Trent Bridge Cricket Team

TBCT all rounder David Knox suffered a ruptured achilles whilst batting against Clumber Park in a recent Sunday fixture. TBCT players will be pleased to know that Mr Knox is well on the road to recovery, a long road however with the expected time to be in a cast several weeks.

Everyone at TBCT would like to wish Knoxy the speediest and fullest recovery possible.

DK is obviously keeping spirits high as he doesn't look too down in the dumps from the evidence below:

 Knoxy will be pleased to know that sponsors the 'Southbank' bar have excellent disabled facilities and that the TBCT boys look forward to buying him a pint soon.

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TBCT are through to the teams 1st Cup Final following a 9-wicket victory against Willoughby.  After losing the toss the team restricted there opponents to 92-9 off 12 overs before knocking off the runs.  The Final takes place on Tuesday 10th August at Regatta Way, Gamston and the team hope to have some support cheering them on. 

Jon O'Neill had a record breaking three days, he became the 1st TBCT bowler to taking six wickets in an innings with figures of 6-23 against Clumber Park, then he took three wickets the following night against Basford Hall and followed that with a wicket against Willoughby the night after.  With ten wickets in three days he took his seasons tally to 23 surpassing Tom Paterson's record of 22 in 2006 and now looks set to create a big total with seven matches still remaining this season.

David Knox suffered a serious ruptured tendon while batting in the victory over Clumber Park.  The team won the game by 109 runs but this was overshadowed by the injured to knox who was taken to the local A&E department.  Everyone connected with TBCT wishes him well in his recover.

Following the abandonment on Monday night the match has been re-arranged for Tuesday 20th July at Clifton Village CC ground.  The Final will take place on Tuesday 10th August at Regatta Way.

The replacement fixture against Clipston was cancelled on Sunday morning due to an accident involving several members of the opposition.

09/07/2010 - Following the late announcement that Rockley Gentlemen have pulled out of Sunday's match, the team will now head to Clipston CC.  Please contact Tom for updated arrangements.

The are a few milestones approaching for TBCT players, Tom Paterson passed 150 wickets in the recent league match against Old Basford.

Batting:

Jamie Dickinson – 69 short of 1,000 runs

Mike Tew – 120 short of 3,000 runs

John Wakeling – 171 short of 1,500 runs

Bowling:

Simon Cleaves - 8 short of 100 wickets 

Appearances:

Mike Tew - 2 short of 100 matches

Neil Vanderwalt – 3 short of 100 matches

David Knox – 7 short of 100 matches

Alex Holmes – 13 short of 100 matches

It has been proposed the team's first ever golf day will take place on Friday 6th August with tee-times from early afternoon.  The course is still tbc but all interested players should contact Jamie Dickinson to register (dickinson.je@gmail.com).

Having started the Evening League campaign with two below par performances that ended in defeat the team have turn around there form & fortunes with three comprehensive victories and are now challenging at the top of the table.  With three games remaining the title is still an outside possibility.

An emphatic 10-wicket victory on Monday night took TBCT into the Plate Semi-Final.  After all the bowlers bowled impressive spells the opening batsmen knocked off the 51 runs required for victory inside 6 overs.  They now face Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, date tbc. 

The plate quarter-final fixture against Horse & Groom has been re-arranged for Monday 14th June, 6.30pm at Adbolton Lane.

Following the ground at Adbolton Lane being unfit, tonight's Cup quarter-final will be re-arranged (date tbc).  The team had better luck on Monday when they recorded a second successive league victory.  They have now won two of the four matches played with four fixtures remaining.

Following an overnight storm the match against Lord Kings has been called due to a wet outfield.  The two sides will now play a re-arranged fixture on Sunday 19th September at Wartnaby.

Trent Bridge are still looking for Sunday fixtures on Sunday 12th and Sunday 19th September 2010.  Anyone looking for a fixture on either of these dates should contact Tom Paterson (07775 628283).

The introduction of the new 'purple cap' for the leading run scorer and wicket taker is starting to hot up.  The leading run scorer is currently John Wakeling having taken over from Simon Cleaves in the 2nd game.  The leading wicket taker is still Chandi after his five wicket haul in the 1st game but he is now closely followed by Paterson, O'Neill and Knox with four wickets.  These caps will be worn by the leading run & wicket taking players throughout the season.  

Following defeat in the 1st two evening league matches of the season Trent Bridge have now turned there attention to winning the Cup competition.  They play Horse & Groome CC in the quarter-final next week and hope Cup success this season will follow that of Division two champions in 2009. 

The start of the 2010 season has seen two bowling records broken.  Chandi took the team's 1st five wicket haul (5-15) in a Sunday fixture, at Uttoxeter CC while Tom Paterson's 4-16 in an Evening League match passed the previous best by John Wakeling of 4-17.

Trent Bridge Cricket Team recently announced that The Southbank Bar is to become the main team sponsor.

The sponsorship will continue until the end of the 2012 season and reunites the partnership that was in place between 2002-2005.

Tom Paterson chairman of Trent Bridge Cricket Team, said ‘We are delighted to renew our partnership with The Southbank Bar.  They have been great supporters of the team over many years and we look forward to working with them over the coming seasons’.

