2022 & 2023 Scottish Cup and T20 Scottish Cup Winners. 2024 European Cricket League Group Winners. 2019 Champions of Scotland! Live scores on
@Forfs_Scores
🏆 Scottish Cup Winners 2022!!
A tremendous performance from the Forfs today to win the Scottish Cup with a 90 run win over Ayr in front of a great crowd at Goldenacre.
📷 Scott Cameron lifts the trophy!
Forfarshire's Graeme Garden has scored a remarkable 24132 runs for the club and has an outstanding 20 centuries to his name - hopefully more runs to come later this summer!
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Congratulations Craig Wallace! 208 not out from 134 balls at Forthill today for
@CricketScotland
’s Performance Academy against
@SSSCricket
.
We’d like to thank everyone at the European Cricket League and the Cartama Oval for making the past few days so special for our players, traveling fans, club members at home and supporters all over the world.
We are delighted to welcome Steve Knox to ion8 Forfarshire CC as Head Coach. A former Scotland internationalist, Steve brings a wealth of coaching experience & will be known to many through his time with
@WildcatsCricket
and as a player with Heriots CC.
SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT!
We are delighted to confirm our travelling squad for the 2023 European Cricket League group matches.
Our first match is on Thursday 9th March at 12.30pm GMT against Vienna.
The squad are ready, as are our 50 travelling supporters!
Today’s Scottish Cup match started with a minute’s silence in memory of a great friend, supporter and sportsman in Alan Salisbury. We will miss him, and send our love to Diane and David.
It was great to have
@BBCScotlandNews
at Forthill on Sunday, following our great friend and club Legend Alec Steele when he turned out once again for Forfarshire.
Watch out for an interview on tonight’s Reporting Scotland at 6.30pm.
🏅 Alexander Steele MBE
We are thrilled at the news that our great friend and Honorary Vice-President Alec Steele has been awarded an MBE in The King's Birthday Honours List, for services to Cricket and to People with Interstitial Lung Disease.
Great to have the
@BBCScotland
cameras at Forthill this morning as the 1st XI prepare for the European Cricket League.
Watch out for us on BBC Scotland later this week!
We would like to welcome Lyle Robertson to Forfarshire CC.
An off-spinner & top order batsman, Lyle has previously played for Falkland and represented Scotland at the under 19 World Cup, as well as Caley Highlanders and Scotland A.
Welcome Lyle!
40 years ago today,
@windiescricket
arrived at Forthill to take on
@CricketScotland
in a 2-day tour match. The weather wasn’t kind and only 16 overs were bowled on day 1, but a memorable 50 over match took place the next day.
We are delighted to announce Craig Wallace as our new Senior Head Coach.
Craig will lead all senior training starting with the winter sessions which begin at Forthill on Tuesday 7th November (6pm-8pm).
🏴 International cricket returns to Forthill tomorrrow!
📷 Here's our groundsman Lindsay making the most of this evening's sunshine to finish marking the wicket.
🕚 Play gets underway tomorrow morning at 11am, it's Scotland v's Oman!
At the end of a special year for ion8 Forfarshire CC, we are delighted to launch the Forfarshire CC Hall of Fame, and with much pride announce the first three inductees.
🍾 A great night celebrating the successes of the 2019 season from all across Scotland at the
#CricketScotlandAwards
last night.
📷 A fantastic photo of Umair with the
@Murgitroyd
T20 trophy that brought a place in the
@EuropeanCricket
league!
The end of a long day for the 1st XI squad!
From a freezing cold 3.30am meet at Forthill to the welcome sunshine of Malaga in just a few hours.
Thanks to everyone that has sent messages of support, from all over the world, we are ready to go tomorrow!
(match times in GMT)
Congratulations
@leasky29
👏
A well deserved Player of the Match award for 3 wickets followed up by 51 not out from just 34 balls to help
@Cricketscotland
through to a 3rd win in WCL2 in Oman.
The tensest of wins!
A 54 run partnership for the 9th wicket helped Forfarshire reach the Scottish Cup semi-finals! Lewis James (35no) and Glenn Carnegie (18) held their nerve before Bryce Allchin hit the winnings runs with 3 balls to spare.
