Bowl into new year of Marlborough cricket for everyone

I trust you all had a great Xmas and New Year break and still enjoying plenty of cricket at the beach! Our junior grades start their 2021 season the first weekend of February and clubs are currently working through grading of players and teams for the re-start. Now is...

Wairau Valley win 3rd Grade T20

Wairau Valley are the 2020 3rd grade T20 winners following a tense 3 run victory over Renwick in last Friday’s final. Caleb Speedy top scored with 36 in Valley’s 123, Andrew Marshall 3-13. In response Lennox Crowe (66no) took Renwick close but a fine spell of bowling...
Palmerston North U15 Girl’s Tournament 2020 by Maddie Winstanley

Palmerston North U15 Girl’s Tournament 2020 by Maddie Winstanley

Neha and I were lucky enough to be asked to come and represent Nelson in their U15 girls squad. In the team we had a mix of girls from Nelson, Marlborough and Golden Bay so we were called Tasman cricket. On our team jerseys the logo is the Karere bird which is the New...

Springlands School wins Primary Schools Challenge Cup

Last week Springlands School took on holders Witherlea for the Primary Schools Challenge Cup. In an entertaining game it was Springlands who came out as winners on the day in front of a good crowd of parents and supporters. The competition is for year 6 and below and...

Marlborough cricketers agonisingly close to beating Canterbury

Our Marlborough Rep cricketers came agonisingly close to defeating Hawke Cup holders Canterbury Country in Rangiora last weekend as this season’s Zone 3 elimination series got underway. Akhil Pant scored a superb maiden century for Marlborough sharing a 174 run...

Vineyard ground great addition to Marlborough cricket

The grand opening event for the United Country & Vineyard Cricket ground last Saturday evening was a resounding success with over 400 people watching an exhibition game between UCVC and a Wanderers XI. The ground set up and atmosphere created was 1st class and a...

Marlborough’s young cricketers edge out Nelson

The Marlborough U15 side secured a notable win over Nelson last weekend in a game that also counts as part of the Central Districts U15 tournament taking place in Levin in January. In a closely fought game played at Saxton Oval the Marlborough bowlers held their nerve...

Junior Cricketers enjoy warm sunny conditions

Our junior cricket grades are up and running again after the winter break and it was great to play in warm sunny conditions last weekend with plenty of players putting in strong performances. In WK 4th grade Nathan Brooke-Taylor took 3 wickets for 5 runs for Renwick...

Plenty of cricket for all ages as season gets underway

Another summer of Cricket is underway and it was great to see all our junior grades starting last weekend despite the wet weather last week. This week sees the start of our Superstar Cricket programmes  run over 6 weeks as an introduction to the game for 5 to 7 year...

MCA Board Director Positions

Marlborough Cricket Association (MCA) is a forward thinking and innovative organisation responsible for delivering cricket in the District. The MCA Board consists of up to seven volunteer directors who are elected for a three-year term at the Annual General Meeting...