Purton post 112 all out and Sherston struggle to 70 in response. Hurricane Hannah raised the curtain on Division 5 of the 2019 Wiltshire County Cricket League at Pinkney Park. Strong winds had removed the covers during the night and allowed significant precipitation onto the strip akin to the uncovered pitches of old. Newly promoted Sherston welcomed back three familiar … Read More
NETS 2019
Sherston Magna CC cricket nets will be starting in March with training taking place on Sundays at Westonbirt School Leisure Centre. The sessions are open to everyone whether you are an existing or potential new member. Exact timings for the sessions are shown below. Senior/U16+ U9/U11/U13/U15All 1.00pm – 2.00pm 17th March 10.00am – 11am 24th March 10.00am – 11am 31st … Read More
A big win – but we fall short on promotion
So it came down to the last game of the season, we needed a big win against Heytesbury & Sutton Veny and we needed Hinton Chaterhouse to lose to Bradford-on-Avon. We did our part… but Hinton also won convincingly meaning we fell 13 points short of promotion to Division 5. Our biggest win of the season was set up perfectly … Read More
Old Dog Old tricks
On another scorching summer day in 2018, Sherston Magna won the toss and with a team nearly full of spinners Captain Kutchura hoped that the wicket would possibly turn a bit and opted to bowl. The opening pair of Ben Dickenson and Kutchura started steadily but the Blunsden opening pair of Davis and Dodson proved a good match for the … Read More
Winsley and Wilcot
Match Summaries Winsley 2 – Scorecard Innings of Winsley 2 202-9 off 45.0 overs. Innings of Sherston Magna 204-6 off 35.3 overs. Sherston Magna won by 4 wickets. Wilcot – Scorecard Innings of Sherston Magna 197-10 off 43.3 overs. Innings of Wilcot 132-6 off 45.0 overs. Sherston Magna won by 65 runs. An opener’s tale – from the sublime to … Read More
A game of two halves
It was a game of two halves – well either side of a game of football. Sherston Magna will have been reasonably satisfied with their performance before the football break but rather disappointed with what happened after. Ben Dickenson captaining in JKs absence invited Burbage and Easton Royal to bat on a gloriously hot day (like many others this year). … Read More
Sherston Too Hot to Handle
On what was probably the hottest Saturday afternoon of the year so far, the Heytesbury & Sutton Veny 2nd XI captain called tails and to the delight of the Sherston players it came up heads. It was going to be a tough afternoon for whoever bowled first – the Pinkney Park pitch looking in prime batting condition, the outfield likely … Read More
Top of the table clash
This weekend brought about a top of the table clash for us with (an unbeaten) Buscot Park at their very picturesque ground. Jk got off to a good start winning the toss and electing to bowl. Andy Pegg opened up strong, and much to everyone’s surprise, Andy Tremellen took to the other end! Buscot Park got off to a slow … Read More
Nelson’s Column
Back to winning ways… On a less than beautiful mid-June afternoon Sherston Manga hosted Beckington’s 2nd XI and with captain Kutchera winning the toss Sherston took to the field. Beckington started well, gathering 14 runs from their first 5 balls however the 6th ball was Pegg’s first wicket of the day and was the start of the Beckington collapse. Pegg … Read More
Magna winning streak comes to an end
After a fantastic unbeaten start to the season, confidence and energy was high for the Magna. Saturdays really couldn’t come around fast enough. But unfortunately, this weekend, against one of the stronger sides in the league, we could only muster 6 players by Thursday. With the captain’s WhatsApp plea, we dusted down the little black books (contact list on your … Read More