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Finale
As the curtain gently falls on the EU’s dictatorship of the UK, I spent my final evening of servitude at a sports hall on the outskirts of Germany’s capital, playing one of Britain’s most successful sporting exports, with an international melting pot of Kiwis, Ozzies, Germans, Indians, Pakistanis, Afghans and, of course, Brits. “What has freedom of movement ever done for us?”, I hear you cry.
We are, of course, very lucky to even have the venue. After a ten-year wait and some behind the scenes back-slapping and cajolery, we were finally offered not one, but two halls to practice in during the winter months. Are Berlin sports halls rather like London buses? It would seem so.
Curtain-Raiser
When one curtain closes, another one opens – as they say in Unicornland – and while we look forward to the new outdoor season with an Odyssean gusto, our esteemed chairman has been locked in a Charlottenburg backroom with various Berlin cricket aficionados and some hooded figures from the Olympic Stadium to thrash out a level playing field for the new season. Sadly, they hold all the cards and we’ve been told the season must finish by the end of July. There are some more changes, the details of which I won’t bore you with here. But suffice it to say: we really do need to take back control.
Buckstop
Speaking of control, I will post the results of our captaincy meeting here some time during the week. Appointing the captains of four separate teams requires a degree of consensus, so rather than have faceless bureaucrats snatch away our sovereign right to decide our own destiny, we’re going to slug it out mano a mano across the boardroom table. Good luck to the candidates and remember, win or lose, the buck stops with you.
I’ll be back soon with more Berlin buffoonery… but until then let’s bear in mind the muffled words of Kane Williamson, “All this talk of Super Overs is just another example of project fear.”
Berlin Cricket Club 
Hello. Need some appointments for the next games in Berlin so that i can come over with my husband. I have to plan Berlin some days before. Let me know about the next games please. For him its important and for me a pleasure to fulfill his wish
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Hi Anja – thanks for your interest in our club. As soon as we have our fixtures for the 2020 season, we will post them on our Facebook page (facebook.com/berlincricketclub) and website (berlincc.de).
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