Club Cricket

One of Yorkshire’s crop of talented young batsmen, Elliot Callis, was in superb form for the county’s Academy side in the ECB Yorkshire League this week.

Outstanding performances this week include Dave Wes smashing 214 in only 134 balls and Amal Athulathmudali scoring a huge 275.

Grampound Road Cricket Club celebrated the completion of their new £450,000 pavilion by inviting Sir Tim Rice to open it and an MCC side to play against them in a special game.

North London club Botany Bay CC are delighted with a new bespoke practice facility that is the result of perserverance, teamwork and specialists total-play Ltd.

Ice Bucket Challenges, Beer Pong and the Birmingham Bears are all features of this weeks Around the Grounds!

With the first team playing at home in pretty much a do-or-die game against top of the table Outwood and the 2s needing a victory in their promotion push, this was a key weekend for Farningham.

Harlow Town endured a frustrating weekend as both their first and second teams picked up draws and their third and fourth teams were beaten.

Cleckheaton took another step towards retaining the JCT 600 Bradford League championship when they beat Lightcliffe by 58 runs.

The Bank Holiday weekend offered an opportunity for Hartlepool to bounce back from a defeat on Saturday by winning on Sunday - which they did.

The race for the Bristol & Somerset League crown will go down to the final game of the season, following Midsomer Norton’s shock defeat at Frenchay and Taunton’s comfortable win at home to Brislington.

All eyes are on Sunday 7th September with Taunton Cricket Club set to bring down the curtain on the 2014 campaign with a show-stopping season finale against the world-renowned Lashings All Stars.

A five-wicket win for Harrow St Mary's first XI over Brentham means next week's clash with Winchmore Hill could define whether they stay up or go down - and there were also wins this week for their 2nds and 3rds.

Marsa won the MCA Summer League title on a dramatic final day of action which saw a triple-header which concluded in controversial circumstances.

There were celebrations all round as promotion was clinched with three games to spare by Harlow Town seconds this week.

Congratulations to last week's winners David Flanagan and Conor Hicklin of Lostock CC who after a ding-dong voting battle with Lanhydrock CC's B Barnicoat, emerged victorious.

Captain Jack Cooper produced the best all-round display of his career as a Taunton CC player on Saturday to guide his side to a six-wicket victory at Bedminster - their seventh consecutive league triumph.

With only three matches left, Cleckheaton are on course for a second successive JCT 600 Bradford League title.

Hartlepool were somewhat unlucky this weekend, with their first team just missing out on victory, their second team losing from a winning position and their third team losing a high-scoring game.

After last week's edition of Around The Grounds featured clubs and teams battling the weather, this week was a much more sunny affair.

Harrow St Mary's Cricket Club toasted three wins out of three for their Saturday sides this weekend to strengthen their respective positions as the end of the season approaches.