Bidborough U13 beat Holmesdale U13 A by 6 wickets

5th May 2013

U13 Border League Division 1

First game of the season saw an excellent all-round team performance which resulted in a comfortable win for Bidborough. Holmesdale won the toss and decided to bat first, but were regretting that decision when Myles Lindley and Ben Morley took four early wickets to peg the away side back. They were never really able to recover and good bowling (more…)

Bidborough Colts U16 ‘A’ Match report: Sevenoaks Vine v Bidborough

Sevenoaks v Bidborough

5 May 2013

Finally after the coldest winter in 20 years, the snow & rain finally faded away & the sun burst thru!!!

The U16 cricket season finally got underway with a tough away fixture to Sevenoaks Vine (played at Otford)

On a sunny morning Bidborough won the toss & took the decision to bat first on a hard green top wicket. Chris Mingard & Archie Wells confidently strode out to the wicket looking forward to being able put all the winter pre-season work into (more…)

An evening with Henry Olonga

An evening with Henry Olonga

Bidborough Cricket Club Annual Dinner on Friday 19th October with guest speaker Henry Olonga.

Making his international debut in 1995, Henry Olonga was the youngest player and first black cricketer to play for Zimbabwe.
Henry achieved international recognition in 2003 by wearing a black armband in a Cricket World Cup match to protest against the policies of Zimbabwe’s government. (more…)