Middlesex County Cricket League (MCCL)

Harrow's Pansilu Wijesinghe joins Sal and Dan to talk all things Div 1. The ups, downs and inbetweens are all unpacked before Sal and Pansilu name their respective Div 1 all-star teams of the season.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Crouch End keep their nerve and are the MCCL’s 2026 champions. Ealing, however, will be in Division One in 2027. As will Brentham…. a side that benefited from one of the more curious incidents of the season. Tune in to get the full lowdown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Week 17 was very much an on/off affair, so it all comes down to Week 18. Three divisions are either all done and dusted in terms of promotion/relegation, but five most definitely are not. Two sides could win the Prem, one of two will be joining Twickenham in Div 1. Sal and Dan talk through all the various permutations out there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The most open premier league title race in years is coming to a fascinating conclusion. Four teams very much in the hunt. Plus, who will join Twickenham in going down? One of five could slip through the trap door. Sal and Dan talk through all the ramifications. Plus, Dan’s been (checks notes) karaoking…. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The weather is warm and the cricket is hotting up nicely, too. Middlesex reach their first List A final since 1990, Sal and Dan discuss umpires as clothes horses and heard the one about a player finding a wife whilst on the field? If not, listen in.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Crouch End win the battle at the top of the Prem as Ealing slip into the relegation zone. Harrow and Eastcote play out a draw in Div 1; Bessborough continue to look good in Div 2. And, does the weather impact player behaviour? Sal and Dan try to think that one through. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shepherd's Bush v Teddington is rapidly becoming the MCCL's version of the Rocky films. Minus the Cold War politics. And Clubber Lang. No one really needs Clubber Lang. Anyway..... their fourth meeting of the season was in the QF of the National, and the Bush came through. Sal and Dan talk through all that was going on there. Plus, Stanmore slip into the bottom two, Harrow and Eastcote now looking more nailed on for promotion than ever. And, are you out if a part of your helmet falls off and hits the stumps? Listen in and you'll find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There was more topsy-turviness across the MCCL as a number of the top sides slipped up. Crouch End's sojourn at the top of the Prem lasted just the week, Harrow Town slip up in Div 3, as do London Sportif in Div 4. Ally Pally subsequently rise to the top of an MCCL division for the first time in a fair old while. Elsewhere, what do you do when a fielder inadvertently wipes out the 'keeper? Sal explains..... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There is a new leader in the Prem. Teddington slip up, Crouch End pounce. In a day where top sides didn't have it all their own way, neither Harrow nor Eastcote win in Div 1 whilst Harrow Town slip on a banana skin in Div 2. Plus, no one out-gunned Tower Hamlets in Div 7. And, two MCCL sides move in to the quarter-finals of the National.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The MCCL has reached its half-way point. Time for Sal and Dan to begin taking stock.....and that despite the horrendous weekends that their respective sides enjoyed. Game of the weekend involved Bessborough and Kenton in Div 2, although Desperadoes v Actonians in Div 5 wasn't far behind. Do tune in for the full lowdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If your side was top of one of the divisions of the MCCL going into Week 8 then there was a fair chance that results when against you on Saturday. Teddington, Harrow and Ealing Trailfinders all slipped up as things concertinaed together. Plus, heard the one about the dog nicking the match ball and racing off with it..... listen in and you'll hear more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Last summer Chris Woakes famously went out to bat against India with a dislocated shoulder. Enfield's Harry Wilkins can now officially say "Woakesy, hold my beer". Broken bones didn't prevent Wilkins from going out to bat one-handed in dramatic run chase against Bessborough on Saturday. Harry joins Sal and Dan to talk us through the day's events. Elsewhere, Teddington are held by Finchley, Harrow keep plugging along. And, Tentelow are - finally - off the mark in Div 7. