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BASIL D’OLIVEIRA MEMORIAL SERVICE A memorial service for the life of the former Worcestershire and England cricketer Basil D’Oliveira will be held at Worcester Cathedral this Friday (January 27th) at 1430 p.m. Members of the media who wish to cover this event are requested to respect the following protocols which have been agreed with the the D’Oliveira family, Worcester Cathedral and Worcestershire CCC.
Assembly Point: All media are advised to assemble in a cordoned off area adjacent to the Cathedral’s North Porch. TV crews and photographers are requested to remain in this area to gather interviews and pictures.
Pool Facility: Pooled coverage of the service will be available from the nominated broadcaster, the BBC. This will be ENG footage rather than a live feed.
Parking: Free parking on a first-come, first served basis is available in Worcestershire County Cricket
Club’s car park which is a ten minute walk from the Cathedral.
For further details of the pool facility, please contact claire.gibson@bbc.co.uk
Tel: 0121 5676092/07740818182
Please note: There will be a retiring collection after the service in aid of Parkinson’s UK and a special tribute fund in Basil D’Oliveira’s name is being set up by his family.
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,
ECB CHANGES
As some members may be aware, Martyn Cornish recently left the ECB to join the London
CWC DEFEAT GILES CLARKE'S ECB XI BY 32 RUNS
The Cricket Writers' Club XI captained by Andrew Miller defeated Giles Clarke's ECB XI at the Kia Oval on 26 September in a T20 match. Batting first CWC made 133 for 8 from 20 overs. The ECB XI were dismissed for 101 all-out to level the series at 2-2. Thanks to Steve Elworthy and his PA Polly for arranging a good event. For the first time in CWC's sixty five years our members have had the chance to play on a Test ground and the historic event took place at the Kia Oval on Monday, September 28, 2011 the day after the second ODI between England and the West Indies. Steve Elworthy, the ECB's Director of Marketing who assembled the ECB Giles Clarke Xl, obviously thought the match would be played on the same pitch because he called up Peter Such, the ECB Lead Spin Coach but Surrey's groundstaff chose another tne on the gasholders' side, otherwise the journalists might well have been routed. Richard Sydenham, who topscored with 28 in the T20, did a Boycott, denying Such (0-13) in CWC's 133-8. Ben Fulton, 25, Robbie Williams, 27, and Simon Lister, 21, all contributed nobly before Andrew Miller, captaining the side in place of the injured Brian Scovell, Jarrod Kimber and Geoffrey Dean failed to score. In the absence of Colin Croft, who volunteered to play a few days earlier, Robbie Williams - not him, but the Middlesex bowler - was hastily called up and his 80 mph deliveries soon tested Charlotte Edwards but Charlotte came out on top, scoring 17 before she was bowled by one of Andrew's brisk induckers. "That's two England captains I've got rid of - the other one was Mike Gatting in the 2009 fixture at the Nursery," said Andrew. Jarrod Kimber, the editor of "Spin", bamboozled some of the ECB batsman with his legspin (2-13) and Ben Fulton (2-3) did likewise but the highlight of a thoroughly enjoyable match was the superb catching at cow corner more than 80 metres from the wicket of "Buffer" (G Dean) and "Yosser" (S Hughes). The best shot of the day was the cut shot from number 8 batsman John Perera, the Commercial Director, and someone said "it's kind of shot you could retire on and never forgot." ECB were bowled out for 101 in 18.4 overs and the series is now 2-2. Giles Clarke was supposed to skipper the side but had another engagement. We look forward to another epic battle next year. Our resident number 11 and chief photographer, Phil Brown, has supplied these pictures and we are asking members to come up with an apt caption for the one taken in the dug out (Brian Scovell, Simon Hughes, Andrew Miller, Jarrod Kimber and Rob Williams).
