Lichfield Cricket Club

🔴🏏 OVER 40s TEAM NEWS — Wednesday 17th June

The Over 40s are in midweek action! 🌟
🆚 vs Aston Manor
📍 Collins Hill (WS13 7SQ)
🕕 6pm start

Full squad on the graphic 👇 Get down and cheer the lads on.

🍺 AND the bar will be open — England football on the big screen from 9pm! Come and watch the Three Lions with us. ⚽

🔴🏏 SUNDAY RESULTS — 14th June
A clean sweep — three wins from three, headlined by TWO centuries in one innings! 🌟

🌟 2nd XI — WON by 81 runs ✅
vs Burntwood St Matthew's (Collins Hill)
A staggering 284/7, built on two hundreds in the same innings — Harry Turley-Salmons 101* and Harry Dowen 100*! Burntwood battled to 203 all out but fell well short (Luke Conway 4/34, Ed Turner 2/19). 💯💯

💙 Wall CC — WON by 5 wickets ✅
at Bronze
Bronze posted 182 all out (Mohammed Serfraz 4/13, Mikhil Jain 3/37), and Wall knocked off the runs at 186/5, Ricky Kotian leading the way with 56 and Mikhil Jain unbeaten on 35*.

🌟 3rd XI — WON by 19 runs ✅
vs Tutbury 2nd XI (Collins Hill)
A fine all-round team effort — 172/7 (M.H. Raza 43, Joseph Mayou 35*) defended superbly, Mayou (3/11) and Raza (3/46) bowling Tutbury out for 153.

What a Sunday! 🔴

🔴🏏 THE WEEK AHEAD — fixtures for 15th–21st June

A jam-packed week across the whole club! Here's what's on 👇

🔴 JUNIORS

Mon 15th — U11s at Alrewas (6pm) • U17s vs Burton (Collins Hill, 6pm)
Tue 16th — U10s at King's Bromley (6pm) • U11s at Rolleston (6pm)
Thu 18th — U17s vs Tamworth Cubs (Collins Hill, 6pm)
Sun 21st — U13s at Walmley Falcons (10:30am

🔴 SENIORS

Wed 17th — Over 40s vs Aston Manor (Collins Hill, 6pm)
Sat 20th (all 12:30pm) — 1st XI at Bloxwich • 2nd XI vs Bloxwich • 3rd XI vs Cannock
Sun 21st (all 2pm) — 💙 Wall CC at Tamworth • 2nd XI vs Codsall • 3rd XI at Elford

🔴 WOMEN
Sun 21st — Hardball vs Alrewas (Collins Hill, 10:30am)
Get down and cheer the sides on — home games at Collins Hill (WS13 7SQ)! 🏏

🔴🌟 WELL PLAYED! — THREE centuries in one weekend! 💯💯💯

What. A. Weekend. Three Lichfield hundreds across Saturday and Sunday — take a bow, gents! 👏

🌟 Adam Braddock — 107* (107)
A magnificent unbeaten ton to steer the 1st XI home against Wombourne. Proudly sponsored by CPB UK

🌟 Harry Dowen — 100* (68)

An absolutely brutal hundred off just 68 balls — rapid, ruthless and unbeaten.

🌟 Harry Turley-Salmons — 101* (98)
A second century in the same innings! 101 not out to cap a monster Sunday for the 2s. Proudly sponsored by Kookaburra.

Three tons, three not-outs — what a weekend! 🔴💯

🔴🏏 JUNIOR RESULTS — proudly sponsored by Astley Diamond Tools

A brilliant week for the young 'uns — three wins from four! 🌟

🏏 U11s vs Uttoxeter — WON by 66 runs ✅
LCC 95/3 (net 280) beat Uttoxeter 79/13 (net 214). Zach Badger starred with the ball (4/2!), Benjamin Ridler chipping in with 13.

🏏 U11s vs Dunstall — WON by 7 runs ✅
A nail-biter! LCC 100/6 (net 270) edged Dunstall 93/6 (net 263). Zach Badger top-scored with 36 and Benjamin Ridler took 2/17.

🏏 U13s vs Uttoxeter — WON by 9 wickets ✅
A commanding display — Uttoxeter bowled out for 46 (Zar Gabriel 2/0, Yuvraj Dalai 2/0), then the runs knocked off in no time at 47/1, Zar Gabriel leading the way with 28.

