Wellesbourne Cricket Club

22/06/2026

🏏✍️ 1st XI MATCH REPORT ✍️🏏

Wellesbourne lose to Kineton Cricket Club by 102 runs!

Wellesbourne succumbed to their fourth defeat on the bounce as Kineton defeated the home side by 102 runs.

Wellesbourne skipper, Matty Boyle, won the toss on a warm day at Loxley Road, and opted to field.
Kineton got off to a flying start, getting to 35 after the first four overs, before Reece Myatt (3-41) removed the dangerous George Wilcock for 20.
Reece then removed Kineton’s overseas player first ball, and Wellesbourne were beginning to look on top.
Kineton captain, Sam Cooper (52), joined other opener, Peter Dobson (21), and these two took the score to 63 before Myatt removed the latter, and Wellesbourne were growing in confidence.
James Cooper came in at 5 and joined his brother, and these two put on an 88-run partnership before Maynard (1-36) removed James.
Adam Lane (71*) cane in at 6, and it was he who began to take the innings away from Wellesbourne with some big hitting, finishing with 7 4s, and 4 6s.
A late wicket by Ealden, who removed Sam Cooper, bought Sunny Singh-Nijjar to the crease, and him and Lane finished the Kineton innings on 253-5.

After another great tea, Wellesbourne set about their run chase.
Things didn’t start well, as James Cooper (3-26) removed Linfield in the 4th over, and as with previous weeks, the home side were off to a bad start.
Rathod (16) joined Gary Maynard (43), and the two progressed to 31 before Rathod was clean bowled by Jordan Dunant (2-13).
Barrows (22) then joined Maynard, and the former was brilliantly caught and bowled by Dunant, and Wellesbourne’s chase was looking very unlikely.
With that wicket, captain Matty Boyle (29) and Maynard produced, what was described as “The most boring sequence of cricket shown at Loxley Road”.
Even though the pair added 63 runs, they were together for 22 overs, and the mindset was well and truly “If Kineton want the points, they’re going to have to get us out”.
With James Cooper being brought back into the attack to try some body line-esque tactics, it was a peach of a full delivery that did for Matty Boyle, with the ball nipping away and clipping the top of off-stump.
Noah Rose came and went, and in the final over, 5-balls short of carrying his bat, Maynard’s “boring innings” came to an end, and his 128-ball marathon was ended by part-time spinner and captain, Sam Cooper (1-14) with an excellent catch from Adam Lane at backward-short leg.
Wellesbourne finished on 151-6, and finished 102 runs short of their target.
An away game next week against Shipston is up next for Wellesbourne.

21/06/2026

⚽️🏆 CLUB WILL BE OPEN ON TUESDAY NIGHT FIR THE ENGLAND GAME!! 🏆⚽️

We have a junior game on beforehand, so come down early and support the Wellesbourne youngsters before cheering on the England football team!!

Bar will be open, with last orders at the final whistle!!

21/06/2026

20/06/2026

🍻🏏 COMPETITION TIME 🏏🍻

Our next instalment of is here!!

Gregory Neville Ricketts and the 1st XI host local rivals, Kineton, at home this afternoon!!

Comment below with how many wickets you think Greg will take today, and you may win yourself a free drink!!

*Draw will take place if more than one correct answer

19/06/2026

🚨🏏 TEAM SHEETS 🏏🚨

The weather is set to be hot tomorrow, and we’ve got three scorching fixtures for you!!

The 1st XI take on local rivals Kineton Cricket Club at home in a must win game, to hopefully put themselves back amongst the leading pack at the top of the Premier Division!!

The 2nd XI travel to Bidford as they look to maintain their place at the top of Division 3.

The 3rd XI travel to Henley Cricket Club to take on our historic rivals, Earlswood Cricket Club!!

Go Well Everyone!!!

19/06/2026

We’ve done it before for MND, let’s do it again 😉!

Help Grace Bend raise money to support Motor Neurone Disease Association

17/06/2026

🚨🏏🏆 COMPETITION WINNER 🏆🏏🚨

Gregory Neville Ricketts managed to sn**ch 3 wickets against Alcester on Saturday…

A lot of people guessed correctly… and after the prize draw, the winner of the TWO FREE DEINKS is…

Stuart Evans!!!

Congrats Stu!!

Your drinks will be waiting behind the bar!! 🍻🥂

16/06/2026

✍️🏏 2nd XI MATCH REPORT 🏏✍️

Wellesbourne 2nds win by 123 runs against Claverdon!

