The most important day in Chalke Valley Cricket Club’s history is almost upon us.  The ground is being transformed, with marquees and tents springing up around the boundary and much hard work being carried out by a small army of dedicated committee members and helpers. I can also report that the match wicket is looking [...]

There’s been a bit of discussion about the Valley’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) and while both Geoff Bonner and Harry Hitchings remain linchpins of the side, two of our leading lights have begun to tap a rich vein of form.  After a humiliating first round exit in the Old Sarum T20 Cup at the hands [...]

Bunbury CC have announced that batting legend Graeme Hick will be playing for them on 27th June.  With a staggering 136 first class and 158 one day hundreds to his name, Hick is widely regarded as one of the best batsmen of his generation.  With 65 test matches and 120 ODIs for England, he was [...]

CVCC answered some of their collective batting demons on Sunday with a season highest 278-8 against Compton Chamberlayne.  Most of the senior batsmen spent some good time in the middle, while Geoff Bonner continued his run of form with a fluent 81.  However, despite some quick and accurate bowling from Harry Hitchings, Joe Brewer and [...]

According to three separate long-range forecasts, it’s looking very good for the weekend of the 27 June.  Metcheck forecasts that the week prior to the Grand Opening day is looking warm and settled, but then on Friday 25 June, a ridge of high pressure arrives that looks set to give us a weekend of bright [...]

Chalke Valley have decided upon a thirteen-man squad for the Grand Opening Day in just two weeks’ time.  Skipper on the day will be Anthony ‘Dingle’ Mercer, in what will be the strongest side the Valley can raise from existing Club members.  Despite the high-class standard of some of the opposition, it was agreed that [...]

What is it about Shrewton that they always seem to have a seemingly inexhaustible supply of young cricketers?  Year in, year out, they produce teams of high quality and I know that in the Seniors we always know we’re going to have a tough match on our hand. So it was a real shame that [...]

I have to be frank: it’s not been the greatest start to the season, with no re-run of last season’s triumphant run-fest.  However, as they say in sporting parlance, we always like to take positives out of every game, and while the form of some has been disappointing, the emergence of Harry Hitchings as MVP [...]

Hot off the press comes news from the Bunbury camp via David English.  It seems that Thommo and Lou Vincent are not the only half-decent cricketers to be heading to Butts Field on 27th June.  Also now confirmed are Somerset allrounder Peter Trego, known for his hard, fast hitting and skill in the T20 format, [...]

And while I’m about it, I’m sure everyone who has been up to Butts Field recently will wholeheartedly agree with me that the New Ground looks absolutely stunning.  It seems incredible that it was only a year ago since the outfield was sown, and yet now the whole place is a stunning, thriving cricket field [...]