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Aston Manor 1st Team
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A View From The Captain
"Following a season of consolidation following relegation from Division One of the Birmingham League, the 1st XI are looking to mount a sustained challenge for promotion this year. The winter has proved tough with the losses of key players in the form of Julius Benjamin, Shaun Liebisch and Ateeq Javed. The committee have worked hard behind the scenes in the wake of new legislation making the recruitment of new players ever more difficult. So far we are delighted to have added Chris Whittock from Aldridge CC, Imran Jamiel from Dorridge CC, Hassan Ansari from Sutton Coldfield CC and Christi Viljoen, an exciting all round cricketer from Northerns in South Africa has joined up with us for the summer. The team is now taking shape, and with a couple more potential additions, to join up with stalwarts of the 1st XI Neal Prichard and Peter Evans, it is set up to be an exciting season at Church Road.I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the great efforts of the Cricket Committee throughout the close season, and also to the continued support the General Committee has provided to take this club forward. The ground is in great shape, the best it has looked in years thanks to hard work from head groundsman Dave Betty and his team. A big thanks must also go to Tempus, our main sponsors, and Alan at the Tennis Courts Pub for their generous and greatly appreciated support.
Here's to a great summer's cricket, and look forward to our band of loyal spectators boysterous support!"
Peter Evans, 1st XI Captain
Click here to view the 1st XI fixture list.
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18/09/2009
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Manors inconsistent season came to an end with another narrow defeat against already promoted Wombourne in a low scoring game on a difficult Church Road wicket. After the loss of two very early wickets Peter Evans (26), Chris Whittock (22) and Andrew Forman (19) batted sensibly to try and get the hosts a foothold in the game against a very impressive bowling attack. However, after recovering to 83-4 Manor then lost their last 6 wickets for only 11 runs to finish on a disappointing 94 all out. Despite an early wicket from Deepak Chhabbra (1-14), the visitors appeared to be cruising to victory before some fiery bowling by Christi Viljoen (4-34) and Shozab Haider (2-27) saw them reduced to 66-7. Unfortunately a crucial catch was spilled at this stage and Wombourne were able to recover through Liam Hughes (18no) and Dale Quinney (13no) to win a tight game with 3 wickets to spare. The club are already on the lookout to strengthen the 1st XI squad for next season, but great credit must go to the youngsters who have battled through a very tough time to ensure that Aston Manor retained their status in Division Two of the Birmingham League. |
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15/07/2009
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Aston Manor opening bat 16 year old Chris Whittock has been invited by David Graveney to trial for the ECB pathway to England Under 17s at the ECB training HQ. The trial will last 2 and a half days and allow the England setup to see the top under 16s in the country perform. Out of all the U16s in the country only 60 have been invited to the development trials where all players will be tracked and monitored over the coming seasons. This is a tremendous opportunity for Chris, and further evidence that Aston Manor Cricket Club gives great opportunities to talented youngsters to progress within the game. Although this is Chris’ first season of senior cricket at Church Road, he has always had youth involvement having developed through the equally impressive youth set up at nearby Aldridge Cricket Club. Chris celebrated his inclusion with a magnificent 78 for Warwickshire U16s against Leicestershire at Lutterworth CC in a two day game. He batted very sensibly up to close of play on Monday to finish on 47 not out, pushing singles against tight spin bowling and clever field placing. However at the start of play on Tuesday coach Errol Simms gave Chris licence to thrill scoring a further 31 runs off 15 balls with some magnificent powerful stroke play before being caught on the longest boundary for 78. This fine performance earned Chris a place in the up coming two day game for the Under 17 team against Nottinghamshire. |
