Chalke Valley’s stunning new Twenty20 strip has arrived.  A subtle blend of pale and navy blue, with individual name and club number on the back, they will be a striking addition to the new-look Chalke Valley Cricket Club.

Today, the last delivery of loam was made and Ivan & Chris from Prescombe Farm laid the loam into the dug-out square.  There were a few anxieties that a) rain might put a spanner in the works, and b) that there was not quite enough Kayloam for the job.  However, all was well.  The rain [...]

Wiltshirephile Christopher Martin-Jenkins has not only given us a terrific puff with his message of support, he has also used a gloomy morning at the first test against West Indies at Lord’s to give the new ground a terrific plug on BBC Test Match Special.  Much appreciated, Christopher – thank you!

Good news: thanks to an extraordinary response from some of our friends in the Valley, we now have enough in the bank to pay for Phase I and we’re on the way to reaching the Phase II target as well. Work has nwo begun with Simon Hiscock digging out the square and the first consignments [...]

Shrewton is always a high-scoring game with that short west-side boundary and good-paced track, but it’s always a long game too, with far too many playing minutes lost as balls disappear into the trees, shrub and stream.  This is why those batting first often win the day.  So it proved in our opening T20 clash [...]

Having lost twice to Sixpenny Handley last season it was good to get off to a good start by walloping our old rivals in the opening fixture of the season.  That we did so was largely down to Captain Dingle’s SECOND consecutive hundred and Mike Hill’s sparky 63.  After posting a commanding 244 from 35 [...]