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Welcome
This website is the home of Hungarian cricket
Created in October 2006, it has so far helped coordinate numerous cricket matches in Hungary and for Hungarian teams abroad
Hungarian cricket is run by the Hungarian Cricket Association led by Gabor Torok - to find out more about the HCA and to read all the press releases go to the About HCA page
On this website you can find out how to play and how to coach cricket, you can read all the reports and see the scorecards from three highly successful seasons
Hungary is currently a prospective member of the International Cricket Council, but we are one of the most positive and active cricket countries in Europe - we have senior cricket, national teams, junior cricket and coaching for women
Click on the links at the top to find out more about cricket in Hungary and how to get involved
Any questions? Write to info@hungary4cricket.com
 

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Sponsor
Want to get your company's message to expats in Hungary and abroad, while helping Hungarian senior, junior and women's cricket? We need sponsors for matches and cup competitions, as well as for travel to European tournaments
We can guarantee media coverage (TV, print, online) and arrange a package suitable to your company's needs.

Donate
If you would like to donate (money or goods or services) to help the development of cricket in Hungary we would be very grateful.

Teach
Teach cricket to your friends, your colleagues, children in a local school - we can help you with advice and even some equipment.
Spread the word
Please tell everyone you know about this website. If you are a webmaster or an active member of a forum, please add a link to us.
Media
Do you work in the media or have any media contacts? Cricket is a colourful and cultural sport of unique interest which is gaining popularity among Hungarians, as well as within the expat community.

Saturday 28th August
Women's indoor tournament, Szolnok
1st
Belgium 1
2nd
Austria/Germany
3rd
Hungary
4th
Serbia
5th
Belgium 2
MPI HCL
Royal Tigers
beat
Dunabogdany
234-8
112 a/o
Rajveer 83
M. Ahuja 32
A. Singh 28
S. Gupta 26
by 122 runs
S. Anthony 34
R. Kumar 3-6
Sunday 29th August
Women's outdoor tournament, Budapest

Belgium 99-1
beat

Hungary 98-1

Hungary 79-5
beat

Austria, Germany, Serbia 76-9

Austria, Germany, Serbia 71-4
beat

Belgium 70-9
MPI HCL
Budapest Falcons
beat
Phoenix
207-7
155 a/o
Tariq 66
Haroon 32
by 52 runs
S. Ibrahim 51
R. Kumar 32
Suleiman 4-??
R. Kumar 3-??
Friendly
Hungary A
beat
Serbia
120-7
118-9
M. Ahuja 27
by 2 runs
A. Leckonby 35
 



Latest news
Five countries play in the II Anita-Hungaria Women's Cricket Festival: Cricketers from Austria, Belgium, Germany and Serbia came to Budapest to take part in the II Anita-Hungaria Women's Cricket Festival over the three days of 27th to 29th August. A total of 41 players played 13 matches, both indoors and outdoors - report + photos + stats...
Tigers cruise to victory to seal top spot: Dunabogdany couldn't hold up the Royal Tigers' charge to the top of the HCL, posting just 112 all out in reply to the defending champions' 234-8 on Saturday 28th August. Rajveer hit 83, Marc 32, Amandeep 28 and Sanjay 26, then Ranjit Kumar took three wickets as only Steve Anthony (34) put up any resistance. The Tigers' win had meant that Budapest Falcons needed a bonus point victory on Sunday to clinch top spot, but their 207-7 off 25 overs was not enough. Tariq hit 66 and Haroon 32, but Syed Ibrahim replied with 51 and Ranjit Kumar got 32 to steer Phoenix to 155 all out. Suleiman took 4 wickets in vain - read the scorecard here
Hungary win Euro Twenty20 tournament in Macedonia with one ball to spare! In a thrilling finish to the tournament Hungary beat Russia by 3 wickets with one ball to spare. The Russian total of 165-6 seemed very competitive, but Sufiyan Mohammed's innings of 82 helped Hungary to their first-ever senior tournament triumph. Eddie Allnutt was the Hungary hero as they won their first match in Group A of the 8-nation tournament against Croatia by 5 wickets, but the team ran out of overs as they lost to Romania, before getting back on track in their last group match. A comprehensive victory over hosts Macedonia put Hungary into the semi-finals of the Euro Twenty20 tournament, where they got the better of Bulgaria in a low-scoring match before they conquered Russia to lift the trophy. teams, squad and results...
Champions! Hungary juniors triumph in Croatia: Thanks to some impressive displays, Hungary juniors won all their four matches in Zagreb over the weekend of 19-20 June to come out on top in a tri-nation tournament with Croatia and Slovenia. Soma Cziraky top-scored in the tournament, while Casper Sperling had the best bowling figures. scorecards + report + photos

Coverage grows in Hungarian media
A song by a band called The Duckworth-Lewis Method has been in the Hungarian pop charts for weeks and the media are talking about it, including MR2-Petofi Radio

The first articles about cricket has been placed on the Nemzeti Sport website and more are in the pipeline
Viennese World Cup
 Danubian Kangaroos
Index.hu has started reporting on cricket on their sports portal, SportGeza
Mi az a krikett, és mire jó?
A reporter and camera crew came to film Danubian Kangaroos vs Comenius and interview some players on 19th April 2009 for a report on the popular show Fokusz on the RTL Klub channel

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

Other media coverage
Budapest Times
Regular HCA press releases and reports appears on the Budapest Times website and in the newspaper
Xpatloop
Cricket is regularly reported on xpatloop.com
Caboodle.hu
Two articles on expat portal Caboodle - at the beginning and the end of the 2007 season
Sky News blog
An article by Greg Milam, who came to Hungary in July 2008 and played at RAFC against a Hungary XI
Comenius CC
Article from Yorkshire about the Comenius tour to Settle CC
Articles in Fejer Megyei Hirlap
Regular articles in local newspaper 7nap

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Sunday 5th September
MPI HCL Semi-final, RAFC

Royal Tigers
vs

Phoenix
MPI HCL Semi-final, Godollo

Baggy Blues Artosz
vs

Budapest Falcons





 
Training in Budapest
Various clubs practise outdoors in Budapest, including Baggy Blues and Danubian Kangaroos (in Varosliget)
 

Online cricket clubs


Watch cricket at Legends!
Legends Sports Bar in Budapest's Vth district shows cricket on its screens - www.legends.hu

 

 
 



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