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Palace Shield
The Palace Shield, officially known as the MHA Palace Shield for sponsorship reasons, is a cricket competition based in Preston and surrounding districts in Lancashire, England. There are eight divisions in the main Saturday competition, three Sunday leagues, a Twenty20 competition and a junior competition. Test cricketers such as Andrew Flintoff and Simon Kerrigan began their careers in the Palace Shield, although it remains a competition for amateurs only. Richard Gleeson who played One Day International and Twenty20 Cricket for England Cricket Team also played in the competition. In 2024, changes were made to the competition which saw a coalition between the Northern Premier Cricket League The Northern Premier Cricket League is a cricket league in the North West of England and was designated as an ECB Premier League in 2000. Prior to that date it was known as the Northern Cricket League. Because the Northern Premier Cricket Leag ... (NCPL), the Palace Shield and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baker Tilly International
Baker Tilly also known as Baker Tilly International is a international consulting and public accounting network based in London, United Kingdom. It is currently the 6th largest CPA advisory firm in the U.S. and 9th largest accounting network in the world by revenue with 43,000 people in 700 offices across 143 territories with combined global revenues of US$5.6 billion. Baker Tilly is composed of member firms of Baker Tilly International Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee. The network operates geographically through four regions: Asia Pacific; Europe, Middle East and Africa; Latin America; and North America. Each region has a chair, appointed by the International Board, who leads an advisory council elected by members in that region. History In 1987 Summit International Associates, Inc. is incorporated. The network is represented in 20 countries by 50 firms, with combined revenues of US$200m. It ranked 22nd in the world in that moment. 2000 Stephen Flesch stepped d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cricket), bails (small sticks) balanced on three stump (cricket), stumps. Two players from the Batting (cricket), batting team, the striker and nonstriker, stand in front of either wicket holding Cricket bat, bats, while one player from the Fielding (cricket), fielding team, the bowler, Bowling (cricket), bowls the Cricket ball, ball toward the striker's wicket from the opposite end of the pitch. The striker's goal is to hit the bowled ball with the bat and then switch places with the nonstriker, with the batting team scoring one Run (cricket), run for each of these swaps. Runs are also scored when the ball reaches the Boundary (cricket), boundary of the field or when the ball is bowled Illegal delivery (cricket), illegally. The fielding tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackpool, Lancashire
Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston. It is the main settlement in the borough of the same name. Blackpool was originally a small hamlet; it began to grow in the mid-eighteenth century, when sea bathing for health purposes became fashionable. Blackpool's beach was suitable for this activity, and by 1781 several hotels had been built. The opening of a railway station in 1846 allowed more visitors to reach the resort, which continued to grow for the remainder of the nineteenth century. In 1876, the town became a borough. Blackpool's development was closely tied to the Lancashire cotton-mill practice of annual factory maintenance shutdowns, known as wakes weeks, when many workers chose to visit the seaside. The town saw large growth during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. By 1951 its population had reached 147,000. In the late 20th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The largest settlement is Preston, Lancashire, Preston, and the county town is the city of Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster. The county has an area of and a population of 1,490,300. Preston is located near the centre of the county, which is urbanised and includes the towns of Blackburn and Burnley; the seaside resort of Blackpool lies to the west, and Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster is in the north. For Local government in England, local government purposes the county comprises a non-metropolitan county, with twelve districts, and two Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas: Blackburn with Darwen and Borough of Blackpool, Blackpool. Lancashire County Council and the two unitary councils collaborate through the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Test Cricket
Test cricket is a Forms of cricket, format of the sport of cricket, considered the game’s most prestigious and traditional form. Often referred to as the "ultimate test" of a cricketer's skill, endurance, and temperament, it is a format of international cricket where two teams in white clothing, each representing a country, compete over a match that can last up to five days. It consists of four innings (two per team), with a minimum of ninety Over (cricket), overs scheduled to be bowled per day, making it the sport with the longest playing time. A team wins the match by outscoring the opposition in the Batting (cricket), batting or bowl out in Bowling (cricket), bowling, otherwise the match ends in a Result (cricket), draw. It is contested by 12 teams which are the List of International Cricket Council members, full-members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The term "test match" was originally coined in 1861–62 but in a different context. Test cricket did not beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Flintoff
Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff (born 6 December 1977), is an English television and radio presenter and former international cricketer. Flintoff played all forms of the game and was one of the sport's leading all-rounders, a fast bowler, middle-order batsman and slip fielder. He was consistently rated by the ICC as being among the top international all-rounders in both ODI and Test cricket. Following his debut in 1998, Flintoff became an integral player for England and was England's "Man of the Series" in the 2005 Ashes. He later served as both captain and vice-captain of the team. He retired from Test cricket at the end of the 2009 Ashes series and from other forms of the game in 2010. He then had one professional boxing fight on 30 November 2012 in Manchester, beating American Richard Dawson on a points decision. In 2014, Flintoff came out of retirement to play Twenty20 cricket for Lancashire, before being signed by Brisbane Heat to play in the Australian Big Bash League for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Kerrigan
