Eridge Cricket Club

Due to heavy rain, our match at Withyham has been postponed ☔☔☔

The 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ season gets underway on Sunday at Withyham (weather permitting! ☔️). Here is the Eridge XI:

Just 2️⃣5️⃣ days to go until the start of the 2024 season! A full fixture card with several new opponents and another trip to the Wight Isle

Our annual awards evening finally draws to a close the 2023 season. Well done to all tonight’s winners. Clubman / Captains award / Batsman and bowling Jake 👌. Winter well

Card and match report from our final game of the season is online here:

Thorp and Spencer rip through Frant to give Eridge last day win Heilbron and Forbes see Eridge home

End of season stats update 🤓

Eridge sign off for 2023 with a comfortable win against Frant thanks to 4-wicket hauls for Harry Thorp and Seb Spencer! Rory "MVP" Heilbron saw us home with the bat with good contributions from Ben Fasey and returning skipper Luke Forbes.

Last game of the season this Sunday and our team is a work in progress, but we have at least 10! Here's how the ten men will look:

⚠️⚠️ No game on Sunday 17th September. Fordcombe could not raise a side. ⚠️⚠️

🤓Stat Attack part II! Here are some more batting and fielding stats for 2023

🤓Stat Attack! As we head towards the end of the season who will finish top batter, top bowler and MVP? This is how things stand...

We visit Fordcombe for our penultimate game of the 2023 season and several big names return. Here's our XI:

Match report and card from today's game is now online here:

Matfield edge thriller with boundary off last ball All-round Minty stars but Eridge fall to loss by 1 wicket

Absolute thriller at Matfield Green today on a scorching September Sunday! Wicket-keeper Sheer hit Seb Spencer's last ball of the game for 4 to win the game for the hosts!

In the MVP standings, Rory 'The Bear' Heilbron moves up to the top of the table courtesy of his 24 runs and tidy 2 for 15 from his 8 overs.

Our team for Sunday's visit to Matfield as we try to retain the Mike Norman Trophy:

Card and mini-report from the previous week's Langton Green fixture are also now online here:

Salah blitz just too much for Eridge Heilbron and co get hosts close but they fall short by 14 runs.

Match report and full cards now online here:

Close fought draw on a scorching day Record ninth wicket stand not enough as spoils shared

A record 9th-wicket partnership of 120* between Ashley Goldsmith and David Ellis helped Eridge salvage a draw from 48/7 after a top-order capitulation!

The visitors came up 6 runs short in their chase, meaning a draw in the timed game.

Full match report from today is here:

Eridge come out on top in run fest Unbeaten 94 for Forbes and fine all round performance from Heilbron help Eridge to victory

Remarkable comeback win by Eridge today with Luke Forbes, Rory Heilbron and a 19-ball 45* from David Ellis seeing the hosts to a 4-wicket win!

A couple of changes for this Sunday's game at home to Knockers. Mark Thorpe and Ben Fasey come in for Ashley Goldsmith and Tom Cary. Here's our XI:

Match report and cards from today's Chairman's game are here:

Eridge reclaim the Paul Morris Trophy in dramatic style! Pooj and Tanner pull victory from the jaws of defeat

A great day at Eridge Park with a bumper crowd enjoying a fantastic barbecue and an enjoyable game of cricket with a tight finish! Thanks to Mark and Jo Utting for hosting and cooking and for all of Mark's team for coming down and making it such a great afternoon! 🍔🌭🍰🎂🥂🍻🏏☀️

The Chairman's XI match returns for the first time since 2019! On that occasion, Eridge came up 24 runs short chasing 187 in a 30-over game.
The morning start is to enable a pre-match barbecue so get there nice and early!🌭🍔🍗🍡

This is the Eridge XI:

Match report and card from today's interesting game is here:
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❗️🔄FIXTURE CHANGE🔄❗️

We now host a young Linden Park team on Sunday at Eridge Park

Another battle against the elements awaits this Sunday 🌧 but here's how we will line up:

Terx looks to have an unassailable lead at the top of the Eridge 2023 strike rates (runs per 100 balls):

Brief match report and card from today's abandoned game with Pembury is online here: https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/eridge/teams/38303/match-centre/0-5622831/report

Match mini-card: