4s Swashbuckle past Stokey ‘Imagine needing 1 to win and f***king it up’ These were the words delivered by a member of the Stoke Newington cordon as new batsman Ali Kazmi prepared to face his first delivery for HCC 4s with just a single required to secure victory. 30 seconds later and Ali had ripped […]
Du Toit and Blackett star in Bushey runfest! As is often the case at 3rd and 4th team level you may find yourself playing a team some distance from their home patch. That was again the case this weekend as we travelled not to the leafy surroundings of Brondesbury but to Bushey in Hertfordshire a […]
What’s our philosophy, with regard to putting out teams in lower leagues? That’s the question this week. That’s been the question all season, really, for players at my end of the club’s spectrum. When Freddie had to pull out of the ones on Saturday (Congratulations Freddie! Welcome to the world baby Craig), there was trouble […]
A close game, but Pushkev beat us in the end. Pushkev? Not the famous chess manoeuvre (Fischer vs Spassky game 31, Reykjavik 1972). Nor yet a Pushkev penalty. I refer, of course, to the Nomads’ deadly bowler, Pushkev. The first team sheet for this game included two keepers, one skipper, and several alternate skippers. But […]
John Cleary, the esteemed President of Highgate Cricket Club, has sadly died at the age of 81. He was the longest serving member of the club having joined in the late 1960s. John was a stalwart member of the 3rd XI in the days where we fielded three teams, a useful off-spinner and very enthusiastic […]