Fluent Finance Abroad Southern Cricket League 35 Overs – Match Day 5 Sevilla CC vs. Granada CC – Sunday 8th January 2023. The day started with Granada CC winning the toss and electing to bat: Gary O’Brian and Paul Cone opened the batting for Granada whose steady partnership saw them put on 37 runs after…

Today, Cricket España offered an Introduction to Cricket Course to CEIP Port De Xabia school. Three different classes, from the ages of six to seven years of age each took part in a 45 minute session to learn about the fundamentals of the sport. First, they were introduced to the basic equipment required to play…

The former Spanish International Faran Afzal will play next season in the Ribblesdale league in England as the club professional for Feniscowles Cricket Club. Faran has played the majority of his club cricket in Spain with Sporting Alfas and made his international debut for his adopted country in the 2005 ECC competition in Antwerp, Belgium….

In April 2001 as part of Cricket España continuing Coach Education Programme we partnered Yorkshire Cricket Board (YCB) to deliver an ECB L2 Coaching Course. This was excellently led by Dale Kerruish and Kev Gresham, supported by Dave Gelling.  Following 3 days of virtual classes the cohort returned to their clubs to complete the required…

Bullys Bash & Club Day – Sunday 18th December – Harrys Heroes vs Bullys Buccaneers An emotional day for all as the CDS CC players gathered to play a tribute match in memory of Jonathan “Bully” Scott. The two teams were named in his honour and his son, Harry a player himself – Harry’s Heroes…

Cricket España successfully launched their strategic plan for the next five year’s last week and are already putting in place specific ways to implement some of their objectives in 2023. Having initiated the plan at the start of the year, the CE directorate have worked in conjunction with the RDO Manager Andy McCulloch and the…

Thanks to Jay Wild for a comprehensive round up of the cricket events in the South of the country this year. As the calendar year comes to an end theres plenty to draw on from the work going on in cricket across Andalucia in the last 12 months. The Cartama Oval was the focus of…

After just under eight months in existence, our women’s team entered its first tournament on Sunday. It was hosted by Fundació privada per a l’Esport i l’Educació de Barcelona (FEEB) and we were delighted to be invited to take part, alongside some of the other women’s cricketing hubs in the city. The tournament was due to be…

Fluent Finance Abroad Southern Cricket League 35 Overs – Match Day 4 Costa del Sol CC vs. Malaga CC – Sunday 4th December 2022. Match Day 4 of the league started with cloudy & overcast weather conditions, but a full game of 35 overs was achieved for this head-to-head between Costa Del Sol CC &…

The BBC and Amazon Prime come to Madrid It’s not often that you find cricket in a TV series filmed outside of the Commonwealth, let alone on Netflix, Amazon Prime or HBO. So, you could imagine my surprise when I was contacted by a casting agency over a year ago asking for help in filming…