Pride of place goes to our first team who on 1st September won the NatWest T20 National Finals at the SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff. Not just winning but sweeping aside the opposition! Our first game was against the holders, Chester Boughton Hall who were beaten by 10 wickets. In the final, Exmouth CC posted a decent total of 174-7 which we cruised by with the loss of only two wickets with a couple of overs in hand. Two great performances…..a memorable day
Now, a brief summary of our League teams:-
• 1st X1 – we were probably the strongest team in the first division so finishing fourth after a strong start, felt like a disappointment. But it was a decent performance and only 13 points behind Hampstead the winners. There were some notable individual performances particularly from our overseas signing Elliot Opie who had a great season with bat and ball and received the first team player award
• 2nd X1 – many congratulations to our 2nd XI who were crowned winners of the Middlesex League. Captain Ahsan Faraz was in charge when not on first team duty making this a particularly pleasing result. As well as being competitive in its own right, the 2nd XI is also the shop window for any player with a desire to play for the 1st XI.
• 3rd X1 – finished in fifth place improving their result from last year! The side is full of young talented players taking their first steps into senior cricket.
• 4th X1 – finished a highly respectable fourth in Division 3 of the Middlesex League usually playing against ‘third teams’ from other clubs – only ourselves and Richmond CC have four teams in the League. The 4th XI is also for young players to take their first steps into senior cricket and for those seasoned players wishing to add balance to the side.
• 5th X1 – a special “well done” to Stephen Brown and his many players for achieving 9th place in Division 2 of the 1987 League. Stephen captained during the season and performed an excellent job in leading over 50 players, young and old!
• The MCB Development XI – many congratulations to Phil Murphy for captaining our Development League side to the quarter-finals

• The Middlesex Women’s Championship Trophy – this is the first year that Middlesex have run this league and we are delighted that the Ealing Ladies’ team won the very first Championship! This is so well deserved and a great tribute to Coach and Manager James Grigg and all the ladies under his guidance

In April 2013 Ealing Cricket Club merged with Hanwell Cricket Club. Now known as Ealing Hanwellians CC they field two Saturday teams and one Sunday team.
• 1st X1 – finished sixth in the Middlesex Championship Division 2 (1st XI’s) with Captain Sarpinder Singh in charge
• 2nd X1 – Captained by Martin Bovell, finished seventh in the Middx Championship Division 2 (2nd XI’s)
• Sunday XI– finished in seventh position, in the Chess Valley League Division 4…Haseeb Younis Captained the side.

• Thank you and well done to all players who represented ECC especially those who won the 2015 Player Awards at the End of Season Dinner:-
Charles Poore Colt of the Year Trophy Sam Turner
Rashid Colt All Rounder of the Year Trophy Mungo Russell
MDL/U19 Player of the Year Oscar Dewhurst
Bob Fisher 1st X1 Trophy Elliot Opie
Alan Price 2nd X1 Trophy Taz Khalid
John Lindley 3rd X1 Trophy Michael Heger
Brian Stevens 4th X1 Trophy Nabil Irfan
John Poore 5th X1 Trophy Nadin Siddiquik

‘Hot off the Press’; Last Night there was a Captains Election vote for the 2016 season Senior Captains. The results as follows:
• Club Captain - David Holt
• 1st XI Captain - Huw Jones
• 2nd XI Captain - David Holt
• 3rd XI Captain - Gavin Calder
• 4th XI Captain - Shaun Bosworth
• 5th XI – TBC

We have said before that our strength is in our youth cricket. We are proud that ten of the squad for the NatWest T20 National Cup came through the Colts system. ECC has enjoyed another very successful Colts season including:-
1. U11s, U13s and U17s winning the MCA South Area League and Cup double, while the U15s were runners up in both - a tremendous result across such a wide range of age groups.
2. U11s won the Middx County Cup and were Runners Up in the Middlesex League Cup while the U11 Girls were Runners Up in the Seaxe League West.
3. U13 Girls were Runners Up in the Seaxe League West
4. U13s won the South Area League, were finalists in the Middx League Cup and were quarter finalists of the Middlesex County Cup.
5. U15 Girls won the Seaxe Middlesex League West and were crowned joint Middlesex League Champions.
6. U17s reached the quarter-finals of the Middx League Cup and the quarter-finals of the Middlesex County Cup.
7. Twenty-two of our Colts played age group County cricket this summer and twenty-nine played Middlesex played Middx Winter, Regional & Borough and Girls Regional Cricket in 2015.
8. A special mention should be given to Arthur Godsal who was selected for the England Development Squad as well as Middlesex 2nd XI and U17s

Many congratulations to all our COLTS AWARD WINNERS 2015
U8 Manager’s Award – Arun Gupte Player of the Year – Zuhayr Khan
U9 Manager’s Award – Dilan Reddy Player of the Year – Chico Hillman
U10 Manager’s Award – Jack Manners Player of the Year – Jack Artis
U11 Girls Manager’s Award – Ellie Ritchie Player of the Year – Priyanka Patel
U11B Manager’s Award – Eliot Lakin Player of the Year – Mattie Wrench
U11A Manager’s Award – Rishab Lamba Player of the Year – Jilal Pervez
U13 Girls Manager’s Award – Shimako Kato Player of the Year – Sophie Diamond
U13C Manager’s Award – Daniel Clifford Player of the Year – Aadidev Bhatt
U13B Manager’s Award – Andre Raubenheimer Player of the Year – Felix Mountford
U13A Manager’s Award – Seshan Chandrasekaram Player of the Year – Ned Leonard
U15 Girls Manager’s Award – Roshni Patel Player of the Year – Zoya Latif
U15B Manager’s Award – Albert Stoute Player of the Year – Ossama Aslam
U15A Manager’s Award – Craig Stephen-Lett Player of the Year – Jack Leatham
U17 Manager’s Award – Munjot Rajasansir Player of the Year – Oscar Jenkyn-Jones

OTHER AWARDS
Maiden 50: Aadidev Bhatt, Ossama Aslam, Shubham Patel, Dylan Grant, Jack Leatham, Nancy Hughes, Harjot Rajasansir, Ned Harris

Maiden 100: Aadidev Bhatt, Harjot Rajasansir, Robbie Connolly

5 Wickets: Jovin Sahota, James Green, Lucas Holmes, Jilal Pervez, Jack Leatham, Rafique Ossman

Hat-tricks: Lucas Brathwaite, Jilal Pervez

Marie Holt Trophy (Girl Colt of the Year) – Georgia Bentley
Rashid Trophy (Best all-rounder) – Mungo Russell
Charles Poore Trophy (Colt of Year) – Sam Turner

Finally, our thanks to all those who have supported the club during the year; we can only succeed if we have volunteers to help so don’t forget, there is ALWAYS scope for YOU to assist, just let me know! (cricket @ealingcc.co.uk)

Here’s to more success in 2016 but first, The President and all the Trustees wish you a Healthy, Sporting New Year
Louise
Louise Chippendale
Sponsorship & Business Manager