Cricket News: Weekend 7/8 May
On Saturday 7 May there will be an Intra-squad T20 for new players starting at noon (see here). On Sunday at 11am, SACC will play LFPCC.
On Saturday 7 May there will be an Intra-squad T20 for new players starting at noon (see here). On Sunday at 11am, SACC will play LFPCC.
The Cricket Section was invited to compete in a triangular series taking on a team from London, Royal Tigers or as they later became known, the Tiger Kings! and the Derbyshire CC Academy.
Disaster, a theme of the trip, struck before the wheels left the Orly tarmac, as the playing XI was reduced to 9.
Standard Athletic took this all in their stride and managed not to lose 25% of the four games, never being bowled out and improving on our score with each innings.
There were some great personal performances, Henry with bat and ball, Chris with the bat, Aditya in the field almost Jonty Rhodes like and the champagne moment of the tournament, a hat trick against Derbyshire from our new recruit Gaurav.
The team played the tournament in the right way. As a team a good time was had by all, so much so a pre-season is in the planning for 2023. The final financial disaster with a rental vehicle is best left unmentioned.
Desert Springs resort not only offers ICC accredited cricket ground but a European Tour golf course.
Read the main article to see some pictures.
The SAC Cricket Section is looking for new players for its junior and senior 2022 campaigns!
Come and join us for a trial T20 senior game on Saturday 7th May from noon!
With access to one of France’s finest cricket fields, we organise fixtures most weekends from the beginning of May until the end of September.
We are active tourists, having recently returned from a senior tournament in Spain and we will be touring Kent from 1st – 5th June.
The main article has a poster for you to distribute to your friends.
The new season opens this weekend with two matches.
First is a match against the British Embassy CC on Saturday the 30 starting at 12:30. Then on Sunday 1 May the SACC plays St Brice CC starting at 11.
Positive news from the weekend is played two won two beating the Embassy and St Brice respectively. The highlight of the weekend was newcomer Alex Calthrop playing his first match in 10 years, scoring an unbeaten 56 ball 104 in SACC's total of 257-3 beating the Embassy by 36 runs on Saturday the 30th.
On Sunday 1 May vs St Brice SACC batted first again posting 271-4 from 40 0vers whilst bowling the opposition out in 37 overs to win by 34 runs..
On Sunday the SACC was set a target of 221 runs by LFPCC (Lycée Francais de Pondichéry) and chased them down with the loss of only five wickets and with five overs to spare!
On Saturday the SACC faces the Kerala Tuskers starting at 12.30, then on Sunday, the game will be against the Challengers CC, starting at 11.
The Cricket Section AGM was held on Saturday 11th December in the Clubhouse.
The Committee reported on a successful season with ~20 games, despite Covid limitations. The Section was able to generate €8K in cash flow for the Club after investments, with record levels of Seasonal Membership (€5.5K collected in 2021)
The Club is planning on renovating the pavilion (half of which is used by Cricket in the summer) over the winter, financed by the surplus funds generated by the Section in recent years.
The Cricket Section 2021 accounts are attached to the main article.
On Saturday 19 June we made a presentation to Andrew Macintyre in recognition of his 14 years of service to SAC Junior Cricket. To commemorate that we have attached a bell to the pavilion and a commemorative plaque. Many of you will know that a bell is rung at Lords before the start of each and every session and we thought it a good way to record Andrews's efforts into the Club's history. See the main article for a photo of Andrew and the Bell.
