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16th MAY 2012: Arul and James keep up OM century haul

Arul Suppiah and James Hildreth both notched up two more OM hundreds for Somerset, this time in their LV=County Championship fixture against Surrey at the Oval, with Arul being run out for 106 by fellow OM Tom Maynard, while James was finally out for 120.

12th MAY 2012: Centuries galore for OMs on Saturday

No fewer than 4 OMs (a fifth was a boundary short of making it 5) scored centuries for their counties/countries on Saturday in an unprecedented display of batting.

Wes Durston (121 v Hampshire), Rory Hamilton-Brown (115 and Tom Maynard 143 v Worcestershire) and Kieran Pollard all made hundreds while Craig Kieswetter finished on 96 not out in Somerset's drawn match against Lancashire

12th MAY 2012: Kieran stars for the Windies

Kieran Powell scored an excellent century for his country in the recent match against the England Lions at Northanpton, which they eventually lost.

Watch highlights of Kieran's innings

 and read how the press in the West Indies reported his innings

2nd MAY 2012: Dean's 500th wicket

Congratulations to Dean Cosker who took his 500th wicket in all first-class cricket as he dismissed Billy Godleman on the opening day of Glamorgan’s LV=County Championship fixture against Essex on 2nd May.

APRIL 2012: Ben's kit stolen

The Hollioake family have announced that the kit of their international cricketer son Ben (1989-92; Edgarley and Millfield), who died in a car crash in 2012, has been stolen.

To read more about this sad piece of news click here

APRIL 2012: Daniel's Wisden Honours

Congratulations to Kent opening batman and England Under19 International cricketer, Daniel Bell-Drummond, who has been named as Young Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year.

Click here to read more about this highly promising young player.

FEBRUARY 2012: Craig in vital partnership for England

Craig Kieswetter scored a crucial 43 runs in a partnership of 109 with century-maker Kevin Pieterson to ensure England's 4-0 whitewash of Pakistan in the ODI series in Dubai.

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DECEMBER 2011: Omani cricket on the up thanks to Qais

Qais Al Said (1993-97; Ivythorn)  is not only a key playing member (one of only two Omanis) of the Oman cricket team, but also the vice-president of the National Cricket Board, and he is determined to take the sport in his country, where mainly expatriates play the game, to the next level.

Qais, who hopes to popularize the game and attract more Omani players into it, was recently in Nepal with the team to compete in the ACC Twenty20 Cup, through which Oman has notably achieved the qualification for the T20 World Cup qualifier in Dubai in March.

Qais was in the 1996 and 1997 School 1st XI, opening the bowling alongside former England pace bowler, Simon Jones.

OCTOBER 2011: Tom and Adam in Young England Squads

Tom Maynard's part in Surrey's success this season has been rewarded with a place in England's Performance squad to train at Loughborough until November before heading to India to work for a place in the England Lions tours to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in 2012. Tom scored over a thousand runs for his county and was their leading batsman in the T20 competition.

Also off to Loughborough is Essex's Adam Wheater, named in the 13 strong Development squad, which will continue to either Sri Lanka or India, and the hope of Lions selection next year.

OMs who are contracted to County Cricket teams for the 2012 season. Click on the county to go to the player's profile on their county website.