🎂 Happy Birthday to Craig Wallace who turns 30 today! Our head coach and prolific run scorer is one of few players to score over 10000 runs for the club in recent years... we're looking forward to many more soon! 🍻
We are delighted to announce Michael Leask as club professional for the 2023 season
As well as playing & senior training commitments, Michael will be on hand to pass on his vast professional cricket experience at several junior sessions to help inspire our talented young players
🔥 Forfarshire defeat Dreux to reach the
@EuropeanCricket
Group D final! A run chase like we’ve never seen before - T10 action at it’s best!!
🕡 We’ll be playing the winners of Qualifier 2 (Dreux v Vienna) at 18:30 GMT
📸 European Cricket : Diana Oris
ion8 Forfarshire 1st XI, winners of the
@Murgitroyd
T20 National Knockout! Thanks to
@DumfriesCricket
for hosting today's finals... 'We Are The Champions' greeting the players in the bar was a nice touch!
#treble
@ion8leakproof
👏A big thank you to everyone that came along to Stirling today or showed their support online and helped make today a special day!
Thank you to our hosts
@StirlingCCC
, with the pavilion and ground looking in great shape👏
A great day of Intra-Club Six-a-Side fun at Forthill today! Victory for 'team Flintoff' after setting the 'Sangakkara Six' too many to chase in the final!
Ryan Watson made his Forfarshire debut in 2002 after spells with
@Meigle_Cricket
and
@FCC1860
. Over 5500 runs for
@CricketScotland
at the same time make his record even more impressive.
Congratulations to Zoe Bailey on her selection for Scotland u17 girls next week. Great to see hard work paying off! Zoe is in a squad of 12 travelling to Nottinghamshire (Wellbeck CC) and Shropshire (Oswestry CC) on Tuesday and Wednesday. Good luck!
Michael Leask and Scott Cameron received the Player of the Match award in our first 2 matches - Leasky hitting 3 sixes and 3 fours in his 10 ball 30 with Scott taking 4 wickets, the first 2 slowing a blistering start by the Helsinki Titans.
Catch of the Day? Great reactions from Bryce Allchin to hold on to this caught and bowled chance in today’s
@CricketScotland
EPL match against
@StewMelCC
.
@ion8leakproof
Forfarshire 1st XI captain
@omy_jnr
received the
@CricketScotland
Eastern Premiership trophy from David Gibson of the East League Management Group after Saturday's match against Stewarts Melville. Forfarshire's first national league trophy in 27 years!
Forfarshire CC was founded in 1880 and is one of Dundee's oldest established sporting organisations, and tonight we are making history with the launch a dedicated Womens section. Read more at:
☝️ 1 wicket for 16 runs
💥 35 runs from 17 balls
Michael Leask is awarded the
@aramco
POTM after his matchwinning contributions with bat and ball 🏅
#NAMvSCO
#T20WorldCup
🏴 Good luck to Jack Hogarth & Callum Garden playing for Scotland XI in the Group C finals at the
@EuropeanCricket
Championships in Spain today.
Watch live on Freesport (Sky 422, Virgin 553) or on from 10.25am. Maybe more commentary from
@jackrhogarth15
!
🏴 A tremendous achievement by
@CricketScotland
to reach the
@T20WorldCup
Super 12s. Congratulations to everyone!
⏭️ Next up is Afghanistan on Monday at 3pm, with New Zealand, Pakistan, India and the winner of group A to follow!
European Cricket League - Squad Announcement!
The excitement is building as we prepare for our second
@EuropeanCricket
adventure. We are delighted to announce our travelling squad!
Read more at:
Congratulations to Alec Steele on being appointed an Honorary Life Member of The Forty Club. Alec joins an impressive list of cricketing greats from all round the world in achieving this unique honour.
A great evening at the City Chambers tonight!
We were honoured to be invited to a Civic Reception hosted by
@LordProvostDCC
Bill Campbell, to mark Forfarshire CC's double cup success, in winning the 50 over and T20 Scottish Cups in 2022 and 2023! 🏆🏆
After three stunning
@EuropeanCricket
League wins on Monday, Forfarshire travel back to Spain this weekend ahead of Championship Week.
Here's our Championship fixtures!
