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 […]
Thanks to Fred and Conroy for all the hard work throughout the Summer !
The Highgate Cricket Club 1st X1 of 2025
4s vs Stoke Newington 3s – 03/07/22
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 […]
4s vs Brondesbury 4s – 11/06/22
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 […]
5s vs Hampstead 6s – 04/06/22
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 […]
Sunday Friendly XI vs Monkey Nomads – 05/06/22
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 […]
Obituary – John Cleary, HCC Club President
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 […]
Summer Cricket Camps – Bookings Open!
Please find below links to our Summer Camps for the 2022 season – everyone is welcome and if you or anyone you recommend us to has any questions, please do get in touch! Week 1 (18th – 22nd July): https://www.openplay.co.uk/view-course/62845 Week 2 (25th – 29th July): https://www.openplay.co.uk/view-course/62847 Week 3 (1st – 5th August): https://www.openplay.co.uk/view-course/62848 Week […]
May Half-Term Cricket Camps
A quick note to let you know that we will be running May Half-Term Cricket Camps on the below dates: Monday 30th May Tuesday 31st May Wednesday 1st June Camp Timings will be from 11-4 and here is our booking link – https://www.openplay.co.uk/view-course/61445 Prices are £45 / day or £125 if you book 3 days. […]
Match Report Sunday Friendly 24/04/22
Lovely day at the Gate. Playing on the pitch furthest away from the pavilion which turned out to have a bit of variable bounce but played ok on the whole. I won toss and decided to have a bat. Opened with Danny B and Sean Nesbitt against decent seam attack. Danny in imperious form and […]
3rd XI At Twickenham
Twickenham CC 3XI v Highgate CC 3XI: Match Report, 07/05/22 The 3XI’s opening of the 2022 campaign had all the hallmarks of the return to league cricket; an hour plus trek to SW London, a locked clubhouse, and a deck that showed discernible scars of slide tackles from the football season. Our top six’s Friday […]