Postponed due to ground nit being ready in tine.

A pre season game between Birmingham Unicorns and NBCC.

Date

Sunday 14th April 2024

Venue

Church Eaton Cricket Club

92 High Street, ST20 0AB

GPS: 52.754940594772755, -2.2257181556462458 or N52°45’17.8″ W2°13’32.6″

Time

1pm Start

Please arrive midday.

Format

40 Over: Win, Loose Draw

Play Cricket

The game is on Play Cricket so please ensure you are registered and have joined the NBCC Squad

Players

All welcome over the age of 14.

Scorers and Umpires

Scorers: Matthew Goddard

Umpires: TBC

Kit

We will play in our NBCC Coloured Kit, which will be provided (shirt), so please bring black or dark blue trousers, and base layers as we have no sweaters.

If you do need to borrow equipment or kit please check our our virtual kit bag and let us know in advance what you need.

NBCC Squad/Team

  1. Chris Marshall
  2. Loz Sidwell: XL
  3. Arran Peasley: S
  4. Harvey Sidwell: S
  5. Bob Instone
  6. Ollie Rowlands: XL
  7. Mike Holdcroft: 3XL
  8. Kevin Baker: 2XL
  9. Adrian Melbourn: L
  10. Fred Melbourn: M
  11. Tim Murphy
  12. Rab Cooper

Could ALL NBCC players please read the NBCC Players Information page.

Playing Conditions

  1. A new pink ball will be available per innings.
  2. A batter will retire on 35 but can recommence their innings at the end of the teams innings when all batters have batted, and can carry on until they are out or the innings ends.
  3. If a side is all out within the 40 Overs they can carry on batting to give everyone pre season match time BUT runs and wickets will not be recorded, the sides total will be what it was when the 10th wicket fell.
  4. If a team has more than eleven players then players can pair up and share the game i.e. one may bat, the other bowl and share the fielding, or they may decide to share their allocated 8 over per bowler maximum, or a batter can retire and their ‘buddy’ continue the innings.
  5. Nobody will be out first ball.
  6. Maximum of 8 overs per bowler, with juniors limited to a maximum of 4 overs per spell.
  7. We don’t need to see any ‘Mankads’ at this level BUT we all need to adopt best practice so umpires/bowlers/captains are asked to point out to a batter if they are a potential ‘victim’ for the sole purpose of helping them avoid it in future games.

Match Fee

£10

Teas

Bring your own.

There will be a BBQ after the game. Church Eaton have recently refurbished their clubhouse and changing rooms, and this will be the first game to use them so we want to thank them by enjoying their hospitality: which will undoubtedly start before the game ends.

Cricket Kindness Project

We will be collecting unwanted cricket equipment for our partner The Cricket Kindness Project on the day. Any equipment collected on the day will be available to purchase with all proceeds going to the project, and any unsold equipment will be added to the general pot for distribution to those in need.

Runs4Research

We are supporting the excellent Runs4Research project which raises funds for Alzheimer’s Research so please consider signing up: each player pledges to donate 10p per run scored and 50p per wicket during their season.

We will be making a donation of 10p for every run scored and 50p for every wicket taken by NBCC during the season and it would be great if our opposition could do the same.