history
The University of Manchester Cricket Club was formed in its' current guise when the Victoria University of Manchester merged with UMIST in October 2004. Since then, the club had lots of success, with 1st XI and 2nd XI winning their leagues in 2006. This culminated with the club winning the Athletic Union Award for the most improved club. The following year, the 2nd XI continued their winning streak by winning their league again and reaching the quarter finals of their respective BUSA knockout competition. This was also the first year that the club entered a 3rd XI into a BUSA competition.
2008 was a year of unprecedented success for the club. The 1st XI, under the leadership of Alexis Fuller, were runners up to UWIC in the national indoor competition, before carrying on in the summer by winning promotion to the BUSA Northern Premier League and winning the BUSA trophy competition, defeating a Loughborough side containing players who had played 17 matches of first class cricket. The 2nd and 3rd XI consolidated their positions in their respective leagues, with the 4th XI winning the majority of their matches against local opposition. It was particularly pleasing that the club fielded a 5th XI for the first time.
2009 saw the club build on the previous year's success, with the 1st XI staying in the Premier League after heroic performances against Nottingham and Birmingham, and the 2nd XI, captained by Alan Clarke, won every league match they played to be promoted emphatically. The 3rd XI were again solid in their league while Richard Paton's 4th XI won several games. The club fielded six teams, with the 5th XI finishing runners-up in the inaugural Intramural League, and the 6th XI placing third.
From an individual point of view, 3 recent members, Hasan Khan, Stuart Grant and Andrew Hutchinson have been inducted into the University's illustrious XXI club, and both Hasan and Stuart have gained representative honours.
With the 4th XI set to be entered into the BUCS leagues, and the possibility of seven teams being organised, 2010 promises to be an extremely exciting year for everyone involved with the club.