UAE Trip Spring 2018

Waking up in the winter months, when the snow is falling and the weather is dull can be pretty depressing, with umpires and scorers across the country counting down the minutes until the new cricket season approaches. Well, for 6 ACO members from across the United Kingdom they put their jumpers and hats aside as…

England Under 19s Manager: Matthew Hipwell

The 2018 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup get’s underway today in New Zealand and future England cricketers are preparing to take to the field. The England side which is captained by Yorkshire’s Harry Brook kick off their campaign on Monday against Namibia. Matthew Hipwell is the England Under 19s manager and is currently in New Zealand…

Winter Down Under Talk: Tyler Easton

North East cricketer, Tyler Easton is another cricketer from the region who is playing club cricket during the winter months in Australia. Tyler is the final post covering “Winter Down Under talks” following coverage with Luke Henderson and Scott Steel. Why did you want to go Australia? I Wanted to play cricket in another country…

Test Squad announced for New Zealand

The England team haven’t left Australia yet and still have one day internationals and T20 games to play down under, but the Test Squad for their trip to New Zealand has been announced. A fairly unchanged team will travel to New Zealand with Liam Livingstone being added to the squad along with Durham’s Mark Wood….

Ashes Round Up: My Player Ratings

Well, the Ashes is done and dusted, Australia have lifted the urn and England’s dismal record down under continues. Being off university since mid December, has given me the chance to watch the cricket, staying up to watch the first session. Today’s post for Boundary6, I give my ratings on how I thought the England cricket…

Umpiring in South Africa Part 2: Harry Stephenson

Last week I caught up with North East Premier League Umpire Harry Stephenson about umpiring in South Africa. Today you can read part two of my interview with Harry. Did you learn anything from your South African colleagues? Spending time umpiring with colleagues from a different country was a very worthwhile and exciting experience. I…

Umpiring in South Africa: Harry Stephenson

2016 North East Premier League Umpire of Year, Harry Stephenson is another official from the region who has officiated overseas. Harry who has recently returned from a trip to South Africa caught up with Boundary6 about his experiences umpiring overseas. What is your background in umpiring? I started umpiring about 12 years ago which coincided…

Winter Down Under Talk: Scott Steel

18 year old Durham cricketer Scott Steel is another youngster from the region who is spending this winter in Australia. Steel who started playing his club cricket at Durham City, is a current member of Durham Cricket Academy, playing his club cricket in Australia with Irymple Cricket Club. Scott said:”I wanted to go to Australia so…

Winter Down Under Talk: Luke Henderson

Summer is the highlight of the year for many cricket fans and players and it sure does get boring when winter comes around the snow makes an appearance. For many young cricketers, the winter enables them to go down under to Australia for a season playing cricket, experiencing different conditions playing in the sun. Many…

ODI Series win for Ireland

While England have been Down Under in Australia facing issues both on and off the field, Ireland have been in action against Afghanistan in three one-day fixtures. William Porterfield’s side came away from Sharjah with a 2-1 victory, despite suffering a heavy 138 run loss in the opening one-day game. In today’s decider, it was Paul Sterling…