Brooke Cricket Club

🏏⚽ THE FINAL EVENT OF THE 2026 SEASON! ⚽🏏

The ground may be wet, but that certainly won’t stop us. Today is a BIG day down the club as we bring the 2026 season to a close in style!.

Not only is it our very last event and match of the season, but we’ve also got a special one for you…

⚽ Yelverton Football Club vs Brooke Cricket Club🏏

The Battle of the Sports! 🔥💪🏻🏏⚽️

It’s set to be a brilliant afternoon, so come on down, support both teams and help us give the club one final big send-off for 2026!

🍻 The bar will be open all day
🔥 BBQ will be fired up again after the match
🙌 The more the merrier!

So grab your mates, bring the family and get yourselves down to the club!

Let’s end the season on a high — one last time! 🎉

See you down there! 🍻⚽🏏

🏏 BROOKE CC U11s – TIER 1 FINALS DAY! 🏏

Brooke CC are incredibly proud to announce that our U11s have secured a spot at the Tier 1 League Finals Day! 🎉

Tomorrow, Monday 31st August (Bank Holiday), the team will take on Horsford in the Semi-Final at Great Melton.

We’d like to wish Sam and his team the very best of luck for this exciting, and very well-deserved opportunity so we hope they all enjoy it and what a great way to end their season!. 🙌

The winners of the two Semi-Finals will go straight on to play the Final immediately afterwards, so it promises to be a fantastic day of cricket! 🏆🏏

If you’re free, why not head down to Great Melton and show the boys and girls your support! It would be brilliant to have plenty of Brooke supporters there cheering them on! 💙👏🏻

Good luck, team — you’ve got this! 💪🏏

U11s Finals Day at Melton Park! 🏆

This Bank Holiday Monday, Great Melton are hosting a fantastic day of junior cricket, with play starting at 10am. The bar will be open, so come down, support the youngsters and let’s get as many members there as possible! 🏏

Brooke Cricket Club Under 15s capped off a great season with an excellent home victory over Topcroft on Tuesday evening.

After winning the toss, Topcroft elected to field first. Facing a strong bowling attack, Brooke dug in well and made steady progress throughout their innings, finishing on 115 for 4 from their allotted 16 overs. Toby led the scoring, retiring unbeaten on 30, well-supported by Thomas who scored 17, and by Ethan (7) and Leon (14 not out) who batted positively in the closing stages, adding important runs to boost the total.

In reply, Brooke were disciplined in the field, saving runs, maintaining pressure, and holding several confident catches to keep the scoring rate under control. Matthew and Thomas shared responsibility for keeping wicket, doing a great job between them. The wickets were spread across the team, with Leon and Mylo taking two apiece, while Ethan, Daniel, and Ollie each claimed one wicket. After six wickets had fallen, Topcroft's opening batter returned to the crease and threatened to turn the game in their favour, striking an impressive 50 from just 30 balls. However, Brooke maintained their composure and secured the remaining wicket, dismissing Topcroft for 91 in the 14th over. The final wicket came when Mylo safely held a catch off the bowling of Ollie to seal the victory.

The win confirmed Brooke as champions of their Tier 2 group, a fantastic achievement for a young squad that will largely remain together next season at Under-15 level with the opportunity to defend their title.

A big thank you goes to Ashan for umpiring the match, and to everyone who has supported the team throughout the season by giving their time to umpire, score, and encourage the players from the boundary. Everyone’s support has been greatly appreciated and has played an important part in creating an enjoyable and successful season.

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🏏 LAST WEEKEND’S ROUND-UP 🏏

Sadly, it was a frustrating weekend for the club, with only one of our three teams managing to get a game.

The 1st XI match at Great Witchingham was called off after the heavy rain left the ground waterlogged, while the 2nd XI fixture against Mellis was also cancelled as they couldn’t get a team together.

Despite that, it was fantastic to see so many of our 1s and 3s players head over to Brooke to support the 2nd XI — and they certainly had something to cheer about as the 2s came away with a well-earned, close-fought victory against North Runcton! 👏🏻💪🏻

🏏BROOKE BATTING FIRST – 256/9
There were some great contributions with the bat, including:
🏏 Nish – 64
🏏 Thomas Bush – 43
🏏 Ross Bilham – 42
🏏 Ali Shearer – 39
🏏 Ben Wylie – 21
A really solid team batting performance! 👏🏻

🎯 WITH THE BALL
We got off to a flying start, with Chris Barnham picking up an early wicket. T King (U15s), Chris Sheehy and Ross Bilham also took a wicket each, while Ali Shearer picked up 2 wickets. But the standout performer with the ball was Mohamed Nifras, who bowled brilliantly to take an impressive 4 wickets! 🔥👏🏻

Brooke won by 50 runs!

And now… it’s the FINAL league weekend of the season! 💪🏻🏏

All three teams are hoping to get out there today, although the forecast is looking great😬🌧️

Fingers crossed we get three games on and can finish the league season on a high!

