George Lavelle, LCB County Age Group Under 15 wicket keeper batsman was named the Cedric Rhodes Player of the Season for boys and Emma Lamb, LCB County Age Group Under 17 top order bat, named the Cedric Rhodes Player of the Season for girls.
Both George and Emma received their awards at the annual Lancashire Cricket Board (LCB) Development of Excellence Presentation Evening for 2015 in association with the Lancashire Schools Cricket Association (LSCA) sponsored by Yellow Panther part of Industrial Space Solutions Ltd on Monday 30th November. The LCB and LSCA held their End of Season Awards ceremony for their Representative Youth teams in The Point at Emirates Old Trafford, with over 750 players, parents, guests and officials in attendance.
George, aged 15, performed to a high level all season. His ability to read games and get his team over the line was a credit to his skill levels. His batting was dynamic at times scoring 459 runs at an average of 98.80 with a high score of 98 against Surrey in the final, aligned with excellent performances behind the stumps. He represented the ECB North of England and after a successful prestigious Bunbury Festival was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. George plays his club cricket at Ormskirk CC and goes to Merchant Taylors School in Crosby, Liverpool.
Emma, aged 17, has had an exceptional year with the bat. She has put pressure on bowlers, dominated from the front, demonstrated hitting around the ground and showed resolve when it was tough. Scoring 741 runs at county age group level with an average over 100, she has also stepped up and played at England Academy level throughout the summer and opened the batting for LCB Thunder. As a player Emma doesn’t stand still with her game, always wants to go one step further and enjoys success. Emma plays her club cricket at Bramhall CC and goes to Cardinal Newman 6th Form in Preston.
The evening is aimed at celebrating and congratulating all involved with the LCB junior county age group squads, from players to coaches and officials to volunteers and parents. This year for the first time saw a positive addition to the evening with the successes of our county disability squads also celebrated.
The evening was compered by LCB Managing Director Bobby Denning and trophies presented by LCCC Cricket Director & Head Coach Ashley Giles.
2015 has been another outstanding year for the county with all the age groups taken together winning over 70% of all games. National success has been had by the LCB Under 15s Boys winning the Royal London Under 15 County Cup beating Surrey and the LCB Under 17s Girls winning the Royal London Girls Under 17 County Cup defeating Warwickshire. The LCB Physical Disability / Learning Disability squad were crowned champions of the British Association for Cricketers with Disability & ECB D40 County Championship defeating Shropshire.
Presentations were also made to those players who achieved significant milestones during the season including centuries, 5-wicket hauls / victims, hat-tricks and outstanding wicket-keeping performances (see the recipients of Trophies below).
Bobby Denning, LCB’s Managing Director, said: “We continue to pride ourselves on producing home grown talent linking our pathways into Lancashire County Cricket Club and this evening was about celebrating this.
“The game is about the players and I would like to congratulate all our representative players this evening. Wearing the Red Rose comes with responsibility on and off the field and I sincerely hope they all continue to strive to have the honour that comes with being a County Player. I am delighted that we recognised an important part of our work this evening, the LCB Disability Player Pathway.
“And finally it was pleasing to recognise key individuals who have had an impact on junior cricket over many years, at both grassroots and elite level in their former roles with the LCB. The contributions made by Geoff Ogden, Tony Crook, Ken Standring, Bill Robinson and Alan Maddocks has been significant.”
Stephen Titchard, LCB’s Performance Manager, said: “On behalf of the Lancashire Cricket Board I’d like to congratulate all the players that have represented LCB County Age Groups squads this year. These players are the best players currently playing within their age groups and we hope some of them will go on to represent Lancashire at the senior level.
“I would also like to thank the LSCA who work in partnership with us to deliver a comprehensive county age group programme, the LCCC Foundation for their continued financial support and the Lancashire County Cricket Club. Thanks to all the managers and coaches who help ensure these squads perform to their highest level.
“A special thanks to Yellow Panther for sponsoring our annual presentation evening this year and in particular Gunjan Parikh for enabling this to happen.”
Jennifer Barden, LCB’s Women & Girls Cricket Development Officer, added: “Once again a great showing from the female players in the County, a National Title, plenty of performances and even more girls playing County cricket than ever before! Well done to everyone for representing their County in 2015, some exciting talents moving through the pathway and we look forward to seeing them representing LCB Thunder in the years to come. It’s exciting times to be involved with women and girls cricket and we look forward to the future in Lancashire.
