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Bookmakers William Hill Sponsors the Cricket Writers' Club England versus West Indies: England Backed To Whitewash Windies!
Contact details of personnel to ring/email for latest prices, as follows: spokesperson for William Hill, Rupert Adams (radams@williamhill.co.uk, office 0208 918 3858, mobile 07841 011584). Alternative contact is Graham Sharpe on the same office number.
Our Sponsors - Bookmakers William Hill can report one-way traffic in their betting for who will win the 1st Test, with England now 1/2 favourites after attracting 81% of the early money. The West Indies are proving friendless - attracting just 6% of turnover. Fittingly Player of the Year, James Anderson is 8/1 favourite to be Man Of The Match and 9/4 to be England top bowler. One of the more popular bets has been England to win the Series 3-0 which is a 2/1 shot.
William Hill: England vs West Indies:
First Test: 1/2 England, 13/2 West Indies, 13/5 Draw
Batsman Match Bets:
8/11 Cook, 1/1 Strauss 4/5 Trott, 10/11 Pietersen 1/1 Bravo. 8/11 Chanderpaul
8/11 Anderson, 1/1 Swann 4/5 Broad, 10/11 Finn
Man Of The Match:
8/1 James Anderson, 9/1 Alastair Cook, 10/1 Kevin Pietersen, 10/1 Graeme Swann,
Top England Bat (First Innings):
10/3 Trott, 7/2 Cook, 7/2 Pietersen, 9/2 Strauss, 11/2 Bell, 8/1 Jonny Bairstow, 10/1 Prior, 25/1 Broad, 25/1 Bresnan, 50/1 Swann, 100/1 Anderson, 100/1 Finn, 100/1 Graham Onions
Top England Bowler:
9/4 Anderson, 11/4 Swann, 11/4 Broad, 3/1 Finn, 3/1 Bresnan, 7/2 Onions
Top West Indies Batsman (First Innings):
11/4 Chanderpaul, 7/2 Bravo, 9/2 Edwards, 5/1 Barath, 11/2 Powell, 6/1 Samuels, 7/1 Deonarine, 7/1 Fudadin, 14/1 Ramdin, 16/1 Sammy, 50/1 Rampaul, 50/1 Shillingford, 66/1 Roach, 100/1 Edwards, 100/1 Gabriel
Top West Indies Bowler:
5/2 Roach, 5/2 Edwards, 11/4 Rampaul, 3/1 Shillingford, 4/1 Sammy, 10/1 Deonarine
Series Betting: 1/6 England, 12/1 West Indies, 11/2 Drawn Series
Series Correct Score: 6/1 England 1-0, 15/8 England 2-0, 13/2 England 2-1, 2/1 England 3-0 25/1 West Indies 1-0, 100/1 West Indies 2-0, 25/1 West Indies 2-1, 250/1 West Indies 3-0
Report on the CWC v PCA Legends T20 at Shenley CC on April 23
NatWest spent a lot of time and money to organise the start of their campaign to boost the finances of cricket clubs around the country this summer and we thank them and also Nick Hamilton and his team at Saachi/Saachi.
Our next match is against the Change for Cricket team which includes disabled people on June 13 at their ground in Wallington, Surrey. Last year we lost in the last over and it was a very entertaining, and
rewarding, day. The day starts at 1 pm with the T20 beginning at 3 pm followed by fish and chips.
Chris Waters’ Fred Trueman, The Authorised Biography, has won the acclaimed
Waters’ biography of the great England and Yorkshire fast bowler won him
Waters, who has covered Yorkshire C.C.C. since 2004, dedicated the award
Peter Byrne
Our thoughts and best wishes to Peter, who suffered cardiac arrest and under went an operation whilst in America watching his beloved ice hockey recently. Peter is a regular at Lord's and served as Press Box scorer for most Middlesex CCC matches.
'ONE OF OUR MEMBERS SPOKE TO...'
"Graham Morris spoke to photographer David Munden recently who mentioned he would like to hear from any of his friends and colleagues. As you may know, Dave has been suffering from Parkinson's for many years, which has prevented him from working for quite some time. He is in good spirits but said the last call he received from one of our members was more than a year ago. His numbers are in the handbook so please give him a call."
HANDBOOK
The 2012 edition is now available and has been sent out by mail. You should e-mail Chris Florence (chrisflorence@gmail.com) if you need to make any changes for the 2013 edition. Thanks to Raymond van Neekerk at Investec for sponsoring this years handbook.
