Three excellent matches in great weather at lovely grounds did not produce the results everyone would have liked with two losses and a draw. Bowling was tough on good tracks with fast outfields. There were some good batting performances including a... [ Read more ]
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Mike Tant was a long time member of the Club; he and his wife Valerie were on the Club's first tour to Kenya in 1981. Our thoughts are with his widow Valerie and their family. [ Read more ]
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It is with huge sadness that I have to inform you of the death of Patrick Nolan on Friday 22 July. As you may have known he fought a battle against cancer over the last couple of years.
Patrick was a superb cricketer and one of the most delightful me... [ Read more ]
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The Cryptics ended just four runs short in their chase of the Martyrs 311-7 declared in Oxford in an exciting draw. The pursuit was built on another century from Sam Elstone (115) and excellent support from Sasha Barras (76) who put on 158 for the s... [ Read more ]
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 On a blistering hot day two of the oldest wandering sides finally met. The venue was the lovely Bradfield CC where the host was Paul Armstrong! *
The Incogs won the toss and elected to bat. Tom Elstone bowled superbly in a long spell. He induced se... [ Read more ]
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 MCC secured a 4 wicket win over the Cryptics thanks to a fine innings by Will Bull. Neither side found batting easy but the 166 was probably 40 runs short on a day when five slow left arm bowlers delivered two-thirds of the overs. Cryptics as alway... [ Read more ]
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The evergreen Mike Stafford took 7 for 35 including three stumpings by Jasper Joyce as Amersham were kept in check and ended with 274 after at times looking like getting a lot more. The Club response began badly with out of form Sam Elstone going ch... [ Read more ]
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The attached video was taken from a drone piloted by Nick Ashton. It shows Albir and the Woodbridge Oval. [ Read more ]
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The Cryptics 2022 Tour to Spain
April 2022 marked the twentieth anniversary of the Cryptics’ first tour to L’Alfas del Pi on Spain’s Costa Blanca. Four of this year’s tourists, Messrs Ward, Priestnall, Hutchinson and Winter, were on that original t... [ Read more ]
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Colin Dean, former President of the Cryptics, died yesterday Friday 8th April. The thoughts of the Club and his many friends in it are with his widow Jenny and his family. Colin will be remembered with affection in a toast at the Tour dinner tonigh... [ Read more ]
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