Mount's Bay School (Penzance) Under 15 Girls Cricket team have won through to the National Finals of the Lady Taverners Under 15 Girls' Indoor Cricket Competition - for schools and clubs. The finals will be played at the Indoor School at Lord's Cricket Ground in London at the end of the month.

Having won the Cornwall Group they travelled to the Dorset Cricket Centre at Hurn to play in the Southern Regional Finals along with teams representing Wiltshire, Surrey, Hampshire, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Devon, Sussex and Dorset. Mount's Bay came top of a group that also comprised of Gloucestershire and Somerset. The 8-a-side games were of 5 overs with a minimum of 4 bowlers used.

Thus they qualified, with Hampshire and Sussex, to compete in the round robin championship play-off. All three games were very closely contested with a winning margin of just 2 runs in each game. Mounts Bay beat Hampshire in the first game 60 runs to 58. Sussex then went on to beat Hampshire also by 2 runs. The final game was effectively a decider - Mount's Bay against Sussex. Mounts Bay held their nerve to win a thriller by 41 runs to 39.

The Cornwall champions were presented with the trophy as Southern Regional Champions. The girls now travel to Lords to play, as one of the final four teams, in the National Finals on Sunday 30th April against the North, Midlands and East Regional winners. A fantastic achievement for all concerned. The winning team was Becky Brooks, Natalie Howes, Amber Grose, Lisa Williams, Kerry Stevens, Bryony Knott, Kerry Matthews and Nicole Richards.

Former Cornwall County Cricket Club professional Neil Williams has died at the age of 43 in hospital after short battle against pneumonia Crickinfo report.

Following a first class career with Middlesex and Esssex that included one test cap against India in 1990 he played for St Blazey in County Div 1 (now Premier League) and Cornwall in the 2000 season. He made 604 runs and took 35 wickets in the league for St Blazey. He played 7 two-day championship matches for Cornwall topping the batting averages with 300 runs at 33.33 and took 13 wickets at 37. He also played in the Nat West Trophy against Norfolk and two ECB 38 County games.

The ninth Cornwall Cricket Yearbook "Cricket in Cornwall 2006" has been compiled and has gone to press. It is again of 304 pages including in excess of a hundred photogaphs of the 2005 season. Expected publication date is around 20th April. For more details click 2006 CCB Yearbook

Cornish Clubs Directory & Websites 2006 have been updated for 2006 season. Up to date list of secretaries and links to active club play-cricket and Club websites including new Botallack, Newquay & Redruth C C's sites.

Stoke Climsland CC have withdrawn from Division 4 East of the Jolly's Drinks Cornwall Cricket League with immediate effect due to a shortage of players. The club joined the League in 1967 and played in Division 1 East, in four separate seasons, between 1971 and 1989. (71, 75, 80 and 89 finishing bottom on each occasion).

The Cornwall Association of Cricket Coaches Conference, which was scheduled for Sunday April 2nd, has been cancelled as very few coaches have expressed an interest in attending. Chairman's letter

Following the recent success of Troon Cricket Club's Youth teams and the hype that surrounded England's Ashes success the number of youngsters attending practice sessions has rapidly increased. As a consequence the club are in need of more volunteers to assist in coaching the youth teams. If you are able to aid the club please contact youth committee chairman Trevor Angove on 01326562716."

A Meeting with Len Smith, the Glamorgan CC groundsman, to talk about the new ECB Standard for pitches, squares and outfields. All Clubs are welcome to attend, Truro CC Friday 24th March commencing at 7.30 pm.- All welcome CAG link

Planning is now under way to celebrate Mullion Cricket Clubs 125th anniversary later this year. There will be five days of celebrations starting off with a Friendly match against touring side Earlswood on Tuesday 4th July. Then on the evenings of the 5th, 6th and 7th Mullion�s local �Gulls Theatre Group� will be staging the comedy play based on a cricket match �Outside Edge�. This will be an outdoor production using the ground and clubhouse as the stage.

The celebrations then climax on Sunday 9th July with a full day of events. This will include a �Youth� cricket match where the future of Mullion cricket will be able to demonstrate their skills. This will be followed by a match comprising of both current and past players of Mullion. To achieve this, the search is on for as many �Past� players as possible. Age is no limit as �Super Subs� will be used. This will allow those who wish to play only one over if required to take part.

Ex Mullion players are asked to give Dave Fowles a call on 01326 240005. Meanwhile as the matches are taking place, there will be a �Village Fete� taking place on the outskirts of the ground with all the usual stalls, entertainment and food. Finally to round off the day, an inter denomination outdoor church service will be held on the ground.

Mullion pre-season indoor nets will start this Saturday 11th March at 5 pm at Penryn College and then every Saturday until 1st April. New players wishing to play for Mullion this season are welcome to attend.

Ludgvan Cricket Club are hosting a cricket equipment show at Ludgvan Community Centre on Wednesday 15th March at 7.30pm. A full range equipment & clothing from Malik International UK, Bradbury, Lords International and Hunts County will be on show. 10% discount will be given on any bat purchased on the night.