Monday, September 20, 2010

About the club

Standard Life Cricket Club was formed in 1971 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The club is a member of the Edinburgh Public Parks Cricket Association and the Edinburgh Insurance Society (Cricket Section) and participates in competitions run by those august bodies.

The club also indulges in midweek social friendlies against local sides. As Standard Life players can range in ability from sublimely talented to simply dreadful, often in the same over, we are usually able to provide a decent match for most of the midweek elevens in the Edinburgh area.

When not cursing the vagaries of unpredictable bounce on public parks wickets and outfields, Standard Life is fortunate enough to play most of its home games at Newfield, Edinburgh Academy's school pitches and one of the better wickets in the city.

The ageing demographic of Scottish cricket has affected Standard Life CC but a sudden resurgence in 2007 saw us clinch a historic treble (Parks Trophy, Terry Newcombe Trophy and Insurance Trophy). We almost repeated this feat in 2010, failing only in the final of the Terry Newcombe Trophy. We may not have the young blood to sustain that level of performance in the future but we'll do our best!

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