Brooklyn Cricket Club

Why these guys smiling so beamingly?
Well your looking at the Clubs best batsman & bowler..

Craig Montgomery with 35 wickets for the club gave him top wicket taker alongside about 105 runs which also gave him the prestigious all round trophy. Kapai Craig thats an astonishing amount of wickets esp most of them in T20.

Chris Pearman with 515 runs for the Windmuppets also gave him top run scorer for the club. Those runs came at 42.92 with a healthy SR of 183. Impressive stat is Chris scored 43 x 6's & 36 x 4's. Lets say a few went out of the park.

Tim Jefferies was given MVP for the club with his outstanding effort with 29 wickets. His econ of 6.2 & SR of 12.9 meant he featured most weeks & nabbed a lot of 3-2-1 points on offer each Sat.

Christy Kimble was given the Trophy for highest individual prformance with 144* of 60. Continuing on with his great performances of 24/25.

Sean O'Connor was given the prestigious Clubman trophy for his intiatives off the field & creating a stronger sense of Whanaungatanga. We appreciate what you are doing in the area Sean. Onward & upwards.

The Windmuppets for finishing the highest team in the club with a strong 3rd. Well done lads.... great season.

If you want to know each team awards then flick the skipper a PM & they will give you the deets.

We appreciate S Daniel James & the lads from Codgers for hosting Prizegiving. Dave Lum for Livestreaming of the evening (can also still be watched. & of course Daz aka Chairmans Desk for all his off field antics keeping Brooklyn Cricket Club running with grants, kits & comms.

Finally a big thankyou to players from the Jamicans, Highwaymen, Wombles, Windmuppets, Codgers & Antiques Roadshow... & the supporters who allow cricket to occur on a weekly basis during summer.... give us a Windmill.

From the Club Captain I wish you a wonderful off-season. Stay well, stay crickety.... loving ya work.

Dan CC

From the Chairmans Desk.
Prizegiving is this Saturday at the usual Brooklyn venue. Your hosts will be the Brooklyn Codgers. Doors opened, bar served and pizza supplied all from 7pm.
Partners are as always welcome to join us, but it is about cricket and not much else.
Shine your cricket stories, wear your Brooklyn smile, see you Saturday.

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Good luck to the 4 teams playing there semis today.... play well & look fwrd to celebrating at the Clubrooms after for those can make it.

Dan CC

As we gear up for this weekends semifinals for BCC. We also reflect on a couple of weekends ago where 3 of our senior players who play for both the Antiques & the Windmuppets were selcted to play for the mighty Wellington Firehawks. They had a good tourney winning 2 from 2 only succumbing to Auckland in the final.
Baggies off to Yuong Ha for also scoring his maiden first class 50 during the campaign. Dan Brown bowled well through out & Glen Neal also pitched in with some good runs in the round robin. From all of us Brooklyn Cricket Club we congratulate you for reaching higher honours!
Dan CC

From the Chairmans Desk.
Brooklyn Cricket Club have been offered 50 free tickets to this Sundays double header at the Stadium between NZ and SA. If you are a fine upstanding member of BCC (ie; you have paid your subs) and you would like to go, contact your Team Captain to get your name on the list.
Thanks Cricket Wellington and New Zealand Cricket. On ya!

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From the Chairmans Desk.
Congratulations to Brooklyn Cricket Club Life Member Jack McDonald and his wife Mari who have just celebrated 71 years of marriage.
A fine partnership.

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A massive congratulations to Wombles, Codgers and Jamaican legend Tim Renowden on his maiden 💯 for Brooklyn Cricket Club on Saturday 🏏
It was an impressive performance punctuated with some fine strokes and monster 6’s.
Then he backed up with some great bowling and fielding to help the Wombles bring home the win!
Well played Tim 🙌

this is what BCC is all about...

