It has been extremely satisfying as a current Minor Counties cricketer seeing players like Shropshire’s Richard Oliver (Worcestershire) and Hertfordshire’s Tanveer Sikander (Essex) break into the first-class game this season.
JAMIE Overton is better known for his bowling on the first-class circuit, but he showed he is no slouch with the bat –blasting 142 not out off just 55 balls in North Devon’s four-wicket win against Devon Premier League champions Sidmouth.
WOLLASTON captain Chris Perry insists it’s no coincidence that their third win of the season came in the same match that Northamptonshire youngster Olly Stone made his first start of the year for the club.
IT IS six years since Brenton Parchment played Test cricket but, with the help of Haslingden, the jet-setting all-rounder still holds the faintest of hopes for a return to the top.
BLACKPOOL might not be many people’s favourites to win the Northern League but in new addition and Namibian international Christi Viljoen they might just have found their trump card.