After a long summer season, cricket players all around the country enjoy a few months of mental and physical recovery.
But soon enough, the festive period passes, and new hopes and aspirations start to gather for the new season.
By Jonathan WhiteWistaston Village Cricket Club staged its 40th “Presidents Day” at the Eric Swan Sports Ground & Brittles Pavilion off Church Lane.
There were three fixtures during the day. Under 11s v Under 9s (15 over game), Ladies vs Under 15s (100 ball game) and current players vs past players (100 ball game).
Crewe Vagrants Cricket Club is to host a Women’s Soft Ball festival on June 8.
Teams of six can enter the festival which is designed to make the game fun and encourage all ages to start playing.
It’s one of the greatest sporting contests on the globe.
And as England and Australia square up once more for another Ashes cricketing confrontation, few will realise the significance of a quiet corner in a Nantwich cemetery.
Nantwich CC closed the gap at the top of the Cheshire County Cricket Premier Division with a convincing 145-run victory away at Cheadle.
It leaves the Whitehouse Lane side in third place in the league, just 30 points behind leaders Chester Boughton Hall.
Primary school pupils across Nantwich were bowled over after taking part in a diamond cricket festival at South Cheshire College.
Youngsters in years 4 and 5 from Stapeley, Wybunbury, Wrenbury, Shavington and Wistaston went head-to-head in the event which gave them an introduction to the game.
A pupil from Sound and District Primary School is one of the youngest this year to be selected to play cricket for Cheshire under 11s.
Ten-year-old Ben Wright is a year younger than most of his team mates.
Mementoes of legendary Nantwich cricketer Edwin ‘Ted’ Steventon are expected to fetch hundreds of pounds at auction.
Steventon was the fast bowler and all rounder who dismissed 1,554 senior A batsmen in his illustrious amateur career.
Crewe Vagrants Under 9s triumphed in dramatic style over Aston in the South Cheshire cricket cup final in Nantwich.
Needing just three runs from three balls, young Jack Hayter smashed a boundary to secure victory by the narrowest of margins.
Former Nantwich CC cricketer Lou Vincent has been banned from the sport worldwide for life after admitting match-fixing. The New Zealander, who led Nantwich to the Cheshire League title in 2010, went on television to make a full confession.
Nantwich CC 1sts and 2nds teams both came a cropper against Neston in the latest Cheshire County league matches. The 1sts lost by two wickets in a tight match at Whitehouse Lane against a 2nd placed team chasing the title.
Nantwich CC’s faint hopes of retaining their Cheshire County Premier title suffered a blow with a 50-run defeat at home to Alderley Edge. The visitors smashed their way to 299-5 off 55 overs, as the Nantwich attack suffered at Whitehouse Lane.
A century by Nantwich CC skipper Ray Doyle helped the 1sts to an impressive league victory over Alderley Edge. Doyle smashed 115 from 141 balls as Nantwich hit 208-7 in 55 overs at a sun-drenched Alderley.
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