Stevenage Cricket Club

All scorecards can be foundHERE

Just the one win for our sides in week 4 with the 1st team recording their 3rd victory of the season in a close match against local rivals Knebworth Park.

3 wickets for Sean Tyler and half centuries for Bonham and Goodchild the main contributions as the virtual 1s chased down 227 with 10 balls to spare.

The virtual 2s could only post a mediocre 142 all out, with only skipper Richards (43) and Lucys (32 Phil, 21 Josh) getting into double figures.

In reply Hatfield Hyde looked to be cruising to victory until McCabe tore through the Hyde's middle order, however the under-par total was proven to be just that as Hatfield beat the 2s total with 2 wickets in hand.

The 3s were always chasing the game after an impressive total from St Margaretsbury of 243-3 from their 45 overs.

Despite 90 from Prav the 3s couldn't quite keep the pace required and ended up 35 runs short.

The 4s are still looking for their first win of the season, going down by 47 runs to Bushey III.

63* from Luke Martin the highlight of the game for the 4th team.

The 5s posted a competitive 182-8 from their 40 overs, with Linsdell top scoring with 40, but couldn't keep Hitchin IV from reaching the total with 23 balls and 5 wickets left.

A young* 6s side struggled with the bat, only amassing 59 all out, going down to a strong Botany Bay II side. Wickets were shared amongst the bowlers, U13 Cooper with the best figures of 2-26.

Only Cooper and keeper Glowdansky could make double figures in the loss.

*if you take out the old guard

Current League Tables

Kilbey's side In The Beninging leapfrogged Martin Nevill to claim top spot after a week which saw poor availability across the club with only 6 "available" players not selected.

Phil Lucy continues to defy the odds by racking up the runs, and undefying the odds by taking his usual truckload of wickets meaning that he overtakes Conor in the overall player standings.

