Fixtures released for packed 2007 season

The fixtures for the 2007 season have been unveiled and it is one of our busiest summers on record. Even if we fail to progress beyond the first round of the two cup competitions, we face no fewer than 22 matches.

The highlight will be our Cricketer Cup debut against Harrow Wanderers on Jubilee on June 10. We are the first new side to admitted to the cup since it started in 1967 and that honour reflects not only on the club but on the high regard with which Cranleigh School cricket is now regarded. We have also re-entered the Cricket World Trophy. We first took part in 1990, in which year we reached the semi-finals, our best finish to date. With the demise of the Brewers Cup, several of our old foes have entered as well. How we long to renew our acquaintance with David Derbyshire’s lads from Denstone.

The cricket week, which runs from July 8 to 15, will be marked by some special events as it is the 50th since Nigel Paul grabbed the club by the scruff of the neck and relaunched it in 1958.

We welcome some new opposition. King’s Canterbury feature in our week for the first time, and coincidently we meet them in the first round of the Cricket World Trophy two months earlier. The other new fixture comes in September when we meet Elstead, who created a rather unwelcome record in 2006 when they lost their npower Village Knockout match against Blewbury and Upton by 376 runs after being bowled out for 21.