Baggy Blues Cricket Club
Budapest, Hungary

Baggy Blues is an ever-expanding cricket club based in Budapest, Hungary that was formed in 2007 – at the same time as the first ever Hungarian Cricket Association. Baggy Blues participate in the Hungarian Cricket League and run club tours outside of Hungary.

Our club is welcoming and inviting to all - regardless of cricketing experience or ability - and has an exceptionally strong team spirit which extends well beyond the regular players, and well beyond the boundaries of the playing fields, to include wives, partners, and others who recognise that a Cricket Club is about much more than just what happens on the field. A regular social calendar with our very international player base ensures that a good time is had by all.

To cater for the wide variety of player experience and talent within the club, as well as the rapidly growing player base, the Baggy Blues have entered teams in each of the HCA's two leagues in 2011. Combining this with the regular training sessions (indoors in winter and outdoors when weather permits) focusing on skill developments for players of all abilities and knowledge of the game, and the recently confirmed financial support of our sponsors, the Baggy Blues look set for a very exciting future.

If you would like to be a part of all that it is to be a ’Baggy Blue’, please contact us via andrew@baggyblues.com – we look forward to welcoming you to our club!

T20 Cup 2011 - Baggy Blues

First round
25 Sept
Budapest Falcons
 114 a/o beat Baggy Blues 47 a/o by 67 runs
A depleted team lost to a fired-up Falcons, although at the innings break any result was still possible - scorecard
Second round
2 Oct
Baggy Blues
 115-3 beat Dunabogdany 114-8 by 7 wkts
Ram (47*) and Andras (28*) were both unbeaten to help the Baggies to a simple victory over DCC after Mohammad took 3 wickets - scorecard
Our opponents for the 5th-6th place play-off were not confirmed, so we played just two matches
MPI35 League 2011
Baggy Blues International
P
W
L
NR
BP
Pt

Budapest Falcons
12
11
1
0
3
47
Baggy Blues International
12
9
3
0
6
42
Challengers
12
7
5
0
2
30
Debrecen Falcons
12
6
6
0
3
27
Phoenix
12
5
6
1
3
25
Spartans
12
2
10
0
0
8
Dunabogdany
12
1
10
1
1
7

Results
11 Sep
Budapest Falcons
 169-9 beat Baggy Blues International 165 a/o by 1 wkt
With the very last ball of the season Budapest Falcons secured a 1-wicket victory over BBI (for whom captain Andrew Leckonby scored 70) to be crowned champions...
4 Sept
Baggy Blues International
 118-9 beat Challengers 116-9 a/o by 1 wkt
James held his nerve to take BBI to a dramatic last-wicket victory over Challengers to keep their title hopes alive - the season now all comes down to the final match between BBI and Budapest Falcons on Sunday 11 September...
13 Aug
Baggy Blues International
 41-2 beat Dunabogdany 40 a/o by 8 wkts
Muhammad took 5-13 to crush DCC
7 Aug
Baggy Blues International
 255-6 beat Phoenix 54 a/o by 201 runs
Guru smashed a new Hungarian record score of 142 not out at the GB Oval (with its long boundaries!) and then Phoenix collapsed to an embarrassing record defeat
23 July
Baggy Blues International
 93-7 beat Spartans 90 a/o by 3 wkts
Andrew Leckonby took 3-6 and Matyas Balogh took 3-25 to demolish Spartans for 90 all out, then Guru helped BBI get home with just three wickets left in the 25th over
16 July
Baggy Blues International
 90-6 beat Debrecen Falcons 89 a/o by 4 wkts
Andrew Leckonby took 5-17 to skittle out Debrecen Falcons for just 89, but his BBI team made hard work of the chase and only reached it in the 26th over with four wickets left
3 July
Baggy Blues International
 155-5 beat Challengers 65 a/o by 90 runs
Half-centuries for Ed Allnutt (52) and Alex Johnson (61) helped BBI rack up 155 runs from their 35 overs, which the Challengers never got close to despite Marc Ahuja's 35. Sanjay took 3-22 for Challengers, Greg took 3-6 (from 7 overs!) for BBI
26 June
Baggy Blues International
 194-7 beat Dunabogdany 87 a/o by 107 runs
Baggy Blues International hammered Dunabogdany to reclaim 3rd spot in the MPI35 league table
19 June
Budapest Falcons
 151-7 beat Baggy Blues International 150-8 by 3 wkts
Shiraz hit 78 to take Budapest Falcons to a close victory over BBI, despite 5-28 from Andrew Leckonby. Ed Allnutt had scored 52 and Dean Marshel-Courte 38 in BBI's 150 (with Khaibar taking 4-17), but it wasn't to be enough
5 June
Phoenix
 146-7 beat Baggy Blues International 106 a/o by 40 runs
Syed Ibrahim took 4-10 as BBI collapsed to a 40-run defeat to Phoenix, with Dinesh Rheddy hitting 30 to better BBI's Dom Ward's 29
29 May
Baggy Blues International
 98-6 beat Spartans 97 a/o by 4 wkts
Guru's 39 steered BBI to a fairly comfortable win over Spartans
15 May
Baggy Blues International
 129-1 beat Debrecen Falcons 128 a/o by 9 wkts
T20 League 2011
Baggy Blues BISB
P
W
L
BP
Pt
Cobras
6
5
1
0
20
Danubian Kangaroos
6
3
3
0
12
Dunabogdany Fairies
6
3
3
0
12
Baggy Blues BISB
6
1
5
0
4

Results
4 Sept
Danubian Kangaroos
 128-9 beat Baggy Blues BISB 77-4 by 3 runs*
Set a reduced target of 80 off 12 overs, BBBISB came up just a few runs short in an exciting match
28 Aug
Dunabogdany Fairies
 122-6 beat Baggy Blues BISB 116 a/o by 6 runs
Another close defeat to the Fairies - Captain Claudia led her enthusiastic crew to a stirring last-over win, thanks to runs from Brigi and Aneyas then wickets from Brigi, Kevin and Claudia herself
7 Aug
Baggy Blues BISB
 102-4 beat Cobras 101-6 by 4 wkts
A strong batting performance helped BBBISB pick up their first victory of the season
26 June
Dunabogdany Fairies
 78 a/o beat Baggy Blues BISB 73-8 by 5 runs
Dunabogdany Fairies got their T20 League campaign off to a great start with a thrillingly close victory over Baggy Blues BISB
5 June
Cobras
 136 a/o beat Baggy Blues BISB 121-6 by 15 runs
22 May
Danubian Kangaroos
 116-4 beat Baggy Blues BISB 115 a/o by 6 wkts