IT WAS all smiles as teams took part in a tournament for the Mayor’s Cricket Cup over August and September. It wasn’t so much “Cup” as “Cups”, as six winners proudly took home their trophies. Mayor Lutfur Rahman voiced his ...

HEAD OVER to Victoria Park (quickly, run!) to enjoy the finals weekend of the Mayor’s Cricket Cup 2026. A quick post on Tower Hamlets Council’s X page reminds us that these finals are taking place today, Saturday, and tomorrow, Sunday. ...

THE SOUND of willow on leather – as a traditional cricket bat connects with a traditional cricket ball – is usually the soundtrack to a traditional English summer. But Trumps war has put this summer’s sport in danger. The problem ...

Emdad Rahman Cricket has long been a game of tradition, patience and passion, and for MJ Hasan that lifelong love for the sport has reached a proud new milestone. Hasan has been accepted as a Candidate Member of the prestigious ...

By Emdad Rahman Grassroots hero and cricket coach Kanan Thiyagarajah has completed a remarkable 100+ mile cricket grounds cycle loop to raise funds for practice nets at Barking Cricket Club. The ride began at the Essex County Cricket Ground, before ...

Emdad Rahman The Seven Kings Cricket Ground in Essex was alive with colour, energy and community spirit as London Sportif hosted its inaugural Tri-Nation Cricket Tournament, a celebration of sport, culture and diaspora identity. The day long event brought together ...

By Emdad Rahman The Shahjalal Jamia Islamia School & College, Sylhet Alumni UK Cricket Team have taken the Nirman School Cricket Legends Trophy UK 2025 by storm, producing a flawless group stage campaign to charge into the finals unbeaten and ...

By Emdad Rahman The summer sun shone bright over Ilford Cricket Club as the borough’s finest young cricketers assembled for the annual Barking and Dagenham Borough 6 a side cricket competition. A festival of flair, inclusivity, and passion, the tournament ...

Emdad Rahman The Tara Tari restaurant hosted the newly formed Thames Titans Cricket Club, and with it, a newly formed badminton club set to host both local and national tournaments. Under the rallying ethos One Team, One Dream!, the dual sport ...

CRICKET IS one of the most popular sports in the UK – and Tower Hamlets is the London Borough where that popularity is growing the fastest. It’s welcome news, then, that the Council is creating a natural turf pitch in ...