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…

Desert Springs Resort to host ICC WT20I Cricket World Cup Europe Qualifier August 24, 2023 It is with pleasure that we announce that Desert Springs Resort, Europe’s only international award-winning luxury family resort with its very own dedicated ICC accredited Cricket Ground and Academy, located in Almeria, Andalucía, south-east Spain has been selected to host the…

La Agrupación Cricket España tiene el placer de anunciar el primer tour en nuestro país del “St. Peter’s Cricket Club-Vatican”. Se trata de un tour deportivo, turístico y cultural que verá llegar a España, del 3 al 12 de julio, al equipo oficial de cricket del Papa Francisco. Se trata de una visita extraordinaria nunca antes…

Razball? Bhosball? BICC beat Badalona! Following 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…

THE RETURN OF RAZBALL 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…

Melbourne Cricket Club drew first blood for Australia by winning the Spashes (the Spanish Ashes). The victorious Victorians had back to back victories this weekend against a Costa Del Sol CC President’s XI and an Andalucian Select XI. Game one on the Saturday saw the CDSCC President’s XI bat first. Unfortunately, they failed to see…

The Cartama Oval will welcome the prestigious Melbourne Cricket Club to Southern Spain this weekend for the “Spashes” (the Spanish Ashes 2023). The Australian outfit, who count Dean Jones and Max Walker amongst their previous plays come to Cartama as part of their European tour and will play two games on Spanish soil. An excited…