie (Wistaston Village) 4 3 Gillian Spragg (Stockport Trinity) / Abbie Adams (Wistaston Village) / Megan Cureton (Oxton) 3 Division 3 Batting 1 Nicky Deane (Leigh) 140 runs (also her average of 70 was the best of any division 3 batsman who played more than 50% of the matches) 2 Claire Moloney (Didsbury 2nd XI) 115 3 Natalie Bell (Stockport Georgians) 94 4 Abigail Barlow (Bredbury St Mark’s) 88 5 Bhumika Doshi (Leigh) 59 Division 3 Bowling 1 Laura Smith (Didsbury 2nd XI) 12 wickets 2 Alex Wilson (Bredbury St Mark’s) 8 3 Megan McKiernan (Leigh) 7 4 Tasneem Akram (Didsbury 2nd XI) / Isabelle Blamires (Leigh) / Jill Ward (Bredbury St Mark’s) / Liv Bell (Stockport Georgians) 6 Division 3 Fielding 1 Natalie Bell (Stockport Georgians) 4 fielding dismissals 2 Jess Hargreaves (Leigh) / Amelia Brereton (Stockport Georgians) 3 T20 Batting 1 Hannah Jones (Didsbury Swordettes) 118 runs 2 Emma Barlow (Appleton Tigers) 98 3 Lauren Smith (Didsbury Swordettes) 97 4 Raffaella Rodighiero (Oakmere Kats) 80 5 Holly McCurrie (Appleton Tigers) 73 T20 Bowling 1 Hannah Jones (Didsbury Swordettes) 10 wickets 2 Sammi Short / Lorna Starkey (both Chester Boughton Hall Deemons) 9 4 Nathalie Long (Appleton Tigers) / Alex Wilson (Bredbury Saints) 7 T20 Fielding 1 Hannah Jones (Didsbury Swordettes) 5 fielding dismissals 2 Emma Barlow / Sami Fowler (both Appleton Tigers) / Claire Waterhouse (Oakmere Kats) 4 Wicketkeeping – All Competitions 1 Judith Barnes (Appleton) 8 wicketkeeping dismissals 2 Nic Capes (Chester Boughton Hall) 7 3 Hannah Gradwell (Stockport Trinity) / Hannah Kowalski (Oxton) 6 Cheshire WCCC Players’ Player of the Year Lauren O’Reilly Cheshire WCCC Coach’s Player of the Year Ellie Mason (Top run scorer for Cheshire was Ellie Mason with 399 runs and top wicket taker was Lauren O’Reilly with 15 wickets) President’s Award (Outstanding Contribution to Women’s Cricket in Cheshire) Kevin Southern (Oxton) FIVE WICKET PERFORMANCES Kate Coppack (Chester Boughton Hall) 6-17 Laura Smith (Didsbury) 5-3 Jennie Kitzinger (Stockport Trinity) 5-9 including hat-trick Leesa Mellon (Didsbury) 5-24 (Additional hat-trick for Alex Wilson of Bredbury St Mark’s in a return of 4-0) CENTURIES Sophie Ecclestone (Chester Boughton Hall) 133* Lorna Starkey (Chester Boughton Hall) 116 Vicki Dean (Ashton-on-Mersey) 110 Phoebe Cottam (Oakmere) 100* TEAM HONOURS 2016 Winners Runners-up League Championship Chester Boughton Hall Appleton League Division 2 Stockport Trinity Wistaston Village League Division 3 Leigh Bredbury St Mark’s T20 Divisional Competition* Chester Boughton Hall Deemons Appleton Tigers Knockout Cup Didsbury Swordettes Oakmere Kats Development Knockout Cup Leigh Lionesses Bredbury Saints Indoor League Division 1 Appleton Ashton-on-Mersey Indoor League Division 2 Bredbury St Mark’s Oxton *= both winners and runners-up receive trophies as winners of the Western and Eastern Divisions of this competition Other Team Award – Tea Cup (Best Matchday Refreshments) Wistaston Village CHESHIRE JUNIOR GIRLS’ TEAMS The girls’ cricket award winners at the Cheshire Youth Cricket presentation dinner were: Under 17 Batting Ellie Mason Under 17 Bowling Emma Royle Under 17 Fielding Morganne Prince Under 17 Most Improved Christine Lawson Under 15 Batting Hattie Roberts Under 15 Bowling Kaytlin Watterson Under 15 Fielding Megan Cureton