Iwan Rees became the 1st batsman in the world to pass 1000 runs in O50Is.
Leading run-scorers for Wales:
Iwan Rees: 1033 at 49.19
Steve Maddock: 446 at 26.24
Michael Cann: 406 at 21.37
John Jones: 337 at 13.48
@Wales_over_50s
Adrian Dale has hit the highest score in NZ O50s cricket: 1⃣5⃣5⃣ for Auckland vs Canterbury.
It is Dale's 3rd 💯in over-50s cricket.
Auckland racked up 295/6 in their 45 overs.
Final World Cup standings:
1.England
2.South Africa
Zealand
4.USA
5.Pakistan
6.Zimbabwe
7.Sri Lanka
8.India
9.West Indies
10. Wales
11.Canada
12.UAE
13.Australia
14.Namibia
The Over-50s World Cup Final would have been held at Newlands today and the World Cup would be presented right about now.
Here is Tournament Director Roger Moult holding the Cup, but with no one to give it too. 😟
Highest run-scorers for England in O50Is:
Giles Ecclestone: 831 at 51.94 (pic)
Stephen Foster: 728 at 56.00
Jonathan Wileman: 613 at 68.11
David Snellgrove: 573 at 30.16
Richard Trotman: 400 at 36.36
The man behind the Over-50s World Cup, Roger Moult
@moult_roger
, has done a superhuman amount of work getting this tournament ready to go.
Here he is with the official tournament programme.
The South Africa vs Wales match on March 10, at Milnerton HS, will be the first ever day-night O50I.
Hopefully most of the other teams, whose games will have finished by about 5 p.m., will come down for the evening session.
Most O50Is:
John Jones (Wales): 31 (pic)
Sean Cooper (Eng): 30
Roy Emmott (Wales): 29
Zamin Amin (WI): 28
Steve Powell (Wales): 27
Iwan Rees (Wales): 26
Parak Ananta (India/US): 26
Rudy Gibson (Canada): 26
Tim Sargent (Aus): 26
Tony Clark (Aus): 26
Excellent news - the 3 Sri Lankans stranded in Cape Town after the Over-50s World Cup are finally flying home today!
They have been in South Africa for more than 4 months.
South African side announced:
Jonty Rhodes
Dave Callaghan
Louis Koen
Alan Dawson
Pieter Strydom
Kenny Jackson
Dave Holgate
Anwell Newman
Neil Fusedale
Rodney Malamba
Mlungisi Ngece
Dave Duncan
Warne Rippon
Brad Player
Nazeem White
Henry Williams
Australia and England last played for the "Platinum Ashes" in Sydney in 2018, with the Aussies winning 2-0.
England have turned the tables, beating Australia 2-0 in Cape Town.
𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐯𝐬 𝐌𝐂𝐂 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐃!
Congratulations to all our players and officials who will take on
@MCCOfficial
in April!
🗓 14th April
🏟
@HomeOfCricket
➡️
🎟 Spectators welcome but some details tbc…
🏏🏴🐉 |
#WeAreWelshCricket
There have now been 7 centuries scored in Over-50s Internationals:
Three by Pakistanis and 1 each to batsmen from Australia,
@CountiesEngland
, New Zealand and now
@Wales_over_50s
, following Iwan Rees' (
@the_yogster
) 💯 at the weekend.
Some exciting over-40s internationals are coming up in the next couple of months:
* 23 May: England vs Wales
* 31 May: England vs Ireland
* 14 June: England vs Wales
All leading up to the IMC Over-40s World Cup in Cape Town next Feb/March.
@Eng40sCricket
Congratulations to Ireland
@Ire40sCricket
🇮🇪☘️for beating England
@Eng40sCricket
🏴by 53 runs!
🇮🇪 Kenny Carroll 133
🇮🇪 John Anderson 71
🏴Mohd. Akhtar 4/54
🇮🇪 Nigel Jones 3/36
Full report & links to scorecard/video here:
@cricketireland
Congrats to
@Wales_over_50s
keeper Steve Powell on his 100th cap for Wales Over-50s.
27 of these matches have been O50Is, in which time Powell has made 26 dismissals (incl. 14 stumpings!), putting him 2nd on the all-time list.