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sometimes the best games of cricket aren't ones where the ball is smashed everywhere. Week 6 in the MCCL is a great example of that. Twickenham pull off a miracle and win with only 78 on the board, West Harrow (somehow) nearly defend 39 against Enfield. Harrow Town win despite posting only 106, Ally Pally just about chase 101. Low scores, high drama was very much the order of the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just five 1st XI games managed to beat the weather on 6 June. One was in Div 7, two in Div 6, one in Div 4 and Twickenham v Stanmore in the Prem. And, Twickenham will be much the happier; by virtue of our old friend Vera Duckworth and her sums, they got home and with that their first ten points of the season. Plus, how bad exactly was that Test Match track and what's it like being an umpire on a rainy day? Spoiler. Not much fun.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ealing and Teddington both continue to be unbeaten in the top flight, Harrow are marching on in Div 1. North London nearly shock Eastcote, South Hampstead and Chiswick indulge in a run fest. And heard the one about the square being occupied prompting the match to be called off? Listen in for more.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The premier division league table is taking shape, but not perhaps in the way many anticipated. Ealing are flying, North Midd and Shay Boo are - on the face of it at least - struggling. Elsewhere, unpredictability never seems to be far away. That's most obviously the case with Tentelow in Div 7; beaten by Gautum Buddha on Saturday, facing Shepherd's Bush in the last 16 of the T20 on Monday. They couldn't, could they....?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rain tries to ruin things, but Hornsey, Stanmore and Finchley all dodge the showers to pull off wins against fancied opponents. The Prem really does continue to surprise. Harrow post a statement win in Div 1, Bessborough move seven clear in Div 2. And, Ealing Three Bridges finally lose..... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Runs were generally the order of the day in Week 1 of the MCCL. Crouch End went (very) big, as did Highgate, Brentham and Isleworthians. Teddington win the battle of the title hopefuls in Bushy Park, Hampstead hit the ground running in Div 1. Plus, Wembley's Junayd Azar makes an immediate impact, and Swamibapa - just about - start off with a win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The MCCL season starts on Saturday 9 May. That can only mean one thing; it's time for Sal and Dan to do their prediction podcast. Will The Midd be able to defend their title? Will Hampstead bounce back? How will promoted sides such as Harrow, Bessborough and Ealing Three Bridges get on? The duo reveal all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sal and Dan try to work out what on earth went wrong Down Under before looking to the future. The guys make the draws for the first round of the Middlesex Cup and the preliminary round of the Middlesex Trophy. They also look at some of the new names in the league as well as the four sides who'll be starting 2026 with minus points to their name.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan and Sal were joined by MCCL and National Panel umpire Raj Patel where they discussed many things including his experiences with Jofra Archer, Stanmore teas (no surprise) and his day job which involves messers, Harrison, Lennon, McCartney and Ringo Starr! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eastcote had a fantastic 2025, getting promoted to Div 1 and doing so with a number of weeks to spare. Their skipper, Dan Travers, joins Sal and Dan to talk us through the season. Plus, two Div 2 teams of the season (from Dan T and Sal) are also revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

League legend Carlos Nunes joins Sal and Dan to talk about how Div 1 played out in 2025. Plus, more on Carlos's own memories of leading Twickenham for 17 (!) years (and counting) in the MCCL. Sal and Carlos then pick their respective Div 1 teams of the year. Do have a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A month ago, Ealing needed to win four from four to stay up. The odds were against them. Kristian Martin's side cared little for that and completed their Lazarus-like comeback with a win against Harrow St Mary's in Week 18. Elsewhere, Finchley won the big game of the day in Div 1, but it was Div 5 that provided the real drama; heard the one about eight runs being the difference between top and fifth? If not, listen in. And, Sal and Dan round things off with this year's MCCL podcast awards...... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