Good luck to all three teams — go well! 🤞🏻💪🏻🏏

Brooke CC Junior Awards Evening 🎉🏏

Last Friday Brooke CC hosted our annual Junior Awards Evening, to celebrate all our Juniors’ successes and achievements over the season!. Despite the rain showers it was a lovely event as always, and it certainly didn’t stop the drenched children from having a great time running around and enjoying playing a softball game together! ☔️🏏

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend — it was a fabulous turnout! And a huge thank you for the incredibly generous food donations to accompany the BBQ too. It was a very impressive spread! 🍔🌭🍰

We would just like to say a massive well done and congratulations to all of our Junior teams, as the U9s, U11s, U13s and U15s have all had a successful season, which we are incredibly proud of! 👏🏻🤩 Every year it gets harder to decide who will receive an award as well as a medal, as they all deserve it, but last night’s winners included:

Harry and the U9s
🏏 Batting Award — A Mishra
🎳 Bowling Award — A Taylor-Thompson
🏆 Managers’ Award — C Marsham

Sam and the U11s
🏏 Batting Award — J Boyt
🎳 Bowling Award — H Bannock
🏆 Managers’ Award — F Lombe-Taylor

Greg and the U13s
🏏 Batting Award — H Salmon
🎳 Bowling Award — B Dannatt
🏆 Managers’ Award — T Greenway

This year, the U15s also joined us, as they’re such an important part of the club and so involved in Brooke CC cricket. Therefore Lucy also wanted to present a Managers’ Award, which went to D Gessner. ⭐️🏏

The Juniors all play as one team, with many of them stepping up to support their teammates by playing up an age group when needed. A huge thank you to everyone who has helped throughout the season, and we wish everyone who is moving up ages to a new team all the very best! 👏

A huge thank you to all the Coaches and Managers for everything they do for the children, as we’re very lucky to have them! And thank you to the scorers, umpires and parents who have helped make all the games happen. Your support, time and encouragement have been invaluable in helping these young, talented players enjoy their cricket and continue to develop. 💙🏏 And thank you to Brown & Co for their continued Sponsorship, as we’re incredibly proud of our Junior set up here at Brooke CC!

Well done and congratulations to everyone for all your achievements in 2026, and good luck to our U11s in the Tier 1 Semi Final against Horsford this coming Bank Monday 31st! 👏⭐️

Brooke Cricket Club 2nd XI are playing AWAY this Saturday at Acle Cricket Club at Acle Recreation Centre, Bridewell Lane, Acle, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 3RA

Players please arrive at 12:15
Game Starts at 13:00

Acle are providing teas so please bring £3 cash if you wish to partake

Team :

Chris Sheehy
Ali Shearer
Thomas Bush
Nishant Murria
Toby King
Greg Taylor
Mohammed Nifras
Matt Carver
Haydn Webster
Harry Grove
Chris Barnham

Come along and watch your local team play. Not many more games to go. All Welcome 🏏

Brooke Cricket Club 1st XI are playing Acle Cricket Club at HOME this weekend.

Players please arrive at 10:45
Game starts at 12noon

Team :

J Borges
R Borges
A Randika
K Cooke
R Taylor
T Robson
R Bridgstock
R Setchell
D Coyle
W Panter
A Robson

This will be the last League match of the Season - where has the Summer gone? - so please get the deckchairs out and head on down to Brooke House Park and enjoy an afternoon of Cricket 🏏

All welcome

Brooke CC U11s in action again🏏

A great effort from the Brooke CC U11s against Sprowston CC the other week, in another closely fought Tier 2 pairs game!

Sprowston won the toss and elected to field, with Brooke posting 90/3 from 16 overs, giving a net score of 275.

There were some excellent contributions with the bat, including top scorer J Toulson (20), F Lombe-Taylor (12), J Boyt (11), I Wright (9) and J Burckitt (4). 👏🏏

In reply, Sprowston finished on 124/5, with a net score of 299, meaning they took the win by 24 runs.

Brooke bowled well, with B Smith and J Toulson both taking an important wicket each. F Bensley and T Oliver also bowled very economically, conceding just 6 runs apiece. 🎯👏

A special mention to the whole team for battling right to the end and showing fantastic teamwork, determination and spirit as always!. 💪👏

Well done to J Burckitt for captaining the side, and doing a great job behind the wickets! 🧤🤩

Well played Brooke U11s, and we go again for the next match! 🏏

🏏 Brilliant evening of cricket for Harry’s U9s! 🏏

A fantastic evening of coaching and cricket from both sides at Brooke last night, with a pairs friendly against Ashmanhaugh & Barton Wanderers CC.

With just five of our players available — H Dannatt, W Boyes, M Boyt, R Freeman and I Wright — Ashmanhaugh turned up with 10, and very kindly lent us players so everyone could get involved, making it a very beneficial experience! 🙌

Great to see all the children playing together, encouraging each other and enjoying their cricket. Lots of smiles, teamwork and fantastic spirit throughout! 👏😊

A big thank you to T King for umpiring and Ed Wright for scoring — much appreciated!

Well played, everyone! 🏏👏🥰