Berkshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor counties clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Berkshire.
The team is currently a member of the National Counties Championship Western Division and plays in the NCCA Knockout Trophy. Berkshire played List A matches occasionally until 2005, but is not classified as a List A team per se.
History
The first definite mention of cricket in Berkshire relates to the famous all rounder Thomas Waymark who resided at Bray Wick, near Maidenhead in the 1740s. In 1740, a combined Berkshire/Buckinghamshire/Hertfordshire team played two matches against London. Berkshire as a county team in its own right was first recorded in June 1769 when it played Surrey. From then until 1795, Berkshire's matches are recognised as important.Berkshire (pre-county club, CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
The strength of Berkshire lay in the Maidenhead club which was based at Old Field in Bray, Berkshire's usual home venue. In August 1795, Berkshire lost to Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord's and then abruptly ceased to appear in the records.
Rowland Bowen's researches discovered evidence of a county organisation by 1841, but it may only have been a loose association of local clubs, as was sometimes the case elsewhere. Berkshire County Cricket Club was founded on 17 March 1895, the same year that the Minor Counties Championship began. Berkshire did not compete in the first year of the competition, but joined for 1896.
Current squad * denotes the team captain denotes players who have played first-class cricket. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batsmen Waqas Hussain Right-handed Right-arm medium Brandon Gilmour Left-handed Right-arm medium Andy Rishton Right-handed Right-arm medium Oliver Birts Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Dan Lincoln Right-handed Right-arm medium Adam Dewes Right-handed Right-arm medium Euan Woods Left-handed Right-arm off break Archie Carter Right-handed — All-rounders Richard Morris* Right-handed Right-arm medium James Morris Right-handed Leg break Adam Dewes Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Jarryd Wallace Unknown Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Wicket-keepers Joe Thomas Right-handed — Stewart Davison Right-handed — Joe Cracknell Right-handed — Jack Davies Left-handed — England Under-19 player Bowlers Chris Peploe Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Callum Gregory Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Akbar Raja Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Alexander Russell Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Toby Greatwood Unknown Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Tom Nugent Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Ethan Bamber Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Squad information correct as of 14 February 2019
Notable players International This list includes those Berkshire players who have played in Test cricket since 1877, One Day International cricket since 1971, or a Twenty20 International since 2004.
England
Danny Briggs Percy Chapman Tom Dollery John Emburey Aftab Habib Alan Igglesden Richard Johnson Peter May Albert Relf Graham Roope Shaun Udal Shoaib Bashir
Netherlands
Billy Stelling
South Africa
Charl Willoughby
West Indies
Jimmy Adams
Other
Honours National Counties Championship (10) - 1924, 1928, 1953, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024 (shared) NCCA Knockout Trophy (8) – 2004, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 NCCA T20 Champions (1) - 2018 NCCA Western Division Champions (7) 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024
Grounds
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References
External links Berkshire CCC website Minor Counties CA website
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