England Deaf cricket team

• Les Townsend
• Mark Woodman
• Stefan Pichowski (Now Chair of Deaf ICC)
• Ben Young
• Jeffrey Khan
• Phil Ottoway
• Chris Hughes
• Paul Allen

The first ever deaf cricket test match was played between Australia and England in 1992. A game in which was hoped to be quickly forgotten by the English side, they were defeated by 10 wickets. Australia went onto Whitewash the England team 5-0 in the inaugural Deaf ashes.[4]

Australia visited England in August 1994, playing 5 games; 1 ODI and 4 test matches.

Warm up game (ODI): Australia Won by 23 runs - St Georges, Harrogate, Yorkshire

Australia batted first and scored 239/8. Adam Wood top scoring with 60 runs. Simon Lycett taking 3 wickets for 30 runs. England scored 216/9 in response. Phillip Ottaway top scoring with 74 runs. Chris Kenney taking 3 wickets for 24 runs.

Game 1 (Test): Australia won by 10 wickets. - Abbeydale Park, Yorkshire.

England 1st innings: 114ao. B Johnston taking 7 wickets for 22 runs.

Australia 1st innings: 338/5d. C Ashenden top scored with 212 runs.

England 2nd innings: 304ao. Phillip Ottoway top scored with 96; Ben Young also scored 56 runs.

Australia 2nd innings: 88/0.

Game 2 (Test): Drawn game - Aigburth, Liverpool.

England 1st innings: 208/9d. Phillip Ottaway top scored with 75. Mike O'Mahony also scored 52 runs.

Australia 1st innings: 321/7. Kevin Smith top scored with 80. Justin Bergin (71), and Adam Wood (64) also scored fifties.

Game 3 (Test): Australia won by innings - Ashford CC, Middlesex

Australia 1st innings: 432ao. Justin Bergin 114, Adam Wood 112, C Ashenden 51, Ross MacCauliffe 4/122

England 1st innings: 169ao. L Brown 4/50

England 2nd innings (followed on): 148ao. Phillip Ottaway 67, Kevin Smith 4/22

Game 4 (Test): Drawn game - Southport & Birkdale Sports Club,

England 1st innings: 353ao. Umesh Valjee 129, Les Townsend 89

Australia 1st innings: 382ao. C Ashenden 133, A Wood, 53. Umesh Valjee 4/81

England 2nd innings: 127/5 Umesh Valjee 47*

The first ODI Deaf World Cup was hosted in Melbourne, Australia between 27 December 1995 - 7 January 1996.[5] The Victorian Cricket Club hosted the competition, which was played between 7 teams ( Australia, India, Great Britain (GB), New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka).[6]

Round Robin:

Game 1. India 134/9 beat GB 130.[7]

Game 2. GB 264/5 beat South Africa 81 - Ben Young Scoring 80, well supported by Mike O'Mahony 50.[8]

Game 3. GB 332/4 beat Pakistan 184ao - Mike O'Mahony 140, Umesh Valjee 77*[9]

Game 4. GB 215/7 beat Sri Lanka 88ao.

Games 5 and 6. GB next games against New Zealand and Australia was abandoned due to heavy rainfall.

Semi-Final 1: Aus vs Pakistan - Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Pakistan 116ao lost to Australia 117/0 - Adam Wood 75*

Semi-Final 2: Great Britain vs. India - Ivanhoe Cricket Club.

Great Britain batted first, lost 3 early wickets but then a partnership between Philip Ottaway (117) and Umesh Valjee (96, ran out controversially) took them to imposing 245/6. India fell short in their chase, regularly losing wickets to be bowled out for 207.[10]

Final: Australia vs Great Britain - Ivanhoe Cricket Club

After the early wicket of Jeffrey Khan, Mike O'Mahony scored 115 had useful support from Ben Young, Umesh Valjee, Phil Ottoway. GB ended up on 262.

In front of their home crowd, Australia's Chris Ashenden scored 111 before being caught out in the deep giving the home crowd a nervy finsh. However, Australian Captain Jon Webb steered the home team home to beat Great Britain by 5 wickets:

Great Britain: 261/6

Aus: 263/5 [11]

England visited Australia in January/February 2004. Playing 3 Test Matches, and 5 ODI Matches.

