Scoring a century (sort of) in Lahore by Richard Heller
For a batsman like myself in the sunset of a career whose noon was little brighter than the planet Pluto’s it is rarely advisable to accept an invitation to receive deliveries from a 12-year-old bowler. It is even less advisable in Pakistan. The boy will either be the next Waqar Younis, with a late toe-crushing yorker, or the next Abdul Qadir, with an assortment of wrist-spun mysteries. But it is hard to refuse. Pakistanis are very good mannered to visitors, especially over cricket since they have seen so few of them in the last six years. After the terrorist attack […]
Read moreVictory in Suffolk!
A mixed weekend in Suffolk: a victory against the Queen’s Head and the Sunday game washed out. Good meal at the QH afterwards! Here’s what happened in the Saturday game: Nick 52 retired not out; Chris Ancil 51 retired not out; Will Jones 54 retired not out; Will Jones 4 for 24. 40 over game, Queen’s Head won the toss and put us in. Limit of 8 overs per bowler and batsmen had to retire at 50 but could return at the end of the innings. We made 233 for 3, they were keeping up with the asking rate thanks […]
Read moreScorecard for Bushmen versus Outwood, Sunday 28th June 2015
Result Bushmen versus Outwood 2015
Read moreScorecard for Bushmen versus Great Missenden Pelicans, Sunday 21st June 2015
Result Bushmen versus Great Missenden Pelicans 2015
Read moreScorecard for Bushmen versus Hooke & Powerstock, 31st May 2015
Result Bushmen versus Hooke & Powerstock 2015
Read moreScorecard for Bushmen versus Fernhurst, 24th May 2015
Result Bushmen versus Fernhurst 2015
Read moreScorecard for Bushmen versus Ballinger Waggoners, 7th June 2015
The Ballinger umpire scored the entire game on his telephone – and the results are impressive, unlike the Bushmen performance. The result stated, however, is incorrect: the match was drawn as it was a time game and we weren’t all out. Apparently our ninth-wicket pair of Michael Cockerell and Clyde Jeavons contributed 5 runs from 52 balls while saving the draw. 20150607-Ballinger Sun 1st XI-BBC Bushmen
Read moreAn engineer writes…
John Whitehead now has more ironmongery in his arm than is generally good for airport scanners, and his enforced non-cricketing leisure time leaves him able to keep up with his reading. He tells us that he found this debate in the Engineering & Technology magazine to which he subscribes: The Motion: This house believes that decision-making technology in professional cricket is against the spirit of the game and creates more problems than it solves: http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2015/04/debate.cfm Comments, please!
Read moreTeam Sheet for Bushmen versus Cobham, Sunday 17th May 2015
It’s the Cobham in Kent, not the one in Surrey. And 17th May happens to be Norwegian Independence Day. I hope Michael Kaye can add some comments about Richard Dadd. Cobham 2015
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