Tigers crush Slovakians...

Hungarian champions Royal Tigers travelled to Slovakia on Saturday 13th June and cruised to a 186-run victory over the home team
Captain Tushar Gandhi (pictured, right) top-scored with 53 and Suman Manuel returned figures of 6-23
Scorecard
Report

... Comenius crush Slovenians

The following weekend, on Sunday 21st June, Comenius travelled to Slovenia and cruised to an 84-run victory over Maribor
Captain Andy Grieve's 35 and Krisztian Szabo's 23 helped put on 65 for the first wicket in a total of 122-9 off 30 overs
Kristof Noll-Batek then took 5 wickets as the Slovenians were bowled out for just 38
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... Baggies lose twice in a weekend

Over the weekend of 20th-21st June, the two Baggy Blues teams fell to defeats
On Saturday the 2nd XI couldn't reach their target against the Danubian Kangaroos, thanks to Viktor Agoston's all-round performance
Then on Sunday in a repeat of last season's final, the Royal Tigers chased down the BB 1st XI to win by three wickets
Report of BB 2nd XI vs Kangaroos
Report of BB 1st XI vs Tigers

Anita-Hungaria Women's Cricket Festival, Szent Istvan University, Gödöllő, 13-14 June 2009

The first-ever women's cricket matches in Hungary were played on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th June as part of the Anita-Hungaria Women's Cricket Festival.
Hungary were successful in both matches against Thoiry Falcons from Paris - they won by 4 wickets on Saturday and by 11 runs on Sunday
Many thanks are due to the main sponsors Anita-Hungaria, as well as to Kancellar.hu Zrt, Comenius School and Szent Istvan University for allowing the matches to be played there
More matches are being planned for the women's team, including a trip to Paris in September or October
Report and photos
Riport és fotók magyarul
Slideshow/Képsorozatok

For more info on women's cricket in Hungary click here or contact Andy Grieve (+36 70 702 2364)

The HCA wishes to extend its biggest CONGRATULATIONS to Shiraz of Kohinoor, who created Hungarian cricketing history on Sunday 3rd May 2009 by becoming the first ever Centurion in the game's history in this country.
Shiraz batted at 3 for Kohinoor in their friendly match against the Baggy Blues, and began his innings in the first over of the match. The 18-year-old was still there at the end of the 30th over, having reached his century in the last over of the innings and finishing on 103 not out.
The highlight of his innings was 5 sixes in a row (in an over in which he did not face the first ball)!
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The first article about cricket has been placed on the Nemzeti Sport website and more are in the pipeline
Read the article (in Hungarian)

50 primary school kids in Tiszakürt got their first taste of cricket in April and now they have won their first matches after just three training sessions - the first-ever inter-school matches in Hungarian cricket history!
Robin Sperling, a Brit whose sons attend the school, was aided by HCA President Ferenc Zsigri and newly-appointed Youth Development Officer Jerry Bloemsma in the hour-long demonstration, which revealed some talented and enthusiastic kids.
On Friday 24th April two teams from Szanda CC in Szolnok (coached by Jerry at their primary school since September 2008) travelled to Tiszakürt and played two matches, which were both won by the new kids in front of around 30 spectators - read the report and view the scorecards.
After the matches both schools were presented with KwikCricket sets (thanks to sponsorship by Kancellar.hu)
Do you want to coach in a school? Go to the Learn page to find out how.
Junior cricket in Hungary

Index.hu
A big article in Hungarian about cricket in Hungary was put on the popular portal Index.hu