ECB Annual Report & Accounts 2006 - Roll of Honour
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<strong>Roll</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Honour</strong><br />
ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS <strong>2006</strong><br />
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PICTURES<br />
1 Andrew Flint<strong>of</strong>f with the Commonwealth Bank Series<br />
trophy after England defeated Australia in the second<br />
final in Sydney.<br />
2 Alastair Cook drives during the third Test between<br />
Australia and England at the WACA in Perth.<br />
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England Internationals<br />
England began <strong>2006</strong> by rewriting the record books.<br />
No England team had won a Test match in India for<br />
twenty one years. And when Michael Vaughan, Marcus<br />
Trescothick and Simon Jones were all forced to return<br />
home early, the odds were stacked against them. But after<br />
drawing the first Test in Nagpur where debutant Alastair<br />
Cook made a maiden Test century, and losing the second<br />
Test in Mohali, stand-in captain Andrew Flint<strong>of</strong>f led the<br />
team to a famous victory in Mumbai which squared the<br />
three-match series 1-1.<br />
The team were unable to maintain the same high<br />
standards in the one-day series – succumbing to a 5-1<br />
defeat – their only victory coming in searing 45-degree<br />
heat in Jamshedpur.<br />
Sri Lanka proved to be much tougher opposition than had<br />
been anticipated in the first half <strong>of</strong> the English summer.<br />
Poor catching allowed the tourists to escape with a<br />
draw in the first Test at Lord’s and although England won<br />
comfortably at Edgbaston, Muttiah Muralitharan spun Sri<br />
Lanka to victory at Trent Bridge.<br />
batting collapse on the final day allowed Australia to<br />
conjure an improbable victory and gain all-important<br />
momentum which saw them win the next three Test<br />
Matches and the series 5-0.<br />
When England subsequently lost five <strong>of</strong> their first six<br />
matches in the Commonwealth Bank Series, it was the<br />
cue for an orgy <strong>of</strong> ‘pommie-bashing’ in the Australian<br />
media. The criticism was premature. Paul Collingwood’s<br />
century against New Zealand in Brisbane secured England<br />
a place in the finals and the Durham batsman then made<br />
scores <strong>of</strong> 120 not out and 70 to set up back-to-back<br />
victories over Australia in the finals.<br />
It was a significant achievement for the one-day squad.<br />
No England team had won an ODI series abroad since the<br />
Sharjah Trophy in 1997. England returned home with their<br />
pride intact and left their hosts tasting defeat in a tri-series<br />
final for the first time in 14 years.<br />
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With captain Andrew Flint<strong>of</strong>f subsequently ruled out for<br />
the rest <strong>of</strong> the summer with an ankle injury, stand-in<br />
captain Andrew Strauss had to endure a five-nil thrashing<br />
at the hands <strong>of</strong> Sri Lanka in The NatWest Series. But<br />
there was a remarkable turn-around in the team’s form<br />
in the npower Test series against Pakistan. Ian Bell made<br />
hundreds in three consecutive Test matches, Stephen<br />
Harmison produced a vintage fast-bowling performance<br />
at Old Trafford and Monty Panesar confirmed his growing<br />
reputation as a spinner <strong>of</strong> genuine international class. Two<br />
nil up with one to play then became a three-nil series win<br />
after Pakistan forfeited the final Test at the Brit Oval.<br />
England’s one-day form continued to oscillate. Two-nil<br />
down in the NatWest Series against Pakistan, the team<br />
recovered to level the series 2-2. Flint<strong>of</strong>f returned as<br />
captain for the ICC Champions Trophy in India, but the<br />
team were eliminated at the group stage, winning only one<br />
match against West Indies.<br />
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Worse was to follow in the Ashes Series in Australia.<br />
Comprehensively beaten in the first Test at Brisbane,<br />
England were the better team for the first four days in the<br />
second Test at Adelaide where Hoggard bowled superbly<br />
and Paul Collingwood made the first double hundred by<br />