“Many thanks to all the volunteers, clubs, parents, players, officials who have all helped give these players the opportunity to represent their county.”
ANNUAL AWARDS 2015
CEDRIC RHODES PLAYER OF THE SEASON FOR GIRLS 2015
Emma Lamb
(LCB Girls Under 17s)
CEDRIC RHODES PLAYER OF THE SEASON FOR BOYS 2015
George Lavelle
(LCB Boys Under 15s)
PLAYERS OF THE SEASON FOR EACH AGE GROUP / DISABILITY SQUAD
Under 10s Boys: Jack Stanley
Under 11s Boys: Harry Singh
Under 11s Girls: Liberty Heap
Under 12s Boys: JJ Fielding
Under 13s Boys: Finlo Smith
Under 13s Girls: Daisy Mullan
Under 14s Boys: Sam Dorsey
Under 15s Boys: Rehan Udwadia
Under 15s Girls: Evie Priestley
Under 16s Boys: Nathan Jones
Under 17s Boys: Brad Woolley
Under 17s Girls: Emma Lamb
Under 19s Edwin Kay Trophy: Chris Laker
Under 19s John Appleyard Trophy (player of the year): Furqan Shafiq
LCB Deaf: James Dixon
Lancashire Lions Visually Impaired: Usman Afridi
LCB Physical Disability / Learning Disability: Tom Wilson
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES TROPHY WINNERS 2015
Bowling
Under 11s Boys: Rees Abbott (5 for 21 v Cornwall)
Under 11s Boys: Harry Singh (5 for 15 v Nottinghamshire)
Under 11s Girls: Amelia McKeown (7 for 23 v Staffordshire)
Under 12s Boys: Alex Selby (5 for 1 v Cumbria)
Under 12s Boys: Ben Walkden (5 for 12 v Nottinghamshire)
Under 13s Girls: Ella Smith (5 for 3 v Nottinghamshire)
Under 13s Boys Development: Chris Round (5 for 17 v Cumbria)
Under 14s Boys Development: Jack Morley (5 for 22 v North East Wales)
Under 15s Boys: Muhammed Ahmad (6 for 15 v Yorkshire)
Under 15s Boys: Cameron Lawrenson (6 for 12 v Gloucestershire)
Under 16s Boys: Dominic Stuart (5 for 55 v Durham)
Under 16s Boys: Nathan Jones (6 for 19 v Warwickshire)
Under 17s Girls: Hannah Jones (5 for 5 v Durham)
Under 17s Boys: Bradley Woolley (5 for 35 v Durham)
Under 19s Boys: Furqan Shafiq (7 for 68 v Derbyshire)
Under 19s Boys: Furqan Shafiq (5 for 31 v Yorkshire)
LCB Deaf: James Dixon (5 for 17 v Surrey)
Batting
Under 11s Girls: Liberty Heap (101 no v Staffordshire)
Under 12s Boys: JJ Fielding (156 no v Lincolnshire)
Under 13s Boys Development: Ben Mason (110 no v Warwickshire Development)
Under 14s Boys: Will Turner (100 no v Cumbria)
Under 15s Boys: Rehan Udwadia (111 no v Yorkshire)
Under 16s Boys: Taylor Cornall (134 v Cheshire)
Under 16s Boys: Ross Bretherton (101 no v Durham)
Under 17s Boys: Saad Khan (113 no v Cheshire)
Under 17s Girls: Emma Lamb (108 no v Durham)
Under 17s Girls: Emma Lamb (125 no v Yorkshire)
Under 17s Girls: Emma Lamb (106 v Staffordshire)
Under 19s Boys: Chris Laker (132 v Yorkshire)
Under 19s Boys: Harry Dearden (103 v Yorkshire)
Women’s Development: Emma Lamb (140 v Yorkshire)
Lancashire Lions Visually Impaired: Usman Afridi (283 no v Somerset)
Lancashire Lions Visually Impaired: Usman Afridi (171 v Warwickshire)
Lancashire Lions Visually Impaired: Usman Afridi (133 v Sussex)
Lancashire Lions Visually Impaired: Wasim Afridi (100 v Warwickshire)
Wicket Keeping
Under 19s Boys: Bradley Yates (6 Victims v Derbyshire)
Hat-tricks
Under 11s Girls: Amelia McKeown (v Staffordshire)
Under 12s Boys: Thomas Gunshorn (v Cumbria)
Under 12s Boys: Ben Walkden (v Gloucestershire)
Report courtesy of LCB
