Cricket has its own folklore – a culture of stories, real and imagined; a belief that one day, when the stars align, it will be your story that’s told. The beauty of cricket, however, is that failure is relentless. All but the very greatest exist in...
Overzicht VCC Zami Reports
Another century led the Zami to victory at Kampong, in a game where the fielding proved to be as decisive as the batting for both sides. The 223-4 away win against the Utrecht side marked the second consecutive season that Harold has scored a...
A wonderful duel between father and son and a rare bowling hat-trick +1 ensured that the match between Kampong and VCC Zami was long remembered.
On a muggy Sunday afternoon, what promised to be a close game between two of the division’s top teams turned out to be an extraordinary shellacking. Perhaps Groen-Geel will point to the nominative dissonance of a Zami match on a Sunday, perhaps they...
On a warm, sunny (yes, really!) Saturday afternoon, we got to hit the artificial turf again to play in Leiden. Frits had once not been to the pub the night before, probably he was still counting his 5 wickets. I was allowed to ride with Kirk -for...
They say you can’t beat the Dutch weather gods, as the Netherlands is the wettest country in Europe for a reason… but then they can’t reckon with the mindless optimism of the VCC Zamis. Not always blessed with the greatest of cricketing talent, the...
A thrilling end to a match that went down to the last ball brought victory for the Zamis, moving ahead of opponents VRA1 to go top of the pool four table. And it was partly thanks to another century from Harold – his second this season – along with...
"The fysio has cleared me to play… but I shouldn’t be running"
In one of the finest Zami performances in recent years, King Harold scored 139, accumulating the majority of the 229-6 score, led by an incredible 10 sixes and 11 fours. He also almost achieved the rare feat of staying in for an entire innings...
The zami always wins.