Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the
English and Welsh domestic
cricket structure, representing the
historic county of
Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the
Middlesex Panthers, following complaints made by Muslim and Jewish communities.,
The Daily Telegraph, 2 February 2009. Limited-overs kit colours are dark blue and pink quarters and from 2007, Middlesex have worn exclusive pink shirts during their Twenty20 matches in support of the
Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity. To go along with their re-branding, Middlesex also introduced a new main sponsor for the 2009 season.
The club plays most of its home games at
Lord's Cricket Ground in
St John's Wood, which is owned by
Marylebone Cricket Club. The club also plays some games around the county at the Walker Ground in
Southgate which hosts the annual Middlesex County Cricket Festival, Uxbridge CC in
Uxbridge and The
Old Deer Park in
Richmond (home of Richmond CC).
Middlesex CCC has an indoor school based in Finchley and the Middlesex Academy officially opened in October 2003 to provide specialist coaching to the 12 best county prospects. A project was introduced at Radlett Cricket Club in 2010 to offer the cricketers increased training facilities.
Currently
Richard Scott is the Head Coach,
Neil Dexter County Captain and
Angus Fraser is
Managing Director of Cricket.
In 2008,...
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