Hanoi Cricket Club
Encyclopedia
The Hanoi Cricket Club was founded in Hanoi
in 1993 in light of the growing popularity of cricket
among expatriate
s from England
and other cricket playing nations. The club, which hosted its first major game against a combined England/Australia team in the year of its founding, is one of 40 playing in a club season from March to May, following the full Vietnam
ese cricket season which runs between September and December. Often played on rattan
mats, with altered run ups to accommodate, an HCC player hit the club's first century in 2000.
Hanoi
Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...
in 1993 in light of the growing popularity of cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
among expatriate
Expatriate
An expatriate is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person's upbringing...
s from England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and other cricket playing nations. The club, which hosted its first major game against a combined England/Australia team in the year of its founding, is one of 40 playing in a club season from March to May, following the full Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
ese cricket season which runs between September and December. Often played on rattan
Rattan
Rattan is the name for the roughly 600 species of palms in the tribe Calameae, native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australasia.- Structure :...
mats, with altered run ups to accommodate, an HCC player hit the club's first century in 2000.