The Bushmen

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The Bushmen

@BBCBushmen

A club celebrating more than 80 years of cricket and dining, which has included some of the greatest names in British media, politics, the arts and even sport.

London and the Home Counties Katılım December 2014

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The Bushmen@BBCBushmen·6d

9 days ago, we travelled east to Chrishall ☀️ On another beautiful afternoon, we posted 254, including a superb century from Andy - his first in 25 years of senior cricket 👏 In a thrilling finish with nearly 500 runs scored, we prevailed by 11 runs 🏏 bbc.in/4wCQFRG

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The Bushmen@BBCBushmen·Jul 17

On Sunday we made our first trip to @Zambucans ☀️ On a glorious summer's afternoon, we kept our hosts to 216-6 with @ashamim123 taking his first Bushmen wickets 👏 In reply, we chased down our target thanks largely to a fine century from @namo_namanp 🏏 bbc.in/4wIxYvG

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The Bushmen@BBCBushmen·Jul 13

8 days ago we made our maiden voyage to @DitchlingCC ☀️ In a thrilling contest in which more than 500 runs were scored, we narrowly lost by 7 runs 🏏 Patrick (4-60) & Will (3-11) were pick of the bowlers with runs for @namo_namanp, Theo & Andy 💪 bbc.in/4fxwSgt

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The Bushmen@BBCBushmen·Jul 3

Last weekend we travelled to @KirdfordCC 🌤️ After a slow start, we posted 220 in 35 overs, thanks to 50s from openers @HarryLow49 & @LukeHastings1 👏 @Asif_Farooqi and Theo grabbed 5 between them as we took SIX catches to win handsomely by 68 runs 🏏 bbc.in/4fccIIJ

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The Bushmen@BBCBushmen·Jun 30

9 days ago, we travelled to @HarpsdenCC ☀️ On a baking hot Sunday afternoon, we posted 221 in 40 overs with runs for @LukeHastings1 @namo_namanp & @Asif_Farooqi 🏏 After a terrific tea, we ended up losing by 7 wickets despite taking regular wickets 🫖 bbc.in/4uYXDyP

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The Bushmen@BBCBushmen·Jun 29

15 days ago, we played @AuthorsCC on a hazy summer afternoon 🌤️ Some disciplined bowling helped us restrict our hosts to 143-4 in 35 overs 🙌 Openers Kishan & @HarryLow49 put on a century stand as we chased down the target with 7 wickets in hand bbc.in/4v15trI

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The Bushmen@BBCBushmen·Jun 22

At the start of June, we travelled to Elsted ⛅️ On a sticky wicket, our bowlers came up trumps with 3 wickets for Patrick, 2 for @alithekazmi, Ethan and Dev & 1 for @Asif_Farooqi as we bowled our hosts out 105 👏 In reply, we fell short by 16 runs ☹️ bbc.in/4uUN2VR

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The Bushmen@BBCBushmen·Jun 14

2 weeks ago we travelled @MynthurstC 🌤️ In a terrific match, there was a 50 for @HarryLow49 & runs for @namo_namanp, Oscar, Will & David as we posted 236 👏 Despite getting six quick wickets, we couldn't force victory in the dying light. Match DRAWN 🏏 bbc.in/4ggQ42M

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The Bushmen@BBCBushmen·Jun 9

In late May we played @MitchamCC @MitchamCrktGrn ☀️🥵 On a sweltering afternoon in south London, we posted 168, which our opponents chased down with two wickets to spare 🏏 bbc.in/4dPnWlX

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The Bushmen@BBCBushmen·May 27

10 days ago we headed east to Great Canfield 🌥️ Umpire Howard stepped up to play & @namo_namanp took a 3fer 🏏 Our chair Anthony continued his rich vein of form with 67no while a century from captain @HarryLow49 saw us chase down 200 without loss 👏 bbc.in/433arJ8

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The Bushmen@BBCBushmen·May 19

This time last week, we played @theivycc @FACCC_Cricket 🌤️ We posted 235-7 as chairman Anthony top-scored with 58 👏 Pablo bagged a 4fer but, in a thrilling finale, we narrowly lost after a brilliant century & a fine 42-run stand for the 10th wicket 🏏 bbc.in/4uRRa9h

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The Bushmen@BBCBushmen·May 16

Six days ago, we travelled to north Kent to play Farningham 🏏 On a chilly afternoon @namo_namanp warmed our hearts with a magnificent 💯 Justen and Tom took 3 wickets apiece and Ali 2 to bowl us to victory as Henry Brown made a very promising debut 👏 bbc.in/4dJDPdv

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The Bushmen@BBCBushmen·May 14

It means @FernhurstCC are the first winners of this fetching trophy in the 34th year of this fine fixture 👏🏆

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We travelled to @FernhurstCC 11 days ago where we remembered their legendary former president John Mitchell 🫂 Despite 3 wickets each for @Asif_Farooqi & Jeson plus 48 for @HarryLow49, Fernhurst won comfortably after a collapse of 7 runs for 8 wickets 🏑 bbc.in/4fbr5NT

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The Bushmen@BBCBushmen·May 2

The Bushmen travelled to @OutwoodCC for our 2nd game ⛅️ On a glorious April afternoon, we were wobbling at 91-7 but rallied to post 155 after @HarryLow49's captain's knock 🏏 A fine bowling display, including from debutant Ali, saw us home by 14 runs 💪 bbc.in/4t4rPYt

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The Bushmen@BBCBushmen·May 1

We started our 2026 season @MiddStonCric ⛅️ Our hosts were sharp from the outset and, despite chair Anthony top scoring and @Asif_Farooqi snaring one of the openers, we lost by four wickets 🏏 Great to be back on the field, onwards and upwards 📈 bbc.in/4n2G52H

Middleton Stoney CC@MiddStonCric

A strong all round team performance ensures a win vs BBC Bushmen as the competitive season gets underway at Middleton Park #middletonstoneycc #villagecricket #oxfordshirecricket @NolanOils @KipMcGrath_UK

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The Bushmen@BBCBushmen·Oct 26

Our final match of 2025 took place at the Spianada Square in the heart of Corfu 🏰 We dodged the showers to post 187 in 25 overs thanks to some brutal hitting from @LukeHastings1 & Kishan before the bowlers spun/swung us to victory @HellenicCricket 🏏 bbc.in/3L5TY18

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We finished our season with a tour to Corfu 🇬🇷 In our first match we took on @OctopusCC 🏏 Despite runs from @tonysmalltoes, @HarryLow49 & Anthony plus wickets for @namo_namanp we were well beaten in a game played in exactly the right spirit 👏 bbc.in/4mVe4YY

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The Bushmen@BBCBushmen·Oct 2

We played our final UK game of the season at Farningham 🏏 A fine knock from @namo_namanp and two wickets for Tom couldn't stop us sliding to a 7-wicket defeat. Thanks for playing the game in the right spirit & for a wonderful tea - see you next year 📅 bbc.in/4gSa4ad

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The Bushmen@BBCBushmen·Sep 21

14 days ago we played @HWCC1770 in a special fixture 🌤️ Skipper @HarryLow49 dedicated his hundred to longest-serving cricketer Michael Cockerell whose five decades of service we celebrated🏏 Happy retirement to Cookie whose knock saw his team home 👏 bbc.in/3VdL9El