Melksham Cricket Club

26/09/2026

Welcome to the Mini Mavericks! 🏏

We are absolutely thrilled to introduce some of the Mini Mavericks, our brand-new girls' softball group with players aged 6 to 16 years old!

Whether your daughter is picking up a bat for the very first time or looking to sharpen her skills, she has a home with the Mavericks. Our mission is to create a fun, safe, and encouraging environment where girls can learn the game of cricket, build lasting friendships, and develop true teamwork.

The girls played friendlies this season and will look to enter the league next season.

We wish to thank ASDA Melksham Foundation - for your support in purchasing new kit for the girls to play.

For more information or to register for indoor training please contact [email protected]

25/09/2026

Indoor Youth sessions 🏏
Monday nights 6pm-7pm
November at Melksham Community Campus
2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd November

Jan & Feb at Melksham Oak school
4th, 11th, 18th, 25 Jan

Limited spaces - registration required.

23/09/2026

1ST XI SEASON REVIEW

All in all, a great season for our 1st team in their debut campaign in Division 1, albeit one that leaves frustrations about what might have been after finishing just 7 points off top spot and narrowly missing out on a historic promotion to WEPL.

With plenty of optimism coming of the back of the previous year’s Division 2 title triumph, a 1st XI armed with several exciting new arrivals for 2026 got the season of to cracking start. Aside from a mauling at the hands of early season pace setters Winsley, made a strong start to life in the Wiltshire League’s top flight with 3 wins from 4, a run that culminated in a stunning 9-wicket thrashing of fellow promotes Bishops Cannings. Although this was then followed up with a frustrating defeat at home to an until then winless Chippenham 2s team, the 1s continued their steady form heading into midseason, with the highlight of this period being a thrilling victory from the jaws of defeat win at home to fellow promotion hopefuls Marlborough.

Unfortunately, a crunch clash at home to an unbeaten Winsley resulted in defeat in the game in the final over, a result which was part of a slump which saw the team lose 3 out of 4 matches to seriously set them back in the race to reach WEPL. Despite their form returning in the final month of the season with a 3-match winning streak, in the end the 1s had to settle for 3rd place come the end of the 2026 campaign, with a washout on the final day away to Marlborough meaning that it was Cannings and Winsley who ended up celebrating promotion to instead of us.

Nonetheless, a team doesn’t finish 3rd in a league table without plenty of brilliant batting and bowling performances along the way. New arrival for 2026 Matt Graham finished as the team’s leading run-scorer, with his 480 runs coming at an average 43.6 and featuring one century and three fifies. It was the first time in five seasons that skipper Adam Mitchell didn’t finish as top run scorer, although he certainly wasn’t far behind with 458 runs to his name.
Bowling wise, Ethan Smith once again led the way, with his tally of 32 wickets enough to see him finish the Division’s leading wicket taker. Matt Graham also proved his with ball in hand, finishing with tidy haul of 28 wickets. And finally, Liam Merrett and Leigh Rogers once again underlined their importance to the team, finishing up with 21 and 20 wickets respectively.

A massive well done to everyone who played in the 1st XI for their efforts during 2026. Hopefully once the winter has passed and the 2027 season rolls around the 1s will be ready to go again and ready to try and take that extra step after just falling short of promotion this time round.

20/09/2026

The 2026 cricket season may now be done and dusted, but we still have plenty of club sponsors who are owed a massive thank you as we begin our off season.

First up is a massive thank to the amazing , who this year have featured on the back of our exciting new T20 kit.

Keep your eyes peeled for a flurry of sponsor posts over the coming days as we say thank you to everyone who has got behind the club during a fantastic 2026…

09/09/2026

2ND XI 2026 SEASON REVIEW

A cracking season for our 2nd XI, who in the end stormed to the Division 9 title by a 74-point margin.

Coming out of the gates fast with a 10-wicket win away at Allington 2s, the 2nds signalled their intentions early by winning their first six matches of the season. Although their subsequent clash with main title rivals Swindon Thalaivas ended in a bitterly disappointing 2-wicket defeat, this did little to derail their momentum heading into the rest of the season. Bouncing straight back with an emphatic 9-wicket win away at Avebury 3s, the 2s then embarked on a nine-match winning streak. This was enough to see them romp home to the league title, with the deal being sealed with two games to spare during another dominant win at home to Bathford 2s.

Absolutely no denying that it was the bowlers who were the spearhead for the 2s this year, who finished the season with the second highest number of bowling bonus points in entire Wiltshire league. Youngster Finley Burns finished as leading wicket taker with 30, whilst Matt Hunt and Chris Singh finished not far behind with 27 each. Big shout out to Yugant Bhatt, who with 19 wickets to his name finished with the best bowling average in the division at 11.79, as well as to opener Dimithu Munasinghe, who finished with the best economy in the division at 2.52.

The batters more than played their part as well, with opening bat Steve Rendell finishing as far and away the team's leading run scorer with 470 runs. A great season also for youngster Max Noyes, who in a breakout year finished with 247 runs including a first senior league fifty. Solid contributions from plenty of other players, with Dan Carpenter (209), Ross Holbrook (194) and Josh Keatley (178) all finishing the campaign with averages over 50, whilst Yugant Bhatt (189) and skipper Matt Cooper (187) also chipped with several solid and crucial knocks throughout the year.

A brilliant effort from all involved this year. Fantastic to see the team bounce back in style after a disappointing 2025. Hopefully once the coming winter is out of the way the 2nd XI will be ready to go again and reach even bigger hights in 2027...

09/09/2026

10 Years as Melksham CC
Join us as we celebrate our
End of Season 2026 🏏 🏆
Saturday 10th October - 10/10
🏏 - Spencer Sports & Social Club
Refa tandoori

07/09/2026

What a success the fifth edition of our annual six-a-side competition was. Another cracking day under the sun saw seven sides go head to head in a thrilling day full of some cracking games.

A massive congratulations to Rough C***r, who finished up as this year’s winners. A big thanks to all the teams, as well as to all the volunteers from within the club who helped mucked in with jobs like umpiring, scoring, cooking, manning the bar etc.

06/09/2026

The Mavericks played their final festival of the year today up at Malmesbury Cricket Club.

Thanks to Malmesbury for hosting us, a fantastic way to finish up 2026 for the ladies section.

☀️🏏Malmesbury Women’s Festival☀️🏏

🏏Malmesbury women were delighted to host Corsham, Tetbury, Melksham and Sherston to our ground today. We got 4 hours of games under our belts on a beautiful hot day!

🏏Pretty sure every team won at least one game, and we were all winners with the weather and getting one final festival in for the year!

🏏Thank you to the visiting teams, the donations and to the helpers today. A lot of bacon was devoured!

04/09/2026

It’s that time of the year when all the Trophies go into The Cobblers Bench - Melksham ready for the Presentation Night

Thank you Nic for all your support.

All welcome to join us for presentation on Saturday 10th October up Spencer’s Sports & Social Club. For more information please email the club.

03/09/2026

3RD XI SEASON REVIEW 2026

A fantastic season for our 3rd XI, who in their fourth year playing league cricket secured a first ever league title by winning WCCL Division 11.

Coming into the season with a strong and experienced squad, the 3s set out their stall early by winning their first three completed in fixtures in comprehensive fashion. A couple of defeats during June prevented them from running away with top spot, including a narrow defeat to main title rivals Sherston Magna. Following that was a crucial fixture against Westbury 3s at home which saw them fall behind after the visitors racked up a massive first innings total of 274-6. However a remarkable effort with the bat saw the 3s chase down their target with an over to spare, and from then on the team never really looked back, embarking on a six game winning streak to put them in pole position heading into the final couple of weeks. Despite finishing the season with a defeat and a rain-off, in the end the 3s were able to claim a much deserved title triumph, finishing 20 points clear of second place Westbury.

Absolutely no denying that Tim Edwards was the star of the show with the bat. He finished a stunning season with the bat with 828 runs to his name (459 runs ahead of the next highest scoring player in Div 11!) at an average of 118.3 including 4 hundreds. Another player who enjoyed a tidy season was Tony “The Butcher” Reeves, who chipped in 308 runs across the season including a top score of 83.

An experienced bowling attack regularly did the business throughout the season, with veterans Chris Long and Tony Trotman finishing the campaign with 17 wickets each. Longy also boasts with the second best economy rate in the league at 2.68, whilst Tom Watling also proved to be a tricky bowler to score runs off, ending the season with a solid economy of 3.46.

Well done to everyone featured in these stats. All in all a fantastic 2026 for the 3rd XI which has seen them do the entire club proud. Hopefully 2027 will see them continue their winning habit and remain a team to be reckoned with…