CWC 65TH ANNIVERSARY LUNCH STAGED AT LORD'S At the lunch the thirteenth winner of the handsome silver trophy for the Young Cricketer of the Year was presented to Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire C.C.C. and England ODI) by Chairman Pat Gibson and Mark Ramprakash (the 1991 winner). The Peter Smith Memorial Award was presented to Keith Bradshaw the MCC Secretary & Chief Executive by Mrs Joan Smith and finally The CWC Cricket Book of the Year from a short list of 31 titles was awarded to "Slipless in Settle" A Slow Turn Around Northern Cricket by Harry Pearson. (Presented by Stephen Brenkley to Vic Marks who accepted award on behalf of Harry Pearson). The guest speaker was Professor David Purdie who spoke at the dinner fifteen years previously and he was once again highly entertaining and those present will vouch for that. A good time was had by all, with the event being presided over by the CWC and MCC President Christopher Martin-Jenkins. Many CWC members appeared to approve of the lunch time start rather than a dinner event as has been the case in previous years. Thanks to Mark Baldwin and his dinner committee for arranging an excellent anniversary event which was well attended by members of the Club. A selection of photographs taken at the dinner will be added to the Club Pictures section of the website shortly and can be viewed on the Cricket Writers' Club Facebook page.
COLIN SPIRO The club was sad to learn of the passing of member Colin Spiro under sad and tragic circumstances. Our thoughts are with his family at this time.
AGM NEWS At the recent AGM of the club Christopher Martin-Jenkins was elected President replacing Robin Marlar. Qamar Ahmed and Wendy Wimbush were elected Hononary Life Members of the Club. Colin Bateman stood down as Chairman of the International Sub-Committee and Simon Wilde and Dean Wilson were added to that committtee. The officers and sub-committees were otherwise unchanged for 2011-12.
LUNCH - THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CRICKET WRITERS' CLUB The 65th anniversary of the Cricket Writers' Club in 2011 will be celebrated at a lunch event at Lord's, in the Long Room, on Monday September 19. This will also replace the traditional annual dinner for this year only - in 2012 the annual dinner will reappear. All the club's annual awards will be presented at the lunch - the Young Cricketer of the Year Award, the Peter Smith Award, and the CWC Cricket Book of the Year Award. Tickets for the lunch on sale from Wendy Wimbush and individual members will be given preference until June 1 to order tickets for a venue which has a maximum number of 200 diners. Brit Insurance are once again providing sponsorship of the event, as part of their continued association with the club's Young Cricketer of the Year Award, and the club would like to thank both Brit and WSM (Nick Addecott and Jill Maxwell) for their valuable support. Fuller's Brewery will again be helping to provide refreshment for thirsty hacks at the 65th anniversary lunch. Dress code will be lounge suits, and tie (except for ladies, of course). A CWC side experienced an inspirational and thoroughly enjoyable match against the Cricket for Change Xl (CforC) at the Wallington Cricket Academy in Wallington on June 23 which ended when an all rounder from St Lucia struck a six off the fifth ball of the final over (off Andrew Miller) to give the home side victory by three wickets. Half the home side were disabled and are from Afghanistan, Zimbabwe and other troubled countries and one from Zimbabwe, (Ruzivo Kamuriwo) a pace bowler who has a withered arm, was bowling rather erratically when the batsman drove the ball straight back at him, smacking him in the head. He was knocked down but soon got up to keep smiling.
Put in on slow, damp pitch, CWC were 45 for 5 with Hugh Turbervill and Roshan Ayesinghe both being brilliantly caught but a late decision to promote Aussie leg break bowler Jarold Kimber (Spin) from his usual 11 to 6 transformed the innings. His Warne-style slogging brought him a half century and with Andrew scoring sixes all round the ground for his 48 we reached 195. Tea was more like lunch with a wide choice from the buffet and skipper Brian Scovell gave a cheque to Alasdair Ramsay, the organiser, for the CforC funds after a whip round. When the final 20 overs were called - we insisted on proper cricket, a declaration game - CforC were 52-1 but a Hereford FC footballer (Ryan May) finally eked a laboured half century and the man from St. Lucia with the Afro hairstyle, made up time with a succession of straight sixes over the ten foot high fences. Ralph Dellor nipped in with two wickets and the crowd were on their feet in the final overs. They want us to play next year. Should be no problem. Our other match, against the Giles Clarke ECB Xl, will be played at the Kia Oval in September (date yet to be confirmed) because the Nursery Ground has no vacancies. Early applications will be appreciated. |
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