WILLIAM HILL
The CWC, thanks primarily to the efforts of your Chairman and Mark Baldwin, has entered a three-year agreement with William Hill. This will provide the Club with an additional, and very welcome, source of funding and, we hope, our Members with some useful information during the course of the season. It will also lead to the creation of a new CWC Award for the County Championship Player of the Year, with the Club providing a perpetual trophy and William Hill one for the winner to keep. Rupert Adams of Hills writes: “William Hill is delighted to establish a structured link with such a respected body as the Cricket Writers’ Club. We hope that the association will benefit both parties for at least the next three years.
CARDIFF - A WARNING
If you need a hotel room at Cardiff when covering the L/O International there (England v South Africa on 24th August) you are advised to book as soon as you can. The Millennium Stadium is staging a speedway event the same weekend. The Galloping Ivan Mauger is 72. Leslie ’Tiger’ Smith It is my sad duty to inform Members, who may not have been aware, of the death of Leslie Smith. Terry Cooper, a long-standing colleague of Leslie’s, writes:- His death occurred last April, but a communications blip prevented this becoming known among his former colleague until recently. He was called Tiger - after the old England wicket-keeper - as soon as he joined The Cricket Reporting Agency (CRA) in 1932. The Agency supplied all the cricket, rugby and football news for the Press Association before amalgamation in 1965. He covered five England tours in the 1950s and 60s, including Ted Dexter’s expedition with the Duke of Norfolk to Australia in 1962-63, plus numerous home Tests. He was a prolific contributor to Wisden, which was produced by the CRA, and for many years occupied the taxing role of records compiler. He became Sports Editor of the Press Association for the last six years of his career, retiring in 1977. He taught bridge at a local college until well into his 90s. During World War II he served for four years with the Army in Iraq.
ON THE 'BUSES
Matthew Engel writes:- Members still sentient enough to remember county cricket in the dear dead days beyond recall will be delighted top hear that one of the best-loved of all press box characters has been given a most distinctive honour. Jack Arlidge gave visiting hacks a warm welcome at Hove for five happy decades, and died in 20900, aged 88. Now he has had a ‘bus named after him. Brighton & Hove ‘Buses have named their brand-new doubledecker, no 403, “Jack Arlidge” as part of their programme to name all their vehicles after local characters and celebrities with a Brighton collection. Since most people have been to Brighton, if only for a dirty weekend, the competition is hotter that it might be in Northampton!
65TH ANNIVERSARY LUNCH
Mark Baldwin, Chairman of the Dinner sub-Committee writes:-The 65th Anniversary Lunch, held in the long Room at Lord’s on 19th September, 2011 was a grand occasion and much enjoyed by all who attended. Many thanks to all those Members who supported the event. The feedback we have received has been overwhelmingly positive. MCC, in making the venue available to the Club free of charge, are also due our thanks. Once again we are extremely grateful to Brit Insurance for their generous and vital sponsor- ship and to Fuller’s, who provided the usual welcome firkins of free beer. Christopher Martin-Jenkins manfully MC-ed the whole affair (many thanks, CMJ) and our speaker, Professor David Purdie, helped to make the occasion a special event. We were also pleased to welcome Jonny Bairstow and his mother, Janet, who works at Yorkshire, as guests of the Club on the day. Jonny received the CWC Young Cricketer of the Year Award trophy from the 1991 winner, Mark Ramprakash. Keith Bradshaw, the outgoing MCC Chief Executive and Secretary, was the recipient of the Peter Smith Award. Harry Pearson’s Slipless in Settle won the CWC 2011 Book Award.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ENGLAND CRICKET TEAM AND ANDY FLOWER FOR AWARDS AT SJA LUNCH 2011
The England Cricket Team won the Team of the Year Award and England Cricket Coach Andy Flower was awarded with the President's Trophy at the recently held British Sports Journalists Association 2011 lunch in London. Andy Flower received his award from Sir Michael Parkinson and Jonathan Trott accepted the Team of the Year Award on behalf of the team and his colleagues.
CWC DELIGHTED TO ENTER 3 YEAR SPONSORSHIP DEAL WITH WILLIAM HILL
Our Chairman, Pat Gibson announced late last week that the Cricket Writers' Club are delighted to enter into an association with William Hill for a period of three years sponsorship.
Contact details of personnel to ring/email for latest prices, as follows: spokesperson for William Hill, Rupert Adams (radams@williamhill.co.uk, office 0208 918 3858, mobile 07841 011584). Alternative contact is Graham Sharpe on the same office number.
ECB CHANGES
As some members may be aware, Martyn Cornish recently left the ECB to join the London 2012 Organising Committee and Maria O'Donoghue is currently on maternity leave.
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