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 October
Report and photos
Riport és fotók magyarul
Slideshow

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

Final positions:
1. Bristol Phoenix
2. Oldenburg/Passau
3. Schwerin/Tegernsee
4. Hungary
5. Austria CC Vienna
6. Munchberg/Munich

The Hungarian Ladies U17 team reached the semi-finals of the 3rd European Ladies U17 Indoor Tournament but lost to eventual tournament winners Holland. Three victories in the group stage weren't enough for Hungary to set up an easier semi, with Oldenburg beating Schwerin to reach the final. The President's Team did not pick up any points from their 8 group matches.
The trip was a long one, but the minibus provided for free by Fox Autorent in Budapest did the job very well.
Read the full report
View the photo slideshow
Scorecards

Batting for health - cricketers in walking gala

The Hungarian women's cricket team took part in the Coca Cola Body Alarm Women's Running Gala on Sunday 18th October in Budapest. For more info on the event (in Hungarian) please go to www.futanet.hu

Cricketers on the Pink Chain Bridge

The Hungarian Womens' Cricket Team took part in the Walk on the Pink Chain Bridge in Budapest on Sunday 4th October to raise awarenes of breast cancer. The team joined their sponsors Anita-Hungaria at Roosevelt Ter for music and festivities, before walking over the pink-lit Chain Bridge in the evening
For more info on the event (in Hungarian) please go to www.egeszseghid.hu

Boys beat girls - but CAG still come second

A disappointing end to the season saw the Comenius Anita Girls team go down to a massive 160-run defeat to Comenius Boys. Things started well for the girls and the boys were 6 wickets down with just 63 runs on the board, but then the two best players took over and scored highly to set CAG an impossible target of 213 to win... card
Due to their earlier two victories in the league, Comenius Anita Girls finsihed as runners-up in the Development Division of the Hungarian Cricket League - not bad at all, considering the age and experience of some of the players in the other teams

Girls leave it late again...

Yet another late burst from Comenius Anita Girls gave them an 8-wicket win over the Tasmanian Devils in their replayed Development Division match. This time it was Fanni Cziraky and Adrienn Zics running every ball to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Caludia Balogh retired on 20, then Brigi Hotea joined her on the sidelines after injuring her ankle on 13. The Devils bowled well, but the running of the girls was highly effective (and sometimes comic!). Earlier, coach Andy Grieve was the only player in the Devils team to reach double figures, hitting 20 off the last over to set the girls a target of 60, which they managed with just 2 balls to spare...

Comenius Anita Girls win dramatic one-wicket victory over IBM

A late burst from Claudia took Comenius Anita Girls to a dramatic one-wicket victory over IBM. Despite being sick before and during her innings she hit 5 fours to squeeze the team home. Boris took four wickets but it wasn't enough. In their innings Nico top-scored for IBM with 16 and Martin hit 14, but the total of 84 was restricted by good bowling from Adri (3-23), Brigi (3-14) and Mirtyll (2-12) card report + photos