an Englishman ‘down under’ for 70 years. But a disastrous
PICTURES<br />
3 Paul Collingwood sits on the pavilion step named in<br />
honour <strong>of</strong> his double century against Australia at the<br />
Adelaide Oval in the second Ashes Test.<br />
4 Ian Bell celebrates his century during the second<br />
npower Test Match between England and Pakistan<br />
at Old Trafford.<br />
5 England have a victory huddle after winning the third<br />
Test against India in Mumbai.<br />
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England A<br />
The England A squad, captained by Vikram Solanki, toured<br />
the West Indies in February and March <strong>2006</strong>, for two Tests<br />
and five one-day internationals. The tour <strong>of</strong>fered players the<br />
opportunity to hone their skills in competitive cricket over<br />
the winter and subsequently many went on to represent<br />
England at full international level later in the year, while James<br />
Anderson, Alastair Cook and Owais Shah left during the tour<br />
to join the England team in India and were replaced by Stuart<br />
Broad, Luke Wright, Ravi Bopara and Steven Davies.<br />
England U19<br />
The England U19 squad reached the semi-finals <strong>of</strong> the sixth<br />
U19 World Cup held in Sri Lanka in early <strong>2006</strong>, only to lose<br />
to India, a team widely regarded as one <strong>of</strong> the strongest<br />
in the competition. After chalking up three wins (Nepal<br />
and Ireland) and one loss (Zimbabwe) in the group stages,<br />
England U19 accounted for Bangladesh in the quarter-finals<br />
but was overwhelmed by India, the eventual runners up.<br />
India U19 also proved too strong when they visited<br />
England for a Test and ODI series over the <strong>2006</strong> summer.<br />
Led by Essex opening batsman Varun Chopra, England<br />
U19 drew two Test matches with India but failed to register<br />
a win in the three ODIs played.<br />
The England A team and the U19 squad continues to be an<br />
important part <strong>of</strong> the <strong>ECB</strong>’s cricket development programme<br />
and the large number <strong>of</strong> players from recent U19 teams who<br />
have gone on to represent England A, and then selected<br />
for the England Test and ODI squads, is testament to the<br />
success <strong>of</strong> the programme in nurturing the best young<br />
cricketing talent throughout England and Wales.<br />
ENGLAND INTERNATIONALS<br />
India v England<br />
3 Tests Drew 1-1<br />
India v England<br />
7 ODIs India won 5-1<br />
npower Test Series<br />
England v Sri Lanka – 3 Tests Drew 1-1<br />
NatWest Series<br />
England v Sri Lanka -5 ODIs<br />
Sri Lanka won 5-0<br />
NatWest International Twenty20<br />
England v Sri Lanka Sri Lanka won<br />
npower Test Series<br />
England v Pakistan - 4 Tests<br />
England won 3-0<br />
NatWest International Twenty20<br />
England v Pakistan<br />
Pakistan won<br />
NatWest Series<br />
England v Pakistan - 5 ODIs Drew 2-2<br />
3 Mobile Ashes Series<br />
Australia v England – 5 Tests<br />
Australia won 5-0<br />
CB Tri-Series<br />
Australia, N. Zealand & England<br />
England won finals 2-0 v Australia<br />
England A<br />
West Indies A v England A<br />
2 Test Series West Indies A won 1-0<br />
West Indies A v England A<br />
5 Match ODI Series West Indies A won 3-2<br />
England Under 19<br />
U19 World Cup<br />
England Semi-Finalists<br />
U19 Test Series<br />
England v India - 3 Tests India won 1-0<br />
Under 19 One-Day Series<br />
England v India - 3 ODIs India won 3-0<br />
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PICTURES<br />
1 Rosalie Birch batting for Super<br />
4s victors, the Sapphires,<br />
in <strong>2006</strong>. Sarah Taylor keeps<br />
wicket.<br />
2 Charlotte Edwards, captain<br />
<strong>of</strong> Kent Women’s county<br />
team, receives the Liverpool<br />
Victoria Women’s County<br />
Championship.<br />
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Women’s Cricket Review <strong>2006</strong><br />
Women’s cricket enjoyed a fruitful <strong>2006</strong> with England<br />
completing a comprehensive 4-0 victory over India at home<br />
in the NatWest Women’s Series. Unfortunately the npower<br />
Test series was narrowly lost 1-0. There were various<br />
notable events throughout the year: Taunton became the<br />
