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CLITHEROE Cricket Club’s Alex Hartley is to help create history as part of the first MCC age group women’s side. The Marylebone Cricket
Club. have called up Alex for the inaugural Under. 19 Women’s ARCH Trophy in Abu Dhabi and Dubai from Monday until next Saturday. .I t is the first time in the
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MCC’s 226-year history that the club will have fielded an age group women’s side, with Alex selected having impressed selectors with her perform ances for Lancashire during
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of honours, having already rep resented the England Women’s Academy, England Under 17s ■ and Under 19s, and the county first team - as well as becom ing the first woman to play for Clitheroe’s first team last summer in the Ramsbottom Cup quarter-final loss against
the 2012 county season. And it is the latest in a string
ment, Alex will play for the MCC in three ,50-over group matches against Durham, Devon and Essex Women’s Under 19s.
• The final of the competition will take place at the Zayed International Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, where MCC will play Warwickshire CCC in the traditional Champion County fixture at the end of March. MCC Head of Cricket,
. her selection for the MCC Under 19 Women’s squad. “At the start of 2012,,MCC
John Stephenson,. said: “Congratulations to Alex on
collaborated with the ECB to . enhance and expand the MCC ' Women’s Young Cricketers programme, and the selection of an MCC Women’s Under 19 side - for the first time in the club’s history - to take part in this competition represents the latest development in this partnership.
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strate the Ciub’s determination to foster fresh talent and main tain its reputation as a strong supporter.of women’s cricket, and I wish Alex the best of luck.”
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Cricket, Clare Connor, added: “The Under 19 Women’s ARCH Trophy is. a brilliant new initiative for 2013 which will give a large number of girls, including Alex, the opportunity to experience an overseas cricket tour for the first time. “Alex had an impressive
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season last year and caught the attention of our talent scouts as
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Normal service resumed by Dan Black
in November, the Ribble Valley side went on to pick up just seven points from the following eight First Division North outings. But the return of key personnel in Moore’s
NORMAL service has been resumed at Clit- heroe FC according to Blues boss Paul Moore. After wanning five games in all competitions
starting XI had a sigiuficant impact as goals from Chris Dykes, Danny Mahoney and second half substitute Isaac Kusaloka saw the Blues bounce back with a 3-1 win over 10-man Bamber Bridge, who had Mahoney’s brother Matt dismissed at Irongate.
Moore. “To be honest we should’ve scored at least five without a shadow of a doubt.
“Normal service has been resumed,” beamed
speculative effort that carmoned off Will James’ lotee, wrong-footed Hakan Burton and hit the post. That would’ve changed our gameplan straight away.
“Within 90 seconds they’ve hit the post with a
scored a great opener which was deserved really.
“We got ourselves in to the game and we
-he got to his feet.” Moore added: “From that point we control
Mahoney’s brother was sent off. He tripped Danny first to pick up his first yellow and then went m two-footed on Pugh and kicked him as
“They went down to 10 men when Danny
led the game though they equalised from a comer which was a sloppy goal to concede from our point of view.,
missed a few chances but then Darmy stuck the penalty away.
“We just split them with ease after that, we
back apart and eventually scored a great goal. It was a strong, commanding performance and it was like what we were at the start of the season.
“Isaac came on as a sub, ripped their right- DERBY DELIGHT: Jack Higgins and Simon Nangle in action at Irongate
It felt good and it seemed like we were back to our best. “We just needed to get players back. Lee
Pugh got 90 minutes and did great as did Dean Canning.
a solid outfit again. It will take a decent side to beat us again.” ,
“Will James was back as well and we looked
and an integral component to achieving that is home form.
Consistency is key at this stage of the season,
tures at Shawbridge in recent weeks and Moore understands the importance of rectifying that record, starting with Salford City on Saturday with kick-off at 3 p.ih.
The Blues have lost three consecutive fix -
cricket in other parts of the world is a central focus of MCC’s involvement' in youth cricket, and it is excellent that we are now able to accom modate this for an Under 19 Women’s team through our ongoing relationships with Sport Arabia and the ECB. “The partnerships demon
“The opportunity to play
being a high potential player with an exciting future. “There’s nothing like tour
ing to learn more about the game and about playing as a team, so it will be excel lent preparation for the 2013 county age group season. “I wish Alex all the best for
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a lot to do,” declared Moore. “We started the season tremendously and only the top three clubs bettered our start.
four really, that’s how good our form has been. It was that strong a start from us that when we lost games people were expecting the wheels to fall off and for us to drop down the table. I knew that wasn’t the, case.
“Nobody has been able to break in to that top
position in the play-off spots. It’s all bubbling nicely again. Trafford will mn Skem close and you can forget about those two really because they’ll take up the top couple of positions.
they’ve got games in hand so we have to hope that they’ll falter at some point. They can put the jjressure on us but they’ve got to win those games.
position it is to be in. We’re in there and I think we’ve cracked it at the right time.”
“We are still well in the mix and what a great
Bridge game and understood how important it is to get back to form at home.
Moore added: “We spoke after the Bamber
now. We had made Shawbridge a tough place to come but the last three teams have taken the I points away.
“It’s three consecutive defeats at home for us ,
they’ve been taking points off some good sides. ^ It’s a good chance for us to put things right on j home soil though.'
“It will be a tough one against Salford because
oiit 7 is still very achievable. We’ve got to ensure that we do the right things in the right areas and make sure that they don’t enjoy coming ( to Shawbridge. It’s important that we back the . Bamber Bridge win up.”
“What we are aiming for - the target we’d set ' + .“Ramsbottom are surging up the table and “A win over Salford would strengthen our
“There’s still an'other 15 games to go so we’ye
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