🏏 U10s vs Alrewas — Lost by 3 runs ❌
Heartbreakingly close! LCC (net 98) just pipped by Alrewas (net 101). Robin McDonagh top-scored with 8, and Emily Jacques grabbed 1/2.

Fantastic effort across the section — well played, all! 👏

🔴🏏 SATURDAY RESULTS — 13th June

A century to savour and a tougher day for the lower sides. Here's how Saturday unfolded:

🌟 1st XI — WON by 7 wickets! ✅
vs Wombourne 2nd XI (Collins Hill)

Wombourne were bowled out for 179 (T. Clarke 4/62, R. Prentice 3/35). Adam Braddock then produced a magnificent unbeaten century — 107* (107) — backed by Rory Prentice's 55, to see Lichfield home at 184/3. Superb stuff! 💯

❌ 2nd XI — Lost by 65 runs
at West Brom Dartmouth 3rd XI

The hosts posted 192 all out (Nivraj Virk 4/27, Rian Mistry 3/40), but the reply fell short at 127, M.A. Tariq Karoual top-scoring with 24.

❌ 3rd XI — Lost by 151 runs
vs Walsall YPF 2nd XI (Collins Hill)

A big total from Walsall YPF (266 all out; Rakesh Mistry 3/47, Robert Wem 3/52) proved too much, the 3rd XI bowled out for 115 with Mistry top-scoring on 26.

Onwards and upwards — see you Sunday! 🔴

🔴🏏 WEEKEND TEAM NEWS — 13th & 14th June

The XIs are named across the club — full squads on the graphics! 👇

SATURDAY 13th June (all 12:30pm)
🔴 1st XI — vs Wombourne 2nd XI (Collins Hill, WS13 7SQ)
🔴 2nd XI — at West Brom Dartmouth 3rd XI (Sandwell Ground, B71 4JQ)
🔴 3rd XI — vs Walsall YPF 2nd XI (Collins Hill, WS13 7SQ)

SUNDAY 14th June (all 2pm)
💙 Wall CC 1st XI — at Bronze (Chapel Lane, Great Barr, B43 7BA)
🔴 2nd XI — vs Burntwood St. Matthew's (Collins Hill, WS13 7SQ)
🔴 3rd XI — vs Tutbury 2nd XI (Collins Hill, WS13 7SQ)

Good luck to all sides — get down and support if you can! 🏏

🔴🌟 WELL PLAYED! — last weekend's standout Bowling Green, Lichfield
Wickets everywhere — a brilliant weekend with the ball! 🏏

🌟 Ed Barron (2nd XI, sponsored by Astley Diamond Tools) — 5/11
A devastating five-fer to skittle Codsall.

🌟 Rob Wem (3rd XI) — 5/33
Another five-wicket haul, leading the 3rd XI attack.

💙 Sathya Jagannathan (Wall CC) — 4/18
Four wickets to help bowl out Atherstone Town.

💙 Kamal Subhani (Wall CC) — 4/40
Four more in the Wall win.

🌟 Simon Foulds (2nd XI) — 3/4
Remarkable figures — three wickets for just four runs at Stafford!

🌟 Tom Clarke (1st XI) — 3/43
A telling spell against Penkridge.

🌟 Laurence Skermer (3rd XI) — 3/45
Pick of the bowlers for the 3s at Stafford.

Superb bowling all round — well played, everyone! 👏

🔴🌟 WELL PLAYED! — last weekend's standout batting

The runs flowed across the club — a fantastic weekend with the bat! 🏏

💙 Ricky Kotian (Wall CC) — 162* (136)
A monster unbeaten 162 to power Wall past Atherstone Town.

🌟 James Badger (2nd XI) — 105
A superb century in the big win over Codsall.

🌟 Rory Prentice (1st XI, sponsored by Guenda Getaways) — 76 (60)
A classy 76 against Penkridge.

🌟 Theo Parsons (2nd XI) — 73 (76)
A composed, match-shaping knock at Stafford.

🌟 Dan Buchanan (2nd XI) — 67
A valuable 67 to help set up the game at Stafford.

🌟 Mohammed Serfraz — back-to-back fifties! 57 for the 2nd XI on Saturday and 58* for Wall CC 💙 on Sunday.

Outstanding batting all round — well played, everyone! 👏

🔴🌟 WELL PLAYED, HARRY!

Brilliant work from Harry Turley-Salmons (sponsored by Kookaburra) on representative duty — 4/23 for Shropshire Under 18s against Staffordshire U18s! 🏏

A superb spell and a proud moment for the club. Well played, Harry! 👏