Dollar Cricket Club

A Grand Day Out Sunday the 25th of July saw the resumption of the DCC season with a visit to North Berwick to take on our newest friends Bass Rock CC. Conditions were glorious, and although the track was artificial, it was a belter of an astro. It was to be a 30 over match…

Kinross Match Report

That’s Cricket! Saturday the 12 of the June brought about another chapter of the inter-Dollar fixture played between DCC and the Dollar Academy 1st XI in a 25 overs match. Conditions were dry, but the sky was white and a steady breeze was drifting across the wicket. Stand-in captain Alan Douglas lost the toss and…

Bleak mid-June. Wednesday the 9th of June saw DCC welcoming the McGlynn Brothers to Dollar, and the two sides squared off in a T20 match. Conditions were far from ideal, the clouds were thick, the light was poor, and a constant threat of rain (although this only materialised to a bit of light mizzle) added…

Back to Winning Ways Sunday the 6th of June brought about the season’s first proper village cricket match with DCC taking on Comrie in a 40 overs game. The conditions were perfect, and the wicket retained a tinge of green. Captain Shandy Cunningham lost the toss and Comrie elected to bat. After a solid opening…

Knocking off the Rust. Wednesday the 2nd of June heralded the start of the 2021 DCC season with a 20/20 match against the first XI of Dollar Academy – the Milan Derby of Clackmannanshire cricket. The conditions were surprisingly perfect. DCC captain for the day, Alan Douglas won the toss and opted to have first…

A pitch inspection at 11am confirmed the wicket was dry (thanks to Rab’s covers) and the outfield was drying (thanks to the Scottish summer wind). 1pm saw players amassing at the pavilion and stumps & bails set up after a small, barely noticeable, faff. Dollar won the toss and elected to bat with a pair…

Question: How many (mostly middle aged) men does it take to host and play an international, indoor cricket tournament where the loudest sounds are not “how’s that?” or “run…wait…yes…no…yes” – but are rather sounds of American, South African, Scottish, English and other assorted dialects of laughter? Answer: Roughly 27. So it was on May 5th…