ECB Annual Report & Accounts 2006 - Roll of Honour

Roll of Honour 

ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2006 

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PICTURES 

1 Andrew Flintoff with the Commonwealth Bank Series 

trophy after England defeated Australia in the second 

final in Sydney. 

2 Alastair Cook drives during the third Test between 

Australia and England at the WACA in Perth. 

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England Internationals 

England began 2006 by rewriting the record books. 

No England team had won a Test match in India for 

twenty one years. And when Michael Vaughan, Marcus 

Trescothick and Simon Jones were all forced to return 

home early, the odds were stacked against them. But after 

drawing the first Test in Nagpur where debutant Alastair 

Cook made a maiden Test century, and losing the second 

Test in Mohali, stand-in captain Andrew Flintoff led the 

team to a famous victory in Mumbai which squared the 

three-match series 1-1. 

The team were unable to maintain the same high 

standards in the one-day series – succumbing to a 5-1 

defeat – their only victory coming in searing 45-degree 

heat in Jamshedpur. 

Sri Lanka proved to be much tougher opposition than had 

been anticipated in the first half of the English summer. 

Poor catching allowed the tourists to escape with a 

draw in the first Test at Lord’s and although England won 

comfortably at Edgbaston, Muttiah Muralitharan spun Sri 

Lanka to victory at Trent Bridge. 

batting collapse on the final day allowed Australia to 

conjure an improbable victory and gain all-important 

momentum which saw them win the next three Test 

Matches and the series 5-0. 

When England subsequently lost five of their first six 

matches in the Commonwealth Bank Series, it was the 

cue for an orgy of ‘pommie-bashing’ in the Australian 

media. The criticism was premature. Paul Collingwood’s 

century against New Zealand in Brisbane secured England 

a place in the finals and the Durham batsman then made 

scores of 120 not out and 70 to set up back-to-back 

victories over Australia in the finals. 

It was a significant achievement for the one-day squad. 

No England team had won an ODI series abroad since the 

Sharjah Trophy in 1997. England returned home with their 

pride intact and left their hosts tasting defeat in a tri-series 

final for the first time in 14 years. 

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With captain Andrew Flintoff subsequently ruled out for 

the rest of the summer with an ankle injury, stand-in 

captain Andrew Strauss had to endure a five-nil thrashing 

at the hands of Sri Lanka in The NatWest Series. But 

there was a remarkable turn-around in the team’s form 

in the npower Test series against Pakistan. Ian Bell made 

hundreds in three consecutive Test matches, Stephen 

Harmison produced a vintage fast-bowling performance 

at Old Trafford and Monty Panesar confirmed his growing 

reputation as a spinner of genuine international class. Two 

nil up with one to play then became a three-nil series win 

after Pakistan forfeited the final Test at the Brit Oval. 

England’s one-day form continued to oscillate. Two-nil 

down in the NatWest Series against Pakistan, the team 

recovered to level the series 2-2. Flintoff returned as 

captain for the ICC Champions Trophy in India, but the 

team were eliminated at the group stage, winning only one 

match against West Indies. 


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Worse was to follow in the Ashes Series in Australia. 

Comprehensively beaten in the first Test at Brisbane, 

England were the better team for the first four days in the 

second Test at Adelaide where Hoggard bowled superbly 

and Paul Collingwood made the first double hundred by 

an Englishman ‘down under’ for 70 years. But a disastrous

PICTURES 

3 Paul Collingwood sits on the pavilion step named in 

honour of his double century against Australia at the 

Adelaide Oval in the second Ashes Test. 

4 Ian Bell celebrates his century during the second 

npower Test Match between England and Pakistan 

at Old Trafford. 

5 England have a victory huddle after winning the third 

Test against India in Mumbai. 

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England A 

The England A squad, captained by Vikram Solanki, toured 

the West Indies in February and March 2006, for two Tests 

and five one-day internationals. The tour offered players the 

opportunity to hone their skills in competitive cricket over 

the winter and subsequently many went on to represent 

England at full international level later in the year, while James 

Anderson, Alastair Cook and Owais Shah left during the tour 

to join the England team in India and were replaced by Stuart 

Broad, Luke Wright, Ravi Bopara and Steven Davies. 

