Welcome to Wizzy News for this week – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. Congratulations to our Ladies team who won their final hard ball match of the season against Southwater on Thursday evening and in so doing finished top of the league. This is particularly noteworthy as it […]
Ken Vickery Ken played cricket on the green for over 50 years. He was involved with Junior cricket at the club for over 25 years and always remained a great advocate and support for the Junior set up. Many of the current club players have been coached and inspired by Ken to enjoy playing cricket […]
Welcome to Wizzy News for this week – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. Friday evening training All the age groups have finished training for the season except for the Under 10’s, and the Under 11 and 12 age groups who will be training at their usual times. Parking […]
Welcome to Wizzy News for this week – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. Friday evening training All the age groups have finished training for the season except for the Under 10’s, and the Under 11 and 12 age groups who have an Intraclub match on the Green on […]
Welcome to Wizzy News for this week – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. Friday evening training End of Season Please check end of season arrangements with your age group coaches Parking Just a quick reminder to park away from the village playground, Wyatt Close and Butts Meadow . […]
Welcome to Wizzy News for this week – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. Lots of great games to report on this week with our First X1 in a final ball thriller … Friday evening training End of Season Some of our age groups are finishing their training sessions […]
Welcome to Wizzy News for this week – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. The weather sadly got the better of us last weekend with a few games being called off but a number of our teams made up for it with some fantastic performances during the week Friday […]
Welcome to Wizzy News for this week – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. Girls and Women’s tournament on the Green A fantastic Girls and Women’s tournament with 9 under 11 teams and 9 ladies teams competing for the spoils on Sunday. Congratulations to the West Chiltington Under 11 […]
Welcome to Wizzy News for this week – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. Girls and Women’s tournament on the Green this Sunday We are looking forward to welcoming a number of girls and Women’s teams to the Green on Sunday . Junior teams from Burgess Hill, Slinfold, Haywards […]
Welcome to Wizzy News for this week – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. A fantastic week of cricket including in a memorable Presidents Day on Sunday Girls and Women’s tournament on the Green We are looking forward to welcoming a number of girls teams to our annual tournament […]
Under 13 girls showing great spirit after their game against Cuckfield on Tuesday evening
Welcome to Wizzy News for this week – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. Friday evening training Parking Just a quick reminder to park away from the village playground, Wyatt Close and Butts Meadow . Car parking spaces are available at the Village Hall car park where there are […]
Welcome to Wizzy News for this week – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. Friday evening training Parking Just a quick reminder to park away from the village playground, Wyatt Close and Butts Meadow . Car parking spaces are available at the Village Hall car park where there are […]
Welcome to Wizzy News for this week – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. Friday evening training The weather is looking rather challenging on Friday evening – please keep an eye on the home page of our website for updates on whether training will go ahead or not – […]
Scoring junior pairs games may seem fairly difficult initially but it is relatively straightforward when you have done it a couple of times A few key points : Each team should have a scorer – so you wont be alone when you score Don’t worry if you don’t get it totally correct – the most […]
Welcome to Wizzy News for this week – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. A few games to report on this week with some really outstanding performances to celebrate. Friday evening training Just a quick reminder that all age groups are training on Friday night. The weather however is […]
Welcome to Wizzy News for this week – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. A weather affected week of cricket with a number of junior games called off because of overnight rain on Friday night . Our seniors however managed to get in their games on Saturday and Sunday […]
Another great week of cricket with some fantastic performances to celebrate including a maiden ton by one of our players and the first fifer of the season Junior training : Just to remind parents that the under 7,6 and 5 age group will be training on Friday 23 May but there is no training on […]
Congratulations on being selected as captain for the game. A captain of a cricket team has lots of things to think about and do in the actual game – far more than in football , rugby and hockey A few questions about captaincy Who was the best captain you played under in any sport and […]
Another great week of cricket with many of our teams in action this last week. A fantastic opening game for our First X1 with over 600 runs scored including 101 boundaries. The game will no doubt be remembered for an astonishing 141 off 58 balls by one of our players which included 8 sixes and […]
The Cricket season has well and truly started … What a fabulous start to the cricketing season. Our Second X1 had their first victory of the season, our Sunday X1 got their season off to a great start , we’ve had two fifty’s, a ton, our under 11’s notched up their first win, and our […]
Here are some suggestions on the sorts of things to include when putting together a match report : A bit on the context of the game and the opposition – was it a home game , have we played them before , are they a good team ? Did they have any Sussex players ? […]
Welcome to the 2025 cricket season Welcome to the 2025 cricket season. For those who are new to the club a very warm Wisborough welcome, and a particular welcome to Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. Regular readers will know the format of Wizzy News – […]