Congratulations to Iwan Rees for this wonderful milestone!
A full stats update will be provided in the next few weeks (I just haven't had the time during the tournament)
Leading wicket-takers for Wales in O50Is:
Roy Emmott: 29 @ 29.00 (vid)
Iwan Rees: 26 @ 25.35
Chris Hudson: 23 @ 26.74
Mark Davies: 17 @ 23.35
Paul Murphy: 16 @ 31.56
Most runs in all O50Is:
Iwan Rees (Wales): 1033 at 49.19
Giles Ecclestone (Eng): 831 at 51.94
Stephen Foster (Eng): 728 at 56.00
Peter Solway (Aus): 690 at 76.67
Steve Mace (Aus): 656 at 65.60
Adrian Dale (NZ): 652 at 38.35
Iqbal Khan (Ind): 634 at 48.77
Is this worth a shout?
@Wales_over_50s
bowler John Kenchington (
@JohnKenchingto3
) gets a ball to lodge in the pads of New Zealand's Richard Petrie (
@richardgpetrie
) at the 2018 Over-50s World Cup ... if he's hit it, can he be caught? If he hasn't, is he LBW?
Iwan Rees' two O50I 💯s:
(1) 114* out of 170/8 - 67% of total. Next highest score: 16
(2) 103* out of 181/7 - 57% of total. Next highest score: 25
He batted throughout the 45 overs on both occasions, both vs
@CountiesEngland
.
@Wales_over_50s
@SeniorsWales
@the_yogster
Mike Lloyd, manager of the Wales Over-50s at the Sydney World Cup, was awarded the OSCA (Outstanding Service to Cricket Award).
Congratulations, Mike!
@Wales_over_50s
@CricketWales
Wales' Stephen Powell has kept up his extraordinary stumpings-to-catches ratio.
Of his 14 dismissals in O50Is, 9 are stumpings!
Above him on the overall dismissals list are Jason Robinson (10 c, 7 st), Mason Robinson (9 c, 6 st) & Parak Ananta (9 c, 5 st)
@Wales_over_50s
Exactly 6 months until the 2020 Over-50s Cricket World Cup kicks off.
42 matches in 2 weeks on the best grounds Cape Town has to offer - including the Grand Final at Newlands Stadium.
The Zimbabwe Over-50s side will be a formidable force at the World Cup , with at least 6 ex-internationals from the '90s, when Zim were at their peak.
Anyone remember Eddo Brandes? Neil Johnson? Craig Evans?
This weekend's ECB Over-50s Grand Final should be a cracker.
Essex's batsmen have pulverised attacks throughout the summer, while 2-time defending champs Yorkshire have a formidable all-round side.
Several past, present & future
@CountiesEngland
reps will be on show.
Centuries on debut in masters cricket internationals (O40s and O50s):
Richard Trotman (Eng): 148* vs WI (50s)
Sultan Mahmood (Eng): 102 vs Wales (50s)
Sion Morris (Wales): 118 v Eng (40s) [pic]
@CountiesEngland
@walesover40s
And we're off!
Over-50s World Cup declared officially open by the chairman, Stirling Hamman, flanked by the captains and Arthur Case from
@Evergreen_LV
, with the ambassadors behind (Pollock, Richards, Procter, Kirsten, et al.)
Ireland will become the latest country to play international masters cricket when their over-40s side faces England on May 31.
Congratulations to the Irish for getting their masters structure up and running - great job, guys! 🇮🇪🍀
You can follow them at
@Ire40sCricket
The 12 teams for the 2020
#over50sworldcup
are:
South Africa
Australia
Pakistan
England
New Zealand
Canada
Wales
Sri Lanka
West Indies
India
Zimbabwe
Namibia
With just 10 weeks to go until the Over-50s Cricket World Cup, I'll be starting a regular series of player profiles.
These will feature a key member of each team to keep an eye on at the tournament.
Part 1 coming up shortly.
For anyone planning to watch the World Cup on a mobile device, consider downloading the PitchVision app.
It will have all the matches live, plus highlights and interactive scorecards.