<strong>of</strong>ficial home <strong>of</strong> Women’s cricket; Clare Connor, England’s<br />
captain <strong>of</strong> six years, retired from international cricket; Claire<br />
Taylor broke Viv Richards’ record for the highest score at<br />
Lord’s in a one-day game, amassing 156 not out in the first<br />
NatWest ODI against India.<br />
The England Development XI had another successful<br />
season, winning the European Championship in Holland<br />
for the fourth consecutive year and remaining unbeaten<br />
since 2001.<br />
Super 4s was rebranded for <strong>2006</strong>, with new Admiral<br />
sponsored kit and new names, using precious stones:<br />
Rubies, Emeralds, Sapphires and Diamonds. The<br />
standard <strong>of</strong> cricket played was better than ever, with<br />
six hundred runs being scored in one game alone.<br />
Notable performances came from new England captain,<br />
Charlotte Edwards, who smashed a record score <strong>of</strong> 199<br />
not out, while Gill Richards took her first hat-trick in the<br />
competition. Eventually, the Sapphires took their second<br />
title, led by England opener, Laura Newton.<br />
In county cricket, Kent were crowned Liverpool Victoria<br />
County Champions for the first time, ending Sussex’s<br />
three-year reign. They were led from the front by Charlotte<br />
Edwards, and enjoyed a reception at Buckingham<br />
Palace with the Duke <strong>of</strong> Edinburgh, in recognition <strong>of</strong> their<br />
achievement. Nottinghamshire won Division Two and as<br />
a result were promoted to Division One for the first time in<br />
their history, while Surrey gained promotion to Division Two.<br />
Kent were also successful in all age-group cricket,<br />
competing in all the finals and winning both the U13 and U15<br />
competitions, while losing out to Yorkshire in the U17 final.<br />
Club cricket continued to grow throughout the country,<br />
and Reading Ridgeway were crowned National Premier<br />
League champions after a final at Taunton against<br />
Midlands team Thrumpton.<br />
Junior cricket goes from strength to strength with the Lady<br />
Taverner’s competition a real success. Pannal CC from<br />
Yorkshire won the U13 competition while Harold Wood CC<br />
were victorious in the U15 tournament.<br />
Women’s Internationals<br />
npower Women’s Test Series<br />
England v India - 2 Tests India won 1-0<br />
NatWest Women’s Series<br />
England v India - 5 ODIs England won 4-0<br />
Quadrangular Series (India)<br />
Australia, New Zealand, England, India<br />
England 3rd place<br />
England U21<br />
<strong>2006</strong> European Championships Winners<br />
Women’s Domestic<br />
Liverpool Victoria Women’s<br />
County Champions<br />
Super 4s<br />
Kent<br />
Sapphires<br />
Women’s National Premier League<br />
Reading Ridgeway<br />
Women’s National Premier League T20<br />
Invicta<br />
Women’s National Development<br />
Knock-Out Cup<br />
City <strong>of</strong> Leeds<br />
Women’s County Challenge Cup<br />
Warwickshire<br />
Women’s Under 17 County League<br />
Yorkshire<br />
Women’s Under 15 County League<br />
Women’s Under 13 County League<br />
Kent<br />
Kent<br />
Women’s Under 15 Indoor Schools<br />
Championship Worcester Whirls CC (Worcs)<br />
Women’s Under 13 Indoor Schools<br />
Championship The Mote CC (Kent)<br />
Lady Taverners Under 15 Girls Club<br />
Competition Harold Wood CC (Essex)<br />
Lady Taverners Under 13 Girls<br />
Club Competition Pannal CC (Yorkshire)
PICTURES<br />
3 Darren Maddy <strong>of</strong> Leicestershire avoids<br />
being run-out by Graeme Swann <strong>of</strong><br />
Nottinghamshire during the <strong>2006</strong> Twenty20<br />
Cup Final.<br />
4 Essex Eagles team celebrate winning the<br />
First Division <strong>of</strong> the inaugural Natwest Pro40.<br />
5 Mushtaq Ahmed <strong>of</strong> Sussex celebrates with<br />
Richard Montgomerie after dismissing Glen<br />
Chapple <strong>of</strong> Lancashire during the C&G<br />
Trophy final between Lancashire and Sussex<br />
at Lords.<br />
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Domestic Season Review <strong>2006</strong><br />
The sea-siders <strong>of</strong> Sussex dominated domestic<br />
competition in <strong>2006</strong>, bringing the C&G Trophy and<br />
Liverpool Victoria County Championship double back<br />
to Hove for the first time.<br />
