Cornwall Choughs (Development XI)
Cornwall CCC have resumed management of the team from the Cornwall Cricket Board.
Development Manager Rob Harrison email
Captain Piran Kent
Photo Caption - Cornwall Development XI at Cornwood, Devon 2024
- Sunday 20th April v Cornwall CCC (50/50, White ball)
- Home Venue Truro CC – 11am Start
- Sunday 11th May v Devon Lions (2 x 20/20, White ball)
- Away Venue TBC – 11am Start
- Sunday 13th July v Dorset Dev XI (50/50, White ball)
- The Hamworthy Club, Wimborne – 11am Start
- Sunday 17th & Monday 18th August v Devon Lions (2-day match, red ball)
- Home Venue Truro CC – 11:00am Start
2025 Season
| Date | Time | Venue | Opposition | Ground | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 20 Apr 2025 | 11:00 | H | Cornwall CCC | Truro CC | Cancelled |
| Sun 11 May 2025 | 11:00 | A | Devon CCC | ||
| Sun 11 May 2025 | 11:00 | A | Devon CCC | ||
| Sun 11 May 2025 | 3:30 | A | Devon CCC | ||
| Sun 13 Jul 2025 | 11:00 | A | Dorset Cricket | Hamworthy Club | |
| Sun 17 Aug 2025 (2 days) | 11:00 | H | Devon CCC | Truro CC |
2024
| Date | Time | Venue | Opposition | Ground | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 21 Apr 2024 | 11:00 | H | Cornwall CCC | Truro CC | Cancelled |
| Sun 21 Apr 2024 | 2:30 | H | Cornwall CCC | Truro CC | Cancelled |
| Sun 12 May 2024 | 11:00 | H | Devon CCC | Truro CC | Won |
| Sun 12 May 2024 | 11:00 | H | Devon CCC | Truro CC | |
| Sun 12 May 2024 | 2:30 | H | Devon CCC | Truro CC | Lost |
| Sun 23 Jun 2024 | 11:00 | H | Dorset Cricket | Truro CC | Cancelled |
| Sun 23 Jun 2024 | 11:00 | H | Dorset | Newquay Sports Centre | Won |
| Sun 4 Aug 2024 (2 days) | 11:00 | A | Devon CCC | Cornwood CC | Drawn |
Devon Lions v Cornwall Choughs
Brenton century & Cockings 7 wickets in Choughs win over Dorset
The 2024 season for the Cornwall County Cricket Club Development Squad (Choughs) was again very successful for them as a team & individual performances as well as the links and a number of players who represented the full Cornwall County Cricket Club (CCCC) team throughout the season – well done to everyone who represented the Choughs and CCCC XI.
Our season got off to a wet start on Sunday 21 st April with the match against CCCC sadly cancelled due to the weather, this fixture was scheduled to be 2 x T20 fixtures hosted at Truro Cricket Club.
Next up we hosted Devon Lion on Sunday 12 th May again in 2 x T20 at Truro Cricket Club, with the honours shared on the day.
Match 1 Devon won the toss and elected to bat reaching a good score of 143 / 7 in the allotted overs with Captain Piran Kent and Jake Rowe both taking 3 wickets each. Over to our batters to chase down the total which we managed with 5 balls to spare and top batting performances
from Jake Rowe 44, Harry Phillips 34 and Alfie MacDonald 26*.
Match 2 Cornwall won the toss and elected to bat first but only managed to post an under-par score of 103/9 after the 20 over, again Harry Phillips batting well with 27. This total proved to be well short with Devon Lions knocking the score off in 13 overs for the loss of 2 wickets, which were taken by Jordan Thomas and Jake Rowe.
We then hosted Dorset on Sunday 23 23rd June at Newquay Cricket Club in a 50/50 white ball match. Cornwall won the toss and elected to bat with conditions not easy to start but the batters did a great job of posting 248 runs for 8 in the 50 overs, with a quality knock from Luke Brenton of 105, supported well by Michael Harding 40. With 248 on the board, our bowling unit got to work bowling Dorset out in the 46th over for 219 winning by 29 runs, a great game to watch and another quality performance from one of the team this time Joe Cockings picking up 7 wickets in his 8 overs.
The final game of the season saw us travel to Cornwood Cricket Club on Sunday 4 th & Monday 5 th August to play a 2-day fixture with Devon Lions. Cornwall one the toss and elected to bat on a good wicket, unfortunately only Ted Phillips and Fred Wilkinson put up any resistance to theDevon bowling attack scoring 36 each, Cornwall first innings slumped to 153 all out in 62 overs and Devon batted well during their first innings over day 1 & 2 with rain affecting the start of play
on day 2 but they posted 258 / 9 in 70 overs with Jake Rowe picking up 4 wickets and Scott Kellow and Piran Kent 2 each. Cornwall then needed to bat well to hold out for a draw which they did ending on 163 for 6 after 48 overs, Billy Taylor scoring a solid 62 and Scott Kellow a quick-fire 44*, match drawn.
As mentioned, a massive thank you to all the players and ground who supported the team, but I must also thank Captain Piran Kent for managing the players so well on the field and Michelle Kent once again travelling with the team and scoring each match throughout the season.