Simon Christopher Kerrigan (born 10 May 1989) is a retired English cricketer who last played for Northamptonshire. He bowled slow left arm orthodox spin. Kerrigan signed for Lancashire in September 2008, and made his debut for the first team in 2010, filling in for Gary Keedy, Lancashire's senior spinner. In August 2011, Kerrigan was selected for the England Lions for the first time. The following month he took the best first-class bowling figures for Lancashire since 1953 (9 wickets for 51 runs) and that year Lancashire won the County Championship for the first time since 1950. The 2012 season saw Kerrigan replace Keedy as Lancashire's main spinner in first-class cricket. He played his only Test match in the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval in 2013. Career Born in Preston, Lancashire, Kerrigan started his cricket as a junior at Palace Shield Premiership club Fulwood & Broughton before moving on to Ormskirk in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition. He receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gleeson
Richard James Gleeson (born 2 December 1987) is an English cricketer, who plays for Lancashire in domestic cricket. He made his international debut for the England cricket team in July 2022. Career He made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against the Australians on 15 August 2015 and his List A debut for Northamptonshire against Lancashire on 8 June 2016 in the Royal London One-Day Cup. Initially, Gleeson played for Northants on a match-by-match basis while continuing his full-time job coaching in schools and cricket clubs on behalf of the Lancashire Cricket Board, but in July 2016 he signed a three-year contract with Northants. He signed to play Twenty20 cricket for the Rangpur Riders in the 2016 Bangladesh Premier League. He moved from Northamptonshire to Lancashire towards the end of the 2018 season. On being named in England's training squad in May 2020, and the possibility of playing for England, Gleeson said "never give up, keep following your dream and keep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England Cricket Team
The England men's cricket team represents cricket in England, England and cricket in Wales, Wales in international cricket. Since 1997, it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club (the MCC) since 1903. England and Wales, as founding nations, are a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test cricket, Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status. Until the 1990s, Scottish people, Scottish and Irish people, Irish players also played for England as those countries were not yet ICC members in their own right. England and Australia national cricket team, Australia were the first teams to play a Test match (15–19 March 1877), and along with South Africa national cricket team, South Africa, these nations formed the Imperial Cricket Conference (the predecessor to today's International Cricket Council) on 15 June 1909. England and Australia also played the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancashire Post
The ''Lancashire Post'' is a daily newspaper based in Fulwood, a suburb of the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. Until 14 January 2017 it was known as the ''Lancashire Evening Post''. According to the British Library The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. Based in London, it is one of the largest libraries in the world, with an estimated collection of between 170 and 200 million items from multiple countries. As a legal deposit li ..., its first edition was published on 18 October 1886. It is known locally as the ''LEP''. References External links * * Newspapers published in Lancashire Newspapers established in 1886 Evening newspapers Mass media in Preston Daily newspapers published in the United Kingdom Newspapers published by Johnston Press {{England-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Premier Cricket League
The Northern Premier Cricket League is a cricket league in the North West of England and was designated as an ECB Premier League in 2000. Prior to that date it was known as the Northern Cricket League. Because the Northern Premier Cricket League had no formal feeder league and no automatic relegation and promotion, the ECB suggested on several occasions that its ECB Premier League status might be withdrawn. As from 2017, the Palace Shield became the Northern Premier League's feeder league and promotion and relegation between the two leagues took place for the first time at the end of the 2017 season. History The Northern Cricket League was founded on 10 November 1951, in controversial circumstances. Several of the clubs in the west of the area covered by the Ribblesdale League had been unhappy for some time about the format of that League. The League had a membership of 18 clubs which meant that only 5 opponents in the League were played against twice per season whilst the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackpool Gazette
The ''Blackpool Gazette'' (locally marketed as simply ''The Gazette'') is an English daily newspaper based in Blackpool, Lancashire. Published every day except Sunday, it covers the towns and communities of the Fylde coast. It was founded as ''The West Lancashire Evening Gazette'' in 1929 before being renamed the ''Evening Gazette'', and then ''Blackpool Gazette''. The paper's history dates back to a weekly publication founded in 1873. Background The newspaper is published by National World, and is known locally as ''The Gazette''. The editor is Vanessa Sims. Two other weekly newspapers are also published – the '' Lytham St.Annes Express'' and the '' Fleetwood Weekly News''. It is online at blackpoolgazette.co.uk. ''The Gazette'' had a close link with local football club Blackpool until the club's relegation from the Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