Amazing! The England Over-50s presented with the IMC O50s World Cup.
At Lord's.
@HomeOfCricket
During a Test match.
By Eoin Morgan.
@Eoin16
Fantastic to see the team all present & scrubbed up for a prestigious occasion.
Watch Welsh Manager Mike Lloyd and batsman Iwan Rees (
@the_yogster
) on Welsh TV.
It's a little hard to follow if you don't speak Welsh, but you can probably get the gist.
Mike Lloyd, team manager and all rounder Iwan Rees being interviewed on Welsh TV channel S4C this afternoon about their trip to the
@Over50sC
World Cup in Cape Town next month
Yorkshire have won the
@CountiesEngland
England O50s comp with a huge win over Bedfordshire
@bedso50scricket
Yorkshire 222/3 (Nick Gaywood 74)
Bedfordshire 62 (Mo Shahnawaz 4/21)
Scorecard:
Congrats, Yorkshire!
David Gower offers support to over-50s World Cup players.
"I’m not sure if they’re all brilliant or mad – probably a bit of both."
#SSCricket
via
@SuperSportTV
Episode 2 of "The Second Innings" podcast is now available on Spotify.
This episode focuses on Wales
@Wales_over_50s
@SeniorsWales
and features an interview with Iwan Rees
@the_yogster
A great team performance yesterday as we defeated Cornwall by 80 runs at
@PontarddulaisCC
to move into the last 8 of the ECB 50+ Championship. Wales batted first and scored 221-4 from 45 overs with Iwan Rees scoring 88 & Mike Cann a quick 66 off 45 balls with 9 fours and 1 six
Phil Melville has been playing grade cricket in Sydney for 30 years, taking 646 wickets. He's just turned 50, is aiming for 700 grade wickets and will start playing Over-50s cricket this season.
Read about him here:
Carl Hooper (
@carlhooper
) has been picked to play for the West Indies at the
#over50scricketworldcup
.
A 20-man squad has been named, with 4 to be cut in late Jan.
Here is the full squad:
Just 6 weeks to go until the
#over50scricketworldcup
, sponsored by Evergreen Lifestyle (
@Evergreen_LV
)
Evergreen provides a world-class retirement experience and is proud to be the major sponsor of the Over-50s Cricket World Cup.
World Champions 🏆
Congratulations to England Over 50s men's side, including seven current MCC playing members, who are winners of the Over 50s World Cup 👏
#CricketTwitter
England Over-50s star batsman Giles Ecclestone has started his 2021 season well, with scores of 36, 63 and 97* (average of 98) for Saffron-Walden CC (
@SWCCcrocus
) in the East Anglian Premier League.
@CountiesEngland
England are the Over-50s World Cup champions!
Massive congratulations to the team on defeating South Africa by 65 runs in the Grand Final at Newlands yesterday.
A well-deserved victory for the best-prepared team!
Rees' innings is the 2nd highest in all O50Is. He also took 2/29. He has (unofficially) rocketed into the top 5 in the World O50I Player Rankings (TBC shortly).
@Wales_over_50s
Hugh Leeke had an excellent debut for
@CountiesEngland
, scoring 72 and taking 2/17.
Welsh Over-50s player John Kenchington beat a World Superbike Championship and a rugby international to win Sportsman of the Year recently, as voted by readers of his local newspaper - great job!
Wales Over 50s would like to welcome Glamorgan Head Coach Matthew Maynard into their 2022 Wales Squad. Matthew has attended indoor nets with the lads and settled in well meeting a few old friends and is relishing the challenge of playing Seniors cricket when he can. 1/2
England's Over-50s County Champions since 1984 (Sussex won in 1983).
Kent have won the comp 6 times.
The tournament is now 40 years old ... eligible for the over-40s? 🙂
@CountiesEngland
@Wales_over_50s
Steve Powell now tops the list for most wicket-keeping dismissals:
Steve Powell (Wales): 7 ct 11 stumped = 18
Jason Robinson (Eng): 10 ct 7 st = 17
Mason Robinson (NZ): 9 ct 7 st = 16
Parak Ananta (Ind/US): 9 ct 5 st = 15