Seniors

Cockfosters Cricket Club runs 3 league teams on a Saturday, at levels that suit everyone, competing in the Saracens Hertfordshire League and 1 team on a Sunday which competes in competitive friendlies with an emphasis on getting all players involved. In 2016 we proudly won the inaugural Hertfordshire Sunday Twenty20 League.

In addition, the club competes in various other cup competitions on a Sunday, including entry in the Herts County Trophy. During the season practice sessions take place every Wednesday and Thursday evening (provided there are no home Youth fixtures) between 6pm and 8pm.

Chris Holmes

1st XI Captain

Introducing our 1st XI Captain for the 2024 season, Mr Chris Holmes.“Holmesy” or “CHolmes”(as he is affectionately referred to) is a 21yr old Top Order Batsman who may be one of our youngest ever 1st XI Skippers but that doesn’t mean he is is lacking experience.

Chris made his debut for the 1’s at the tender age of 13 and scored his first ever league 50 in only his second game. A feat which not only was very impressive, it also resulted in huge pay day for him as the night before his father had promised him a bonus of £2 per run. No surprise this was his favourite moment in a Fosters shirt. Growing up around the old guard of Messer's Stead (J, M and CJP), S Barker and T Hutton, he has certainly learnt how the game should be played and has held his own with the bat and in the field with the occasional bowling stint thrown in for good measure.

He has a high score of 142 and hopes that this season he can continue to contribute with the bat, but his aims for this season are to push for promotion whilst keeping the great atmosphere that was nurtured in the 1’s last year. Always quick to say hello and talk to everyone at the club he was the natural and popular choice to replace the outgoing James Stead. We wish him and the 1’s all the best for the upcoming season.

Nikhil Patel

2nd XI Captain

Gary Corken

Sunday League Captain

Introducing our Sunday League Captain…. Mr Gary Corken. Gary joined Cockfosters in 2017 at the age of 36 having never played the sport before. He caught the cricketing bug after being duped into going on tour with a cricketing side to make up the numbers he became fascinated with the sport. After a Winter Ashes series of which he absorbed pretty much every minute of, he was determined to find a club and join. His first nets session with us didn’t necessarily go as well as he would have liked but through dedication and perseverance has come on in leaps and bounds and last season completed a clean sweep of playing for every single XI. His first ever game for the club he cemented himself into club lore by being caught in the unmentionables whilst fielding. As he was still very new to cricket he didn’t know that you are only meant to wear your box for batting and had fortuitously worn it for the fielding as well, which saved future family lineage and gave rise to the self titled “thinking mans cricketer.” He has a high score of 48 for the club and best figures of 4-36 and hopes this season he will be able to check off a few milestones for the club. His greatest achievements are listed as learning to play the game at 36 and scoring 29 in every single XI (1’s -3’s and Sunday) last season. His favourite moment at the club was having the 2’s and 3’s win convincingly enough that they were back in time to watch the 1’s win a nail bitter of a match resulting in a 90 point weekend and a 2am selfie. His goals for the season include continuing the good work from last years captain in making Sunday Cricket inclusive yet competitive, imprinting his identity of chilled out sexy vibes aka “Gaz-Ball” into the DNA of the side and finally organising “Gary-Oke” (your one stop shop for all things Karaoke). A man who joined the club without much fanfare, and took a while to get going, he is now the voice and soul of the social in the shed. His renditions of “Oh Jean” by the Proclaimers and Prince’s “Kiss” into the beer pumps are a sight to witness, but there is not a man at Cockfosters who would say that our “Gonzo” hasn’t found his home at Chalk Lane. Nor would they say that Tom Hutton was taller, but that is for a different post…

Adam Pigden

Chairman Of Cricket