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Capital five in Scots squad for world cup
Players from an Edinburgh club make up a third of the Scotland squad just announced for the under-19 world cup in South Africa in early 2024.
RH Corstorphine’s Owen Gould captains the 15 strong squad...
Stew Mel cricket annual prize giving
Stewart's Melville cricket club have held their annual prize giving.
Scotland internationalists Samantha Haggo and Alasdair Evens made the presentations and took part in a Q&A session.
The prize winners are below:
East Association promoting “pyjama cricket”
East of Scotland cricket teams in the top three divisions next season will be encouraged to wear coloured clothing for matches under an Association directive.
For the remainder of the clubs the ruling is expected...
Carlton youngsters through to Lord’s
Carlton cricket club have qualified to play Banstead CC, from Surrey, in the final of the ECB under-15 competition at Lord's on Saturday 2 September.
The Edinburgh outfit booked their place by holding off Leamington CC...
Cricket final being played in Linlithgow tonight
Capital rivals Carlton and RH Corstorphine will contest the annual Masterton twenty:20 cricket final at Boghall, Linlithgow, on Wednesday with the former going for a remarkable 16th title since the competition was introduced in 1964.
But...
Scots missing from T20 Commonwealth Games tournament
Sri Lanka's captain Chamari Athapaththu stood in the mixed area at Edgbaston and bravely batting back direct questions after her side had been smashed by ten wickets by South Africa in the Commonwealth Games T20 cricket...
Cricket – Linlithgow v Edinburgh, Baillie Gifford ESCA Championship
On Saturday Linlithgow 1st XI took on Edinburgh at Boghall. Linlithgow won the toss and elected to bat first. Linlithgow’s innings struggled to really get going and wickets fell at regular intervals. Top scorer...
Cricket – Linlithgow v Morton, Baillie Gifford ESCA Championship
On Saturday Linlithgow 1st XI took on table topping Morton at Boghall. Morton won the toss and decided to bat first on a excellent pitch for batting.
Morton came with a game plan to attack...
Cricket president mourned
Members of Holy Cross Academicals Cricket Club are mourning the death of their much loved President Mahmood Din.
The club, based at Arboretum Playing Fields in Inverleith recently celebrated its 70th anniversary. Mahmood was...
Cricket – Scotland victorious over Zimbabwe
Scotland won the first match against Zimbabwe at the Grange on Wednesday by only seven runs in the T20 series to be played over three days.
After winning the toss Scotland chose to bat first,...
Cricket – Murrayfield Dafs win in Fife
Skipper Phil Hawkins won his third toss in a row and immediately asked Dunnikier to bat on a very soft wicket.
The scoring rate was extremely slow with both Poole and Venkatesh restricting the...
Cricket – Murrayfield Dafs Seconds want to win the league
Second team captain, Carl Barton, has a simple aim for 2019, "To win the league".
He expanded on his ambitious aims, "I like to enter any competition with the ultimate aim of winning it. Being...
Cricket – The Murrayfield Dafs first XI will build on last year’s success
First team captain Phil Hawkins is realistic about the job facing the Murrayfield Dafs Cricket Club first team in 2019.
It is their second season in the ESCA Championship. "Our goals for the season...
Cricket – a captain’s view
Captain of the Murrayfield Dafs Third team, James Gutteridge, looks ahead to the season
In many ways, the third team is the hardest captaincy job as I'm sure many of those who have held the...
Cricket – Scots on verge of trophy win
Scotland could win the Tri Nations T20 trophy if they beat hosts The Netherlands in the final fixture of the event on Wednesday.
Kyle Coetzer's side scored 161 for the loss of only three wickets...
Cricket – Scotland draw with Ireland
Scotland halted their losing streak with a tied match against Ireland in a T20 Tri Series clash in Holland.
Both teams scored 185 runs, Scotland for four wickets with Ireland losing six men in the...
Cricket – Scots seek revenge over Ireland
Scotland face Ireland again on Sunday and revenge must be on their mind.
They skidded to their third straight defeat when they were beaten by 46 runs by Ireland in a Tri Nations event in...
Letter from Scotland
As I write, a strong westerly wind is blowing around my house, Storm Hector they are calling it. The birch tree outside is bending wildly and the big sycamores are heaving and rustling like...
Cricket – Coetzer upbeat despite defeat
Pakistan blew Scotland away in the second T20 contest in Edinburgh to claim the mini-series 2-0.
Frankly, it was an anti-climax after Sunday’s sensational win over a star-studded England side.
But Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer argued...
Cricket – MacLeod gets Derby call-up
Batsman Calum MacLeod and Scotland national coach Grant Bradburn will join Derbyshire for this summer’s Vitality Blast.
Glasgow-born MacLeod, who has played 84 times for Scotland scoring over 2,000 runs and a top score of...
Cricket – Sharif stuns star-studded England
Scotland 371 for five wickets (50 overs); England 365 all out (49 overs) at The Grange.
They swarmed onto the pitch, they danced and even corporate and VIP guests hugged each other after Fife-based Safyann...
Watsonian Ladies Cricket Festival 2018
Watsonian Ladies are hosting their annual Festival for the second year running on Sunday 29 April 2018, and this year it is set to be bigger and better.
Held at Myreside and Craiglockhart Cricket Grounds we have the...
Cricket – new scheme is game-changer claim Cricket Scotland
All Stars Cricket aims to inspire five to eight-year-old children to take up the sport through a fun first experience.
The eight-week programme costing £40 features one-hour sessions and begins in May.
Boys and girls can...
Cricket club given vital support from local business
Local funeral directors, Thomas Marin, of St Mary’s Street has donated funds to help support Edinburgh South Cricket Club, a local community sports team.
Paul Reddish, Chairman of Edinburgh South Cricket Club, said: “We are...
Cricket – History of The Ashes
History of the Ashes
This is a sporting competition between England and Australia that has been going strong since 1882. The Ashes is one of the most long lived and celebrated rivalries in the international...
Cricket : Live coverage of Scotland v Sri Lanka from 10a.m.
The third day of the ODI tri-series when we hope that the rain will hold off long enough for Scotland to enjoy continued success. Today they are playing Sri Lanka and you can watch...
Watch Live Cricket: ODI Tri-Series – Ireland v Sri Lanka 11 July 2011
Cricket Scotland have announced their squad for the coming Tri-series with Sri Lanka and Ireland taking place at Citylets Grange with their first fixture taking place on July 12 against Ireland followed by recent...
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