The 2nd XI travelled across to Claverdon CC this weekend, with the goal of securing a high point scoring victory to bolster their lead at the top of the division 3 table. After arriving and winning the toss, skipper Paul elected to bat first, with the goal to achieve maximum batting points from the first innings. Claverdon’s opening bowlers began well, with opener Max Giliver bowling Paul for 3, and creating two more chances from Tilak which were both put down. Tilak capitalised following his reprieve, passing 50 before eventually being dismissed for 55(62). The main highlight of Wellesbourne’s innings was a well made 80(114) by Craig Cook, last years leading run scorer for the team showcasing his class by going up and down the gears and accumulating runs all possible opportunities while recognising better bowling. Other contributions with the bat came from Harry Mason who hit a well made 33(45), and Toby Staples who finished on 23*(16), helping kick on the run rate in the final overs to finish on 235/7.

After a short tea break (with Claverdon providing a comfortable spread with a vast selection of sandwiches), Joe Collins was joined by Toby Staples to open the bowling where the pair bowled 5 overs each, restricting the run rate but without taking wickets, until Toby dismissed opener Joe Taylor for 20. The reliable Brad Maynard was brought onto bowl, with young Ollie Clewes replacing Toby at the other end. Brad bowled a tight 9 overs, claiming two big wickets at big moments to keep the momentum flowing for Bourne, finishing with figures of 2/21 from his 9. Ollie at the other end bowled an impressive 5 over spell in which he offered the Claverdon batters very little opportunity to score (figures of 0/15 from 5). From this point, Claverdon counterpunched, with number 5 bat Max Gilliver scoring a brisk 30 and taking the score to 95-3, troubling Bourne who needed to dismiss Claverdon for under 120 runs if they were going to take a much needed extra bowling point away from the game to extend their lead at the top of the table. A wise captaincy decision from Paul saw Ravi brought on from Brad’s end, who as he so often does found the break through the team needed, with Ewan then dissmissing Gilliver shortly after, assisted by a sharp catch from Ollie at long on, to leave Claverdon 99-5. Joe was brought back onto bowl and he and Ewan tore into Claverdon’s middle and lower order, taking the score from 99-5 to 112 all out in the following 5 overs, securing the 24 point victory. Joe finished the game with figures of 2/9 from his 7 overs, and Ewan with 4/33 from 7.5.

With his 4 scalps from the game, Ewan now sits top of the division 3 bowling charts with 17 wickets to his name. The 2nd XI claimed a 24 point victory, extending their lead at the top of division 3 to 13 points, as they seek a second year of promotion.

15/06/2026

✍️🏏 1st XI MATCH REPORT ✍️🏏

Alcester & Ragley Park Cricket Club beat Wellesbourne by 4 wickets.

Wellesbourne’s batting woes continued for a third week running as they only have themselves to blame after another defeat to Alcester and Ragley.

On a rare hot day, and with Wellesbourne recent batting woes fresh in the opposition’s heads, the Alcester skipper had no hesitation in asking the home side to bat first.
As with previous weeks, this proved the correct decision and Wellesbourne soon found themselves 36-4, with Barrows, Boyle, Linfield and Maynard all found themselves back in the shed early on; all playing very questionable shots.
Barnett (23) and Bahi, settled things down and took the score to 62 before Bahi chipped a full-toss straight to cover.
Barnett soon followed, and the home side were 72-6, leaving themselves with a lot of work to do to put up a competitive total.
Rose (41) and Ricketts stuck together and added another 37, before Ricketts was caught at mid-off.
A few well-needed boundaries from Rose, helped Wellesbourne finish on 148 all out.

In reply, Wellesbourne struck third ball of the innings, as Rose took a spectacular one-handed catch off the bowling of Ealden (1-35).
Runs were coming quickly, and the two Alcester batsman then took the score to 65, before Ricketts (3-22) took two wickets in an over, and the momentum started to switch to the home side.
Another solid partnership, and a controversial run-out decision that was given not-out, and it was looking like Alcester were going to cruise to their winning total.
However, as Barnett (2-24) was introduced, and 3 more wickets fell, Wellesbourne looked as if they had their tails up and were pushing for the last few wickets.
A well-needed inning of 31 not out from Turner, accompanied by Clarke at the other end saw Alcester over the line to claim victory by 4-wickets.
Another home game next weekend for the 1st XI as they host local rivals, Kineton, in a must-win game to give them some much needed momentum going into the half-way stage of the season.