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Busy few months in store for North Wales cricketers
St Asaph's Ryan was certainly mighty in the latest spot of action for Wales National County (North), but it was the RAF who were able to soar to success.
In the match played at Shifnal Cricket Club, the North Wales team lost out by 99 runs.
Wales National County (North) were bowled out for 188, with Ryan hitting a brilliant 104 not out. This was in response to the RAF's 287 for seven.
With the business end of the season still to come, the Wales NC North programme has enjoyed a productive summer to date; the first full season under head coach Chris Stead, who joined during the early stages of the 2024 season.
Things began for the senior side with a five-wicket defeat at the hands of Staffordshire.
The runs were very much shared about between Harrison Jones, pictured (72), Sam Aplin (54), Will Ryan (52) and Nat Scott (47) earlier this month as the North Wales side compiled 295 for four against Shropshire Seconds at Bomere Heath.
Three wickets apiece from the returning Jason Foulkes and Matt Russell, plus a two for 27 haul from Jamie Grimshaw, contributed to restricting Shropshire to 224 all out.
The seniors can look forward to plenty of action across the rest of the summer.
A two-day trip to Northumberland will come on July 21 and 22 for T20 and 50-over encounters.
Gwersyllt Park plays host to the clash versus Cumbria Seconds on July 15, while North Wales will take on the MCC at Northop Hall on August 24. Added to this, Wales National County (North) potentially have a game at home to Glamorgan Seconds, at St Asaph, on August 3.
Further afield, Northop Hall's Jac Kennedy made his senior Wales National County debut against Wiltshire in the NCCA One Day Trophy, whilst Brymbo's Joe Norman did the same.
This makes them the sixth and seventh North Walians to represent the senior team in the last four seasons, after Jason Foulkes, Will Ryan, Matt Ryan, Owen Reilly and Romano Franco. Kennedy remains very much in contention to feature in the NCCA three-day championship later this summer.
