Cricket Espana are holding the 2nd CRIIIO Junior softball tournament La Manga club as part of our Cricketdevelopment program involving both Girls and Boys, which will have approximately 200 students taking part. Our program has been introduce to the 5 schools over past 18 months which includes coaching courses for teachers to help develop the…

Spain have named their squad for the T10 European Cricket Championships to be played at the Cartama Oval between September 24th and October 20th. The 14 man squad consists of players from all areas of Spain. Nine of the players come from Cataluyna with Yasir Ali, Hamza Saleem Dar, Awais Ahmed, Muhammad Ihsan and Muhammad…

After discussions with the owner of Grizzly Sports Anshuman Shinde, Cricket España have secured sponsorship deals for two of their Women National team players Payal Chilongia and Uswa Syed. The agreement came about after Grizzly Sports saw the articles written by Jenny Thompson (Her World Cricket Tour) that captured the imagination of cricket fans around…

EUROPEAN CRICKET NETWORK Our Cricket’sCool project is growing every year. So far, some 2,400 local school children have attended the ECN international events held in Malaga, Spain over the last four events, and that number is expected to reach well beyond 3,000 in the upcoming ECC23. To make an impact on the sustainability of cricket…

Cricket Espana U15 Junior Tournament held at the Granada Oval – September 1st-3rd 2023. A great few days of cricket was had at the home of Granada Cricket Club, ‘the GOval’ in Vegas de Genil in Granada over the weekend, with 33 Cricket Espana juniors taking part in an eight-match tournament of eight overs of…

Cath Moretti’s been our Venue Manager Extraordinaire here at ICC T20 World Qualifiers Europe this week (plus amazing housemate & general good egg!) After moving to Spain a year ago Cath’s already played for the country as ‘keeper! She’d only played one year of hardball in England having taken up softball cricket at a Ladies…

Payal Chilongia moved to Madrid four years ago with no money & no Spanish but she’s a strong woman who won’t quit. She began waitressing 15-hour days at 3 Euros an hour & learned Spanish: “My landlady’s from Peru & she taught me Spanish when I came in 2019. She said: ‘You have to otherwise…

When Uswa Syed’s brother told her to play cricket, she said she must ask their father first – & the likely response was no. Uswa’s brother is 21-year-old Hashim Mir who’s back tin Pakistan from Barcelona, playing in the KPL for KOTLI LIONS “My brother said: ‘You want to play cricket?’ & I said: ‘Yes,…

Cricket Espana U15 Junior Tournament – 8v8 / 8 Over Competition. September 1st-3rd With the success of the Junior soft ball tournament held in Mallorca in June last year, Cricket Espana and the different regions in Spain decided the next event should return to the mainland. With a number of grounds across Spain in contention…

Countdown starts as European Cricket Championship returns to Malaga’s Cártama Oval for third year A total of 31 teams will face-off in groups during the first three weeks of the ECC 2023 tournament, before the top-placed countries compete in championship week A new wicket has been laid and the outfield is being tended at Cártama…