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Presidents Day – Sunday 4th September

It’s Presidents Day on Sunday 4 September. We plan to play two games – a senior 100 and and a junior 100. Fun starts from 1pm. Please bring your own food and the bar will be open all day.

Team News – Mid Week XI v Pontesbury (H) – 26 July

Charlie Rogers

Matt Brooks

Jordan Barker

Robbie Barker

Josh Leese

Niall Salisbury

Andy Mottram

Rowan Cresswell

Lucas Ridgeway

Olly Upton

Jake Upton

Team News 28 May

First XI –  away at Calverhall

1 Charlie Rogers (cap)

2 Sam Rogers

3 Will Davis

4 Jake Upton

5 Olly Upton

6 Zoe Griffiths

7 Joe Lafferty

8 Sam Spiby (wk) – debut

9 Andy Mottram

10 Sam Love

11 Ben Jones

Second XI – home v Forton

1 Chris Henderson (cap)

2 Andy brooks

3 Sam Brooks

4 Brad Burnett – Thomas

5 Rich Gilbert

6 Tony Preston

7 Tom Geary

8 Leon Kosciuczyk

9 John Mansell snr (wk)

10 Lucas Ridgeway

11 Andy Rubery

Team News – 21 May

Condover First XI Home to Frankton 2XI

Charlie Rogers (cap)

Robbie Barker

Jordan Barker (wk)

Josh Leese

Sam Rogers

Andy Mottram

Olly Upton

Alexis Newman

Mark Griffiths

Zoe Griffiths

Rowan Cresswell

Condover 2XI – Away at Lilleshall 

Chris Henderson (cap)

Andy Brooks

Sam Brooks

John Mansell snr (wk)

Brad Burnett – Thomas

Sam Love

Lucas Ridgeway

Andy Ruberry

Rich Gilbert

Tony Preston

Graham Geary

First XI Match Report

It was a day to forget last weekend away at the league leaders, as we fell to a very comprehensive defeat.

Winning the toss was as good as it got for us as the home side smashed 292-5. James Upton was sniped from one of the surrounding houses within 4 overs as his hamstring went, meaning we had to field a man down for the rest of the innings. Both openers scored 50s whilst their number 4 tee’d off hitting 130 not out. Sam Rogers was the pick of the bowlers taking 2 wickets, Mark Griffiths and Ben Jones picked up one each.
In reply, Griffer hit the most glorious 20 you will ever see including 2 quality cover drives. However, despite some resistance we were bowled out for 94.
Despite the result we did take some positives as Alexis Newman returned earlier than expected from a horrific leg break. In addition to this, Jake Upton hit an unbeaten 33 on 1st team debut.
This weekend we face Frankton 2s at home.

First XI Match Report

It’s safe to say it wasn’t a day for the batsman at Condover on Saturday!

After again winning the toss and deciding to bowl, we started well thanks to some tidy new ball bowling from Robbie Barker and Will Davis. We picked up 2 key wickets early in the visitors innings whilst also keeping the run rate down. Some great fielding and a tricky pitch meant that we bowled Wheaton Aston out for 117 after 37 overs. Robbie with 1, Will with 2, Sam Rogers with 1, Zoe Griffiths and Rowan Cresswell both taking 3 each.
In reply, the visitors were excellent with the ball which made things even harder on a rapidly deteriorating pitch. Charlie Rogers and Mark Griffiths battled for a near 50 run partnership before the captain was superbly caught and bowled for 28. A traditional Condover collapse ensued as the old guard of Griffer and the officially now retired Mike Rogers dug in. The pair, who closely resemble the old men from The Muppets, blunted the Aston attack before Griffer was bowled for a hard earned 18. Joll followed not long after for 15 in his final innings. With Will and Sam at the crease we still had the chance to win it late. This was until Will was caught one handed at mid off. Sam and Zoe managed to keep out the last couple of overs meaning we had to settle for a losing draw scoring 100-9.
A strange game but very competitive with some excellent bowling from both sides. Wheaton Aston certainly look one of the best sides in the league, good luck to them until our next encounter!
We are away at table topping Broseley next week.

