Welcome to Maidenhead & Bray Cricket Club
Welcome to Maidenhead & Bray Cricket Club. The Club is situated in the beautiful village of Bray, Berkshire, on the banks of the Thames, overlooked by the Church of St Michael. The main ground is widely acknowledged as one of the most picturesque in the country.
Records of cricket at Bray go back over 260 years. The Club is now one of the most go-ahead and lively cricket clubs in the county. We have four teams in the Morrant Thames Valley League, and six teams in the Berkshire Colts Cricket League. The senior side has won the Thames Valley League twice, and our colts sides are among the best in the county, with 6 teams playing in the 5 age groups.
We have around 250 colts, boys and girls, aged from around 6 up to 17, and some of our colts regularly play for our senior teams; we regularly provide county teams with colts players, and one has played for England colts teams. We also ensure that as many colts as possible get games during the season, with a programme of 'friendlies'. The Club is one of the few in the county with a dedicated girls section, and is the only one in Berkshire to provide cricket coaching for disabled youngsters.
We have over 20 qualified coaches, 5 qualified at Level 2. We were the first Berkshire club to be awarded Sport England’s Clubmark by the ECB.
The social side of the Club is particularly strong, with a programme of functions throughout the season. For many years the highlight of the social calendar has been 'Parkie Day', hosted by our President, Sir Michael Parkinson.
New players, supporters and their families are guaranteed a warm and friendly welcome. There are excellent facilities for playing, practising, socialising and best of all you'll be part of the most progressive club in Berkshire.
Saturday 5th September was the last round of the 2009 Thames Valley League Season. The 1st XI secured the 13 points required to survive another season in the Thames Valley League division 1 with a winning draw over Tring Park, which leaves the First XI the top side in the Town. A great achievement when you consider four got relegated from the division.
The Second XI cemented their fourth position in division 4B with a 25 point win over Eversley 2's, with Saqib Quershi (70 not out) rolling back the years ably supported by birthday boy John Hewitt (51) producing one of his typical cavalier innings.
The Third XI, already promoted lasted week under the leadership of Saj Tariq for the third time in three years, eventually disposed of Newbury helped by a 141 run partnership between Milan Pandya (80*) and Barrie Wykes (54).
The Fourth XI claimed the division 8B title. Already promoted they needed to win to guarantee the Championship against Amersham 3. Restricting Amersham to 224 for 6 in their 52 overs, Bray cruised past the target in the 35th over, Phil Cowell top scoring with 31.
Two sides promoted, two sides mid table, not a bad season!!!
Latest News from the Club
MBCC Win U13 Berkshire County Cup
Maidenhead & Bray won the final of the U13 Berkshire County Cup, played at Boyne Hill on Friday evening, with an excellent 6 wicket victory over Falkland.
Falkland won the toss and elected to bat on what looked to be a good batting wicket but struggled to score runs against the Bray new ball pair of Jamie Odell and Cameron Mahon. Odell, bowling with some pace ,completed his 4 over spell at a personal cost of only 6 runs and I wicket and was excellently supported by Mahon at the other end who took 1.......
New Nets Opening by Sir Michael Parkinson
Sir Michael Parkinson will be 'opening' the new nets and dedicating them to George Gittens, and also dedicating a new bench to Martin Wesson on Saturday week, June 27th staring at 6.30pm.
Some of you players and colts will be aware of one or both of these guys, both of whom died suddenly within a week of each other.
George was a first rate cricket coach, working with M & BCC and Berkshire CC colts since the early '90s; he was also a tennis coach in Slough. He was universally respected and.......
MBCC Under 9's Secure First Victory
After a couple of near misses the U9's squad finally got off to winning ways, beating Royal Ascot by 32 runs with the scores M&BCC 282, with only 5 players out and Royal Ascot 250, for 7 out.
M&BCC batted first and started off well amassing 14 runs, for no wickets down, with Edward Cernik 5no and Charlie Sherlock 2. This proved to be a powerful base from which the following partnership consolidated with big totals from each pair. Nandit Sondagar (10) and David Lee (1) put on 17 for the next.......
The Under 13's Reach Berkshire County Cup Final
A 10 man Maidenhead & Bray team reached the Final of the Berkshire County Cup with a tremendous 106 run victory over Kidmore End in their semi final encounter played at Oratory School on Thursday evening. With traffic problems delaying the arrival of 4 of the team, Bray had no choice but to bat first. Despite losing a wicket at the start of the 3rd over they soon settled into their innings with Tom Harrison (30 Retired) playing an excellent anchor role as Brett Herron (27) attacked the bowling in his usual.......
Under 13's Through to the County Cup Semi-Finals
Maidenhead & Bray reached the Semi Final stage of the Berkshire Cup with an ultimately comfortable 29 run victory over Finchampstead but the victory was not achieved without some alarms along the way. Bray lost the toss and were put into bat by their hosts on a wicket softened by the recent rain. They immediately had their first alarm when Bray opener Sachin Moudgil was caught and bowled from the the very first ball of the match. Brett Herron (30 Retired) joined Oscar Beardmore-Gray (21) at the crease and the.......
U13 Berkshire County Cup
Maidenhead & Bray reached the Quarter Final stage of the Berkshire Cup with a comprehensive 10 wicket victory over Henley and are now scheduled to travel to meet the winners of the Finchampstead / Hurst tie.
Henley won the toss and opted to bat first in the light rainfall. Some quick and hostile bowling from the openers Jamie Odell (2 for 10) and Cameron Mahon (1 for 13) soon put Henley on the back foot and together with a run out, the result of an excellent direct hit on the stumps by Sachin.......
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