The team won the Nottingham Evening Cricket League last season winning seven out of eight games and are aiming to retain their title this season.

The team started the season on Sunday 2^nd May and have eleven Sunday fixtures throughout the summer.

The Southbank is one of the pubs within The Great Northern Inns chain, which also includes The Monkey Tree, Copper, The Approach, The Globe and the latest addition The Cross Keys.

Dave Willans Director of Great Northern Inns, said ‘The Southbank Bar is a renowned sports bar and we are pleased to be able to revive our relationship with Trent Bridge Cricket Team and we look forward to working with them over the next three years and beyond’.

The team have also unveiled 4550 Miles From Delhi as a sponsor for the next three seasons.  The Indian restaurant is situated on Maid Marian Way in Nottingham will have its logo on the teams white playing clothing. 

Tom Paterson said ‘It’s great news 4550 have come on board, they are one of the best Indian restaurants in Nottingham and we are pleased they will be supporting us over the next three seasons.

Winter nets 2010 begin on Thursday 7th January and continue every week until the start of the season.

 6-7pm - Sobers Hall - Trent Bridge.

  2 lanes booked, so plenty of opportunity for everyone to have a decent bat and bowl.

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 Fixtures for 2010 will be released at the end of January. 

 The full roll call of players who contributed to the Evening League title is as follows:

Tom Paterson, John Wakeling (8 matches)

Simon Cleaves, Richard Clulow, Rob Goodwin, David Knox, Neil Vanderwalt (7 matches)

Jamie Dickinson, Barrie Rainsford (5 matches)

Richard Cooper, Steve Edwards, Nigel Murray, Tim Taylor (4 matches)

Mike Tew (3 matches)

Chris Botherway (2 matches)

Alex Holmes, Chris Roddis-Ferrari, Michael Temple, Simon Vanderwalt (1 match).

Congratulations to everyone involved.

A highly successful 2009 for Trent Bridge Cricket Team was celebrated at the end of season awards at Hooters, with unofficial ‘pro’ John Wakeling dominating proceedings.

 An established force at Notts Premier League level on a Saturday for Papplewick, ‘Wako’ was a regular for TBCT in their victorious Nottingham Evening League campaign as well as committing himself to the programme of Sunday friendlies.

 After two disappointing summers with rain wiping out the majority of fixtures, this season at least saw TBCT complete all 20 matches, even though the weather at times intervened again. The team claimed 14 wins in all, including seven out of eight in the evening league, as opponents found themselves swept aside by an avalanche of runs from the opening pair of Wakeling and Neil Vanderwalt.

 Wakeling finished with a club record season’s haul of 770 runs at an average of 128, including two hundreds and six half-centuries and a high score of 135 not out. His total demolished the previous best of 541 by Mike Tew in 2002.

 Just for good measure, Wakeling also claimed the bowling award with 20 victims at 13.00, with a best of 4-17. With those two trophies under his arm, there was only one winner of a newly created MVP award - Wako finishing on 13 points, with Jamie Dickinson second on five. A late submission from other potential candidates for the awards that Wako should be excluded, on the basis of ‘being too good’, were ignored by the committee.

 Lewis Goodwin beat off competition from youngsters like Dicko and Tim Taylor to win the Young Player of the Season, after featuring in five matches and picking up a wicket against Colston Bassett.

 Finally, Sportsman of the Season went to Neil Vanderwalt, who enjoyed his most consistent summer with the bat in scoring 453 runs at an average of 41, including a massive unbeaten opening partnership of 235 with Wako against Hoveringham. However, a tendency to get out just before reaching 50 had been noted by all, and will need to be rectified at the bar next season.

Constant rain for nothing short of the entire week meant that the last Sunday fixture for TBCT was called off on the saturday before!

A rain stricken start and finish to the season has been frustrating for players, eager to play some decent cricket. TBCT however have, for the first time in the club's history, won ALL Sunday fixtures played in this 2008 season.

Six out of six will be encouraging for the lads who make another club first by touring abroad to Mallorca this year. The weather on the continent has been mostly dry so here's hoping for no more rain affected play to finish the season.

 A fovourite fixture of TBCT was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to constant rain!

TBCT remain unbeaten on Sundays with 1 game left against Car Colston on Sunday 7th September.

Trent Bridge eased passed Wilsons to book a spot in the quarter finals of the evening league cup.

The next opponents will be PKCC with the fixture date and venue to be announced.

A new TBCT recored was set against Wilsons, albeit one the holer is not proud of. Jamie Dickinson was the first (and hopefully last) TBCT player to be hit for 7 off one ball.

A simple defensive stroke and quick single lead to an attempted run out which missed the target. The racing ball was unhelpfully tipped onto the helmet by Vanderwalt keeping wicket. A further single meant 5 penalty runs + the 2 scored, 7!

 Breaking News:

Trent Bridge Cricket Team have been promoted to Division One of the Nottingham Evening Cricket League for the first time since joining in 2003.

They will play seven fixtures in 2008 against AIM, Dunkirk, Experian, Hucknall Baptist, PKCC, Rolls Royce and a grudge match against local rivals Southbank 'A'.

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