Birmingham Unicorns 2024
Really looking forward to not only continuing our partnership with the Birmingham Unicorns (@bhamunicorns) in 2024, but also to expanding it as they continue to grow both on and off …
LGBTQ+ T10 Tournament 2024
Having captained the Gloucestershire Team last year in the first LGBTQ+ T10 Tournament in the UK, Chris will be captaining the team again in 2024, and you are more than …
Focus on Fielding
Fielding: we all spend more time doing it than we do batting or bowling, but it gets very little focus during nets in recreational cricket, and is often overlooked by …
Focus on Run Rate
I can hardly remember a game last season where ‘our’ innings wasn’t in effect ‘over’ within the first ten overs. Be it setting a target or chasing a target we …
Uzbekistan Cricket Federation
We recently received a communication from Khaliq Dad Noori, former Afghanistan National Team Player and currently Head Coach and Coordinator with Cricket Federation Uzbekistan were his main role is to …
Bat & Bowl In Pairs In Nets
It has never really made sense to me that whilst we bat and bowl in pairs in a game, we have a “every person for themself” approach to nets, and …
NBCC Mentor Meg Lay
Meg Lay (@meglaynz) is the Sports Turf Professional for Gloucestershire Cricket and Western Storm. One of the first female member of ground staff working at an international ground, she led …
FabLittleBag
We were recently introduced to FabLittleBag (@FatLittleBag) as part of our Women and Girls’ Cricket Team Project and in a word they are indeed fab. Two things struck us immediately: …
Rotating Strike
The net this week is for the First XI squad and those from the and is the start of the “second half” of the Indoor Nets, which will see quite …
Training Buddy
A key focus of my own coaching is equipping players to train and develop their games in their own time as well at formal net sessions, and without doubt having …