England U19 

The England U19 squad reached the semi-finals of the sixth 

U19 World Cup held in Sri Lanka in early 2006, only to lose 

to India, a team widely regarded as one of the strongest 

in the competition. After chalking up three wins (Nepal 

and Ireland) and one loss (Zimbabwe) in the group stages, 

England U19 accounted for Bangladesh in the quarter-finals 

but was overwhelmed by India, the eventual runners up. 

India U19 also proved too strong when they visited 

England for a Test and ODI series over the 2006 summer. 

Led by Essex opening batsman Varun Chopra, England 

U19 drew two Test matches with India but failed to register 

a win in the three ODIs played. 

The England A team and the U19 squad continues to be an 

important part of the ECB’s cricket development programme 

and the large number of players from recent U19 teams who 

have gone on to represent England A, and then selected 

for the England Test and ODI squads, is testament to the 

success of the programme in nurturing the best young 

cricketing talent throughout England and Wales. 

ENGLAND INTERNATIONALS 

India v England 

3 Tests Drew 1-1 

India v England 

7 ODIs India won 5-1 

npower Test Series 

England v Sri Lanka – 3 Tests Drew 1-1 

NatWest Series 

England v Sri Lanka -5 ODIs 

Sri Lanka won 5-0 

NatWest International Twenty20 

England v Sri Lanka Sri Lanka won 

npower Test Series 

England v Pakistan - 4 Tests 

England won 3-0 

NatWest International Twenty20 

England v Pakistan 

Pakistan won 

NatWest Series 

England v Pakistan - 5 ODIs Drew 2-2 

3 Mobile Ashes Series 

Australia v England – 5 Tests 

Australia won 5-0 

CB Tri-Series 

Australia, N. Zealand & England 

England won finals 2-0 v Australia 

England A 

West Indies A v England A 

2 Test Series West Indies A won 1-0 

West Indies A v England A 

5 Match ODI Series West Indies A won 3-2 

England Under 19 

U19 World Cup 

England Semi-Finalists 

U19 Test Series 

England v India - 3 Tests India won 1-0 

Under 19 One-Day Series 

England v India - 3 ODIs India won 3-0 


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PICTURES 

1 Rosalie Birch batting for Super 

4s victors, the Sapphires, 

in 2006. Sarah Taylor keeps 

wicket. 

2 Charlotte Edwards, captain 

of Kent Women’s county 

team, receives the Liverpool 

Victoria Women’s County 

Championship. 

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Women’s Cricket Review 2006 

Women’s cricket enjoyed a fruitful 2006 with England 

completing a comprehensive 4-0 victory over India at home 

in the NatWest Women’s Series. Unfortunately the npower 

Test series was narrowly lost 1-0. There were various 

notable events throughout the year: Taunton became the 

official home of Women’s cricket; Clare Connor, England’s 

captain of six years, retired from international cricket; Claire 

Taylor broke Viv Richards’ record for the highest score at 

Lord’s in a one-day game, amassing 156 not out in the first 

NatWest ODI against India. 

The England Development XI had another successful 

season, winning the European Championship in Holland 

for the fourth consecutive year and remaining unbeaten 

since 2001. 

Super 4s was rebranded for 2006, with new Admiral 

sponsored kit and new names, using precious stones: 

Rubies, Emeralds, Sapphires and Diamonds. The 

standard of cricket played was better than ever, with 

six hundred runs being scored in one game alone. 

Notable performances came from new England captain, 

Charlotte Edwards, who smashed a record score of 199 

not out, while Gill Richards took her first hat-trick in the 

competition. Eventually, the Sapphires took their second 

title, led by England opener, Laura Newton. 

In county cricket, Kent were crowned Liverpool Victoria 

County Champions for the first time, ending Sussex’s 

three-year reign. They were led from the front by Charlotte 

Edwards, and enjoyed a reception at Buckingham 

Palace with the Duke of Edinburgh, in recognition of their 

achievement. Nottinghamshire won Division Two and as 

a result were promoted to Division One for the first time in 

their history, while Surrey gained promotion to Division Two. 

Kent were also successful in all age-group cricket, 

competing in all the finals and winning both the U13 and U15 

competitions, while losing out to Yorkshire in the U17 final. 

