Montclair Cricket Club made the trip down to the beautiful Philadelphia Cricket Club to continue our annual series. Philadelphia won the toss and opted to field first.

Some custom rules were adopted for the game like 40 run retirement rule per batter and out if ball is hit into any buildings or tennis courts

MCC scored 188 runs in the 30 overs provided, a respectable mark during the overcast and sometimes drizzling day.

PCC started their innings strong, slowed down, but continued to score runs. They scored 192 runs with 2 overs to spare.

Afterwards, sandwiches and beer were shared between all the players.

Philadelphia now leads the series 3 to 1.

• August 15, 2021. 2pm – 4pm
• Pittser Field at Montclair State University

Cricket at Pittser was back!

Half of MCC played under captain B. and the other half played under captain M. The T20 game was battled well on the nice pitch of Pittser Field.

There were adapted rules to increase competition: 20 runs max per player, wrap-around batting order, negative 8 runs per wicket, and out if ball hit out of the stadium.

Team M batted first and put up a respectable amount of runs, but lost too many wickets. Without much pressure for Team B to contend with, they slowly chased the run total without losing the costly wickets.

The after match catch-up was at De Novo European Pub and the Club was able to make a generous donation to MSU’s Red Hawk Open.

Evened the 2017 series 1-1.

Hoboken beats Montclair in last ball drama at Pittser Oval on August 11th. It came down to the MCC needing a 6 off the last ball after a tremendous last over effort, but alas, we fell short. A superb effort from both teams….we will live to fight another day.

Skip Thompson is all smiles….before he returns to the pavilion for a duck

Sir Raghu pulls for four. Sublime…

Where – Montclair Pittser Oval

Montclair vs. Hoboken 25 overs

Montclair lost in a close affair to Hoboken Cricket Club….but we won easily at Brick Lane curry house afterwards!!! The Pittser Oval at Montclair State University provided a superb venue for a 25 over slugfest….

With a blizzard outside, 20 brave souls and their loyal families made it out for a tight contest under the lights at Clifton. There were some fine performances, especially at the bar afterwards. The highlights are captured below. A huge thanks to Chris Egan for sponsoring the event, Ashley from the Soccer Domain for his loan of the venue and to all the players for contributing to this new tradition in the New Jersey sporting calendar….!

Where – Anderson Park, Montclair

On a beautiful Spring day in picturesque Anderson Park, teams from Montclair and Hoboken combined for a thrilling affair of ball on willow. Our first ever outdoor game could not have been closer or more entertaining, going right to the last ball when a four was needed but the boundary could not be broken. Plenty of players batted sumptuously with sixes aplenty and the bowling was of the highest order. We enjoyed a few champagne moment catches and even had our first “streaker”, fully dressed fortunately, replete with camera and a story for a deck, a rocking chair and a large cigar.

The photos tell the story….we will do it all again in July.

The boundary walk…trying to look cool

Down the track for 6 over long off…sweet!

In 30 years they will be asking ‘where are they now?’

Who ate all the pies??!

Serenity….

The crucial toss – Montclair to bat