Welcome To St Fagans Cricket Club

Welcome to St Fagans Cricket Club. St Fagans has been one of the major village league cricket sides in both local and national competitions for over 140 years. The Club also prides itself on the development of youth to provide the backbone of future sides.  With five Saturday sides, players from the under 13 junior team upwards have a regular opportunity to play senior cricket.

St Fagans is one of 44 cricket clubs in Wales with Clubmark Accreditation.

SOCIAL EVENTS - Click here for news about forthcoming social events.

Click here for the summer newsletter.

Recent 1st team photo: (Click here for bigger version)

2009 TOUR - Click here for details

FRIENDS OF ST FAGANS - Help support YOUR Club and the development of local cricket. Click here for more information.

ASHES TICKETS - St Fagans CC have bought 4 pairs of tickets for the first Ashes Test in Cardiff in July. We will be raffling them at club social events before the test starts on July 8th - anyone who wants to enter the next raffle should contact Tom Duck. Congratulations to Roddy Moore for winning the first pair of tickets at the Curry & Quiz night!
 
BARMY ARMY - On Tuesday, 7th July there will be three T20 matches, involving the Barmy Army, St Fagans under 15s and a touring Australian side. A number of ex-Test players are expected to be playing in these games, including Graeme Hick, Nick Knight, James Gillespie and Ian Harvey. These events are already attracting a lot of media and sponsor interest so watch this space for updates! There is also more information on the Barmy Army website at http://www.barmyarmy.com/events/index.php?m=fullevent&iEventID=10.  Click here for more information and to find out how you can help with the running of this extravaganza.

DISABILITY CRICKET - St Fagans' junior Alexander Williams was top scorer at the recent Cricket Federation for People with Disabilities UK Tournament held at Oxford Brookes University.  Click here for more information.

COACHING - Owain Hopkins is available for individual cricket coaching. Owain is the first eleven captain and leading all rounder. He has played and coached in New Zealand and Australia for the last 4 winters. For more information click here.

MATCH REPORTS - This past weekend produced a more consistent performance by the St Fagans teams.  On Saturday, the 1sts had a comfortable win over Pentyrch, after amassing 298 for 4 in their 50 overs, with contributions from Tom Maynard (93) and Prateesh Rajpal (74 n.o.).  Prej Coutinho then took 4 for 18, Jack Lansdown 3 for 29 and Mike Provis 2 for 5, as Pentyrch were skittled out for 73.  The 2nds were away to Pentyrch and they too chose to bat first, scoring 185 with Ruaidhri Smith contributing 51.  Pentyrch then managed only 128 for 8 in their 50 overs, Luke Vincent taking 2 for 17.

The 3rds beat Abercarn by 32 runs. Abercarn were bowled out for 116 with James Brinning taking 4 for 14 and Raunak Gaitonde 3 for 32. In reply, St Fagans got home with 1 wicket to spare (Rob Lichfield 39, Huw Owen 24 and Clive Franklin 24). Meanwhile the 4ths had their first win of the season with a 7 wicket defeat of Pontymister II's.  The 5ths also had an excellent game against Radyr III's narrowly losing by 9 runs. Radyr were 161 all out (Roddy Moore 5-15 and James Norton-Brown 4-26), while in reply Will Antoni scored 48 and Rod Howe 22.

On Sunday, the 1sts beat Blackwood in the Welsh cup.  St Fagans amassed a good total, with an excellent century from Huw Beaverstock.   Blackwood were then never up with the run-rate, in a rain reduced game.

This week the Stags beat Lisvane, with excellent batting from Adam Keane (27) and Charles Griffith (17). On Tuesday, the under 13s lost narrowly to Pentyrch while on Thursday, the under 15s continued their cup run, with a 37 run defeat of Miskin Manor. They now go on to play Carmarthen in the semi-final of the Welsh Cup on Sunday, at Newport CC.

For more details click here.