Club cricket continued to grow throughout the country, 

and Reading Ridgeway were crowned National Premier 

League champions after a final at Taunton against 

Midlands team Thrumpton. 

Junior cricket goes from strength to strength with the Lady 

Taverner’s competition a real success. Pannal CC from 

Yorkshire won the U13 competition while Harold Wood CC 

were victorious in the U15 tournament. 

Women’s Internationals 

npower Women’s Test Series 

England v India - 2 Tests India won 1-0 

NatWest Women’s Series 

England v India - 5 ODIs England won 4-0 

Quadrangular Series (India) 

Australia, New Zealand, England, India 

England 3rd place 

England U21 

2006 European Championships Winners 

Women’s Domestic 

Liverpool Victoria Women’s 

County Champions 

Super 4s 

Kent 

Sapphires 

Women’s National Premier League 

Reading Ridgeway 

Women’s National Premier League T20 

Invicta 

Women’s National Development 

Knock-Out Cup 

City of Leeds 

Women’s County Challenge Cup 

Warwickshire 

Women’s Under 17 County League 

Yorkshire 



Kent 

Kent 

Women’s Under 15 Indoor Schools 

Championship Worcester Whirls CC (Worcs) 

Women’s Under 13 Indoor Schools 

Championship The Mote CC (Kent) 

Lady Taverners Under 15 Girls Club 

Competition Harold Wood CC (Essex) 

Lady Taverners Under 13 Girls 

Club Competition Pannal CC (Yorkshire)

PICTURES 

3 Darren Maddy of Leicestershire avoids 

being run-out by Graeme Swann of 

Nottinghamshire during the 2006 Twenty20 

Cup Final. 

4 Essex Eagles team celebrate winning the 

First Division of the inaugural Natwest Pro40. 

5 Mushtaq Ahmed of Sussex celebrates with 

Richard Montgomerie after dismissing Glen 

Chapple of Lancashire during the C&G 

Trophy final between Lancashire and Sussex 

at Lords. 

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Domestic Season Review 2006 

The sea-siders of Sussex dominated domestic 

competition in 2006, bringing the C&G Trophy and 

Liverpool Victoria County Championship double back 

to Hove for the first time. 

Ravinder Bopara proved a key all-rounder for Essex as 

Northamptonshire Steelbacks pushed their southern 

rivals hard for the title and Monty Panesar finished with his 

county’s best bowling figures. 

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In the C&G Trophy, Sussex pipped a resurgent Middlesex 

one-day side to head up the South Division and reach their 

first Lord’s final since 1993. They took on Lancashire who 

had seen off closest rivals, Durham, in the North Division. 

A low-scoring affair saw all-rounders Yasir Arafat (35) and 

Dominic Cork (37) top score with the bat, but it was the 

five-wicket haul of James Kirtley which swung the game 

Sussex’s way. Despite Sajid Mahmood’s miserly 3-16 

from 8.1 overs, Sussex secured a 15 run win and the 

Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy moved across the border 

from Hampshire. For the second time, Mushtaq Ahmed 

took over 100 wickets in the season, having achieved the 

feat with Sussex in 2003. 

Lancashire finished runners-up in the Liverpool Victoria 

Championship too, as Sussex completed the double with 

a 20 point win over their nearest competitors losing just 

two matches in the campaign. Middlesex, Durham and 

Nottinghamshire all dropped from Division One and Mark 

Ramprakash scored a staggering 2211 runs at an average 

of over 100 to help Surrey top Division Two. 

Worcestershire and Essex were also promoted. 

Sussex also celebrated their retention of inspirational 

captain, Chris Adams, to lead their 2007 campaigns. 

As the weather warmed, the fast and furious mid-summer 

madness of the Twenty20 Cup saw a Finals Day feast 

at Trent Bridge. Defiant Leicestershire Foxes stole the 

coveted Cup for the second time in three years beating 

first Essex Eagles and then Nottinghamshire Foxes on 12th 

August. The Finale saw a second wicket Leicestershire 

stand of 133 including Darren Maddy’s ferocious 86 from 

61 balls, assisted by Allenby’s 64 from 41, and meant the 

Outlaws chased in vain falling just four runs short. Nott’s 

Captain Stephen Fleming was making good progress 

before a Snape delivery dismissed him on 53, and then 

two run outs in the middle order sealed the Foxes win. 

