HEYWOOD CRICKET CLUB

A ROLLER-coaster game produced a cliffhanger conclusion as Heywood took another step towards Greater Manchester Premier League safety. Heywood eventually defeated fellow relegation battlers Greenmount by one wicket with one ball of the game left at Brandlesholme Road. But those facts barely begin to scratch the surface of a match of several momentum swings. Greenmount Click here for more ….

HEYWOOD’S first and second teams face key Greater Manchester Cricket League games on Saturday. The senior side go to Greenmount with both sides battling for survival in the Premier division. And the second team entertain Hollinwood, who hold a nine-point lead at the top of Division 4 East. Heywood are nine points behind in joint Click here for more ….

A SPARKLING five-wicket return by James Mills paved the way for a 36-run victory by Heywood’s second team at Ashton. The left-arm bowler claimed 5-29 in a terrific 14-over spell as the home side were bundled out for 96 in reply to 132 by the visitors, who stay well in the hunt for promotion from Click here for more ….

HEYWOOD pulled the match out of the fire to gun down title-chasing Woodbank and give their Greater Manchester Premier League survival hopes a fillip. The home side, missing three key players, entered the game with few real expectations – at least in the eyes of many of the home supporters – and struggled to 57-5 Click here for more ….

ONE of the social highlights of the cricket season takes place at Crimble this coming Sunday, (August 12, noon). A charity match between Hardman’s Lemons and an Eggers Patio Select is in memory of two late members of Heywood Cricket Club – Tom Hardman and Trevor ‘Egger’ Jones. The game always attracts plenty of support Click here for more ….

HEYWOOD continue their battle against relegation from the Greater Manchester Premier League at home to second-placed Woodbank on Saturday. But they have to do so without top order batsmen Bobby Cross and Andy Kerr, plus opening bowler Simon Dawson. The second team, bidding for promotion from Division 4 East, travel to Ashton the same day. Click here for more ….

AN outstanding bowling display by Heywood’s record wicket-taker Chris Kaye led to the second team getting back on to the winning trail in Division 4 East of the Greater Manchester League. The 49-year-old returned the remarkable figures of 9-55 from almost 14 overs as Royton were bowled out for 148 at Crimble. Then Dominick Fawcett Click here for more ….

HEYWOOD were batted out of a Greater Manchester Premier League game for the second successive week. Roe Green rattled up an imposing 284-5 on their distinctive Worsley area ground after the visitors had won the toss and elected to field in sultry conditions. The decision may have been influenced by losing top order batsman Danny Click here for more ….

CRICKET fans are in for a treat on a day which will commemorate the life of one of the best products of Heywood’s youth system. Tom Hardman 20/20 day will be at Towncroft, home of Middleton CC, on August 27, the last Bank Holiday Monday of the year. The action will feature Heywood, Middleton, Norden Click here for more ….

EVERY match until the end of the season assumes extra importance for Heywood’s 1st X1 as they bid to preserve their Greater Manchester Premier League status. Heywood are third from bottom of the table with just seven games left, and the latest on Saturday sees a trip to Worsley area club Roe Green – who are Click here for more ….

WHAT seemed like a manageable task a fortnight ago for Heywood’s second team to achieve promotion from Division 4 East of the Greater Manchester League has turned into a dogfight. They lost their second successive match, this time by 109 runs at Newton Heath, and now lie third in the table – 11 points behind Click here for more ….

TO say that Heywood’s overwhelming defeat by a powerful Prestwich team at Crimble was not a surprise is a gross understatement. The home team, decimated by having to dig deep into their reserves because of many senior players having accepted long-standing invitations to attend team-mate Dale Latham’s wedding, were blown away by the visitors’ batting Click here for more ….

HEYWOOD continue their battle to stay in the Greater Manchester Premier League at home to title-chasing Prestwich on Saturday. Seven players who have featured in the first team this season are unavailable, meaning that the side certainly has an unfamiliar look and that the task will be even more difficult. That has also had an Click here for more ….

PAMELA Farrar has issued a heartfelt “thank you” to Heywood Cricket Club in recognition of the fantastic result from the Christie fundraising event during the recent home game with Egerton. Her husband Kenny passed away in the week before the game, and many of the extended Farrar family and friends turned up for the event Click here for more ….

HEYWOOD found themselves on the wrong end of batting blitz as they went out of the Derek Kay 1st X1 Cup at the semi-final stage. Royton, with big centuries from James Maurice-Scott and professional Chirag Khurana, rattled up a massive 372-6 from their 50 overs at The Paddock to put the tie virtually out of reach at Click here for more ….