Winshill Cricket Club

15/06/2026

Match Report: Winshill 2nds vs Chellaston 3rds

Drama, A Great Recovery, and a Run-Chase for the Ages

Major 2nd team announcement incoming.

Chellaston 3rd XI pulled off a thrilling 3-wicket victory over Winshill 2nd XI, chasing down 251 with more than five overs to spare after a rollercoaster afternoon at Mill Hill Lane.

After being inserted, Winshill posted a formidable 250 all out from their 40 overs. A magnificent century from Dale Winson (102) eagerly assisted in an over one-hundred-run stand with skipper Lee Gunton (36). A brisk 51 from Mohammed Shafiq gave the innings real substance, while Subhaan Hussain (3-46) and Zayn Malooq (2-33) were the pick of the Chellaston bowlers.

In reply, Chellaston's chase got off to the sort of start usually associated with fire drills and technical difficulties.

At 20-3, the game looked firmly in Winshill's grasp.
Then came Danyal Khan.
Smashing 74 from just 46 balls, Danyal launched a counterattack that dragged Chellaston right back into the contest. Six fours, five sixes, and a strike rate north of 160 ensured the scoreboard moved at alarming speed.

It was an innings filled with high drama. Winshill thought they had their man on more than one occasion, with a particularly huge, passionate appeal for a caught-behind echoing across the ground. It was one of those agonizing, razor-thin moments that can turn a match on its head. To the visible frustration of the fielding side, the appeal was turned down, leaving the game balanced on a knife-edge.

Once granted that crucial extra life, Danyal accepted it gratefully, continuing to punish the bowling and swinging the momentum heavily back to the visitors. Winshill's players spent the next few overs trying to reset their focus after the close call, knowing how vital that breakthrough would have been.

Eventually, Danyal departed for a brilliant 74, caught by Abbas Sharukh in the deep off Rashid Pervaiz Khan, but the damage was already done.

Zayn Malooq (72*) and Yasir Mehmood (66*) ensured the platform didn't go to waste, steering the visitors home in 34.5 overs and completing a remarkable recovery from 20-3 to 251-7.

The scorebook will record a superb chase, an entertaining game, and a hard-fought Chellaston victory to wrap up a classic afternoon of local cricket. However the Winshill boys will long remember what could have been........

P.S Alfie hair watch - He's had a haircut, but we are not sure which one. Picture attached.

14/06/2026

1sts match report vs Dunstall 2nds

Isn’t June supposed to be hot? Could only describe yesterday as good kite 🪁 flying weather over at Deer Park.

Clarke winning the toss and asking the home team to bat.

Things started off well and not so well. Restricting the home team 35/3 in the first 10.
Duggins (3-20) the main menace blowing away the top order.

Chambers the Dunstall captain played a captains innings. With help from a couple of dropped catches got himself to 70*. With a few l***y blows from the tail got Dunstall to score of 180/7. Which was probably 30 or 40 more we’d have liked to be chasing.

Clarke had an inspired idea to open the batting. Unfortunately the umpire didn’t like his idea and sent him packing ☝🏻

Tariq and Kamal followed quickly after leaving us a similar position at 31-3.

West and Moore a partnership used to a drama. Stopped the rot for a while. But couldn’t get away the nagging nuisance line of Nelson.

With a bit of pace coming back West blasted it back to mid off.

Johnson and Moore ran well with intent, putting on 43 before Johnson snicked off when just looking set.

Moore (39) watched from the other end as the last remaining hope of Rizwan and Smith came and went.

Now it was down to squeezing out batting points which we managed to scrape 2 before being all out for 130.

Nearly half way through the season and we’ve already won more than last year.

This week was a loss next week might be different.

We need to get to “Any way the wind blows, doesn’t really matter to me”

Highlights

Westy getting lost, finding the ground 😂

13/06/2026

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10/06/2026

08/06/2026

Match Report: Winshill CC vs Rolleston – The Day Nevan Finally Caught Something

Rolleston arrived at Mill Hill Lane to Play Winshill's Sunday side with stand-in skipper Imran Ahmed at the helm, tasked with the impossible: wrangling a squad prone to theatrics, near-misses, and occasionally, cricket.

Rolleston batted first and managed to post 146. There were some solid contributions from Anton Williams and James Fern (a pair of batsmen who clearly enjoy making Winshill fielders sweat). Winshill’s bowlers, led by Nevan Skene-Baker, kept chipping away. Nevan claimed 3 wickets, Jack Smith grabbed 2, Jack Stokes-Barrett 2, and Imran Ahmed added 2 himself. But the true headline came not from the wicket tally…

Nevan Skene-Baker finally took a catch.

Yes, you read that correctly. An actual, confirmed catch. The kind that will go down in Winshills folklore, with teammates reportedly verifying it on video and questioning the laws of physics. The collective disbelief in the field was palpable. For the last couple of years, stories of dropped catches haunted him—but not today. Today, Nevan caught one.

Winshill replied with 135 all out in 38 overs. Imran Ahmed led the fight with a courageous 58 from 64 balls, batting with the kind of determination only a captain on a mission can muster. Nevan added an unbeaten 20, proving he can both catch and stay at the crease for once. Sadly, the rest of the batting order seemed to have left their cricketing brains in the changing rooms. Will Simpson, Jack Stokes-Barrett, and others made cameo appearances at the crease, but none could quite convert.

