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Under 13s open the weekend with a battling win 4th of July weekend Urmston's Under 13s got the weekend going on Friday night with a 17-run win away at Bowdon Vale. Having won the toss and chosen to bat, Urmston posted 115-5 from their 20 overs. Mustafa Raza retired not out for 31, with useful contributions throughout the order from Zayn Omair Alam (21), Joe Shannon (20), Jai Sarvesh and Stalin Anbarasan (10). Bowdon Vale were held to 98-3 in reply as Urmston's bowlers kept th

Ricky & Rhian - Father & Son The cricket was good this week. The weather is about to get even better. With a heatwave forecast to sweep across the north-west in the days ahead, there has rarely been a better time to be a cricket club. Urmston had fourteen fixtures across seven days, from a breathless T20 Cup win decided by a single wicket to a century from Freddie Cartwright and a pair of results that came down to the very last run. Here is how the week unfolded. Tuesday 16 J

Arav Shetty for Lancashire Big news for tonight's training session. Arav Shetty will be leading the session, made possible by Sumit Panda. This is genuinely rare. Most junior cricketers will never get the chance to be coached by a current professional, and tonight our kids have exactly that. Arav is one of our own. He came through the UCC junior setup just like every player on this squad, U11, U13, U15, and then into senior cricket for Urmston on weekends. A proper UCC cricke

Cody Grindley with Dad Craig. A week of contrasts across the club. The 1st XI faced a stern examination at Toft, but the 2nd XI delivered a commanding victory against Ashley CC, and the 5th XI produced what their captain described as an above-par performance to beat the league leaders. The Under 11s continued their fine form with a big win against Bowden Vale, and Sunday also brought a moment to mark: Cody Grindley's final game in an Urmston shirt before he heads to Australia

Sohan Khandra The weather did its best to put a dampener on things this weekend, as grey skies and the odd shower drifted across Greater Manchester. But as anyone at Urmston Cricket Club will tell you, a bit of cloud cover has never stopped the sun from shining in the hearts of the players. Across six days of cricket, the club turned out in force at every level, from the Under 9 Squirrels to the first team, and there was plenty to shout about. Thursday 4th June 1st XI vs Wi

George Holmes & Yuvaraj Mohan It was a weekend of contrasts across the club, with wins to celebrate, a hard-fought defeat to reflect on, and silverware points banked across the junior sections. Here is how every team got on. Friday 29 May Under 13s v Brooklands CC (Away) The Under 13s were edged out in a tight contest on Friday evening. Brooklands posted 131-5 from their 20 overs, and UCC responded with 121-6, falling 10 runs short. Charit Tapal was the standout with the ball

There is a moment, somewhere between a child picking up a bat for the very first time and that same child walking out to represent their club on a Saturday afternoon, where a cricket club becomes something more than a sports ground. It becomes a place that shapes people. At Urmston Cricket Club, that journey begins on a Friday evening. The club's All stars programme - the England and Wales Cricket Board's introduction to the game for boys and girls aged five to eight - has be

Mike Jones 91 off 109 Manchester delivered something almost unrecognisable last weekend: wall-to-wall sunshine, not a cloud in sight, and the kind of heat that had players and supporters reaching for sun cream, water bottles and hats before the first ball was bowled. Urmston Cricket Club fielded sides across seven fixtures from Friday evening through to Sunday afternoon, and if the conditions were occasionally sweltering, the cricket more than matched the temperature. Three w

Six fixtures across the weekend produced contrasting fortunes, rain frustrations, and at least one batting performance that will be spoken about at this club for a very long time. Saturday 16 May Charlie Locker 1st XI | Alvanley CC vs Urmston CC | Abandoned Cheshire County Cricket League — Division 1 Away at Alvanley, James Bashford's side were outstanding with the ball. Archie Mitten opened the attack and claimed two important early wickets. Istiqlal Hanif kept things

Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 May 2026 Mustafa Raza It was a weekend that tested the character of Urmston Cricket Club's sides across the board, with defeats for the majority of our teams, but moments of real brightness to carry us forward. 1st XI 122-9 vs Widnes CC 128-5 Cheshire County League Division 1 | Defeat The first team made the trip to face Widnes CC in the top flight, posting 122-9 from their innings. Widnes reached their revised target of 118 from 39 overs, finishing

George Holmes First XI v Port Sunlight CC | Saturday 2 May | Won Urmston CC 266/8 (50 overs) beat Port Sunlight CC 187 all out (39.2 overs) A commanding start from James Bashford's side, who posted a formidable 266 for 8 before bowling Port Sunlight out for 187 to seal a 79-run win. Salman Hanif was the standout with 71, well supported by Umar Munawar's composed 45. The visitors never looked like mounting a serious chase and were dismissed inside 40 overs. Second XI v Port Su

Three games into the new season, and Urmston Cricket Club have something to prove. The results have not yet gone the way the first and second teams would have wanted, but at a club like this, perspective matters. The season is young, the squads are strong, and this Saturday, something is going to give. That is not blind optimism. It is the quiet confidence of a club that knows itself. The First XI: Ready to Turn the Corner James Bashford leads the 1st XI to Port Sunlight on S

Dave Stubbs - Captain of the 5th XI V Macclesfield "We Start the League Season on a High" | David Stubbs on the 5s' Win Over Macclesfield David Stubbs has been saying it all pre-season. The juniors are coming. On Sunday against Macclesfield, they arrived. The Sunday 5s posted 184/7 from their 40 overs, a total built almost entirely by Urmston's U14 and U15 players, who dominated the batting innings from the outset. It was the kind of performance that makes a captain's pre-sea

James Bashford - 1st XI Captain Stockport Georgians V Urmston CC 1st XI "Bittersweet, Competitive, Promising" | James Bashford on the Season Opener James Bashford doesn't do excuses. But he does do honesty, and after Urmston CC's 1st XI fell 19 runs short against Stockport Georgians on Saturday, there was plenty worth saying. Stockport posted 263/8 from their 50 overs. Urmston, having won the toss and elected to field, set about their chase with intent. They reached 244 all o