Rochdale C.C.

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Rochdale Cricket Club are an English cricket team from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, currently playing in the Central Lancashire League. The professional for 2007 is Ryan Hinds, an all-rounder and captain of Barbados. He played briefly for Rochdale at the end of the 2005 season when the club's professional Lou Vincent was called up to join a New Zealand touring Zimbabwe. But in that short time, Hinds took 42 wickets in just 10 games, and scored 481 runs,figures which impressed Rochdale officials who moved quickly to sign the 27-year-old West Inbdian for the 2007 season. He will also be joined by his younger brother Jason who played for Rochdale as an amateur last season and will do so again this summer. Rochdale are one of the oldest - and most successful - of all the CLL teams. They joined the league in 1893, which was founded a year earlier under the title of the South East Lancashire league. It became the Central Lancashire League a year later. Rochdale have won the league title a record 27 times, the last occasion being in 2003. They have also won the Wood Cup - a knockout competition - 12 times, second only to Littleborough who have 13 successes to their name. The first team skipper for the 2007 season is opening batsman Simon Brierley.