AUSSIE CLINE SIGNS!
Torrisholme CC • 2 March 2022
Torrisholme Cricket Club are delighted to announce the exciting news that Australian bowler Matthew Cline will be joining the club for the 2022 season as our overseas amateur.
Photo Credits: Numurkah Leader
Matt, 24, is a medium/fast right hand bowler who plays for Numurkah Youth Cricket Club based in Victoria (around 140 miles north of Melbourne). It is hoped that through this brilliant opportunity TCC can build further amateur cricket links in Australia - as we did with Russell’s Creek CC back in late 2019.
The pandemic putting pay to a deal which had hoped to bring Matt Petherick to TCC in 2020-21. This sadly fell through with International travel bans in place at the time. However, it is hoped this new link could enable another pathway for some of our own talented players (especially in the 21-30 age category) with the opportunity to play amateur cricket in Australia in the future.
Out in Australia, “Cliney” also helps to run the Numurkah Under 12 side and is a qualified coach. Matt has said he is more than happy to run some unpaid sessions and help out our other volunteer junior coaches during his time with Torrisholme CC, which is fantastic to hear.
Matt joins in what is a big coup for the club. Matt is super keen to come and get involved at TCC, he said:
“I’m really happy about coming over to England and playing, I’ve been talking about It since I first turned 18 and heard about it the whole playing overseas thing, so I’m absolutely buzzing it’s happening”.
“I hope to bring over some of my knowledge of the game over from Australia and also learn all about what English cricket is like. More importantly try and help to keep Torrisholme up in the Premier Division of the Palace Shield”.
“I’m eager to learn and meet the people in and around the club. From what I have gathered already, it’s a very well run club and can’t wait to get started with you guys.”
TCC players and members can follow Numurkah Youth Cricket Club on Facebook www.facebook.com/NumurkahCricket
to keep an eye on Matt’s progress during the final games of the Australian season. You can check out Matt's career stats here. Numurkah CC take on Waaia CC this Saturday (5th March) in their end of season Quarter Final in the Sherbourne Terrance Haisman Shield.
The TCC committee would like to thank Matt, Numurkah CC and 1st XI skipper Bryson Little, who has put in a lot of effort over the past few months, to pull this opportunity together.
Matt will swap the Numurkah Showgrounds for Boundary Meadow hopefully in time for our pre-season friendly at home to Cherry Tree CC on 16th April. Welcome Matt!
Our new club shop is now open for business! For the 2025 season the club is returning to Masuri/NX Team Wear as our main kit supplier. The shop has new lines and designs in our playing kit, for all junior and senior squads, sponsored by Concrete 2 You. The shop also includes a new look Women and Girls kit sponsored by Total Tots Nursey. In addition, you will also find training shirts for seniors and juniors – Sponsored by VolkerStevin, alongside a new range of Tech Fleeces, Hoodies, Gilets and Jackets. This season we also have a range of Masuri protective equipment including; helmets, gloves, and pads plus accessories like water bottles, caps and sun hats. The shop is now open for your orders at: https://teamshop.nxt-sports.com/find-your-club/torrisholme-cricket-club or follow the link in the top menu.
Jack Heap has added experience with the capture of Irfan Quayyum (Morecambe CC), Noor Elahi (Carnforth CC) Faizan Khan and Uzair Shah (Both Lancaster CC). Irfan has played 110 Palace Shield games over with Morecambe CC (2024) and Lancaster CC (2020-2023) previously, picking up his career best 5/16 bowling figures last season. He can also bat scoring two PS 50’s plus a knock of 102 for Lancaster CC in 2021. Noor joins from Carnforth CC having played 69 PS games for Carnforth and Lancaster previously. Strong with the bat Noor hit a double hundred for Lancaster 2’s in 2023, other top scores include 183, 114 and 96 (in a T20). He can also bowl with a PS best of 5/25 in 2022. Batsman Faizan joins from Lancaster CC having played 162 NPL and PS games for Lancaster CC and Morecambe CC over the past 9 seasons. Faizan averages 21.6 and hit his top score of 153 not out in 2022 for Lancaster 2s. In 2021 he hit his first PS ton with a knock of 104 off just 45 balls! (8x 4’s & 8x 6’s). Medium-fast bowler Uzair also joins from Lancaster CC. Uzair has bowled over 430 overs in the league taking 92 wickets with best figures of 6/7 at an average of 16.74. Welcome to Boundary Meadow!
Alongside our previously announced main shirt sponsors Concrete2You , we are pleased to announce two more sponsorship deals agreed for the upcoming 2025 season and two charities we support... VolkerStevin Following our sponsors day last year, the money raised, plus this donation will provide a full set of club-owned T20 Kits. The shirts will carry the VolkerStevin logo www.volkerstevin.co.uk Our new navy training shirts will also carry the VolkerStevin branding for both seniors and juniors. VolkerStevin are widely regarded as one of the UK’s leading specialist contractors with a well-earned reputation for delivering technically challenging projects in complex operational environments, drawing on specialist capabilities to deliver integrated, multidisciplinary infrastructure solutions. Thanks goes to VolkerStevin and their “Community Giving Initiative” which has helped to purchase these kits for the club. The club will benefit massively from this money and the support is much appreciated. Total Tots Nursey Massive thanks also go to Total Tots Day Nursery www.totaltots.co.uk who will be our shirt sponsor for our Women and Girls team the “Torrisholme Diamonds” for the 2025 season. The continued support of Total Tots is greatly appreciated by the club. Total Tots operate three nursery settings within the Lancaster and Morecambe area. First established in 2003, they provide high quality, outstanding education and childcare for children from birth to five years. The Jordan Legacy This season all our playing kits will carry The Jordan Legacy logo, a local charity close to many at the club. The suicide prevention charity was established in memory of Jordan Phillip who died by suicide December 2019, aged 34. Their mission is to move towards a society that is willing and able to do all it can to prevent all preventable suicides through collaboration, education and awareness raising. For further information please visit their website. www.thejordanlegacy.com Breast Cancer Awareness All our new playing kits will also feature the pink ribbon symbol to show our support for breast cancer awareness. Finally a big thank you goes to all our sponsors and supporters. If you would like your company to be involved in the 2025 season, we have lots of other opportunities including advertising boards, ball sponsorship and other options such as stump sponsors. Please contact sponsorship@torrisholmecc.co.uk to get involved.
President Drinkall On behalf of the Torrisholme Cricket Club, I am honoured to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Mark Drinkall on his appointment as our new President. This esteemed position follows the deeply felt loss of our beloved John Day MBE last year.
South African Sam Signs! Torrisholme CC are excited to announce the signing of South African, Wicket Keeper Batsman, Samuel Brown as our Overseas Amateur for the 2025 Season. Sam is a fluent right handed top order batsman and impressive gloveman, he has been in and around the KwaZulu-Natal set up for a number of years, representing them at various age group levels he joined the KwaZulu-Natal Tuskers Academy in November.
Concrete2You Sponsors Torrisholme Cricket Club for 2025 Season Torrisholme Cricket Club is delighted to announce Concrete2You as the main club sponsor for the 2025 season. This landmark partnership reflects our shared commitment to supporting local communities and fostering social value through meaningful collaboration.
BOOKINGS NOW OPEN... As last year, our Indoor Winter Net sessions have now been booked at Carnforth High, Sports Hall, LA5 9LS. There is ample parking on site, with the sports hall accessed via a path from the car park.
John Day MBE It was with great sadness that we at Torrisholme Cricket Club heard of the passing of our long time President and ardent supporter John Day MBE and we offer our sincere condolences to his daughter Alison, his son Peter and their families.