WGCC is considering acquiring the technology to live stream home junior matches and is interested in hearing from parents to sense the appetite for live-streaming. By way of background both the ECB and Sussex Cricket are actively promoting the live-streaming of matches and an increasing number of clubs are live streaming senior games For those […]
Pitch lengths and ball sizes for various age groups as follows : Age Group Pitch length Ball size – ounces Under 10 17 yards Junior incrediball Under 11 (new for 2025)17 yards4 3/4 hardball Under 11 girls 17 yardsJunior pink incrediballUnder 12 19 yards5 Under 13 girls 19 yards4 3/4 pink hard ballUnder 1422 yards5 […]
Chair’s statement Welcome everyone and thanks for coming this morning to the WGCC AGM. To start with I would like to thank all members of the WGCC committee very much indeed for all their hard work to enable cricket to be played by girls and boys from the U5s to the U16s and including five […]
The ECB are running a number of one day Umpiring Courses in 2025. The course will be wide ranging for those who are involved with junior teams, women’s teams, friendly teams or Saturday league sides. No prior experience of umpiring in cricket is required before attending the course. The cost is £70pp but the club […]
Welcome to the final edition of Wizzy News for the 2024 season which includes some pics from the Seniors End of Season awards , a selection of pics from all the age groups that featured in Wizzy News during the season and the results of the Club 200 draw . If you missed any of […]
Welcome to the penultimate Wizzy News of the season. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Only one game to report on this week – the final weekend of the season. With the Second X1 game against Barns Green called off because of a waterlogged pitch it was left to the First X1 […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here A fantastic weekend of cricket with the history books having to be rewritten with a new record score for senior cricket in the history of the […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here A somewhat disappointing Saturday after both senior league matches had to be called off because of the weather. The Sunday Memorial game on Sunday however more […]
Junior cricket was largely played vs Plaistow and Kirdford in those days, the scorecards below show the 4 innings match vs Plaistow played in 1968. A 12 year old Kenny opens the bowling with best mate Graham Cheeseman – they generally don’t let many others get a game!! Etheridge, Cheeseman and Vickery hogging the top […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Training on Friday evening Training for the various age groups as follows this Friday : Under 5,6 and 7 : Training has finished for the seasonUnder […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Under 14 Festival week Massive congratulations to the Under 14’s who finished runners up in the Under 14 Festival Week. For those who arnt too familiar […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Update on Under 14 Festival Week Congratulations to the Under 14’s for their fantastic performances during their Festival Week : Tuesday – 6 wicket victory against […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Training on Friday evening Just a quick reminder that the Under 5,6 and 7 age group have finished their training for the season. All other age […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Another great week of cricket with some fantastic pics and memorable moments. Litter on the Green There is an increasing amount of litter that is being […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here A fantastic week of cricket with some memorable victories by a number of our teams Honours Boards Congratulations to all the players who feature on our […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Parking on Friday evenings – now also at Stable Field Just a quick reminder that parking is somewhat limited around the Green and we would like […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Parking on Friday evenings – now also at Stable Field Just a quick reminder that parking is somewhat limited around the Green and we would like […]
Thanks again to everyone who sent in pics and to Chris Marshall in particular for some fantastic action shots
Wagon wheels – ie where did the players from each side hit the ball and how many did they score off the shot ? What areas of the field do we need to defend well ? What areas of the field were no or very few runs scored ? What do the wagon wheels tell […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here A bumper edition of Wizzy news this week which includes around 80 pics of a fantastic Presidents Day – some great reports of the day and […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Only a couple of games played this last week and we’ve also got a somewhat brief but to the point under 12 match report to describe […]
Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club and the local community. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Wisborough Green Primary School are hosting their Summer Fair on the green on Saturday afternoon – please do come along and support […]
Could you be a life saver ? TRIGGER WARNING: This short piece includes reference to extreme sickness and death. At the beginning of the year, I attended a First Aid course put on by Wisborough Green CC for the coaches, it was excellent and covered a massive amount of first aid knowledge in a short […]
Presidents Day – Sunday 23rd June Dear Cricket Club members, I wanted to invite you to Presidents Day on 23rd June 2024. The day is all about a celebration of cricket for all players, coaches, helpers and families involved with Wisborough Green Cricket Club. The day will start at: ·12:00 for drinks followed by a lunch […]
Welcome to another action packed Wizzy News this week where we celebrate a number of fantastic games including a last ball thriller and some outstanding individual performances again. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Could you be a Life saver ? This week we are starting Wizzy news off on a slightly […]
Welcome to another action packed Wizzy News this week where we celebrate a number of great victories for our teams and some outstanding individual performances. If you missed last week’s edition please click here The game of cricket Following on from the video on having a runner last week, we are going to cover off […]
Welcome to this week’s Wizzy News – our regular newsletter about news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here Lots to report on again with some fantastic pics this week The Green We always receive such positive comments about our fantastic Green from other clubs and […]