Past Speakers & Events

Spring Luncheon 2024 with Mark Ramprakash

A right-handed batsman, he initially made his name playing for Middlesex, and was selected initially for England aged only 21.

He became a particularly prolific run scorer when he moved to Surrey in 2001, averaging over 100 runs per innings in two successive seasons (2006 & 2007).

He is also one of only 25 players in the history of the sport to have scored 100 first-class centuries, a milestone he achieved at Headingley playing against Yorkshire !

In November 2012, he was announced as the batting coach for the England Lions in India, and in January 2013 he was appointed as batting coach for Middlesex, on a two-year contract.

In November 2014 he was appointed as England's batting coach and served for six years.

He returned to Middlesex as a consultant batting coach in 2022, a role he has combined with a director of cricket role for Harrow School.

Middlesex elected him as their 26th club president for a two-year term in 2023, succeeding Mike Selvey.

For Marks full cricket career details & stats just click here:
Mark Ramprakash Profile - Cricket Player England | Stats, Records, Video (espncricinfo.com)

Boxing day Cricket match 2023

The weather was set fair (by December standards at least !), and North Leeds CC ran out victors. If you have a twitter/X account just click on the link below for more details & photos. 

 Northern Cricket Society (@CricketNorthern) / X (twitter.com) 

Christmas Luncheon 2023 with Phil Neale

Phillip Anthony Neale OBE (born 5 June 1954) is an English former first class cricketer who played for Worcestershire County Cricket Club, captaining the team to success in the County Championship in both 1988 and 1989. 
He also played football for Lincoln City, Scunthorpe Utd, Worcester City & Gloucester City.
From 2000 to 2020 he worked as Operations Manager for the England cricket team.

Neale was a right-handed middle order batsman who scored more than 900 runs in his first full season of first-class cricket for Worcestershire in 1976, and was then a fixture in the side for the next 15 seasons, scoring 1,000 runs in a season eight times and exceeding 900 in five others. 
His sole representative appearance was for England A against Pakistan when they toured England. But from 1982, he was county captain, and Worcestershire achieved considerable success under his leadership in the late 1980s. The county won the Sunday League in 1987 and 1988 and the County Championship in 1988 and 1989.

Neale's captaincy and contacts were a factor in attracting big name cricketers to Worcester.
Neale's success in drawing team performances from a side not lacking in personalities won him nomination as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1989.

Following his retirement in 1992 he has been prominent as a coach and team manager at both County (Northamptonshire and Warwickshire) and national levels (England 1999-2020).
In all matches, he scored more than 17,000 runs at an average of almost 36.50 runs per innings.[4]

He announced his retirement as the England Cricket operations manager after 21 years on 1 November 2020.
 

For Phil's full cricket career details & stats just click here:
Phil Neale Profile - Cricket Player England | Stats, Records, Video (espncricinfo.com)