The MCC Bumblebees had travelled to Manchester using various means of transport – car, plane and even by train from Munich. On arriving at the Hilton hotel where we all stayed except treasurer Giles w...
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MCC I bid farewell to Division I Bundesliga with a hard fought victory in Nuremberg (30 Jul 2017)
The final division I match of the season and MCC travelled to Nuremberg to salvage what was left of a fairly ordinary season. Everyone met at the Hischanger apart from Barrett who didn`t want to trave
Read MoreEpic Giles / Carr partnership of 128 in Division II match in Burghausen (23 July 2017)
Sunday 23rd July and MCC travelled hopefully to Burghausen to play the league leaders knowing that a victory would probably mean reaching the play-offs for promotion to division I. Three cars met at t
Read MoreThe first of two games to be won handsomely if we were to remain in Division I saw MCC hosting Serendib on a perfect cricketing day at the Hirschanger. Captain Ayub used Maria Theresa to win the toss...
Read MoreMCC Gold 151ish-8 (35 overs) (A.Wembridge 45*, X. Wides 29, O. Mushtaq 19, J. Deverill 2-4) defeated MCC Black 117-9 (25.2 overs) (Y. Wides 30, M. Khan 20, Obaidullah 18, W. Khan 3-12, P. Toke 3-14)
Read MoreSunday, 9th July, a bright, sunny day with the promise of thundershowers later, saw MCC return to Situlistrasse for a 35 over friendly against the Breakaways (Munich Lions). Captain Ayub used the wron
Read MoreA 40 over friendly against MIC saw captain Barrett win the toss and decide to bat, Kotru and Khan Mahmud opening up for MCC. The MIC bowlers were able to get a lot of bounce throughout their spells as
Read MoreMCC II come second at the Hirschanger, Bhatia strives to get the baker´s prize (01 Jul 2017)
MCCII at the Hirschanger for a Regionalliga fixture against the Munich Lions whom we had beaten by over 100 runs in a friendly a couple of week ago so the team was fairly confident of getting the poin...
Read MoreMCC II turned up at the Eduard Spranger ground in Hasenbergl ready for a 12:30 start and were greeted with heavy rain. Umpire Ravi wanted to hold the toss anyway to save time when the prospects improv...
Read MoreMagnificent 164* from Wembridge in Division I match, but Erlangen take the day. (25 Jun 2017)
A must win match against Erlangen to retain any hopes of remaining in Division I next season as Serendib had actually stuffed Nuremberg the previous day and had three wins to our one under their belt....
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