Birmingham Cricket Club

07/16/2024

See you at the East Lake Cricket ground this Saturday @ 12 pm CST

05/13/2024

After a prolonged hiatus, cricket aficionados, welcome back to the thrilling action of the Birmingham Cricket Club!

At the half way stage of the BCL T25 2024, BCC is leading the points table after our win today against the University of Alabama Cricket Club (UACC), based at Tuscaloosa AL.

After winning the toss and choosing to bat, UACC posted 188 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in the allotted 25 overs. Anirban Swakshar scored a brilliant unbeaten century (117*) off just 89 balls.

In reply, our new dashing opener Salman Khan scored 77 runs of just 54 balls, Gohar Butt scored yet another fifty in the league (57 off 45 balls) and helped the team to score 191 runs off 22.4 overs.

As a result, BCC chased the target and won the game by 7 wickets.

That being said, BCC next game is scheduled against Birmingham Titans on next Saturday morning at 9:30 am @ East Lake Park

Official Scorecard:
https://www.cricclubs.com/BirminghamCricketLeague/viewScorecard.do?matchId=651&clubId=913

07/18/2022

To summarize all the action over the last weekend, BCC has won the 2022 T25 Championship 😃

After winning the toss, BCC chose to bat and scored 157 runs. Nrupal Patel starred with the bat and scored 42 runs (1x4’s and 4x6’s).

Defending 157 runs, BCC bowled aggressively and restricted UAB Cricket team to 80 runs and won the final game by 77 runs. Man of the match Rondell and our star spinner Kurra Nageswara Roa picked up 3 wickets each.

Special mention to Man of the Series Imran Sultan who scored 631 runs in 10 innings and also picked up 7 wickets. He also took 6 catches this season.

We thank all our supporters for cheering for us all the way on and off the field!

07/16/2022

BCC will be playing against UAB Cricket team in the 2022 T25 finals today at 11:30 am @ East Lake Park.
Please come and cheer for your favorite team

07/12/2022

BCC won the semifinal game against Birmingham Bandits last weekend.

After winning the toss and choosing to bat first, BCC scored a mammoth 215 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the allotted 25 overs. Our star batsmen and leading run scorer in the T25 league Imran Sultan who is in the form of his life scored yet another half century (58 runs). Another aggressive allrounder Gohar Butt scored 60 runs of just 41 balls (5x4’s and 4x6’s). Our middle order batsmen Rondell, Atul and Nrupal also contributed quick fire 20’s to help the team post a big score.

Defending 216 runs, BCC picked up wickets at regular intervals and eventually restricted Birmingham Bandits to 148 for the loss of 8 wickets in 22 overs. Our lead spinner Nageswarroa Kurra picked up 3 wickets and others picked up 1 wicket each.

That being said, we will be playing 2022 T25 finals aginst UAB cricket team this Saturday morning at 11:30 am @ East Lake Ground.

Everyone are invited for the finals and cheer for your favorite 🏏 team.

07/06/2022

BCC will be playing the first semi final game of 2022 BCL T25 against Birmingham Bandits this Saturday morning at 9:30 am CST @ East Lake Park

06/18/2022

As we are entering into the last stage of T25 games, the games in the next two weeks will be very interesting. As of today, UAB is leading the chart, while BCC, Bandits, Warriors and Thunders are fighting for the play-off spots. Stay tuned as more action is coming in the coming weeks!

05/18/2022

BCC has lost their 2nd game of 2022 BCL T25 league last weekend by just 1 run!

ACC chose to bat after winning the toss and scored 182 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Our Mr Dependable allrounder Vaidya Nathan picked up 4 wickets after giving away just 16runs in his 3 overs. Imran Sultan also grabbed 2 wickets bowling at an economy of 5 runs per over.

Chasing 183 runs, BCC lost couple of quick wickets inside 4 overs mark and then our hero’s of the game who bowled fantastically with the ball continued their prime form with the bat as well. Our most Reliable batsmen Imran Sultan scored an unbeaten 92 runs off just 75 balls (9x4’s) and our dependable allrounder Vaidya Nathan scored 56 off 56 balls (5x4’s).

In the end it was down to scoring 9 runs in the final over to win the game and came down to 2 runs off the last ball and unfortunately our batsmen was run out while taking a quick single!

Special mention to Feroze Ganaie from ACC who scored 86 runs with the bat and delivered the final over to defend 9 runs under tremendous pressure.

BCC will bounce back strong in the coming games.

05/13/2022

BCC will be playing Alabama cricket club this Saturday afternoon at 2:15 pm CST @ East Lake Park

05/13/2022

Our Star Batsmen Imran Sultan leading the batting charts after half way into the 2022 BCL T25 series

04/15/2022

BCC top allrounder Vaidya Nathan was hosted by CBS 42 News channel earlier this week and he spoke about Cricket development in Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Public Relations Officer with the Birmingham Cricket League Vaidya Nathan joined CBS 42 News to discuss the first ever Hoover Cricket Festival happening on April 15 …

04/15/2022

BCC ace allrounder Balaji Varadhan was live on a Radio channel speaking about Cricket development in Birmingham, AL and the USA