North Middlesex have been crowned Premier League champions, but there is still an awful lot of business that needs sorting in the MCCL. Ealing face off against Harrow St Mary's in a relegation shoot out and that's arguably the game of the day. Elsewhere, Bron and Finchley are fighting for the second promotion slot out of Div 1, Eastcote play Harrow to decide which of the two will be Div 2 champions. Lower down there are permutations galore as the season reaches its crescendo. Plus, what was Dan's mother-in-law's take on the Hundred then?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lazarus has officially come to the MCCL. Ealing, once pronounced dead in the Premier League relegation battle, are now out of the bottom two. Quite the turnaround for the Corfton Roaders. Elsewhere, Shay Boo came out second best in the top-of-the-table clash at North Midd whist Twickenham won a thriller at the top of Div One. Plus, Dan's taking his mother-in-law on a date.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More shocks and surprises in the Prem as the top three all come a cropper (again). Plus, are Ealing performing the greatest comeback since Lazarus? They may just be. Elsewhere, Bron's promotion push hits a pothole, Wembley are down but, crikey, what a way to go. Plus plenty more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who is going to go down from the MCCL's Premier Division? Ealing looked dead and buried until recently, but there's still hope at Corfton Road that they could do a Harry Houdini and stay up. Harrow St Mary's are also showing proper fight, defeating both North Midd and Shay Book in the last two weeks. Only those two title chasers plus Crouch End will genuinely be sleeping easy. Elsewhere, Twickenham win the big game in Div 1, Enfield slip up in Div 2, West Harrow are the big winners in Div 3. Plus, Sal and Dan cover plenty more besides.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ealing still have a long way to go to maintain their Premier League status, but they are at least making positive strides. Harrow St Mary's are also on the winning path, they cause a shock against North Midd whilst Teddington leapfrog up the table. Elsewhere, the Div 1 promotion race has closed up, whilst Divs 3-5 remain as tight and hard-to-predict as ever. Plus, dig-in-of-the-day is back..... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The MCCL has its first promoted side; Ealing Three Bridges will be in Division Five next season, congratulations to them. Sal and Dan discuss all the other possible promotions/relegations out there, plus Dan gets on his soapbox about player behaviour and Sal waxes lyrical about (yet another) marvellous tea.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rain ruined Week 11 of the MCCL, but that's not going to put Sal and Dan off. Which teams are going where? Which batters are piling on the runs? Which bowlers are hardest to deal with? Who are the 'ones to watch' moving forward? Sal and Dan reveal all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The race for the premier league title continues to get tighter. Shay Boo come a cropper, neither North Midd nor Crouch End can force a win. At the bottom, Ealing's quest for a win continues into Week 11. Elsewhere, Div 1 goes much as the coupon would predict, Eastcote surge away in Div 2, Kay Plus and West Harrow look good in Div 3. Plus, Dan channels his inner Bazball while Sal goes big on the magnificent feast providing by Eastcote's stand in tea-makers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're halfway through the 2025 season. Hornsey's Week 9 defeat of Shay Boo means the title race is now very much alive. At the other end of the table, Harrow St Mary's shock a struggling Ealing, whilst Twickenham lose their 100 per cent record at the top of Division One. Elsewhere, Eastcote are streaking ahead in Div 2, promotion race is much tighter in Div 3. For all on the above and indeed much more, do have a listen.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Teddington and Ealing have traditionally been sides that have vied to win the Middlesex County League title. Not this year. Could one of them even get relegated? Sal and Dan think the unthinkable. Plus, North London win the big game at the bottom of Div 1, and Kay Plus (finally) come a cropper (to Chiswick) in Div 3. How much longer will the four other first XIs with 100 per cent records go? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The two Premier League heavyweights, Shay Boo and North Middlesex, met at the weekend. And Shepherd's Bush very much came out on top. Elsewhere, Twickenham remain unbeaten in Div 1 but it's at the bottom where the really interesting game is taking place this weekend. Plus, the story behind the first tie in timed cricket this season.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