Pos, No. Position Change Player Team Name Total Score Week 4 Score

1 1st 1 Dan Kilbey In the Beninging 888 211

2 2nd 2 Ryan Slater The Barest of Margins 875 215

3 3rd 6 Ryan Slater Team Prav Man 872 258

4 4th -3 Martin Nevill Lockdown Heroes 848 168

5 5th -2 Chaitanya Paruchuri Crackers XI 835 162

6 6th 4 Luke Wilkinson Legally Blind 813 209

7 7th 1 The Welches Holmwood 802 187

8 8th 9 Shane Richards Shane W R XI 796 235

9 9th 6 Josh Lucy Lucy's Lightnin' Leven 773 191

10 10th 6 Andy Glowdansky Silly Sloggers 772 195

11 11th 9 Carl Richards Not A Clue 763 233

12 12th 2 Kieran Lambert Kiss My Chaminda Vaas 750 156

13 13th -2 Suman Iranganti Ski XI 749 147

14 14th -1 Phil Walker The Covid Crusaders 747 152

15 15th -10 Mark Slater Mel and Bloody Doreen's Virtual Teas 745 87

16 16th -9 James Thompson Thompsons Army 730 113

17 17th 2 Mark Slater The Chinese Ate My Bat 711 169

18 18th -12 AJ Lambert The Umpire Strikes Back 703 84

19 19th 8 Phil Maguire Maguire's Marauders 1 698 190

20 20th 0 Janine Lambert The Jolly Cricketers 697 167

21 21st 8 Nikhil Krovvidi Back Benchers 693 204

21 21st 4 Mike Philpotts The Sims 693 184

23 23rd 1 Conor Hayward Team CFH 689 177

24 24th -1 Jason Chapman Chappers XI 682 158

25 25th 6 Richard Burling Zoom 677 197

26 26th -1 Beverley Kilbey In for a Penny in for a Pound 675 166

27 27th 0 Darren Wilkinson Wilky's Lemons 674 166

28 28th -10 Manju Reddy RachaRangers_002 671 127

29 29th -7 Moses Anil BackssCC 667 141

30 30th -18 Jonathan Blow All The All Rounders 660 59

31 31st 2 Mel Wilkinson Mel's Peaky Blinders 648 175

32 32nd 4 Kaden Lambert Got the Runs 639 178

33 33rd 0 Adil Zargar Kashmir Tigers 637 164

34 34th 8 Nicholas O'Connell-Smith 4-4-FKN-2 635 267

35 35th 3 Manju Reddy RachaRangers_001 629 197

36 36th -7 Luke Allen Go Well! 624 135

37 37th -5 Gavin and Hayden Cooper Sticky Wickets 621 142

38 38th -3 Phil Maguire Maguire's Marauders 2 620 152

39 39th 0 Les Kilbey Lost the Toss Again 537 109

40 40th 0 Doreen Harvey My Boys 536 121

41 41st -4 Chaitanya Paruchuri PL XI 521 81

42 42nd -1 Jonathan Blow Still Can't Catch 483 81

43 43rd 0 Nikhil Krovvidi Sunrisers Hyderabad 394 87

1 2 3 13

Total Rank Wk3 Week 4

1st Phil Lucy 203 4 62

2nd Conor Hayward Batsman 197 1 33

3rd Tom Bonham Batsman 177 8 53

4th Simon Roberts Batsman 162 5 29

5th Luke McCabe 156 12 55

6th James Thompson Batsman 150 2 0

7th Adil Zargar Batsman 149 3 0

8th Moses Anil Batsman 144 11 35

9th Saurabh Mathur Batsman 138 6 9

10th Kieran Lambert Batsman 137 10 26

11th Martin Nevill Batsman 131 8 7

12th Jon Barton Batsman 129 6 0

13th Praveen Garikipati Batsman 128 50 90

14th Charlie Goodchild Batsman 122 40 75

15th Luke Martin Batsman 116 31 63

16th Richard Sullivan Batsman 109 15 20

17th Karan Anand Batsman 106 31 53

18th Nathan Derrick Batsman 104 12 3

19th Swetang Khambhatwala Batsman 91 14 0

20th Phil Walker Batsman 89 15 0

21st Jayesh Mankani Batsman 86 40 39

22nd Suman Iranganti Batsman 83 26 22

23rd

Mohammed Sheikh 82 30 26

24th Josh Lucy Batsman 79 31 26

25th Kumar Venigalla 77 19 9

26th Sophie Hoskins Batsman 76 18 0

26th Phil Maguire Batsman 76 31 23

30th Ajit Joshan Batsman 73 17 -10

31st Bhanu Kanakala Batsman 72 27 14

32nd Sean Tyler Batsman 71 42 25

33rd Adi Seeley 70 22 5

33rd Mike Philpotts Batsman 70 35 20

33rd Carl Richards Batsman 70 66 53

36th Chris Welch Batsman 69 35 19

37th Michael Tyler Batsman 68 24 6

38th Mark Slater 67 27 9

39th Chandra Jetty 66 35 16

40th Andy Glowdansky Batsman 65 48 26

41st AJ Lambert 64 23 1

41st Balaram Jujjavarapu Batsman 64 63 39

43rd Luke Allen 62 35 12

43rd Jake Hardwick 62 51 26

45th Ian Welch Batsman 61 39 13

46th Dan Edney Batsman 60 64 37

47th Sam Bates Batsman 57 29 0

26th Alex Cole Batsman 76 20 10

48th Adam Linsdell Batsman 56 68 40

49th Mark Brettel 55 43 10

51st Ian Brown Batsman 52 24 -10

52nd Luke Wilkinson Batsman 51 43 6

52nd Ryan Slater Batsman 51 53 20

54th Manju Reddy Batsman 45 43 0

54th Chaitanya Paruchuri Batsman 45 56 16

29th Dave Cattell 74 20 8

56th Jason Chapman Batsman 43 48 4

58th Sam White 41 54 11

59th

Mohamed Ziyavudeen 40 47 0

60th Jonathan Blow Batsman 39 57 11

61st Hayden Cooper 37 78 32

62nd Adam Kinney Batsman 34 54 4

63rd Abdul Zahid 33 52 0

50th Jaspreet Singh Batsman 53 46 12

57th Prarthito Chatterjee Batsman 42 57 14

64th John Northall Batsman 31 70 16

64th Satveer Pawar 31 73 17

66th Ben Om Parkash Batsman 28 57 0

67th Deep Mankani 26 60 0

67th Nikhil Krovvidi 26 60 0

67th Adi Patel 26 60 0

71st Cristiano Joseph 24 79 24

70th George Tyler 25 76 15

72nd Tony Start 18 65 0

72nd Panav Venigalla 18 70 3

72nd Kaden Lambert 18 70 3

75th

Nicholas O'Connell-Smith 16 68 0

76th Sohham Oza 14 75 3

76th Mo Islam Batsman 14 79 14

76th Saurabh Bansal Batsman 14 79 14

79th Assad Zahid 13 74 0

80th Tom Pinner Batsman 7 66 -10

80th Jonah Knell 7 79 7

82nd Hitesh Sharma Batsman 6 77 0

83rd Amar Parmar Batsman 0 79 0

83rd Mathew Clucas Batsman 0 79 0

83rd Dan Kilbey Batsman 0 79 0

83rd Dave Carr Batsman 0 79 0

83rd Manoj Kumar Batsman 0 79 0

83rd Arunesh Bhart Batsman 0 79 0

83rd Cian Downing 0 79 0

83rd Ahmad Zargar Batsman 0 79 0

83rd Rishabh Joshi Batsman 0 79 0

83rd Simon Wood Batsman 0 79 0

83rd

Siva Sureshbabu 0 79 0

83rd Amey Salvi 0 79 0

83rd Adam Prior 0 79 0

83rd Vishnu Sureshbabu Batsman 0 79 0

83rd Liam Hutton 0 79 0

83rd Rob Reeve Batsman 0 79 0

83rd Kabir Mahale Batsman 0 79 0

83rd Tariq Hasan Batsman 0 79 0

83rd Ashish Lathia 0 79 0

83rd Robert Parry 0 79 0

83rd Allan Beech 0 79 0

83rd Joe Pallett 0 79 0

83rd Sailash Lathia 0 79 0

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Return to Cricket FAQs

Do you think we’ll play club cricket again this year?

We have an absolute ambition to get cricket played as soon as it is safe to do so. Although social distancing is likely to be in place for the foreseeable future, cricket is a non-contact team sport with individual disciplines, as such, we are optimistic about getting cricket played this summer. The safety and wellbeing of the cricket family is our number one priority and that is why we are being led by government and medical advice at every point. Therefore, we will move to step 4 when it is safe to do so and supported by government and medical experts.

When do you think stage four will happen?

The Government have not yet published new guidance relating to sport since their update on May 30. We are not aware of a committed date to revise that, but their daily briefings continue to update widely on relaxing guidelines, should the status of COVID-19 continue to progress positively.

Can ECB do more to get recreational cricket played?? You’ve managed to get International cricket back on?

It is hugely important that ECB do all we can to ensure recreational cricket played, as soon as it is safe to do so. Because the safety of the cricket family is our first priority, the decision to move into step four ‘adapted gameplay’ will be made when it is medically safe to do so. In addition, the environment for international cricket is significantly easier for us to control and easier for us to work with Government on achieving solutions to problems that COVID-19 posed. The numbers of people involved are significantly smaller and we were only talking about one or two venues.

Compare that to the English and Welsh sporting public, and the landscape is very different. Over 6,500 cricket clubs, thousands and thousands of players and spread across two countries.

The resumption of international cricket is vital for the funding of the game. The ECB is not-for-profit. Any money that flows into the organisation funds cricket somewhere. Either the England teams, grants and funding to cricket clubs, disability cricket, safeguarding checks, our charity partners – every part of the game has been financially impacted by COVID-19.

You mention a focus on junior cricket – what is that focus and how will you bring around the return of junior cricket first?

We know that for many clubs, a thriving junior section is critical to their long term, health and prosperity. A thriving junior section provides the players of the future, can inspire volunteers and plays a vital role in club finances. With schools returning on a limited basis, we are keen to explore with Government if cricket clubs can support more children (than guidance currently permits) to get active. As always, this plan will need government guidance and the advice of medical experts in delivery.

If I can sit in a pub garden with my mates from July 4, why can’t I play cricket?

The government has highlighted some top line plans for the hospitality sector. These plans will encompass detailed guidelines that will be available in the coming weeks. Once we have these, we will update our guidance as to what this means for recreational cricket club facilities. It is important to note that government guidance on the hospitality sector will not necessarily be replicated for community sport. Once the government has shared its next steps for community sport, we will update the guidance for recreational cricket accordingly. With that said, we are optimistic about getting cricket played this summer and we have an ambition to get the game on as soon as it is safe to do so.

When do you envision we’ll get to Stage five, i.e we’ll be playing club cricket normally?

Moving to stage five would involve the removal of social distancing measures, at this time, it is hard to see us getting to this stage this summer.

Are you concerned about how this summer has impacted the club game?

There is no question that COVID-19 has impacted all areas of society and community sport is not immune to this. The recreational game is critical to the long term health and prosperity of our game and so it is vital that we support the game through this unprecedented crisis. This is why we initially provided access to more than £20M in grants and loans for the recreational game and worked with local clubs to access a further £24M in government grants and loans. Mobilising the game to return and safely as possible is our next challenge. We have begun significant work to ensure all cricket stakeholders are involved in this consultation.

Why does it look like other sports are ahead of us in terms of the return to sport plans?

We are optimistic about a return to competitive cricket matches this summer. This will be conditional on it being safe to do so, a decision that will be medically led and in line with government advice. Although social distancing is likely to be in place for the foreseeable future, cricket is a non-contact team sport with individual disciplines. We believe this makes cricket uniquely placed as a team sport to be played sooner than other major team sports.
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Below you will find the roadmap and some FAQs.

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Stevenage Cricket Club Sunday 1st XI v MCC match cancelled

https://stevenage.hitscricket.com/scorecard/fixtureID_728688/Sunday-1st-XI-v-MCC-07-Jun-2020.aspx

Stevenage Cricket Club 6th XI v Hatfield & Crusaders III match cancelled

https://stevenage.hitscricket.com/scorecard/fixtureID_728672/6th-XI-v-Hatfield--Crusaders-III-06-Jun-2020.aspx

Stevenage Cricket Club 5th XI v Cockfosters III match cancelled

https://stevenage.hitscricket.com/scorecard/fixtureID_728652/5th-XI-v-Cockfosters-III-06-Jun-2020.aspx

Stevenage Cricket Club 4th XI v Boxmoor II match cancelled

https://stevenage.hitscricket.com/scorecard/fixtureID_727310/4th-XI-v-Boxmoor-II-06-Jun-2020.aspx

Stevenage Cricket Club 3rd XI v Northwood Town II match cancelled

https://stevenage.hitscricket.com/scorecard/fixtureID_727289/3rd-XI-v-Northwood-Town-II-06-Jun-2020.aspx

Stevenage Cricket Club 2nd XI v Northampton Exiles match cancelled

https://stevenage.hitscricket.com/scorecard/fixtureID_727250/2nd-XI-v-Northampton-Exiles--06-Jun-2020.aspx

Stevenage Cricket Club 1st XI v St Albans match cancelled

https://stevenage.hitscricket.com/scorecard/fixtureID_727231/1st-XI-v-St-Albans--06-Jun-2020.aspx

The Adult Playing Membership has been set at £25 for 2020 season by the SCC Committee. For more details see June Newsletter.

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The Nets sessions will continue in the same format as for the trial period; bookings should be made through Phil Maguire (07470828884). Net bookings will run Wed- Fri 2pm to 7pm and Sat/Sun 10am -5pm. However, as Luke Wilkinson has returned to work, the weekday slots are being covered by other volunteers and so there may be some times not available.

Note that if you pay your £25 membership prior to attending the nets, no charge is applied.

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