Cleethorpes Cricket Club are delighted to announce the signing of New Zealand International Peter Fulton as their overseas professional player for 2010
Fulton who is nicknamed " Two metre Peter " has played 10 Test matches, 41 ODI's and 11 T20s for New Zealand in an international career spanning 6 seasons.
He has amassed over 5,000 first-class runs averaging 43.63 in 79 first-class games and over 3,500 runs at 34.89 in 121 one-day games, he boasts a highest score of 301 not out for Canterbury.
The signing of Fulton confirms Cleethorpes ambitions for the upcoming season and they will no doubt hope Fulton can produce the form that New Zealand compatriot Matthew Sinclair showed at the Club several years ago.
Assuming there are no problems with the ECB endorsement and the UK Border Agency procedures then Fulton is due to arrive in Cleethorpes in time for the Cleethorpes’ opening ECB Yorkshire League fixture against Yorkshire Academy at Chichester Road on Saturday April 24th.
Cricket Chairman Paul Hewstone commented " We are absolutely delighted to have signed a player of Peter's quality. This is a major coup for Cleethorpes Cricket Club and highlights our ambitions and intentions for the 2010 season. We finished 6th in the Yorkshire League last season which was our highest position since 2004, add to that squad a player of Peter's talents and I see no reason why we shouldn't be challenging for the Yorkshire League "
The draw for the Group stages of the 2010 ECB National Club Championship have now been made. This season 8 Yorkshire ECB County Premier League clubs are involved, and they have been placed in three groups.
In Group 1, Harrogate & Scarborough have both been handed home first round draws, Harrogate will host South Shields from the North East Premier League, whilst Yorkshire League runners-up Scarborough face Blaydon, who finished runners up in the same North East league, at North Marine Road.
In Group 2 Champions York, the only club from our league to reach the National knock out stage last season, have a home draw against York & District Senior League runners-up Beverley Town.
Driffield Town face a tricky trip to Bradford League side East Bierley, who finished third in division one last season, whilst Cleethorpes welcome Nottingham Premier League side West Indian Cavaliers, who finished 4th in their league last season.
Group 3 see's a trio of South Yorkshire clubs compete, Barnsley welcome Derbyshire Premier League side Alvaston & Boulton, whilst Doncaster Town face a tricky trip to Bradford League side Hanging Heaton, who have former Yorkshire and Barnsley spinner Mark Lawson in their ranks.
Sheffield Collegiate face a trip to Huddersfield to visit Honley.
Best wishes to all our clubs involved, lets hope three can get through to this seasons National stages.
The full draw from the three groups involving Yorkshire ECB County Premier League teams HERE
The ECB fast bowling directives have changed following a two-year consultation process. The outcome is that bowlers up to under-15 level are now able to bowl longer spells and more overs in a day.
Under the new guidelines bowlers at under-16 and under-17 level are now permitted to bowl an extra over per spell, but those in the under-18 and under-19 category have had the total number of overs they can deliver per day reduced from 21 to 18.
These guidelines will come into effect for the start of the 2010 season.
The fast bowling guidelines are designed to raise awareness of the need to nurture and protect young fast bowlers through their formative years. Research has shown that fast bowlers are by far the most likely players to be missing playing and training time due to injury.
| AGE | PREVIOUS MAX OVERS PER SPELL | PREVIOUS MAX OVERS PER DAY | UPDATED MAX OVERS PER SPELL | UPDATED MAX OVERS PER DAY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 13 | 4 | 8 |
5 |
10 |
| U14, U15 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 12 |
| U16, U17 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 18 |
| U18, U19 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 18 |
For the purpose of these guidelines a fast bowler should be defined as a bowler to whom a wicket keeper in the same age group would in normal circumstances stand back to take the ball
Kevin Shine, ECB lead fast bowling coach, said: "The elite fast bowling group has been researching injury prevention, performance enhancement and workloads for the past four years.
"The new recommendations mean youngsters under the age of 15 can now bowl an additional over in a spell and two overs more in a day. These figures are over and above the original directives.
"It is clear that our young bowlers need to bowl more so that they can develop match winning abilities and habits and I look forward to the revised directives giving individual fast bowlers and teams more of a chance to play match winning cricket"
The results included input from clubs, county boards, ECB elite performance group, which includes, ESCA, ECB performance, ECB development, England elite player development, ECB operations, and HMC schools.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced the 2009 Groundsman of the Year Awards. Every pitch is rated at the end of the match by each of the umpires. The winners of each category are the groundsmen whose pitches have achieved the highest average rating across the course of the season.
Micky Stewart and Christian Dunkerley were given the runner-up award in the Outgrounds category for their work at Scarborough. They were pipped by Ross Spry at Cheltenham to first place.
Matt Merchant from Old Trafford is the winner of the four-day category with Mick Hunt of Lord’s awarded the runner-up prize. In the one-day category, the winner is Neil Godrich from Derby with the runner-up prize shared between Sean Williams of Bristol and Phil Frost of Taunton .
YORK will face WOODLANDS in the delayed Black Sheep Champions Trophy on Sunday, April 25
The match, which was held over from last season, will be played at East Bierley with a noon start. (Subject to confirmation)
This year's Black Sheep Champions Trophy has been reduced from 16 to eight teams.
The competition will now consist of the holders plus the Champions from the following leagues: Aire/Wharfe (Beckwithshaw), Bradford (Baildon), Central Yorkshire (Methley), Huddersfield (Scholes), South Yorkshire (Treeton), York Senior (Woodhouse Grange) and Yorkshire (York).
One other change means that where the holders are also champions of their league, a second team from their league will no longer be invited into the competition.
Instead, one of the champions of the eight leagues that have been removed from the competition will be invited to join the eighth spot.
That rule change could come into force in 2010 if York win the delayed 2009 final.
By reducing the number of teams in the competition the organisers hope to be able to stage their final in August each season.
The draw for this season will be made at a meeting of clubs in February.