5 HWM
a Muppet
2 Jamicans
& Adam who has never played a game in his life... but that cover drive ⚡️

as Club captain the inclusitivity of our club is something I cherish so when Craig Montgomery suggested a NY hit out he invited the different teams to participate & it was great 🏏in the 🌞 at Liardet home of cricket.

Happy New Year BCC players & supporters may 2026 be even more crickety

1sr round starts next Sat for our 3 T20 teams & 1 day. Have a net w ya mates before then or relish in some more backyard 😉

Dan
CC

From the Chairmans Desk. Merry Christmas Adam to one and all. Have a cool yule and cricket will see you back on the weekend of 10/11 January.
If you get a new bat for Christmas and want to go down the nets before we return then sing out.
Congratulations to Louis for getting a ton on Debut for Brooklyn ..and... a hat trick opportunity.

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Darby day at Liardet match report:
great to see the Wombles & Muppets have their 1st game together... 1st of 3 across 25/26

Dave captain of the Wombles called correctly & was keen to put runs on the board. Dan was happy to chase. Runs a plenty with Rob & Andy starting in positive fashion before Stephen bowling a superb spell & nabbing Andrew caught in the inner ring. Then began some outstanding bowling by Tim who put the ball in amazing areas & grabbed 3 strong batters in a miserly spell of 3-14 off 4. Tim did his best to counteract with a handy 34 off 29 before Rikki snatching 3 of the mid to lower order with an equally tidy spell if 3-15 off his 4. Meech, Dimitris also bowling tidy spells. Handy hitting at the end w 2 big sixes from Nigel allowed Wombles to 123.

it can go either way w a lower total... especially with early wickets.... however new Muppet Tony was in a mood where he wasn't going to muck about w 47 blasted off 22 before succumbing to a lovely floated delivery by Dave. Damian, & James both w respective knocks of 24, 14* & Chris Pearman showing his power w 36* off 15. Both Tim & Hamish handy with the ball. Muppets got there at the start of the 12th over 2 down.

a beautiful day & fun had by all.

looking fwrd to the next game lads.

Dan
CC

Preview: Brooklyn Windmuppets vs Brooklyn Wombles, 2025/26 "Puppet Derby" Match 1 of 3 (3 Match series)

Big Picture:
The new cricket season has started with a roar, with both these Div3 Brooklyn teams winning their opening matches last week comfortably. The highlight of this season for Div 3 will be the Derby matches between these two sides, with a real battle of Old vs New - the Windmuppets are the oldest and longest-serving Brooklyn team, having first played in the early 90s, while the Wombles are fresh-formed this season, albeit with some familiar Brooklyn faces. Both sides will be looking to take an early lead in this 3-match series that will be played over the course of the summer season.

In the spotlight:
The Muppets have the best spin bowling attack in the grade, with Captain Dan Wilkinson recently selected for the Wellington over 40s rep B side, and economical legspin economist Yuong Ha able to counter punch in tandem with him.
With the Muppets strangling their opposition effectively last week, it will be crucial for the Wombles to have good strategies for turning the strike over and not getting bogged down.

The Wombles bring plenty of talent and experience from other teams, and after the preseasons and last week will hope that form batsman Tim Renowden can continue his rich run of form (74* off 40) and dangerous swing bowler Ben Hunt can keep an end tied down and stop the Muppets from getting away to a flier.

Pitch and Conditions:
Liardet 3 is the largest field of our 3 home pitches, and offers some variable bounce on the slightly worn artificial. Swing bowlers always operate well there with the cross wind Northerly, and matches are often high scoring. Some early morning rain may slow the field up and force batters to attempt to hit over the top to get value for money, but weather is due to clear by breakfast leaving us with typical Wellington spring conditions.

Quotes
"Wombles n Muppets aye... pick us to be in the final in March... u heard it here!" - Dan Wilkinson, Muppets captain and Brooklyn Club Captain.

As always, Brooklyn and Cricket will be the winner on the day.

Secretary Dave for espnBrookinfo