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The Village Cricket Club is a small club based loosely around its roots in North East London. We were formed in 2004 by a bunch of singularly talentless but enthusiastic cricketers...

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We're always on the lookout for new recruits of all abilities. Batsman, bowler, enthusiast, novice; The Village welcomes all. If you're looking to get involved you can shoot us an email, fill in this nice little form or even track us down on twitter.

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Let's be honest, it's the only reason most of us play the game. The chance to slice, dice and disect every inch of your game then talk about it at the pub. That's real cricket.

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London Itinerants (223 all out) beat The Village (192 all out) by 31 runs, 10 September 2023

Many Villagers are keen students of political history and will be delighted that it is the 60th anniversary of Harold Wilson’s famous “white heat of technology” speech this month. We can only speculate what the Baron of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, PC, FRS, FSS would make of the advances in computing between then and now. In the same year as Suparmac’s conference address the first tape cassette was develop...

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London Fields (163 all out) lost to The Village (198 for 7) by 35 runs, 02 September 2023

A common storytelling technique is to take a linear narrative and mess around with the timeline to keep the audience on their toes. It is deployed regularly in sports journalism since it also allows the author to introduce key moments from the event without wasting space. Both our readers might be hoping, or even expecting, such an introduction foreshadows a report which moves rapidly to the most...

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I Dont Like Cricket Club (203 all out) lost to The Village (212 for 5) by 9 runs, 20 August 2023

The Villagers had had an agonising start to the week when their originally scheduled oppo for this game had messed up on all counts. The least said about their inept, incapable, inarticulate, incommunicative, taciturn, rude and life in incessant emergency coordinator, the better. I'd be tempted to use the word 'useless' but the words describe he's got some use.Barnes Elms sports trust is a lovely...

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