EAST RIDING CRICKET SOCIETY

Join us for six winter meetings a year at Beverley Town CC – 7.30 for 7.45pm . Join at any meeting £15 | visitor £5 . Coming up : Mon 11 Nov, Jeremy Lonsdale on Bill Bowes ; Mon 25 Nov, Jack Brooks (Yorkshire, Northants & Somerset); Mon 9 Dec, Geoff Cook (England & Northants, Durham Director of Cricket. More speakers tbc ... Everyone welcome - no dress code, no formalities, just a great evening talking cricket .  To find out more please email: ercsoc AT gmail DOT com Recent guests include: Pat Murphy [ report ], Dr Jane Powell [ report ], Kevin Sharp [ report ], John Barclay [ report ], Jeremy Lonsdale [ report ], Dean Headley [ report ], Barry Richards [ report ], Vic Marks [ report ], James Carr [ report ], Graham Onions [ report ], Chris O'Brien on Neville Cardus [ report ], Paul Farbrace [ report ], Kevin Howells [ report ]

Jane Powell – President of Yorkshire CCC; ECB Performance Manager Disability Cricket; former captain, Yorkshire Women; and former captain and coach of England Women – talks as she lives – con brio . Fast, funny, gritty, warm and enthusiastic, Jane arrived in Beverley fresh from Ahmedabad and the first international t20 series between the England and India Men’s Physical Disability teams (England lost 3-2 to the hosts) and about to embark on a trip to Perth, Western Australia to stay with her identical twin sister, Jill. When Jane says 'turning up is important', she means it. As only our third female speaker, it was particularly interesting to hear how this self-described 'just a girl from Sheffield' went about achieving so much in the cricket world. And not just in the cricket world. A busy – indeed hectic – sporting life has seen her excel in cricket, hockey, badminton and lacrosse, as player and as coach, and has clearly required