George Lavelle, LCB County Age Group Under 17 wicket keeper batsman was named the Cedric Rhodes Boys Player of the Season and Ellie Threlkeld, LCB County Age Group Under 17 wicket keeper and bat, named the Girls Cedric Rhodes Player of the Season.
Both George and Ellie received their awards at the annual Lancashire Cricket Board (LCB) Development of Excellence Presentation Evening for 2016 in association with the Lancashire Schools Cricket Association (LSCA) sponsored by Yellow Panther part of Industrial Space Solutions Ltd on Monday 05 December in The Point at Emirates Old Trafford.
George, aged 16, won this award last year making it 2 years in a row being named the boys player of the year. He has performed consistently to a high level all season and his contribution to the Under 17 team’s success was down to his dynamic performances with bat which included 3 centuries, aligned to the pressure he created behind the stumps which totalled 28 victims. Playing a year young to his peers makes his performances more impressive. He represented the ECB North of England at Under 17s level in the Super 4s competition. George plays his club cricket at Ormskirk CC and goes to Merchant Taylors School in Crosby, Liverpool.
Ellie, aged 17, has made steps up to play alongside full International players in the Kia Super League and has acted as a role model to both her team mates and those in younger age groups. With 350 runs, an average of 58 including a century against Cheshire, a Lancashire Thunder contract and England Women’s Senior Academy selection has made for a successful year. Ellie plays her club cricket at Rainford CC and goes to Winstanley College in Orrell, Wigan.
The evening is aimed at celebrating and congratulating all involved with junior county age group and disability squads. This year the success of Team Manchester was also celebrated following their national victory in the ECB City Cup.
2016 has been a good year for the county with all the age groups taken together winning 60% of all games. National success has been had by the Boys Under 10s, 12s and 13s winning their respective Taunton Festivals, with the Under 17s reaching the ECB County Championship final. Girls’ success was seen at Under 17 level where they were the T20 North Division winners.
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 continue to recognise an important part of our work this evening, the LCB Disability Player Pathway and Team Manchester success.
“Special mention must go to John and Myra Isterling for their significant contribution to the LSCA and LCB, scoring and umpiring on our age group programmes for over 20 years.”
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, coaches and officials 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, plenty of performances and even more girls playing County cricket than ever before! Well done to everyone for representing their County in 2016, some exciting talents moving through the pathway and we look forward to seeing them representing Lancashire 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.”
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).
Annual Awards 2016
Girls Cedric Rhodes Player Of The Season 2016
Ellie Threlkeld (LCB Girls Under 17s)
Boys Cedric Rhodes Player Of The Season 2016
George Lavelle (LCB Boys Under 17s)
Players Of The Season For Each Age Group / Disability Squad
Under 10s Boys: Lucas Selby (Delph CC)
Under 11s Boys: Basil Sultan (Little Hulton CC)
Under 11s Girls: Katie Boardman (Leyland CC)
Under 12s Boys: Arav Shetty (Urmston CC)
Under 13s Boys: JJ Fielding (Woodbank CC)
Under 13s Girls: Daisy Mullan (Bradshaw CC)
Under 14s Boys: Ollie Green (Fleetwood Hesketh CC)
Under 15s Boys: Sam Dorsey (Clifton CC)
Under 15s Girls: Rebecca Duckworth (Penwortham CC)
Under 16s Boys: Rehan Udwadia (Norden CC)
Under 17s Boys: George Lavelle (Ormskirk CC)
Under 17s Girls: Shachi Pai (Egerton CC)
Under 19s Edwin Kay Trophy: Bradley Yates (Urmston CC)
Under 19s John Appleyard Trophy (player of the year): Furqan Shafiq (Newton-Le-Willows CC)
LCB Deaf: James Dixon (Radcliffe CC)
Lancashire Lions Visually Impaired: Sheraz Chohen
LCB Physical Disability / Learning Disability: Adam Finneran (Swinton Moorside CC)
Individual Performances Trophy Winners 2016
Batting
Under 19 Boys: Will Davidson (131 v Derbyshire)
Under 19 Boys: Furqan Shafiq (111no v Derbyshire)
Under 19 Boys: Bradley Yates (105 v Yorkshire)
Under 17 Boys: George Lavelle (104 v Derbyshire)
Under 17 Boys: George Lavelle (108 v Durham)
Under 17 Boys: George Lavelle (181no v Derbyshire)
Under 17 Boys: Sam Oldham (125 v Warwickshire)
Under 16 Boys: Joe Halstead (100 v Cheshire)
Under 16 Boys: Rehan Udwadia (101 v Durham)
Under 15 Boys Development: Edwin Geary (123 v NE Wales)
Under 14 Boys Development: Ben Mason (101no v NE Wales)
Under 13 Boys: JJ Fielding (113no v Cumbria)
Under 13 Boys Development: Luca Williams-Denton (102no v Cumbria)
Under 11 Boys: Basil Sultan (102no v Cheshire)
Under 17 Girls: Rebecca Duckworth (109no v Cheshire)
Under 17 Girls: Eleanor Threlkeld (103 v Cheshire)
Under 15 Girls: Georgie Holt (110no v Nottinghamshire)
Lancashire Lions: Usman Afridi (173no v Yorkshire Vikings)
Lancashire Lions: Usman Afridi (141 v Warwickshire Bears)
Lancashire Lions: Usman Afridi (162 v Northants Steelbacks)
LCB Deaf: James Dixon (108no v Lancashire Disabled)
Lancashire Disabled: Adam Finneran (101no v Shropshire)
Bowling
Under 19 Boys: Daniel Houghton (5 for 25 v Derbyshire)
Under 17 Boys: Cameron Smith (5 for 50 v Derbyshire)
Under 16 Boys: Lewis Dove (6 for 37 v Durham)
Under 14 Boys: Patrick Allen (5 for 22 v Lincolnshire)
Under 14 Boys: Praharsh Parikh (5 for 7 v Cumbria)
Under 14 Boys: Praharsh Parikh (5 for 15 v Somerset)
Under 13 Boys: Tom Gunshorn (5 for 22 v Hampshire)
Under 12 Boys: Arav Shetty (5 for 8 v Cheshire)
Under 12 Boys: Arav Shetty (5 for 35 v St Stithians)
Under 12 Boys: Huzaifa Zubair (5 for 2 v Durham)
Under 12 Boys: Rees Abbot (6 for 20 v Nottinghamshire)
Under 11 Boys: Will Potts (5 for 6 v Cumbria)
Under 13 Girls: Anna Phillips (5 for 9 v Derbyshire)
Under 17 Girls: Rebecca Duckworth (5 for 11 v Durham)
Under 11 Girls: Katie Boardman (5 for 10 v Yorkshire)
Under 13 Girls: Katie Hodge (5 for 14 v Warwickshire)
Lancashire Lions: Amjad Khan (4 for 24 v Somerset)
Lancashire Disabled: Adam Finneran (5 for 8 v Shropshire)
Lancashire Disabled: Waqas Khan (5 for 11 v Cheshire)
Lancashire Lions: Usman Afridi (5 for 33 v Northants Steelbacks)
LCB Deaf: James Dixon (6 for 9 v Surrey)
5 Victims
Under 17 Boys: George Lavelle (5 victims v Derbyshire)
Under 17 Boys: George Lavelle (6 victims v Yorkshire)
Lancashire Lions: Tahseen Sabir (5 victims v Somerset)