Under 15 Most Improved Natalie Bell Under 13 Batting Katie McLean Under 13 Bowling Phoebe Jones Under 13 Fielding Tilly Arton Under 13 Most Improved Lily Scudder Overall Girls Player of the Year Ellie Mason CHESHIRE WOMEN’S LEAGUE Division Three – September 18: Leigh 152-8 (30; Bhumika Doshi 59, Sarah Perry 31, Beth Garnett 2-21, Liv Bell 2-31) (25pts) Stockport Georgians 81 (24.5; Natalie Bell 31, Doshi 2-0, Meg McKiernan 2-6, Perry 2-9, Jess Hargreaves 2-10) (6pts) Division three champions Leigh completed another unbeaten season with this victory, with Leigh eventually seeing off a spirited Georgians innings that included a very promising innings from Natalie Bell. Bhumika Doshi had an excellent match and her experience could be vital if Leigh are to be promoted to division two next season. Lymm Oughtrington Park v Didsbury 2nd XI – Cancelled due to rain on original date and never re-arranged – 8 pts each Division Three (Final Standings) Team p w wcn l lcn a c BatP BowlP NRR Pts Leigh (CH) 8 5 2 0 0 1 0 6 1 2.44 190 Bredbury St Mark’s 8 2 2 3 0 1 0 10 5 0.26 123 Stockport Georgians 8 3 0 5 0 0 0 10 15 -1.38 100 Didsbury 2nd XI 8 4 0 1 2 0 1 3 2 2.28 93 Lymm Oughtrington Park 8 0 0 5 2 0 1 9 3 -5.01 0 p - Played, w - Won (25), l - Lost (0), c - Cancelled (8), a - Abandoned (8), lcn - Team Conceded (-10), wcn - Opposition Conceded (25), BatP - Batting Bonus Points, BowlP - Bowling Bonus Points, Pen - Penalty Points, NRR - Net run rate, Pts - Points Sophie Ecclestone has only played T20 for England to date, but that should change very soon as she has been selected as one of four spin bowlers in the squad for England’s one-day international series against the West Indies. The series involves five matches, all to be played in Jamaica, between October 8 and 19. The last three matches will be played on the men’s Test ground at Sabina Park. The next meeting of the League Committee will be on Tuesday October 11 at 1930 at Oakmere CC. As clubs may wish to obtain funding for winter training costs, the League has decided to commence a new annual cycle of Small Grants applications at this meeting. Any club wishing to obtain up to £200 of funding from the League should submit an application via the official Small Grants form. Applications can also be made nearer the start of the 2017 season if you wish, however please note that the League will not consider these applications at the AGM or January’s Rules meeting, and that late February / early March may be the next opportunity to obtain a grant. The AGM will be on Tuesday November 15 at 1930 at Lymm Oughtrington Park CC. Before either of these meetings, the League will need to know about any clubs who wish to do any of the following, which would affect the numbers in each division of the league: Play in division 3 in 2017, having played in division 2 this year Play in division 2 in 2017, having played in division 3 this year Field a 2nd XI for the first time Field just one team having fielded a 2nd XI previously Join the league’s senior competitions for the first time Resign from the league The League does not wish to rush any club into a decision by the date of the October meeting, but if any club has reached a final decision by this time the matter can be considered earlier so that the number of issues on the AGM agenda can be reduced.