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Hungarian Cricket Association

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The Hungarian Cricket Association is the governing body of the sport of cricket in Hungary. It was founded in October 2006. Its headquarters are located in Budapest. The National Cricket Ground is the GB Oval in Sződliget, just north of Budapest.

The Hungarian Cricket Association represents Hungary in the International Cricket Council, of which it is one of the newest Affiliate members, having been accepted into membership in 2012.[1] In 2017, became an associate member[2]

Hungarian Cricket League

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League name Winners Overs Teams
2007 Hungarian Cricket League Crown 25 6
2008 Hungarian Cricket League Royal Tigers 25 8
2009 Premier League Royal Tigers 30 6
Development Division Comenius Boys 20 4
2010 Hungarian Cricket League Budapest Falcons 30 7
2011 MPI35 League Budapest Falcons 35 7
T20 League Cobras 20 4
2012 MPI35 League Budapest Falcons 35 6
Doherty25 League Baggy Blues Bollix 25 4
2013 Premier League Royal Tigers 40 4
Doherty 30 2nd Division Baggy Blues Whites 30 8
2014 Premier League Baggy Blues International 40 4
30-over league Dunabogdany 30 4
Development League Hungary Juniors 15 3
2015 Premier League Baggy Blues International 30 7
T20 League Budapest Falcons 20 7
2016 30-over league Baggy Blues International 30 3
25-over league Dunabogdany 25 4
2017 40-over league Royal Tigers 40 2
T20 League Royal Tigers 20 2
25-over league Baggy Blues Challengers 25 4
2018 Club League DCC 20 4
Premier League Royal Tigers 20 4

Cup competitions

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2010 BCCH T20 Cup Royal Tigers
2011 T20 Cup Budapest Falcons
2012 CGS T20 Cup Budapest Falcons
2013 CGS T20 Cup Budapest Falcons
2014 T20 Cup Royal Tigers
2016 T20 Cup Baggy Blues International
2017 T20 Cup Dunabogdany
2018 40 Overs Cup Royal Tigers

Clubs

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Club Team name 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
HCL HCL PL DD HCL MPI35 T20 MPI35 D25 PL D30 PL 30 DL PL T20 30 25 40 T20 25 CL PL
Baggy Blues 1st XI 4 2 2 2 2 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 2 3
2nd XI 6
Artosz 3
BISB 4
Blue 8
Bollix 1
Challengers 3 6 4 2 2 2
Full Tossers 5
White 1
Bat and Ball Academy 4 3 1 4
Budapest Falcons 1 1 1 2 3 4 2 1
Cobras 1
Comenius Boys 1
Anita Girls 2
Seniors 5 6
Crown 1
Danubian Kangaroos 5 5 6 2 3 7 2 7 5 4 4 3
Debrecen Falcons 4
Dunabogdany 6 8 7 7 6 2 6 1 5 7 1 3 1 2
Fairies 3
Eleven Stars 5 3 3 2
Genpact 2 4
Green Kings 4
Hungary Juniors 1
Hungary Women 3
IBM 3
Kohinoor 3 3
Native Hungarian Men 2
Phoenix 7 4 5 5 4 4 2
Royal Tigers 1 1 2 4 1 2 2 4 6 3 1 1 1
Spartans 6 3
Tasmanian Devils 4
Titanic 3
Tunderek 4

National team highlights

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First matches played in Slovenia in September 2007. First official match played in Prague against Bulgaria in August 2008.

Hungary won the European Twenty20 Championship of 2010, held in Skopje, Macedonia, beating Russia in the final. They defended the title in August 2011 at their home ground, Szödliget, just north of Budapest, with victory over Bulgaria in the final.

In the 2014 season, Habib Deldar was the captain of the Hungarian national cricket team, and Abhijeet Marc Ahuja was vice-captain.[3]

Women's cricket

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Female cricketers have been involved in Hungarian cricket since its introduction in Comenius School in Székesfehérvár in September 2006, as players, coaches, umpires and scorers. A women's national team has represented Hungary at home and abroad since February 2008 (Potsdam, Germany).

Hungary hosted international women's tournaments in 2009 and 2010. The women's national team came second in a 4-nation tournament in Belgium in 2011, losing to Germany in the final.

Junior cricket

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Introducing and coaching cricket in schools has taken place non-stop since September 2006 and there are regular introduction to cricket workshops and demonstrations.

Juniors have played in the Hungarian Cricket League since its inception in 2007 and have travelled around Europe representing Hungary since June 2007. One highlight was victory in a tournament in Croatia in 2010. National championships have been held indoors and outdoors since February 2010.

Native cricket

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Hungary will host a European international native tournament on June 28–30, 2019 against Poland, Serbia and Estonia.

HCA Board

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Nov 2006 - Dec 2008: Andrew Leckonby (BB), Andy Grieve, Chairman (Com), David Brown (DCC)

Dec 2008 - Sept 2009: Ferenc Zsigri, President (DK), Gabor Torok (DK), Mike Glover (BBA)

Sept 2009 - Feb 2011: Andrew Leckonby (BBA, Benjamin Lebor (Pho), David Brown (DCC), Gabor Torok, President (DK), Mike Glover (BBA)

Feb 2011 - Feb 2013: Adrian Zador (DCC), Andrew Leckonby (BBA), Benjamin Lebor (Pho), Gabor Torok, President (DK), Mike Glover (BBA)

Feb 2013 - Feb 2015: Adrian Zador (DCC), Andras Toth, Andrew Leckonby (BBA), Khaibar Deldar (BF), Marton Kis, President

2016 - 2018: Duncan Shoebridge, Marton Kis, Steve Anthony, Adrian Zador

Notes

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  1. ^ ICC Conference 2012 Announcements Archived 2012-06-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 6 April 2014
  2. ^ "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. ^ National Team new captain and vice captain confirmed[usurped] dated 02/25/2014 at hungary4cricket.com, accessed 6 April 2014
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