05 Jan, 2020

Training for the new season begins on Sunday 2nd February, running from 1.00pm to 3.00pm. These will continue on a Sunday afternoon until mid April. Everyone is welcome and if you are not known to the club but wish to come along and find out more, then please feel free.   Weekly Cost per session: £5/£3 (Waged/Unwaged) We hope to see you all there! For those who may not be able to make it, there are likely to be nets at Peffermill during the course of the season and outdoor training at

26 Aug, 2019

So the final standings of the fantasy cricket are in.  This year, it is not Neil winning, but the winner is: Praful!   He led for a big part of the season, although pushed all the way by Neil, Ray, Joppy and Adam.  Wooden Spoon goes to Smith.  Well done to all who took part, particularly Praf.  Some stats below.  Full results here: https://marchmont.fantasyclubcricket.co.uk/team-standings Final Team Standings 1 NO PAIN NO GAIN - Praful Pant 5489 2 The Algorithm's on a hat-trick - Neil

21 Jul, 2019

A full update of the 2019 has been done to include all games from 2019 season up to 21st July.  These can be found here: http://www.marchmontcc.com/averages Achieved Milestones It's been a bit of an abridged season with the weather, but a good number of milestones have also been achieved.  These are as follows:  1st XI Vijay Jalagandeeswaran, Ben Duerden and Savan Panchal all passed 50 matches for 1st XI   Ben Duerden passed 500 runs for 1st XI Davi Sardesai passed 350 wickets since 1985 2nd

17 Jun, 2019

Huge congratulations to former Marchmont CC stalwart, Dr Ken Thomson, who was awarded an OBE in the Queen's birthday honours list for distinction for "services to education, economic development and the communities of the Forth Valley area".  Kenny is currently the Principal and Chief Executive of Forth Valley College and has overseen award-winning success, including the development of facilities at all there campuses in the Forth Valley region.  Kenny was a 1st XI regular during the 90s and

10 Jun, 2019

Watch this space...

01 Jun, 2019

1st XI game is off, but 2nd XI trip to Leith is currently still on, as is the 3rd XI trip to East Lothian to play Tranent & PV. Debuts for Shane and Jai and a 2nd XI debut for Paddy who is returning from injury. Go well all.

28 May, 2019

A little stat attack before tonight's game.   MCC have a rich history in Scotland's oldest cricketing trophy, The Edinburgh Public Parks Association Trophy (http://www.eastleague.org.uk/cups/parkstrophy/), having lifted it on 4 occasions and having been finalists a further 6 times.  However it is a long time since the heady days of the 1990s, where MCC reached 8 finals in 10 years.  MCC's last foray to the final saw them come up short by 22 runs against Holy Cross, 11 years after their 1 run win

10 May, 2019

Teams now announced for week 3. Nice to see some debuts for MCC for Cam and Giri and 1st XI debut for Milind (well deserved!)  Great also to see Harish and Rony come into the 2nd XI and Alfie completing the trifecta of playing for all three teams.   Go well all.