Late summer and flood-lit evenings witnessed Essex 

Eagles secure cricket’s newest prize, the NatWest Pro40 

which introduced cricket’s first-ever play-off. Alastair Cook 

averaged a remarkable 141.3 in the competition and Darren 

Gough headed the bowling table with an average of 9.57. 

DOMESTIC – FIRST CLASS 

Liverpool Victoria County Championship 

Division One 

Sussex 

Liverpool Victoria County Championship 

Division Two 

Surrey 

NatWest Pro40 League Division One 

Essex Eagles 

NatWest Pro40 League Division Two 

Gloucestershire Gladiators 

Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy Sussex 

Twenty20 Cup Leicestershire Foxes 

Second XI County Championship Kent 

Second XI Trophy (One-Day competition) 

Warwickshire 


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PICTURES 

1 South Northumberland CC celebrate winning 

the Cockspur Cup Final 2006 after beating 

Bromley CC at Lord’s. 

2 Action from the MCC Spirit of Cricket Under 

13 National Club Championship. 

3 Action from the the Portman Under 15 

National Finals at Bournemouth Cricket Club. 

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Recreational Game: Review 2006 

2006 saw unprecedented levels of participation in national 

senior and junior competitions with a noticeable rise 

in standards and competitiveness, reflecting improved 

coaching and club support. Of the 38 County Boards and 

the Isle of Wight, 13 different counties were represented in 

the finals of the U13, U14 and U15 competitions showing 

that this is a country-wide trend. 

The Cockspur Cup welcomed 355 clubs in 2006, an 

increase of 30 teams on 2005. The competition followed 

a traditional format with clubs split into 16 geographical 

groups. The final was contested by South Northumberland 

and Bromley at Lord’s on September 4th. South 

Northumberland’s Stephen Humble was Man of the Match 

hitting a rapid 30 not out and taking three wickets as 

Bromley were swept aside. 

The Portman Building Society’s U15 National Club 

Championship for 2006 also attracted another record 

entry with 1659 teams taking part, an increase of 34. 

Forty county winners progress to a national knock-out 

competition, regional finals and then a national finals 

day. An historic moment for the competition saw two 

girls in teams playing in the York Regional Final. The title 

went to Parley CC who took local bragging rights from 

Bournemouth as they followed their Dorset neighbours 

in winning the championships by beating Sileby Town by 

20 runs in the final. 

The 2006 MCC ‘Spirit of Cricket’ National Club 

Championship attracted an entry of 1696 teams, an 

increase of 174 on the previous year with the Finals at 

Oakham School from 8th-11th August. Winners from the 

39 County Boards, including the Isle of Wight, and from 

Scotland progressed to the National Stages, with 8 teams 

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PICTURES 

4 Under 13s do it properly. 

5 Action from the ECB Indoor Six-a-Side 

Club Championship. 

6 Essex Under 15s celebrate taking a wicket. 

7 ECB Under 17 County Champions Yorkshire. 

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reaching the Finals Week of 20 over matches played on 

a round robin basis. Harrow St Mary took the Title with a 

clear 20 point lead from Wanstead & Snaresbrook. 

The National Indoor Finals saw 31 teams who each 

won their county tournaments whittled down to a 

final four, via regional finals, at Lord’s on Sunday 12th 

March. The Final four were locals Hampstead CC, 

Felixstowe CC, BAT Sports CC and Longton CC, with BAT 

Sports taking the title. 

The U17 County Championship in 2006 saw the winners of 

Division 1 North (Yorkshire) beat the winners of Division 1 

South (Sussex) by 124 runs at Headingley Carnegie. 

The finals of the U15 County Championship at Oundle 

School saw Essex run out champions, defeating Yorkshire 

along the way. This followed straight on from the two day 

Festival for the U14 County Cup which saw Wales take the 

cup with Northamptonshire the runners-up. 

The U15 Cup Finals Festival produced some excellent 

cricket with Surrey disposing of Lancashire with some ease 

in the final. 

The ECB U13 County Cup was also held at Oundle 

School in August. Both semi-finals extremely close affairs 

but Staffordshire defeated Essex to meet Yorkshire, who 

overcame Somerset, in the final. The final was another 

closely-fought contest with Staffordshire coming out on top 

by a margin of 10 runs. 

