A dry but blustery morning saw the CICC men's T20 team 'Domstadt Daredevils' kick off their season with a T20 match against local rivals Challengers. The windy conditions meant swinging deliveries with uneven bounce, a fact that the Challengers' bowlers exploited well after putting us in to bat, preventing any substantial partnerships by taking wickets…
We are delighted to share the news that cricket has finally been officially recognised as a popular and competitive sport in NRW by the regional Landessportbund! This follows the recognition of cricket as an olympic sport by the DOSB earlier in January, helped along by the tireless efforts of dedicated cricket enthusiasts over many years.…
After what seems like decades of service to CICC, our founder member Andrew Schou, a.k.a. Kitters, stepped down as club chairman. The club started out as little more than a pub group with a cricket problem, but Andrew played a key role in organising the early partnership with ASV Köln e.V., allowing us to train…
To help keep the training safe we are providing a set of rules complimentary to the TPSK and Stadt Koeln regulations. To participate in training all players must agree to follow club rules in addition to any laws or regulations mandated by the city.
All Covid-19 laws and regulations provided by the government and city…
Despite the shortened season we kick-started a regular cricket social event on May 29th with our first Kölsch 'n Cricket evening. To qualify for this, you just need to show up - no prior knowledge or skills needed, and no age limits! It was nice to see some CICC alumni show up and even pit…
The lockdown has put paid to our early training plans, but some dry weather has given us a chance to tidy up the kit and mark up the training net with bowling and batting creases.
ICC standard collapsible pitch-marking template
Squeaky-clean kit container. Wonder how this will look after 2 weeks' training?
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The CICC annual meeting for 2020 was held on 17th January at the Comedia Theater in the Kölner Südstadt - thanks again to Heike and Frauke for making this possible! No team silverware this year, but there were still some great individual performances of note throughout the season. For the women Monika Loveday (best batter)…
Thanks to generous support from the Stadt Köln and our friends at TPSK, we were able to completely replace the old uneven practice area with a brand new carpet placed on top of a flat, bouncy base. Finally CICC has a practice area where members can really hone their batting skills on a surface offering…