CAMPEONES! CAMPEONES! Ole Ole Ole! Minhaj make a comeback to win FanCode Spanish Championship and qualify for ECL21. Having come a cropper in the opener, Minhaj came back to easily win the next two to clinch the FanCode Spanish Championship and qualify for ECL21 on home soil. In the decider, Minhaj never allowed LMT batters…

La Manga Torrevieja, 2020 East Coast and Central League T20 champions (ECCL), face Minhaj, Spain’s ECL20 qualifiers, in a best of three play-off for the right to represent Cricket España at ECL21 this May and June in Spain. Minhaj will be a battle hardened outfit, having enjoyed the benefit of playing on this same pitch under…

Blast from the past .. As cricket in the Basque region and Galicia begins to take off again we look back at some newspaper articles and tv reports from the region in the past. Irun CC underwent a very successful tour of Bordeaux in French last year and Kings Vittoria Under 19’s had a series…

With the Cataluña government giving permission for players of sports federations to begin practice, the coordinator of junior cricket in Cataluña, Arman Nadim assisted by Shafikur Rahman took full opportunity of the new measures to organise some cricket coaching for some juniors, both boys and girls. Rico Phull, Director of Junior cricket, in Barcelona for…

Week two saw Group C called into action and it was Minhaj Cricket Club who made an immediate impact by winning the first two games of the day. In Match One they easily disposed of Raval Sporting, winning by 74 runs. Batting first the opening partnership of Awais Ahmed (48) and Usman Mushtaq (29) put…

The first European Cricket Series of the year got underway last Monday, with 24 teams hoping to be crowned ECS Barcelona 2021 champions in five weeks time. The teams were split into four groups of six with the winners of each group going through to finals day. Group A and Group B participated in the…

Last week around 250 children took part in a Introduction to cricket schools clinic in Barcelona. Around a 50/50 boys and girls ratio, they had practiced cricket a little in their schools once or twice with their teachers, but this was the first time they had used the wonderful Mar Bella facilities for group activities….

Bengali had the privilege of participating in the first two games of the ECS 2021 in Barcelona, and they did not disappoint, winning both matches. The first game of the day pitted them against Men In Blue, and the Men in Green elected to allow Bengali to bat first. Rocking at 5 for two after…

The cricket scene on the Costa del Sol has existed since the mid 80’s with teams from Mijas, Fuengirola, Marbella and Sotogrande all featuring heavily in its inception, but over time things have evolved and the initial games that began in Arroyo de la Miel, with more regular matches then in Sotogrande, eventually saw teams…

Congratulations to all at Granada Cricket Club who have partnered up with All Rounder Cricket and Opening Up for sponsorship of their Adidas cricket kit for the forthcoming future. For further information on All Rounder cricket you can visit their website at https://www.allroundercricket.com/ Opening Up is a fantastic initiative that is working to promote better…