16-year old leg spinner Sam Walker will be in the team to take on Yeadon CC on Saturday and, playing alongside his game-changing pace bowler dad Andy, it will make for a formidable bowling attack.

It’s a much-deserved call up from the 2nds for Sam, the club’s leading wicket-taker of 2026. Across all matches, he has claimed 74 victims with an incredible five 5-wicket hauls – 56 of those wickets have come for the 2nd XI, a total which means he’s taken a third of the team’s wickets this season.

Sam’s inclusion in the team will see him alongside 17-year old Isaac Morley who made his debut last month, another Lightcliffe junior who has stood out this season as the club’s top run scorer with an outstanding 1,411 runs in 41 games – nearly 1,000 of those coming in senior cricket.

Add in 1st XI keeper Monty Ramsden, also just 16, and it’s a line-up which is packed with Junior Villagers turned Senior Villagers - Jordan Pickles, Yusuf Malik, Finlay Hill, George Leach, Leo Flanagan and, of course, club captain Alex Stead.

We think it's something to be very proud of as a club.