Test Series.

Game 1- Sydney University: Australia won by Innings and 1 run.

Australia batted first, scoring 450 runs off 112 overs. Andrew Watkins top scoring with 172, well supported by Phillip Cox (109) and Luke Trudgett (45). Stefan Pichowski was the pick of the overs taking 3 wickets for 69 runs.

England responded poorly, scoring 105 runs in 53 overs. Phillip Cox taking 5 wickets for 14 runs. Australia forced England to follow on, England scored 344 runs in their second innings. Umesh Valjee top scoring with a impressive 186 runs.

Game 2 - Brisbane Cricket Ground: Drawn Game.

England batted first, scoring 203 runs. Chris Hughes (84) being the only batter to reach fifty before being caught and bowled. C Linford taking 4 wickets for 72 runs.

Australia responded with a mammoth 465/9. Andrew Watkins scored his 2nd century of the series (123), only to be bettered by his brother Nick Watkins scoring 161. Ross MacCauliffe took 4 wickets for 61 runs.

England then batted out the draw with 378/5 off 136 overs. Ben Young (56), Mike O'Mahony (81) , Umesh Valjee (79) and Stefan Pichowski (84) all scoring fifties.

Game 3 - Kings College Oval, Adelaide: Drawn Game.

England batted first, scoring 350/10. Jeffrey Khan (91), Ben Young (81), and Umesh Valjee (75) scoring the bulk of the runs. Tim Regan secured best figures with 4/91.

Australia then declared on 273 in their second innings, Nick Watkins scoring 93 runs.

England scored 247/8 (Christ Hughes 88, Ben Young 50) in their second innings setting Australia 322 runs to chase in 41 overs. They scored 207/6 (Andrew Watkins scoring 100) in a valiant attempt.

ODI Series.

Game 1: Australia won by 3 wickets

England: 174ao (50) . Mike O'Mahony 60, Daniel Martin 3/39

Australia: 177/7 (41.4) Nick Watkins 60

Game 2: Australia won by 8 wickets.

Weather-affected game.

England: 215/5 (39). Paul Allen 53, Umesh Valjee 52

Australia: 216/2 (36.5) Daneil O Halloran 81, Nick Watkins 67

Game 3: Australia won by 8 wickets

England: 134ao (47.1). Tim Regan 3/23

Australia: 137/2 (20). Andrew Watkins 44

Game 4: Australia won by 180 runs

Australia: 310ao (48.2). Andrew Watkins 98, Justin Bergin 60, G Thompson 45, Darrell Sykes, 3/39

England: 130ao (45.2). Mike O'Mahony 51, Luke Trudgett 3/12

Game 5: Australia won by 5 wickets

England: 124ao (44.2)

Australia: 125/5 (29)

The 2nd ODI World Cup was held in Lucknow, India between 16 November 2005 to 27 November 2005. Competing countries included India (host), Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, India, England, South Africa, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Round Robin:

Game 1. England beat Sri Lanka by 96 runs. Chris Hughes was Man of the Match.

Game 2. England lost to Australia.

Game 3. England beat Nepal by 290 runs. Farooq Mohammed was Man of the Match.

Game 4. England lost to India by 50 runs. Umesh Valjee was Man of the Match.

Game 5. England beat South Africa by 8 runs. Stefan Pichowski was Man of the Match.

Game 6. England beat New Zealand by 178 runs. Ben Young was Man of the Match.

Game 7. England lost to Pakistan by 163 runs.

Game 8. England Beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets. Darrell Sykes was Man of the Match.

Semi Finals:

Semi Final 1: England beat Australia by 4 wickets. Paul Allen was Man of the Match.

Semi Final 2: India beat Pakistan by 6 wickets.

Final:

India was crowned champions after beating England by 79 runs.[12]

Bob Denning took over from Ron Young in 2009, as head coach and took the team to Australia in 2011 and South Africa in 2013.[13] He won DSPY Coach of the Year in 2012.[14]

In March 2016, a new-look England side became runners up in the Deaf ICC Championship hosted in Dubai, despite beating eventual winners earlier in the competition.[15][16][17]