Penicuik cricket club are set to break new ground in 2025 with a first-ever women’s team.
The side will be led by Phoebe Beal who will be a player/coach around other cricketing commitments.
Still on the distaff side Megan McColl, capped 40 times by the Scottish women’s team, will assist head coach Gary McDaid as the men look to build on a fourth place finish in East Division One last season.
Club secretary Finn Tait says: “Another notable incomer is Kaleb Daley our overseas amateur who will be arriving early
April. He plays representative cricket for Central Coast in New South Wales and joins us with quite a high pedigree.”
Daley is an experienced opening bowler and middle order batsman who holds coaching certificates.
Finn Tait was a member of the team which won the (second tier) Scottish Challenge Cup in 2024 by beating Gordonians in a rain affected final at Stenhousemuir,
He adds: “Our 1st XI have the firm goal to win the league title (and) secondary to that we would love to defend the Scottish Challenge Cup.”
1st XI captain: Richard Adams; 2nd XI captain: Ethan Wood
Development XI captain: Damian Smith; club captain: Scott Charleson.
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