Rob Harrison
Development Manager
2023
| Date | Time | Venue | Opposition | Ground | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 16 Apr 2023 | 11:00 | H | Cornwall CCC | Truro | Lost |
| Sun 16 Apr 2023 | 2:30 | H | Cornwall CCC | Truro | Lost |
| Sun 28 May 2023 | 11:00 | H | Cornwall Cricket Board | Clubhouse Hutchens Park Paul | Won |
| Sun 23 Jul 2023 (2 days) | 11:00 | H | Devon CCC | The Hine Downing Oval | Lost |
| Sun 27 Aug 2023 | 11:00 | A | Dorset CCC | Dorchester Cricket Club | Won |
During 2023 Cornwall Development Squad (Choughs) played a number of fixtures throughout the season across 3 formats, including T20, 50 overs and a 2-day match.
The season started with the appointment of Rob Harrison as Development Manager of the team, and the Cornwall CCC would like to thank Chris Hunkin for the time and energy he put into the development team.
Cornwall Development XI played 5 fixtures over 5 days in the 2023 season. Our first fixture took place at Truro CC in 2 x T20 matches against the Cornwall CCC, this was a great start to the season giving Cornwall Captain Paul Smith the opportunity to see all 22 players in action across the 2 matches, ahead of Cornwall’s opening T20 fixture. Cornwall Development XI lost both matches.
Our second fixture was a 50-over white ball match held at Paul CC v Cornwall U18, Cornwall Development XI dominated this match bowling the Under 18 out for 138 within 41 overs and chasing the 138 in 23 overs, a great performance to take into the next matches.
The third match was a 2-day fixture held at Falmouth v Devon Lions. Cornwall Development XI with a young side lost to a strong Devon Lion side, but each player had something to take away from the match and work on in future games – 2-day cricket is a great transition into 3-day cricket and the earlier exposure to this is the better for players with aspirations of playing at the highest level.
Our fourth and last fixture of the season took place away at Dorchester CC v Dorset which again Cornwall Development XI won convincingly by 97 runs. Cornwall with the more experienced side played a young but talented Dorset side, with Cornwall batting all 50 overs for 241 and bowling Dorset out for 144 after they got off to a great start, Cornwall Spin attack took control.
We would like to thank Captain Piran Kent for managing the players so well on the field and Michelle Kent for travelling with the team as scorer throughout the season.
Rob Harrison
Development Manager
2022
- We played 4 days out of the planned 5 in 2022, a one-day game v the U18's at Hayle, a game rained off while en-route to Dorset at Dorchester, a one-day game v the Royal Navy at Taunton School and a 2-day game v Devon at Cornwood.
- Piran Kent of Redruth captained the team during the season and did well in a team which changed considerably during the season meaning it was challenging to get any consistency on the field.
- There were some decent performances during the games though, especially from some of the younger players such as Billy Taylor of Helston and Alfie Macdonald of Camborne, Piran himself was consistent in his performances. Ellis Whiteford and Luke Brenton also performed well, Ellis particularly standing out in the 2-day game v Devon.
The two one-day games were of value, the first 2 thirds of the 2 day game v Devon were of value, the last part of the Devon game, unfortunately, ended in a slight farce, those with experience of 2-day cricket will recognise the challenges in setting up a result situation, on this occasion the setting up and declaration saw Devon bat on.
Cornwall Choughs Previous Seasons
| Date | Time | Venue | Opposition | Ground | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 5 Jun 2022 | 11:00 | A | Dorset CCC Development XI | Dorchester Cricket Club | Cancelled |
| Sun 24 Jul 2022 | 11:00 | H | Royal Navy Cricket Association Royal Navy Senior XI | King's College, Taunton | Lost |
| Wed 3 Aug 2022 (2 days) | 11:00 | A | Devon CCC Lions | Oak Park | Drawn |
2021 Results
Sunday 22 August Scorecard
Sandford – Cornwall Choughs 228-6 (K Leathley 67, R Leathley 57, L Brenton 33; J Presswell 2-35, J Moore 2-50) beat
Devon Academy 118 (J Degg 52; P Kent 4-35, J Goldsworthy 2-13, A Pascoe 2-28) by 110 runs.
Sunday 15 August - scorecard
Dorchester - Dorset Development XI 243-5 (W Maltby 70, H Fisher 62, B Chaffey 47no; S Kellow 2-66) beat
Cornwall Choughs 190 (R Leathley 48, A Bone 42, A Barrett 23; O Breckon 3-31, S Crisp 3-44) by 53 runs.
Sunday 6 June - scorecard
St Austell - Cornwall Choughs 219-8 (J Goldsworthy 48, E Whiteford 39, K Leathley 34, C Kent 24, K Burns 21, A Bone 20; T Simmons 3-43, D Hurst 2-9) lost to
Devon Academy 220-9 (J Horler 45, S Read 45, D Hurst 30; A Pascoe 4-35, J Goldsworthy 2-27) by one wicket off the final ball.
Devon Academy v Cornwall Choughs (Development XI) on Sunday 16 May at Mount Kelly College (11am)
MATCH CANCELLED DUE TO WET CONDITIONS
Charlie Kent – Truro
Karl Leathley – Helston
Kian Burns – Callington
Alex Bone – St Austell (WK)
Scott Harvey – Truro
Jack Paull – Penzance
Dan Lello – Penzance (Capt)
Jamie Goldsworthy – Camborne
Archie Pascoe – Truro
Matt Petherbridge – Callington
Ben Ellis – St Just
Ryan Downing – Camborne
Note – Both teams are playing 12 but will only bat 11. County Captain Scott Harvey is playing to have a closer look at some of the players, plus some of the players who we would normally look to play are away at Uni/unavailable.
The game will be 50 overs a side with coloured clothing and white ball starting at 11am.