Summary of 2008 Domestic cricket Over 12,000 runs scored and over 800 wickets taken in 56 matches in Hungary Completed second cricket league season in Hungary between 8 teams (playing 11-a-side 25-over matches on football pitches) After 27 league matches, semi-finals and the final, as well as 26 friendly matches (total = 56 matches!), Royal Tigers were crowned 2008 HCL champions. In the final they held off the admirable challenge of Baggy Blues to register a four-wicket victory. Without star bowler Mark Bownas, the underdogs were unable to stop Lucky Singh and Rajvir Singh putting on 51 for the sixth wicket to avoid an upset and keep the Tigers unbeaten record intact... card + photos International cricket The Hungarian U17 girls team travelled to Berlin in February to play in the 2nd European Ladies U17 tournament - read more The Hungarian youth team travelled to Vienna in May to play in the Future Challenge Cup The Hungarian native team travelled to Slovakia and played against the native Slovakian team in June - report A six-a-side team from Hungary travelled to play in the Viennese Mini World Cup in July Comenius CC travelled to Mezica in Slovenia in August to play in a 6-team tournament for the second year running The Hungary national team travelled to Prague in August to compete in the Prague Internatioal Cricket Cup - reports Six touring teams from the UK visited Hungary in 2008 and played club and Hungarian national teams

HCL 2008: Final Standings Winners Royal Tigers Second Place Baggy Blues Third Place Kohinoor Fourth Place Genpact XI Fifth Place Danubian Kangaroos Sixth Place Comenius Seventh Place Phoenix Eighth Place Dunabogdany

HCL 2008: Table     P W L NR NRR Pt 1 Royal Tigers 7 6 0 1 2.9 13 2 Kohinoor 7 6 1 0 3.3 12 3 Baggy Blues 7 4 3 0 0.5 8 4 Genpact XI 7 4 3 0 -0.1 8 5 Danubian Kangaroos 7 2 4 1 -1.5 5 6 Comenius 7 2 5 0 -1.4 4 7 Phoenix 7 2 5 0 -0.9 4 8 Dunabogdany 7 1 6 0 -2.5 2 Positions are decided by points, then by result(s) between sides equal on points, then net run-rate

	Prague International Cricket Cup Group A Russia beat Romania Romania beat Czech B Russia beat Czech B Group B Czech A beat Bulgaria Bulgaria (94-5) beat Hungary (93 all out) report Czech A (163-8) beat Hungary (106 all out) report Semi-finals Czech A (116 all out) beat Romania (108 all out) Russia (123-8) beat Bulgaria (50 all out) Final Russia beat Czech A 3rd/4th play-off (15 overs) Bulgaria beat Romania (99) Hungary Squad Andrew Leckonby Baggy Blues Andy Grieve Comenius Attila Vakan Comenius Gabor Torok Kangaroos Janos Matyasfalvi Kangaroos Kristof Noll-Batek Comenius Lucky Singh Royal Tigers Mark Bownas Baggy Blues Mike Glover Baggy Blues Tamas Torok Kangaroos Tushar Gandhi Royal Tigers Viktor Agoston Kangaroos Zoltan Mago Comenius