Team News

First XI – Home to Wheaton Aston

Charlie Rogers (c)

Robbie Barker

Jordan Barker (wk)

Josh Leese

Sam Rogers

Will Davis

Zoe Griffiths

Joe Lafferty (debut)

Mark Griffiths

Mike Rogers

Second XI – Away at Forton

Graeme Hughes (cap)

Andy Brooks

Chris Henderson

John Mansell snr (wk)

Graham Geary

Tony Preston

Rich Gilbert

Paul Evans

Lucas Ridgeway

Sam Love

Matt Love  (debut)

 

 

 

 

 

All Stars coming soon to Condover

We are once again hosting the ECB All Stars programme at Condover.

The 8-week programme starts on Sunday 15  May from 10.00 – 11.00.

The programme is for 5-8 year olds and costs £40 payable when you register on the ECB site.

To register please visit the ECB All Stars website and search for Condover – Link below

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) – The Official Website of the ECB

 

First XI Match Report

The firsts made it 2 wins out of 2 this weekend as we completed a comprehensive victory away at Acton Reynald. Three changes to the team saw Rowan Cresswell make the step up, Mark Griffiths return to outdoor cricket for the first time post covid and Mike Rogers make one final appearance as he came out of retirement.

After winning the toss and deciding to bowl, our attack picked up from where they left off last week. Robbie Barker bowled some top deliveries with the new ball picking up 2 wickets. Ben Jones and Zoe Griffiths also claimed 2 each as youngster Rowan took 3 in the last 10 overs. A decent first innings effort restricted Reynald to 136-9 from their 40 overs.
In reply the familiar opening pair of Robbie Barker and Charlie Rogers once again came to the fore as they put on 142 for the first wicket. Robbie ended up unbeaten on 58 whilst the captain brought out some classic jug avoidance finishing on 49 despite hitting the winning runs with a six. We chased down the target after 25.4 overs.
A good start to the season and we’ll look to continue that in our next fixture at home to Wheaton Aston, who have also started their 2022 campaign strongly.

2 XI Match Report

30th of April saw Condover 2nd IX play their first game of the 2022 season at home against Harcourt who were relegated last season and looking to bounce straight back up again.

Condover put out a strong team with a mixture of youth and experience looking to regain some pride after a heavy defeat the week before against the other relegated team Pontsbury.

For what must be the 325th time in a row the Condover captain lost the toss and was asked to bat first.

Chris Henderson and Andy Brooks set about the task with wise heads against some tight and energetic bowling and navigated Condover through the fist 10 overs without the loss of a wicket which looking at the history books last happened the weekend of the Queens coronation.

After Henderson decided to throw caution to the wind and play a shot other than a forward defensive he top edged a ball and was dismissed for 28 solid runs. This brought young debutant Paul Evans to the crease. Paul never looked like he’d been away from the game and most of his first 16 runs came from succulent front foot drives through the slips. Once Paul decided that he had paid for all of the bat and not just the edges he played some majestic shots on his way to 51 with a punch shot through the covers being a highlight which if the ball hadn’t hit the fence may still be travelling.

Condover batted out their allotted 40 overs with Andy Brooks finishing with 81NO.

Condover started their defence knowing that with it being W/L/D they had to bowl the opposition out to get a win so opened with two young quick bowlers in Anthony Smith and first time opening bowler Lucas Ridgeway. Both bowled well with the occasional loose ball but did their job like seasoned veterans and at the change of bowlers Condover had the edge however Harcourt then proceeded to up the run rate and soon it was neck and neck again.

Sam Love produced the over of the match with a double wicket maiden and at the final over of the match Harcourt needed 20 runs to win and Condover needed 3 wickets.

The final outcome was Condover securing a winning draw (if that really is a thing) with Sam Love taking three wickets, Graeme Hughes taking three and Lucas Ridgeway taking one.

Special mentions to Leon Kosciuczyk who bowled his dependable line and length on a pitch that gave him nothing, Graham Geary who as always was everywhere in the field, Andy Rubery for his entertaining fielding and Jon Mansell Snr who had the unenviable task of keeping on a track that had unpredictable bounce. I’m sure he’s wearing yesterdays bruises as a badge of honour.

A great performance by the team and with buoyed confidence we head to Forton for our next battle.