The Latest Sports News from the University of Gloucestershire
A Gloucestershire-based cricketer has been selected as vice-captain for England Over-60’s World Cup squad ahead of next year’s tournament in India. Edward Gordon Lennox, who plays his club cricket for Tarbarrow Cricket Club, near Cirencester and has played an integral role in the England side’s recent success. England won the Caribbean Cup, Grey Ashes and […]
Tom Smith comes into the 2025 season looking ahead to what the future holds for him, with this summer potentially being the last of his career, he opened up about his new hybrid role at Gloucestershire. “I have been fortunate enough to become involved with the England Women pathways, so I did a little bit […]
The University of Gloucestershire’s indoor cricket team travelled up to Birmingham on Saturday to play in the Indoor BUCS Trophy Finals at Edgbaston’s Indoor Centre. The squad were put into a mini-group against Exeter, Nottingham Trent & Sheffield. Captain, Toby Rice knew they were against the odds from the off, “There was no chance we’d […]
The Blind Ashes is taking place on the Gold Coast, Australia currently as England were aiming to retain the trophy they won back in 2018 after 2020’s series was cancelled due to Covid-19. A rain-spoiled tour this year has resulted in three games cancelled and with only two T20’s left on Tuesday, Australia are out […]
Cheltenham Civil Service has won the Indoor Cricket League for the past three years and will be hoping to win it for the fourth time running. “We keep things simple, and everyone understands their specific role in the team.” Baker speaks about their success indoor as the game is a fast and energetic game. Civil […]
Later this afternoon, Heather Knight’s England come up against their biggest challenge in Group B of the Women’s T20 World Cup: South Africa. The game takes place in Sharjah, where England beat Bangladesh by 21 runs on Saturday defending 119. Despite their lackluster batting display England were backed up by tidy bowling from their spinners, […]
University of Gloucestershire bowler Jack Brown is looking forward to what could be an incredibly exciting year for his side after their previously successful campaign. Off the back of the team’s unbeaten league-winning outdoor season, the team rightly has “a lot of confidence” going into indoor BUCS over the upcoming months. Being an integral part […]
The Cricket World Cup is well and truly underway with some big results coming in since the tournament began on Thursday. Reigning champions England were humiliated in their first match as they were well beaten by New Zealand who won by nine wickets. Jos Buttler’s side put up a score of 282 which could have […]
With a month until cricket’s greatest competition gets underway, England fans have already had their first worry with seamer James Anderson suffering a “mild strain to his right groin,” in Lancashire’s draw against Somerset last week. The 40-year-old has been inspired form in the County Championship this term and as England’s all-time leading wicket taker […]
All-rounder Ollie Price has agreed to extend his stay with Gloucestershire County Cricket Club until 2025 having impressed across the formats in the 2022 season. Price scored the fourth most runs for Gloucester in List A cricket, averaging 26.63 across eight games at a strike rate of 92. The best of his performances coming against […]