Thank you to everyone for their support and keep cheering on the Forfs!
🗓️ The Scottish Cup Final will be against
@ayrcc
on Sunday 28th August at Goldenacre, home of
@HeriotsCricket
.
We hope everyone that was at Forthill this afternoon will come along and support the Forfs!
👏 It was great to see Forthill so busy this afternoon.
🏆Another nail-biting finish in our Scottish Cup run... and we're in the final!
Clydesdale 149 all out (41.1 overs) C Young 45, M Leask 4-25, A Bailwal 2-28
Forfarshire 150 for 7 (36.3 overs) R Johnston 32, M Leask 27, J O’Neill 25, Z Bashir 3-33
Thank you to all the staff and pupils at Forthill Primary School for their support, great to see this on our return home from the
@EuropeanCricket
League!
Keep cheering for us next week!
We were due to welcome Meigle CC and our former 1st XI captain Peter Drummond to Forthill today, Drummy spent 7 productive seasons at Forfarshire, recording 196 dismissals behind the stumps and scoring 3397 runs.
Thank you to
@DaleCricket
for hosting todays
@Murgitroyd
T20 final, especially the young team of groundstaff who endured some dreadful weather throughout the day - efforts much appreciated by all at FCC!
TEAM NEWS!
A big day for the club as we take on Uddingston in the Scottish Cup Final. Play gets underway at Titwood at 12pm.
Here’s the Forfarshire team!
📺 If you're not travelling to Titwood then support the Forfs online! Watch the action live here:
🏆 GRAND FINAL at Forthill
We are delighted to be hosting the Cricket Scotland Grand Final this Saturday when we’ll welcome the Eastern Premier Champions
@GrangeCC
and Western Premier Champions
@ayrcc
to Forthill.
Congratulations to all the trophy winners at the last nights Forfarshire Awards Night! Taking home the coveted 1st XI batting rosebowl was
@leasky29
with an impressive 845 runs at an average of 56.33
🗣️ “What an over, what a debut, what a story”
🤩 A stunning performance from Forfarshire’s Charlie Cassell on his Scotland debut!
5.4 overs
1 maiden
21 runs
7 wickets
⭐ The best ever One Day International bowling figures by anyone on debut.
Forfarshire have selected a strong 12 man squad for today’s Scottish Cup Final.
Good luck to all the players and we hope all the spectators have a great day!
If you can’t be there, follow online:
or
We are pleased to confirm that Jack O’Neill will return to the club in 2023 after a successful first season as Overseas Amateur in 2022.
Jack has remained in Scotland over the winter and we look forward to seeing him build on an impressive debut season.
ion8 Forfarshire got their season off to a winning start tonight with a 72 run win over Perth Doo’cot in the Caledonian group stages of the T20 Scottish Cup.
ion Forfarshire 138-5, J Hogarth 55 (42b), R Johnston 36 (29b) Perth Doo’cot 66-9, S Cameron 3-8, J Girolami 2-13
Player Profiles: Introducing our European Cricket League travelling squad!
With just a few days to go until the squad jets off to Spain, here’s the first of our player profiles!
Hot off the press, our ECL24 kit has arrived!
Huge thanks to
@EuropeanCricket
for this fantastic new look. The excitement is building - only 25 days until we get to wear it!
Forfarshire sit top of ECL group D after wins over Vienna and Helsinki Titans on the opening day of
@EuropeanCricket
Group D matches.
We're back in action at 2.30pm and 6.30pm (GMT) including our first floodlit match!
Well done to Forf Zoe Bailey on a successful inaugural trip with Scotland u17s this week and congratulations on her
@CSStormers
squad selection for this Sunday’s final women’s regional series games
@FreuchieCricket
🏴🌩🏏
🔥The final score from tonight:
ion8 Forfarshire 322-3, M Leask 198 (70b, 18x4, 16x6), R Johnston 110 (50b, 16x4, 4x6), O Patterson 2 for 35. Perth Doo’cot 77-8, F Duncan 3 for 14.
We are delighted to reveal our
@EuropeanCricket
playing kit and are grateful to Austin and the team at Castle Developments for their sponsorship - we will proudly be wearing their logo on our sleeves when we take to the field in March.
🔗