https://cricclubs.com/CricketEspana/viewScorecard.do?matchId=319&clubId=13753Following the bonfires and fireworks of Friday night, we turned up to the baseball ground in Montjuïc on a scorching Sant Joan afternoon for our league fixture against old friends Badalona CC. Umer Razi lost the toss with the one umpire that had turned up on time, and we were put in to bat.Umer opened with himself alongside Burhan Ejaz and the two built a very solid partnership. They were both clearly struggli[...]

Scorecard A warm and overcast day greeted the players at Vic, arriving punctually, only to have the start delayed due to a missing hessian wicket. A search round the perimeter by Shane and Vishesh (Mishmash to his mates) found nothing but overgrown grass and discarded confetti from the previous night at the festival next door occupying the old Vic. Off went our indigenous tracker, Sam, into the bush to see what he could find with his sixth sense of knowing where to go he found an alternativ[...]

Yesterday Sam, Burhan, Maroof, Shriram, Umer and Agni (with help from Men in Blue's Suraj) ran the first BICC women's session. We welcomed 12 women from all over the world (with a very healthy Spanish/ Catalan contingent) most of whom were new to the game and eager to try it out. Using tapeballs, we did some drills and exercises on batting, bowling and fielding, before finishing with a quick pairs game on the softball ground. Everyone had a great time and many were keen for a next sessi[...]

After three years without welcoming a foreign touring side, Botany Bay CC came to visit, coincidentally from the same league as our previous visitors in 2019, Redbourn! With the Catalan Federation having denied our request for a free weekend with no league game, we were faced with the tricky task of three games in two days! The 18-strong group (with 12 players) arrived to a Barcelona that had been grey, wet and chilly for a couple of weeks, hoping that the games would be able to go ahead.Saturd[...]