Ravinder Bopara proved a key all-rounder for Essex as<br />
Northamptonshire Steelbacks pushed their southern<br />
rivals hard for the title and Monty Panesar finished with his<br />
county’s best bowling figures.<br />
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In the C&G Trophy, Sussex pipped a resurgent Middlesex<br />
one-day side to head up the South Division and reach their<br />
first Lord’s final since 1993. They took on Lancashire who<br />
had seen <strong>of</strong>f closest rivals, Durham, in the North Division.<br />
A low-scoring affair saw all-rounders Yasir Arafat (35) and<br />
Dominic Cork (37) top score with the bat, but it was the<br />
five-wicket haul <strong>of</strong> James Kirtley which swung the game<br />
Sussex’s way. Despite Sajid Mahmood’s miserly 3-16<br />
from 8.1 overs, Sussex secured a 15 run win and the<br />
Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy moved across the border<br />
from Hampshire. For the second time, Mushtaq Ahmed<br />
took over 100 wickets in the season, having achieved the<br />
feat with Sussex in 2003.<br />
Lancashire finished runners-up in the Liverpool Victoria<br />
Championship too, as Sussex completed the double with<br />
a 20 point win over their nearest competitors losing just<br />
two matches in the campaign. Middlesex, Durham and<br />
Nottinghamshire all dropped from Division One and Mark<br />
Ramprakash scored a staggering 2211 runs at an average<br />
<strong>of</strong> over 100 to help Surrey top Division Two.<br />
Worcestershire and Essex were also promoted.<br />
Sussex also celebrated their retention <strong>of</strong> inspirational<br />
captain, Chris Adams, to lead their 2007 campaigns.<br />
As the weather warmed, the fast and furious mid-summer<br />
madness <strong>of</strong> the Twenty20 Cup saw a Finals Day feast<br />
at Trent Bridge. Defiant Leicestershire Foxes stole the<br />
coveted Cup for the second time in three years beating<br />
first Essex Eagles and then Nottinghamshire Foxes on 12th<br />
August. The Finale saw a second wicket Leicestershire<br />
stand <strong>of</strong> 133 including Darren Maddy’s ferocious 86 from<br />
61 balls, assisted by Allenby’s 64 from 41, and meant the<br />
Outlaws chased in vain falling just four runs short. Nott’s<br />
Captain Stephen Fleming was making good progress<br />
before a Snape delivery dismissed him on 53, and then<br />
two run outs in the middle order sealed the Foxes win.<br />
Late summer and flood-lit evenings witnessed Essex<br />
Eagles secure cricket’s newest prize, the NatWest Pro40<br />
which introduced cricket’s first-ever play-<strong>of</strong>f. Alastair Cook<br />
averaged a remarkable 141.3 in the competition and Darren<br />
Gough headed the bowling table with an average <strong>of</strong> 9.57.<br />
DOMESTIC – FIRST CLASS<br />
Liverpool Victoria County Championship<br />
Division One<br />
Sussex<br />
Liverpool Victoria County Championship<br />
Division Two<br />
Surrey<br />
NatWest Pro40 League Division One<br />
Essex Eagles<br />
NatWest Pro40 League Division Two<br />
Gloucestershire Gladiators<br />
Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy Sussex<br />
Twenty20 Cup Leicestershire Foxes<br />
Second XI County Championship Kent<br />
Second XI Trophy (One-Day competition)<br />
Warwickshire<br />
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PICTURES<br />
1 South Northumberland CC celebrate winning<br />
the Cockspur Cup Final <strong>2006</strong> after beating<br />
Bromley CC at Lord’s.<br />
2 Action from the MCC Spirit <strong>of</strong> Cricket Under<br />
13 National Club Championship.<br />
3 Action from the the Portman Under 15<br />
National Finals at Bournemouth Cricket Club.<br />
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Recreational Game: Review <strong>2006</strong><br />
<strong>2006</strong> saw unprecedented levels <strong>of</strong> participation in national<br />
senior and junior competitions with a noticeable rise<br />
in standards and competitiveness, reflecting improved<br />
coaching and club support. Of the 38 County Boards and<br />
the Isle <strong>of</strong> Wight, 13 different counties were represented in<br />
the finals <strong>of</strong> the U13, U14 and U15 competitions showing<br />
that this is a country-wide trend.<br />
The Cockspur Cup welcomed 355 clubs in <strong>2006</strong>, an<br />
increase <strong>of</strong> 30 teams on 2005. The competition followed<br />
a traditional format with clubs split into 16 geographical<br />
groups. The final was contested by South Northumberland<br />
and Bromley at Lord’s on September 4th. South<br />
Northumberland’s Stephen Humble was Man <strong>of</strong> the Match<br />
hitting a rapid 30 not out and taking three wickets as<br />
Bromley were swept aside.<br />
The Portman Building Society’s U15 National Club<br />
Championship for <strong>2006</strong> also attracted another record<br />
entry with 1659 teams taking part, an increase <strong>of</strong> 34.<br />
Forty county winners progress to a national knock-out<br />
competition, regional finals and then a national finals<br />
day. An historic moment for the competition saw two<br />
girls in teams playing in the York Regional Final. The title<br />
went to Parley CC who took local bragging rights from<br />
Bournemouth as they followed their Dorset neighbours<br />
in winning the championships by beating Sileby Town by<br />
20 runs in the final.<br />
The <strong>2006</strong> MCC ‘Spirit <strong>of</strong> Cricket’ National Club<br />
Championship attracted an entry <strong>of</strong> 1696 teams, an<br />
increase <strong>of</strong> 174 on the previous year with the Finals at<br />
Oakham School from 8th-11th August. Winners from the<br />
39 County Boards, including the Isle <strong>of</strong> Wight, and from<br />
Scotland progressed to the National Stages, with 8 teams<br />
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PICTURES<br />
4 Under 13s do it properly.<br />
5 Action from the <strong>ECB</strong> Indoor Six-a-Side<br />
Club Championship.<br />
6 Essex Under 15s celebrate taking a wicket.<br />
7 <strong>ECB</strong> Under 17 County Champions Yorkshire.<br />
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5<br />
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reaching the Finals Week <strong>of</strong> 20 over matches played on<br />
a round robin basis. Harrow St Mary took the Title with a<br />
clear 20 point lead from Wanstead & Snaresbrook.<br />
The National Indoor Finals saw 31 teams who each<br />
won their county tournaments whittled down to a<br />
final four, via regional finals, at Lord’s on Sunday 12th<br />
March. The Final four were locals Hampstead CC,<br />
Felixstowe CC, BAT Sports CC and Longton CC, with BAT<br />
Sports taking the title.<br />
The U17 County Championship in <strong>2006</strong> saw the winners <strong>of</strong><br />
Division 1 North (Yorkshire) beat the winners <strong>of</strong> Division 1<br />
South (Sussex) by 124 runs at Headingley Carnegie.<br />
The finals <strong>of</strong> the U15 County Championship at Oundle<br />
School saw Essex run out champions, defeating Yorkshire<br />
along the way. This followed straight on from the two day<br />
Festival for the U14 County Cup which saw Wales take the<br />
cup with Northamptonshire the runners-up.<br />
The U15 Cup Finals Festival produced some excellent<br />
cricket with Surrey disposing <strong>of</strong> Lancashire with some ease<br />
in the final.<br />
The <strong>ECB</strong> U13 County Cup was also held at Oundle<br />
School in August. Both semi-finals extremely close affairs<br />
but Staffordshire defeated Essex to meet Yorkshire, who<br />
overcame Somerset, in the final. The final was another<br />
closely-fought contest with Staffordshire coming out on top<br />
by a margin <strong>of</strong> 10 runs.<br />
DOMESTIC - RECREATIONAL<br />
Minor Counties Championship<br />
MCCA Knock-Out Trophy<br />
Devon<br />
Northumberland<br />
Cockspur Cup<br />
South Northumberland (Northumberland)<br />
50+ County Championship Yorkshire<br />
<strong>ECB</strong> Indoor Six-a-Side Club Championship<br />
BAT Sports (Hampshire)<br />
<strong>ECB</strong> Under 17 County Championship<br />
Yorkshire<br />
<strong>ECB</strong> Under 15 County Championship Essex<br />
<strong>ECB</strong> Under 15 County Cup<br />
<strong>ECB</strong> Under 14 County Cup<br />
<strong>ECB</strong> Under 13 County Cup<br />
Surrey<br />
Wales<br />
Staffordshire<br />
Portman Building Society National Under 15<br />
Club Championship Parley (Dorset)<br />
MCC Spirit <strong>of</strong> Cricket Under 13<br />
National Club Championship<br />
Harrow St. Mary’s (Middlesex)<br />
The Lord’s Taverners’ Cricket Colts Trophy<br />