North Midd and Shay Boo are starting to look like they are in a battle of their own at the top of the Prem. Ealing, meanwhile, are struggling in (pretty much) unchartered territory at the bottom. Sal and Dan take their regular look through all the 1st XI divisions plus they take super, super, super overs (!) and do the draw for the Middlesex T20 semi-finals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rain ruined Week 5 of the MCCL, but that's not going to stop Sal and Dan reconvening. Issues to be discussed include fallout from that game between North London IIIs and Richmond IVs, a review of the season so far, plus a quick rundown on Middlesex Cup and Middlesex T20 action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There were plenty of tight finishes around the MCCL in Week 3. Brondesbury and Twickenham delivered a classic of the genre in Div 1, as did Wembley and South Hampstead in Div 3. But, there was also.......the North London IIIs v Richmond IVs game. Welcome to the week the MCCL went viral.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some things went to plan in Week 2 of the 2025 MCCL season, others very much didn't. Enfield's victory over Harrow in Div 2 certainly caught the eye, whilst Wycombe House gave Bron one almighty great fright in Div 1. Plus, they heard the one about a side scoring 327 (including two centuries) and still losing? If not, do listen in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May is traditionally supposed to be a bowler's month. Not the case in Week 1 of the MCCL. Runs galore were the order of the day, as batters up and down the county filled their boots. Sal and Dan talk through the first double-century of the campaign, plus a 198 on top of that. In terms of results, Ealing and Teddington both go down to defeat, whilst Brondesbury win by over 300 runs. Plus, plenty more from all corners of the MCCL.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Winter is behind us and summer is (almost) here. The start of the 2025 MCCL season is on the horizon.  Sal and Dan come together to (try and) predict who is going to do what. Contact Sal ([email protected]) or Dan ([email protected]) with your feedback; all comments welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shepherd's Bush came second in 2024, will they be able to go one step further in 2025? Skipper Ali Easton joins Sal and Dan to chew the fat. Plus, the sad demise of Osterley and then a final round of 10 questions of the winter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sal enjoys a well-earned night off, so Dan takes the lead in talking to one of England's greatest-ever captains; Mike Brierley. The pair take a meander through Middlesex's glory years in the 1980s, Mike's life after cricket and, of course, that famous summer of 1981. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It might be the bleak mid-winter, but Sal and Dan are in a forward-looking mood. The guys take a look a first look at the 2025 MCCL fixtures, and they conduct the draw for the 2025 Middlesex Cup. Plus, the Middlesex T20 groups are announced. It's all go, go, go..... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Indian Gymkhana had an excellent 2024. All of their sides were competitive and the 1st XI managed to win Division Two by 11 clear points. Sal and Dan ask Kabir to talk us through his return to Indian Gym in 2023 and his job as the club's head coach. Sal and Kabir also compare notes when it comes to their Division Two team of the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ealing kept their powder dry until it really mattered in the 2024 title race, coming through on the final day to claim the league crown. Kristian Martin, Ealing's skipper, joins Sal and Dan to talk through the season. Sal and Kristian also name their respective teams of the season. No easy task there...... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There was drama everywhere on the final day of the 2024 season. Shepherd's Bush impressively beat Crouch End, but Ealing swept past North Midd to claim the title. In Div 1 Harrow Town and Southgate conjured up a thrilling finish that ultimately saw the former promoted and the latter relegated. Osterley secured second place in Div 2 , Brentham (somehow) overhauled Chiswick to snatch the second promotion slot in Div 3. Elsewhere United Sports will be going up from Division 6.....but that didn't stop the Stallions going well and truly run-crazy against them in Week 18. For the full lowdown on all of the above, do listen in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of Crouch End, Ealing or Shepherd's Bush will win the 2024 MCCL Premier Division. Sal and Dan work through the various connotations, and that includes a three way tie at the top. Could be a real knickergripping end to the season. Elsewhere, Harrow Town now in the box seat to join Hampstead in the Prem in 2025, Barnes still fighting for their lives at the bottom. Plus, all the ins and outs from elsewhere whilst Dan also comes off his long run about ticket prices at Lord's..... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rain ruined Week 16 so Sal and Dan look ahead to what a - hopefully much drier - Week 17 might have in store. There's also news of a league legend retiring whilst Dan has to negotiate a Bank Holiday street party..... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s becoming ever easier to see who is going up and down, and in three cases - Hampstead (Div 1), London Tigers (Div 3) and Harlington Meadows (Div 7) - we know who will be champions. Elsewhere, there remains lots to play for. Richmond’s Chris Goldie steps in for Sal to talk through the options with Dan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices