Last week, at Leamington Cricket Club in the midlands, the SACA Women’s squad came together for their inaugural media day. The day was a huge success, with several players engaging in media interviews with journalists from many of the leading cricket press outlets, with the obligatory squad photos and head and shoulders shots also rolled into the day’s schedule, when the Women’s squad got to wear their new playing strip for the 2026 season for the first time. With a focussed

MATCH ONE RESULT: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WON BY 5 WICKETS VIEW SCORECARD MATCH TWO RESULT: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WON BY 1 RUN VIEW SCORECARD Having run Yorkshire close in two outstanding games of T20 cricket last week, SACA were back in action in the short form of the game today, with two fixtures against Nottinghamshire on the cards at Ladybay Sports Club. GAME ONE MATCH REPORT Nottinghamshire began the day by winning the toss and electing to bowl in the first of the two clashes, and thr

MATCH ONE RESULT: YORKSHIRE WON BY 8 WICKETS VIEW SCORECARD MATCH TWO RESULT: YORKSHIRE WON BY 2 RUNS VIEW SCORECARD On the day that the 2026 Vitality Blast season got underway across the country for many of the First-Class counties, SACA were also in T20 action, with two clashes against Yorkshire at Weetwood Sports ground in Leeds. SACA’s Ajay Khunti gave his claims for a county contract a more than timely boost, as having performed well for SACA in the recent red-ball encou

MATCH ONE RESULT: NORTHANTS WON BY 85 RUNS VIEW SCORECARD MATCH TWO RESULT: NORTHANTS WON BY 3 WICKETS VIEW SCORECARD MATCH ONE REPORT SACA returned to white-ball action today with two T20 clashes against Northamptonshire at the Cinch County Ground in Northampton. The hosts came out on top in game one after SACA skipper Shareeq Sheikh had won the toss and elected to bowl first. Northants’ opener Gus Miller led the way, plundering a rapid 90 off 48 balls to give his side the p

RESULT: HAMPSHIRE WON BY 33 RUNS VIEW SCORECARD SACA were back in red-ball action this week down on the south coast, where they faced Hampshire in a three-day encounter on the Nursery Ground of the county’s Utilita Bowl ground. SACA went into the game in Southampton in good form - unbeaten in their last six red-ball encounters against county opponents. Day one at the Utilita Bowl began with Hampshire winning the toss and electing to bat, and it proved to be an inspired decisi

Having secured back-to-back wins against both Worcestershire and Somerset in three-day encounters over the last fortnight, SACA were back in red-ball action again this week, with two SACA sides taking to the field, one in Northwood, where Middlesex were the opponents, and one in Billericay, against Essex. With both Essex and Middlesex fielding sides boasting plenty of first-class experience within their ranks, and SACA fielding two separate sides for the first time this seaso

Today, SACA are delighted to announce that Care Nexus has become the Academy’s official South-East sponsor. Just two months ago, SACA announced the opening of its fifth elite regional hub, based at the Leyton Urban Cricket Hub in East London, and earlier this month held an open trial at the centre in the search for new talent to join the Academy. The partnership with Care Nexus as the Academy’s South-East sponsor will provide essential ongoing funds to help deliver the SACA p

· RESULT: SACA WON BY 4 WICKETS VIEW SCORECARD Following consecutive red-ball victories over first-class county opponents over the last two weeks, SACA secured another hugely impressive win today against a strong and experienced Glamorgan T20 side that featured players with just short of 400 first-team appearances for their county between them. Glamorgan regulars, including the likes of Will Smale, Dan Douthwaite, Alex Horton and Eddie Byrom proved no match for SACA on

· SACA 2ND XI v OXFORDSHIRE (50-OVER) – SACA WON BY 5 WICKETS VIEW SCORECARD · SACA 2ND XI v CARDIFF UCCE (T20) – SACA WON BY 3 WICKETS VIEW SCORECARD · SACA 2ND XI v CARDIFF UCCE (T20) – SACA WON BY 9 RUNS VIEW SCORECARD Having taken charge of SACA’s Second Eleven this season – the first year that SACA has fielded a 2nd XI, Second Eleven Head Coach Adeel Shafique will have been delighted with his side’s work this week, as they secured three victories in

RESULT: SACA WON BY 41 RUNS VIEW SCORECARD After securing a comprehensive 151-run win over Worcestershire last week at Moseley Cricket Club, SACA were back in action this week at the same venue, with Somerset providing the opposition in another three-day red-ball clash. SACA skipper Ismail Mohammed won the toss and duly elected to bat first, with Daniyal Khan and Aum Patel opening up to face the new ball. 31 runs had been added for the opening wicket before Patel, who came in

Today, we are delighted to announce that long-standing SACA Batting Coach, Dominic Ostler, has been named by Cricket Ireland as their new Women’s Consultant Batting Coach. Ostler, who has been an important part of the SACA coaching team for the last two years, will team up with the Irish Women’s side ahead of the forthcoming Women’s T20 World Cup this year, and will be with the side throughout the upcoming tournament which gets underway in mid-June. Following a playing career

RESULT: SACA WON BY 151 RUNS VIEW SCORECARD Following SACA’s well-earned red-ball draws against both Surrey and Kent over the last fortnight, they were back in action this week against Worcestershire, in a game played at Moseley Cricket Club in Birmingham. After Worcestershire skipper, Henry Cullen, had won the toss and stuck SACA in, openers Aum Patel and Daniyal Khan built a solid opening partnership, and the pair had added 102 for the first wicket before Khan was trapped i

RESULT: MATCH DRAWN VIEW SCORECARD Having beaten Kent in a rain affected T20 clash on Monday, SACA faced the same opposition over the next three days, in a red-ball encounter at Polo Farm in Canterbury. Kent skipper Olly Curtis won the toss and elected to bat, and it proved to be a tough morning for the SACA bowlers, as the Kent openers, Ben Dawkins and Will Harby, batted through the opening session of the game to take Kent to lunch on day one on 158 without loss, on 74* and

We are delighted to announce that SACA Coach, Aadil Ali has been appointed by Leicestershire County Cricket Club to join their coaching group. He will work with the Foxes squad alongside Alfonso Thomas and the rest of the Leicestershire coaching team throughout the 2026 season. Prior to taking up a career in coaching, Leicester born Ali, now 31, graduated through the Leicestershire Academy and signed professional terms with the Club at the end of the 2014 season. Following a

RESULT: SACA WON BY 3 RUNS (DLS METHOD) VIEW SCORECARD After two red-ball clashes last week against Gloucestershire and Surrey to get the 2026 campaign underway, it was into the first white-ball action of the season today for SACA, as they took on Kent in a T20 clash at Polo Farm in Canterbury. The day began with SACA skipper Shaariq Sheikh winning the toss and inserting the opposition, and in only the second over of the day Waqas Khan struck with his very first ball to remov

RESULT: MATCH DRAWN VIEW SCORECARD SACA’s second encounter of the week to kick off their 2026 season came against Surrey at Loughborough’s Carillion Cricket Ground this week, in another two-day red-ball encounter. After SACA skipper, Hisham Khan, had won the toss and elected to bowl, it was the county side that had the better of the opening day. SACA started the day well however, as two early wickets for seamer Eshun Kalley, in the fifth and ninth overs, had Surrey on 38 for

RESULT: GLOUCESTERSHIRE WON BY 5 WICKETS VIEW SCORECARD SACA’s 2026 season got underway on Monday, with Gloucestershire up first, in a two-day fixture played at Leamington Cricket Club. It was a game that ebbed and flowed throughout, with the first-class county having the better of the opening day, with SACA fighting back on day two, only for Gloucestershire to rally in the final session of the game to ultimately secure victory. The opening day began with Gloucestershire skip

SACA are delighted to announce that right-arm seamer, Yadvinder Singh, has been signed on a short-term professional contract by Leicestershire County Cricket Club. Singh, 30, has been training with the Foxes over the winter, with the SACA bowler impressing the Leicestershire coaching staff throughout his time at Grace Road, and he will be available for selection for them across the opening month of the season. He made his debut for SACA in May 2022, at the very start of SACA’

On Sunday 12 April, SACA will be holding an open trial in East London for players to showcase their talents in front of the Academy’s coaching and management group with the opportunity of joining the SACA programme the goal for successful trialists. The day, being held at the Leyton Urban Cricket Hub, in partnership with Remitly and Essex Cricket, will see five sessions being run from 12 noon by SACA’s team of elite coaches, and applications to join the trial are now being ac

SACA is today delighted to name the fifteen players who have been selected to join the inaugural SACA Women’s pilot programme being run in collaboration with Take Her Lead throughout the 2026 season. The volume of high-quality applicants from across the country to join the Women’s programme led SACA to immediately review their initial plans of recruiting a cohort of between 6 and 10 players, and develop an expanded programme to cater for a larger squad of 15, as announced rec