for Schools<br />
Eton College<br />
Bunbury Festival – Under 15s South Region<br />
npower Village Cup<br />
Houghton Main (Yorkshire)<br />
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PICTURES<br />
1 Somerset, winners <strong>of</strong> the Incrediball<br />
Championship.<br />
2 Pete Ackerley, <strong>ECB</strong>’s Head <strong>of</strong> Development,<br />
presents the Incredi-Ball Championship trophy.<br />
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DISABILITIES CRICKET Review <strong>2006</strong><br />
The past 12 months have seen successful advances in<br />
the development <strong>of</strong> cricket for people with disabilities. The<br />
<strong>ECB</strong> Disability Management Committee is re-structuring<br />
the management <strong>of</strong> the game to reflect the new regional<br />
structure for cricket. As a result a full programme <strong>of</strong><br />
local and regional club cricket leagues and knock-out<br />
competitions for each impairment group have taken place<br />
for Blind, Deaf, Physical Disabilities and Learning Difficulties.<br />
In June 2007 England will host the <strong>ECB</strong> Tri-Nations<br />
Tournament for cricketers with Learning Difficulties against<br />
South Africa and Australia. Matches will be played at the<br />
Hampshire Rose Bowl, Lords, Hove and Arundel. In August<br />
2007, the Indian Blind team visit England for a series.<br />
Matches will take place at Worcester New Road. The<br />
England Deaf team is preparing for an Ashes series in 2008.<br />
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The Coaching and Coach Education strategy for Cricketers<br />
with Disabilities will seek to increase the number <strong>of</strong> qualified<br />
coaches who have the additional skills to coach people<br />
with visual hearing, physical or learning disabilities. This will<br />
be supported by coaching aids in cd rom, video and audio<br />
format for each disability area.<br />
In <strong>2006</strong> the County Championship for physical and<br />
learning difficulties was split between a Hardball<br />
championship and an Incrediball championship. The<br />
Isle <strong>of</strong> Wight won the Hardball championship defeating<br />
Lancashire, while Somerset won the Incrediball<br />
championship final against Shropshire.<br />
The Blind Cricket World Cup was held in Islamabad in<br />
December <strong>2006</strong> with eight countries competing initially in<br />
a round-robin format leading to the semi-finals and final.<br />
England lost to India by five wickets at the semi-final stage<br />
but finished third because they had beaten the other losing<br />
semi-finalists, Australia, in the group stage.<br />
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Three <strong>of</strong> the team received individual awards at the closing<br />
ceremony. 18-year-old wicket-keeper Dan Field, who had<br />
won just four caps before the World Cup, won the award<br />
for best wicket-keeper at the tournament. Totally blind<br />
player Nathan Foy won best fielder at the competition<br />
while England captain and the most capped player in<br />
international blind cricket history, Heindrich Swanepoel,<br />
claimed best runner between the wickets.<br />
England’s Deaf team were due to take on Pakistan in two<br />
Test matches, three one-day internationals and a Charity<br />
20/20 spectacular in August <strong>2006</strong>, but poor weather<br />
disrupted the schedule. England shared the spoils with<br />
Pakistan in the first Test at Gidea Park, Romford. The first<br />
one-day international was won by the tourists, but England<br />
claimed a 51-run victory over their Pakistan counterparts<br />
in a swiftly arranged Twenty20 friendly at Sittingbourne<br />
after heavy overnight rain had led to the cancellation <strong>of</strong> the<br />
second one-day international.<br />
International Disabilities Cricket<br />
England Deaf Cricket Team<br />
Test Series v Pakistan Drew 0-0<br />
ODI Series v Pakistan Drew 1-1<br />
England Blind Cricket Team<br />
World Cup<br />
England Learning Disabilities Team<br />
No international fixtures for <strong>2006</strong><br />
Disabilities – domestic<br />
British Hard Ball Disabilities<br />
County Championship<br />
British Incredi-Ball Disabilities<br />
County Championship<br />
Semi-Finalists<br />
Isle <strong>of</strong> Wight<br />
Somerset