Dear Cryptic,
It is now 13 days until our first fixture!
We play the Oval Dream Boys on Sunday 26th April at Highgate CC. It is an all day game, starting at 1130am. Lunch and tea are provided. Ruairi Willis is the Match Manager (willis.ruairi@... [ Read more ]
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The 2026 fixtures are online. Please visit the Club website to view these.
There are a couple of fixtures with final details unconfirmed at this time, so please do regularly check for the updates. This includes the Match Managers, who are being fina... [ Read more ]
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Special offer: join the Draw Club by the end of Jan for full year's entry and instant access to the bonus: £24/ month for one number (maximum 5 numbers (£120). See menu for details [ Read more ]
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2026
Date: December 2026
To: All Members
The rescheduled Annual General Meeting of the Cryptics Cricket Club for year 2024-2025 will be held online via Microsoft Teams on Sunday 11th January 2026 at... [ Read more ]
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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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 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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 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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