Coming Soon: New Site Structure
Just a quick note to say that we know the header and menu bar are far too big and that when you view the site you don’t see much of …
Kit Donation From Checkley CC
Huge thank you to Alan Woods Head of Junior Development at Checkley Cricket Club for the six (6) bags og pads, shoes, gloves and protective guards that he dropped off …
RIP Vince Lindo
Lovely tribute to Vince on the Stoke Sentinel Site who passed away on the 6th January following a long battle with illness. One thing that many people probably are not …
Colehill Cricket Club Needs Your Help
Many of you on Twitter will have seen the madness that is going on with Colehill Cricket Club (@ColehillMCC) but for those that have missed it or are not on …
2023 Plans
Having previously shared some of our plans it seemed a good time to share our 2023 plans, in what will be out first full year. A big priority is to …
NBCC Ambassador Rob Franks
We are absolutely delighted that Rob Franks (@Robfranks) has joined NBCC as an Ambassador and a Player (where we are looking forward to him being joined by his son Harry) …
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
For those that celebrate Christmas and New Year hopefully you will have a great time with family and/or friends, and for those that don’t celebrate hopefully you will get a …
You’re Not Alone This Christmas
‘Borrowed’ this poster from our affiliated ground partner Milford Hall Cricket Club who posted it on their Twitter Account and we thought it was a very thoughtful, caring idea and …
Rob Lewis Visit To Flood Affected Village
They say a picture is worth a thousand words which is handy because I would need a lot of words and a long time to do justice to the photos …
Azeem Rafiq DCMS Evidence
Spent quite a lot of the weekend sending this link to people on Twitter. The link is the written evidence provided by Azeem to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sports …
My Cricket Story: Rosa Simkin
When people come across my page and content, the usual question is why? What makes you care so much about making a difference in this sport? Well, when I was …
NBCC Official Vlogger: Rosa Simkin
Really excited to have Rosa Simkin joining us as our Official Vlogger, showcasing a tremendous way to get involved in cricket whilst exploring a passion for creating great content. Rosa …
Cricket Club Directory
By no means an exhaustive list and 100% open to any charity related cricket club who want to be included (Message us if you want to be added), we thought …
Rob Lewis In Pakistan
Wanted to share with you some of the photos that NBCC Ambassador and all round good guy Rob Lewis (aka @elitebandwagon) has been posting from Pakistan where he is watching …
Racism experienced by 14% of professional cricketers
Depressing, unsurprising but at the same time ‘encouraging’ article on The Guardian site, in so much as it is good that racism in cricket is being investigated and highlighted more …
Drug slows cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients
Alzheimer’s is horrible. It is something that we have personal experience of as has our ambassador and friend James Butler so the news of a ‘new era’ in therapies is …
Ukrainian refugees and hosts petition UK government for housing support
Have posted before about the failure if the Ukrainian Housing Scheme in the UK and we are involved with supporting Ukrainian Refugees in and around Stafford so no surprise or …
Signed Cricket Shirts
We have four signed cricket shirts that we will be using to raise funds for our fixtures next year, three WIndies and one England. No specific plans for then so …
An Evening With Jeff Thomson
Going to use that overused Legend word but I will defend the use of it every day of the week when it is used to describe Jeff Thomson, one of …
Woman’s Players 100 Draft Announced
2023 will see the first ever Woman’s draft for The Hundred. Whilst not a fan of the format at all, it is undeniable that it has been good for the …
Cricket Scotland Strategic Refresh
Fair to say Cricket Scotland have not had the best of times recently so it is only right to share some potentially good news. Potentially? Well anything with the the …
Flood Relief Dinner – Meet & Greet with Cricketing Legends
Fundraising dinner to provide support for the Pakistan flood victims. Meet and greet with cricket legends including World Cup Winner Aqib Javed, cricket legend Mushtaq Mohammad, local cricketing hero and …
Festival of Cricket
Sounds fun and a great thing for the family to do or maybe a huge #cricketTwitter meetup. Cricket is hosting a festival at Gunnersbury Park, London and you are all …
MCC to launch ‘smart’ cricket ball and bring DRS to amateur game
Technology, Stoke-on-Trent and the need for more umpires, no wonder Chris brought this Daily Telegraph article to our attention. Smartphone app will enable ball-tracking and ‘snicko’ technology in bid to …
Sailflags
Hugely impressed with Sailflags in terms of level of service, quality of product and price. Genuinely hard to recall when last dealt with an easier more efficient company. They responded …
Just Giving Campaign
Weʼre raising £2,000 to buy branded playing kit for the girls, boys, men & woman who play for NBCC. We have a pledge to double the donations to a maximum of £2,000! Whilst …
NBCC Club Partnerships
The challenges and responsibilities facing club cricket are significant, and meeting these challenges and responsibilities is not going to be easy for many clubs. A fundamental change is required: retaining …
The Cricket Lodge of Essex
Two reasons that we are delighted to tell you about The Cricket Lodge of Essex, the first Cricket themed Lodge (10009) for over 50 years, based in Chelmsford. First they …
ECB Increases Funding For Women’s Professional Domestic Game
More signs that the game is moving in the right direction as the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced a £3.5m increase in funding for the women’s regional …
BCCI Announces Equal International Match Fees
Tremendous news just published on ESPNcrickinfo confirming that BCCI secretary Jay Smith has announced that BCCI will pay Indian woman the same match fee as male counterparts. India’s women cricketers …
Pakistan Tour Project
This is very very very tentative at the moment, not particularly well thought through and very possibly our maddest idea to date (well to be fair we haven’t had any …
Lacuna Sports
Lacuna Sports is a company that we very much admire and hope to be able partner with in the not too distant future. Professional female cricketers have had to adapt …
Winter Plans
As we move into our first winter it is a good time to take stock of where we are, and where we plan to go. Considering our plan was to …
Masuri Branded Club Helmet
Fair to say Chris has a few helmets which he has reviewed on his personal blog, so no huge surprise that he has added a No Boundaries Cricket Club Masuri …
Sponsorship Opportunity
We have been given a lot of plain white cricket tops and trousers of varying sizes and for a range of ages which we will be giving away free throughout …