Berkshire County Cricket Club
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Berkshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty National county 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.[1]
History
According to Rowland Bowen in his Growth and Development of Cricket, the first reference to cricket being played in the county of Berkshire was in 1751. Cricket certainly reached Berkshire much earlier than that for it originated on the Weald in Saxon or Norman times and was definitely being played in Berkshire's neighbouring county of Surrey in 1550.
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, though there are earlier mentions of the game at Eton College. The first definite mention of cricket in Berkshire relates to a team called "Buckinghamshire, Berkshire & Hertfordshire" in September 1740, which played two matches against London Cricket Club at Uxbridge and the Artillery Ground. London won the first "with great difficulty" but no post-match report was found of the second. See H. T. Waghorn: Cricket Scores 1730–73.
By the late 18th century, Berkshire had achieved first-class status. Its strength was in the prominent Old Field Club of Bray, near Maidenhead, which had a team representative of Berkshire as a county and was capable of taking on other leading teams of the time. The first time Berkshire is recorded as a county team is in a match against Surrey in June 1769 and the county was top-class from then until August 1795 when, after losing to MCC at Lord's, it abruptly ceased to appear in first-class matches.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Club origins
The Oldfield Club was effectively a Berkshire county team but it was not formally constituted as a county club. 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Berkshire CCC was founded on 17 March 1895, the same year that the Minor Counties Championship began. It did not compete in the first year of the competition but joined for 1896.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Current squad
- * denotes the team captain
- Template:Double-dagger denotes players who have played first-class cricket.
| Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| Waqas Hussain | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| Brandon Gilmour | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| Andy RishtonTemplate:Double-dagger | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| Oliver Birts | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
| Dan Lincoln | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| Adam Dewes | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| Euan Woods | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
| Archie Carter | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | — | ||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Richard Morris* Template:Double-dagger | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| James MorrisTemplate:Double-dagger | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Leg break | ||
| Adam Dewes | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
| Jarryd Wallace | File:Flag of England.svg England | Unknown | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| Joe Thomas | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | — | ||
| Stewart DavisonTemplate:Double-dagger | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | — | ||
| Joe Cracknell | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | — | ||
| Jack Davies | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Left-handed | — | England Under-19 player | |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| Chris Peploe Template:Double-dagger | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
| Callum Gregory | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
| Akbar Raja | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
| Alexander Russell Template:Double-dagger | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
| Toby Greatwood | File:Flag of England.svg England | Unknown | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
| Tom Nugent Template:Double-dagger | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
| Ethan Bamber Template:Double-dagger | File:Flag of England.svg England | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
- Squad information correct as of 14 February 2019 [2]
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.
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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
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See also
References
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External links
Further reading
- Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
- G. B. Buckley, Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket, Cotterell, 1935
- E. W. Swanton (editor), Barclays World of Cricket, Guild, 1986
- H. T. Waghorn, The Dawn of Cricket, Electric Press, 1906
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