Despite some valiant bowling and fielding efforts, Winshill fell short by 11 runs. A narrow defeat, but peppered with moments of glory and historic firsts.

Key Takeaways
Imran Ahmed – 58 runs and 2 wickets: leadership on display.

Nevan Skene-Baker – 3 wickets and a league catch recorded in history.

Winshill came close, but Rolleston just had enough to scrape past.

In the end, the scoreboard may have read defeat, but the true victory was psychological: Nevan caught a ball. That’s all the team needs to talk about for the next fortnight.

07/06/2026

Winshill vs Lullington Div 3s report

Just so you know when the weather is a bit mixed it’s terrible for a club cricketer. On arrival to the ground everyone is a Michael Fish or John Kettley . Not to be mistaken for Jon Kettle who is a former 80’s player not weatherman.

Keen skipper for the day Jake Smith tossed and lost. Everyone looked to the skies for different reasons as we were batting. Things got off to a bad start. Tricky conditions saw us 26-3, with West the first to go.

Tariq, yorked by young Freeman (4-27). Last of the 3 was Kamal, after blasting 3 boundaries went for a 4th which chipped up to cover.

Ed Moore and Steve Watson started the rebuild. Putting on 76. Ed and Steve ran together in training for Ed’s marathon so you’d have thought a run out wouldn’t have been the way this partnership broke. But that’s what happened. Watson out for 34. Ed went more or less straight after chipping to long on (26).

Another rebuild was needed. Smith and Johnson took this on. Clattering anything loose to the hedges. Jimmy bringing up his 50 in 30 odd balls.
Before being bowled for 57.

Rizwan with license to launch smacked 19 in 9 balls. Smith bowled (34) also on the attack. Finishing the innings 222-7

After the break, Johnson and Tariq opened the attack.

Tariq trapping James Watson infront for the first Lullington wicket to fall.

The next bowling change removed any chance of Lullington knocking them off. With Ashfaq 4/20 off his 10 overs. With Winfield at the other end 1/15 off his 10. Pretty much stopped the chase.

An injured Tyers, (32) needed a runner which caused confusion was bowled by Kamal (3-48)

With number 11 Peach (24*) got the score to 163-9 before the game finished.

Highlights

Watsons drop at point
Winfields back peddling catch
The rain not coming ☔️

07/06/2026

Rosehill CC 2nd XI vs Winshill CC 2nd XI

Winshill travelled to Rosehill on Saturday hoping to build on recent performances. What followed was an entertaining afternoon of cricket, featuring some excellent batting, some excellent bowling, and a fielding display that will be used in coaching courses under the chapter entitled "What Not To Do."

Having won the toss (again 7 out of 8 ) and elected to field, Winshill started brightly enough. Unfortunately, we then embarked on a generous community outreach programme, handing out extra lives to Rosehill batters at every available opportunity.

Uday Maladi was the main beneficiary of Winshill's charitable work. After being offered more chances than a contestant on a TV talent show, he eventually made 83. Darrel Hemstalk chipped in with 41, before Balaji Rangaraj decided enough was enough and launched a late assault, smashing 64 from just 37 balls.

To be fair to the bowlers, they created plenty of opportunities. The fielders simply felt that catching the ball would be an unnecessarily harsh way to end a batter's innings. Several catches were dropped, and at least one seemed to be treated as a live gr***de. By the end, Rosehill had amassed 253-8 from their 40 overs.

The standout performer with the ball was Imran Ahmed, whose figures of 6-37 deserved considerably better support. Every time he bowled a good ball, induced a mish*t or beat the bat, another Winshill fielder would step forward to demonstrate a creative new method of not taking a catch or a new way to not stop a ball.

Chasing 254 was always going to require a strong start, and disaster struck. The ever reliable Dale leaving the field without bothering the scorers proving he is in fact human and not an Ai generated bot. That brought in the captain off the back of a couple of low scores. Zeeshan struck 61 and Lee compiled 78, putting Winshill firmly in the hunt. Abbas Sharukh added a valuable 38 and, at 159-3, thoughts briefly turned to a famous run chase.

Sadly, cricket matches are not won by thoughts.

As wickets began to fall, the required rate crept upwards and the innings gradually lost momentum. Despite several useful contributions, Winshill closed on 221-8 from their 40 overs, falling 32 runs short.

The scorebook will show a respectable losing draw but feels like one we should have won. Those present, will know that somewhere between 30 and 50 runs were left out on the field, dropped, spilled, shelled or otherwise gift-wrapped for Rosehill's grateful batters.

Special mention goes to Imran Ahmed for his six wickets, Lee Gunton for his classy 78, and the catching unit for proving that cricket is, in fact, much harder when you insist on letting the ball hit the ground first.

Training this week will reportedly consist of catching practice, catching practice, more catching practice, and then a short refresher session on catching practice.

Onto next week.

PS Alfie hair watch - Still hasn't been cut.

06/06/2026

https://www.youtube.com/live/hh1O9jH1DDQ?si=cU3ptG-3btzgmRVR

And its live!

Winshill 1st xl cc Vrs Lullington park cc

04/06/2026

This weeks home fixture.

03/06/2026

Quick blast from the past. Jonesy made the paper.

The duck 🦆 was back out for Nige.