ECB Annual Report & Accounts 2006 - Roll of Honour

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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. 1 2 ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2006 16 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 Women’s Under 15 County League Women’s Under 13 County League 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. 13 4 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. 5 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 ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2006 17
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