Ray Doyle’s fantastic five-wicket performance helped Nantwich Cricket Club’s first team get their 2026 season off to a flying start.
After 13 years as skipper, Doyle has handed over the captaincy to Luke Robinson but will continue to play an important role in the team’s fortunes.
Nantwich CC players are gearing up for the biggest game most, if not all, will ever play.
The Whitehouse Lane team will be boarding a coach on Sunday morning and heading to Lord’s – the home of cricket – for the National Club Final to be played on Monday against Swardeston CC.
Nantwich CC produced a brilliant performance to reach their first T20 National finals day next month.
The Whitehouse Lane team took advantage of home soil to ease past tricky quarter-final opponents in Ormskirk yesterday (August 12).
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.
Nantwich CC 1sts stumbled to a seven-wicket defeat away at Cheshire Boughton Hall. Nantwich were up against it from the start when they lost both their openers Jonny Kettle and Ray Doyle for just three runs.
Nantwich CC 1sts returned to winning ways with an eight-wicket victory at Macclesfield in scorching heat. The hosts were bowled out for 149 in 51.3 overs, as bowlers Jimmy Warrington and Oliver Griffiths ripped through their order.
Nantwich CC 1sts’ slump in form continued as they were beaten by six wickets away at Toft. Nantwich were put into bat but were skittled out for just 161 runs off 52.5 overs.
Nantwich CC 1sts suffered a home drubbing at the hands of Marple, slumping to a 160-run defeat. The hosts, chasing 245, which skittled out for just 85 runs as they failed to deal with a potent away attack.
Nantwich CC 1sts battled to a draw against Hyde after the visitors smashed 274 runs from their 55 overs at Whitehouse Lane. Nantwich, chasing their fourth Cheshire County Premier title, hung on finish on 194-9.
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.
Andrew Newton is stepping down as captain of Nantwich CC 1sts after three successive Cheshire County Premier League titles. Newton plans to carry on playing but is restricting the amount of cricket he plays due to business commitments.
Nantwich CC 1sts continued their bid for a third successive title with a 68-run victory over Widnes. The impressive unbeaten run has taken the Whitehouse Lane side to the top of Cheshire County Premier Division with just two games to go.
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