Cricket in a Covid world is an odd place in the sense that it generally creates more problems than it solves. The list of considerations of a club captain is long enough as it is, with drop outs, lift co-ordination, batting orders etc, before you get to questions that perhaps no other generation of cricketers […]
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 […]
Highgate 5s v Brondesbury
The day got off to an absolute flyer when we won the toss. Many of the G6 fill ins were both confused and anxious as we have never experienced this. Skipper Spibey wisely chose to bat! Again us 6s confused and anxious!!! In his first moment of brilliance Our skipper said who wants to open […]
1st XI 2022 Week 1 Home v Eastcote
Relegations come in many forms, they can be the culmination of years of abject mediocrity (Norwich Championship to League 1 2009). Some relegations are the result of catastrophic loss of form (Norwich PL to Championship 2020), others come after spirited fights and a bit of bad luck but ultimately not enough good performances (Norwich PL […]
Strong Sussex = Strong Highgate?
“In Sussex, if it’s not the devil that makes an appearance, then it’s likely to be a dragon.” – Michael O’Leary Initially a Sussex theme was settled on here to try and challenge/justify my own suppositions regarding its place status, specifically the way Sussex is perceived outside of its native population. I would propose that […]
5s v Ealing Trailfinders 3s at Old Cam
I returned home from a week of uninterrupted glorious sunshine in the Yorkshire Dales to see that despite specific instructions to the contrary I’d been picked to skipper the 5s for this match. It wasn’t that long ago that HCC was struggling consistently to put out 5 teams in the MCCL – we now regularly […]
Fun in the Sun at Wembley Away – 1st XI, 12th September
The 1s final game of the season was against Wembley CC at Vale Farm, home to some of the more eccentric Middlesex league icons over the years. After a difficult April/May period where it appeared cricket would be having a year off, somehow we’ve managed to eke out an enjoyable little half season, under the […]
A windy day on the Marshes – 4th XI vs SNCC (22nd August)
Many of us hadn`t played against Stoke Newington CC on Hackney Marshes before, so finding the tiny bridge (across the river Lea) to get to the ground proved challenging. Especially when there was a queue of traffic so there was a wait for other cars to leave the car park before our players could get […]
3rd XI vs Brondesbury – Saturday 18th July
Cricket in a Covid world is an odd place in the sense that it generally creates more problems than it solves. The list of considerations of a club captain is long enough as it is, with drop outs, lift co-ordination, batting orders etc, before you get to questions that perhaps no other generation of cricketers […]
2nd XI vs Twickenham – Saturday 18th July
It’s always a delight to visit the Green. Good deck, quick outfield and a bigger crowd than usual given the circumstances made for a great atmosphere as HCC 2s made the journey down South of the river. I reminisced in the car about my last journey to Twickenham, where I was 25 mins late for […]