Transylvania Cricket Club’s run of successive victories came to an end on Saturday after a 80-run defeat at the hands of the Bucharest Cricket Club.

Although the TCC only lost four wickets during their innings, and despite a quick-fire half-century from James Kodor, the Impalers never quite managed to catch up with the rate after putting the BCC into bat first at the Berceni Reserve. Both the BCC openers posted half-centuries to set a daunting 216/2 target for the TCC batsmen, one which ultimately proved too much with the home side falling short by 80 runs.

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On 10th July, Transylvanian Cricket Club stalwart Prakash Pushpakaranvimala and his partner Jacqui Thompson were married at Brighton Pavilion in a beautiful and colourful ceremony, on a glorious south coast day.

After the ceremony their guests were treated to a lavish reception at Brighton Racecourse, enjoying a sumptuous buffet featuring dishes from Kerala, the South Western area of India. A Michael Jackson tribute show, plus wonderful fireworks all made for a fantastic day.

The cricketing establishments of Romania were well represented as Mike Roberts, James Kodor and Charles Crocker from the TCC joined ICCB Member and Best Man Santhosh Gopalakrishnan, in order to celebrate this happy day with the couple.

Everyone from the TCC wishes Prakash and Jacqui a life together which will be rich in joy and love.

In the second double-header of the summer season on Sunday, the TCC posted two convincing victories against visiting Bulgarian team, the Gabrovo Blacksmiths. Yogish Agarwal was once again the star batsman with an undefeated half-century in the second match, supported at the other end by back-to-form skipper Andrew Begg’s 38.

Begg chose to bat first in the second of the two matches and quick-scoring batting performance from the TCC top order saw a total of 174 reached from the 20 overs. The visitors, remarkably a team of eleven Bulgarian players all reasonably new to the game, batted bravely with several of their number getting well set at the crease. Ultimately, however, they failed to keep up with the rate and fell short of victory by 58 runs, thanks in no small part to some very accurate bowling from the TCC’s Sanjay Kanth, who ended up with figures of 5 for 27.

scorecard 1 scorecard 2 report
Game 1: Blacksmiths 76 ao (20), TCC 77/1 (10.3/20): TCC won by 9 wkts
Game 2: TCC 174/4, Blacksmiths 116 ao (19.2/20): TCC won by 58 runs

The annual Transylvania Cricket Club awards dinner took place on Wednesday 16th June at a lavish penthouse overlooking Herastrau Park in Primaverii, Bucharest, where club member James Kodor played host. Most of the club’s members and their partners were in attendance to hear the speeches and applaud the recipients of this year’s selection of awards. A superb spread of food was on offer courtesy of Kapil Rajput’s Karishma Restaurant and live music was performed by throughout the night by the excellent Debbie Perolls and Coverstory.

Award Winners:

Clubman of the Year: Mike Roberts
Best All-round Player: Kapil Rajput
Most improved Player: Mike Tate
Most Ducks: (equal on 13) Andrew Begg, Shekhar Asthana
President’s Award: Mike Roberts

An excellent time was had by all as the club celebrated both past successes, growing membership and looked forward to both future domestic fixtures and international home and away matches.

Pictures and reports to follow.

The TCC emerged victorious in both of Saturday’s matches against an understrength Seale Hayne Agricultural College side.

The two matches took place at the much improved Berceni Reserve ground, which proved to be a lot livelier than in previous weeks providing some bounce and turn for the bowlers. However, this didn’t stop TCC’s Yogish Agawal putting together a tidy half-century in the first match to set a total that ultimately proved unbeatable.

scorecard 1 scorecard 2 report
Game 1: TCC 153/4, SHXI 136/8 TCC won by 17 runs
Game 2: TCC 128/5, SHXI 108 (17.3/20) TCC won by 20 runs

Consiliul Roman de Cricket (Cricket Romania) has its first affiliate member

2010-04-26

The Foundation Consiliul Roman de Cricket – (Cricket Romania) and the Transylvania Cricket Club (TCC), the first cricket club in Romania to be legally established, concluded an affiliation agreement yesterday.

Representatives from TCC and CR finalizing the agreement

For the full press release click here.

The ICC World T20 has come around again! For Romanian cricket fans the news is even better as the tournament is to be shown on Eurosport 2 and the Eurosport Player.

There will be 23 live matches shown on Eurosport 2 and others streamed live from the Eurosport player. Eurosport 2 Romania will be covering the event with Romanian commentary so it’s the perfect opportunity for new and developing local players to acquire a better understanding of the sport in this format and at the top level.

To see the full schedule click here (opens in Excel) and find out when each match is on and where it will be shown.

Visit the Eurosport cricket website by clicking here

Read the ICC’s full media release by clicking here(opens in Word)

Find out more about the Eurosport Player here

We have a plethora of summer fixtures against both domestic rivals and international clubs organised for the sunny months ahead! Go to ‘fixture news’ for full details.

James Kodor’s team is once again doing the Transylvania Cricket Club proud as they prepare the ground for the beginning of this summer’s cricket season. So far the TCC have confirmed 3 touring sides plus a number of matches against domestic Romanian sides.


On top of this the Berceni Reserve will host Cricket Romania’s domestic tournament in September, whilst several members will represent Romania in tournaments in Macedonia and Hungary.

(Berceni reserve undergoes pre-season scarifying, dressing and rolling)

We have confirmed dates with two touring clubs so far this summer. Please put the following details in your diaries:

Friday 16th April: Bucharest CC (T20 friendly)
Saturday 5th June: Seale Hayne Agricultural College (with an option on Sunday 6th June if rain)
Saturday 28th August: Old Bedfordians (with an option on Sunday 29th August if rain)

With the ongoing development of cricket domestically there will be a more complete schedule of fixtures against other Romanian clubs in the months ahead.

Membership fees for 2010 are now Due

Fees:

Full Member: 200 Euros (or equivalent in RON)
Student Member: 100 Euros (or equivalent in RON)

Members’ Benefits:

• To be a member of the Transylvania Cricket Club, the Premier Cricket Club in Romania, founded in 2005 and now into its 5th year. The Transylvania Cricket Club is the most recognised Cricket Club in the Country, having hosted many touring sides, and been involved in two international tours of its own, a feat unmatched to date for a Romanian side.
• Members pay 20 RON subs for indoor games during winter and also have reduced subs for outdoor matches in the summer
• Members will have priority in Team Selection
• Only Members will be considered for Overseas Tours
• As a member of the TCC you will be affiliated to the Consiliul Roman de Cricket (CRC) - Cricket Romania, which will make you eligible to participate in any matches, tours or programmes (such as coaching sessions, courses, etc.), gratis or discounted as the case may be, that they may conduct.