DOMESTIC - RECREATIONAL 

Minor Counties Championship 

MCCA Knock-Out Trophy 

Devon 

Northumberland 

Cockspur Cup 

South Northumberland (Northumberland) 

50+ County Championship Yorkshire 

ECB Indoor Six-a-Side Club Championship 

BAT Sports (Hampshire) 

ECB Under 17 County Championship 

Yorkshire 

ECB Under 15 County Championship Essex 

ECB Under 15 County Cup 



Surrey 

Wales 

Staffordshire 

Portman Building Society National Under 15 

Club Championship Parley (Dorset) 

MCC Spirit of Cricket Under 13 

National Club Championship 

Harrow St. Mary’s (Middlesex) 

The Lord’s Taverners’ Cricket Colts Trophy 

for Schools 

Eton College 

Bunbury Festival – Under 15s South Region 

npower Village Cup 

Houghton Main (Yorkshire) 


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PICTURES 

1 Somerset, winners of the Incrediball 

Championship. 

2 Pete Ackerley, ECB’s Head of Development, 

presents the Incredi-Ball Championship trophy. 

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DISABILITIES CRICKET Review 2006 

The past 12 months have seen successful advances in 

the development of cricket for people with disabilities. The 

ECB Disability Management Committee is re-structuring 

the management of the game to reflect the new regional 

structure for cricket. As a result a full programme of 

local and regional club cricket leagues and knock-out 

competitions for each impairment group have taken place 

for Blind, Deaf, Physical Disabilities and Learning Difficulties. 

In June 2007 England will host the ECB Tri-Nations 

Tournament for cricketers with Learning Difficulties against 

South Africa and Australia. Matches will be played at the 

Hampshire Rose Bowl, Lords, Hove and Arundel. In August 

2007, the Indian Blind team visit England for a series. 

Matches will take place at Worcester New Road. The 

England Deaf team is preparing for an Ashes series in 2008. 

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The Coaching and Coach Education strategy for Cricketers 

with Disabilities will seek to increase the number of qualified 

coaches who have the additional skills to coach people 

with visual hearing, physical or learning disabilities. This will 

be supported by coaching aids in cd rom, video and audio 

format for each disability area. 

In 2006 the County Championship for physical and 

learning difficulties was split between a Hardball 

championship and an Incrediball championship. The 

Isle of Wight won the Hardball championship defeating 

Lancashire, while Somerset won the Incrediball 

championship final against Shropshire. 

The Blind Cricket World Cup was held in Islamabad in 

December 2006 with eight countries competing initially in 

a round-robin format leading to the semi-finals and final. 

England lost to India by five wickets at the semi-final stage 

but finished third because they had beaten the other losing 

semi-finalists, Australia, in the group stage. 


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Three of the team received individual awards at the closing 

ceremony. 18-year-old wicket-keeper Dan Field, who had 

won just four caps before the World Cup, won the award 

for best wicket-keeper at the tournament. Totally blind 

player Nathan Foy won best fielder at the competition 

while England captain and the most capped player in 

international blind cricket history, Heindrich Swanepoel, 

claimed best runner between the wickets. 

England’s Deaf team were due to take on Pakistan in two 

Test matches, three one-day internationals and a Charity 

20/20 spectacular in August 2006, but poor weather 

disrupted the schedule. England shared the spoils with 

Pakistan in the first Test at Gidea Park, Romford. The first 

one-day international was won by the tourists, but England 

claimed a 51-run victory over their Pakistan counterparts 

in a swiftly arranged Twenty20 friendly at Sittingbourne 

after heavy overnight rain had led to the cancellation of the 

second one-day international. 

International Disabilities Cricket 

England Deaf Cricket Team 

Test Series v Pakistan Drew 0-0 

ODI Series v Pakistan Drew 1-1 

England Blind Cricket Team 

World Cup 

England Learning Disabilities Team 

No international fixtures for 2006 

Disabilities – domestic 

British Hard Ball Disabilities 

County Championship 

British Incredi-Ball Disabilities 

County Championship 

Semi-Finalists 

Isle of Wight 

Somerset

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