Presentation Night & World Cup Sweepstake

This Saturday 3rd June the 1st team away at Marston Green and the 2nd team are at home. If you are having a lazy afternoon off then come over to Marston Green Cricket club and throw your support behind the first team or if you are a bit closer to home go up and have a watch of the second team.

However if you are tied up in the afternoon then please try and come up on Saturday evening for the first of the year’s presentation nights. The evening will begin at 8:30 p.m. and awards will be handed out for player of the month for all teams. The bar will be open and It is a good way for the club to come together to have a drink or two and celebrate those who have done well.

In addition to this Ashfield are holding their very own World Cup Sweepstake draw taking place on the same evening. It is open to all members and family and costs £2 to enter and could give you something else to cheer about during the world cup.

These presentation evenings will be running throughout the season at the end of every month, for future dates please see notice board at the club or here on the website.

2006 Playing Shirts

The 2006 club playing shirts will be available over next 10 days. Good news for those who have already ordered. For those who haven’t our aim is to have full playing membership wearing these shirts within the next few weeks. It projects the right image for the club, so don’t miss out get your order in. To order you can contact Ian Carey on 07836557061 or Carey91@hotmail.com or see me at the club over the weekend.

The new shirts are made by the same company that make the England cricket teams shirts and are being offered at a reduced rate of £20.00. They are of very good quality and bear sponsors logos on sleeve and chest.

Juniors sizes are available please see Angela Brown or Ian Carey.

The sun is shinning

After great efforts by the groundstaff and some members of the team, we managed to get some play in against Olton & West Warwks. After loosing the toss in a rain-reduced game with only 25 overs per side possible, we were realistically looking at best, the result being a winning draw. Faced with this position for the second match in succession, Ashfield performed very well. This is the second time in succession that we have had to bowl when opposition are chasing a low total with full wickets in hand and the second time we have managed to secure the lions share of points.

Batting first we recovered well with excellent batting given the situations from P.Jeffries and Zubair. Both handled conditions very well to provide the bulk of the runs with Mo Azam and Guy Shears making important contributions also. Ashfield fielded and bowled very well for the second game in succession and this handling of pressure and good work in the field should hopefully arguer well for the rest of the season.

The performance of Zubair Khan and Phil Jeffries with bat and ball this year have been excellent….top stuff boys keep it going.

On Monday we entertained Bronze but once again despite the efforts of groundstaff Alan Thomas/Chris Bourne the elements defeated us after 10 overs of play with Ashfield placed on 41-1.

We now turn attention to this weekend which promises to be a dry and the visit to Marston Green should result in a full days play. Which will no doubt please all sides especially our hosts who have had the misfortune to have all 5 of their games called off so far this year.
Given the promise of a prompt start time it is very important we are on time for our meet and able to prepare properly for the game on Saturday so we are focused to build on our unbeaten start this year.

Rain, Rain and more Rain

Further frustration saw us travel to Bedworth only to be called off despite a great effort from Bedworth CC to get the game played, they should be commended for their efforts in trying to get a game in. However this doesent help us, as we are yet to play in a full league game this year, Following the frustration last week where Ashfield would have been confident of taking full points from Kenilworth if a full match had been played. Hopefully next weekend with us being at Home both days will see us have the oppurtunity to get two full games in.