Chasing 193, the Aussies got home with a ball to spare as Tiplady [75], Forbes [43 on one leg] and Rowell [25] powered them home from the unlikely start of being 8 for 3...scoring 11 off the last over to win.
The next venue for the Lawyers World Cup is the West Indies.
An amazing day at the Oval - full report to follow.
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
Monday, 3 August 2009
Semi Finals day - matches against Sri Lanka and New Zealand
Semi finals day saw Australia beat the West Indies and India beat Pakistan.
For England the return of Bewcc saw us re-energised, but we came unstuck against a good Sri Lankan side [despite Bobby Forrest holding one skier so deeply to his chest that we thought he had inhaled it and Deni mathews taking a champagne moment catch at gully).
When batting Philip Marshall had the misfortune to be run out by his own runner...sorry Philip!
The game against New Zealand saw a gallant run chase of 123 be brought home by the lads in the last over after a good start by the skip and Jay. Jamie Cameron was the surprise star bowler taking 4 wickets with our usual mix of straight ones and well caught long hops /full tosses etc...
For England the return of Bewcc saw us re-energised, but we came unstuck against a good Sri Lankan side [despite Bobby Forrest holding one skier so deeply to his chest that we thought he had inhaled it and Deni mathews taking a champagne moment catch at gully).
When batting Philip Marshall had the misfortune to be run out by his own runner...sorry Philip!
The game against New Zealand saw a gallant run chase of 123 be brought home by the lads in the last over after a good start by the skip and Jay. Jamie Cameron was the surprise star bowler taking 4 wickets with our usual mix of straight ones and well caught long hops /full tosses etc...
FINES COURT
The full record of fines can be seen under the heading ooposite entitled the Tour Oscars
A good night saw the two Lords Justices dispense summary justice aided by 10 yr old Jura - the island brand that was once enhanced / sullied by the Williams rock legend
History relates much singing as seen above by our best and our most enthusaistic singers
The Real Ashes and A Platinum Diamond Duck
Whilst their counterparts are losing another test the legal Aussies prevailed at the Emmanuel Ground yesterday. We would love to blame a dog loving umpire or a South African with a wooden pad but we were beaten by a team of excellent bowlers
Put in by the skip the Aussies made 178 off 35 - despite some outstanding chirping in the field.
Best sledge was - "Come on boys they can't stand this heat"
Jamie Williams [whose own mother would not describe him as agile in the field] was sledged by his own side for "fielding like a coiled panther"...not
Olly [the umpires enemy] Moore bowled the best spell - Q held a good catch - and Bobby Forrest [the brewing apprentice] bowled in 2 spells without a cigarette break but did need emergency rehydration on the boundary folloing his epic cultural tour of Cambridge on Saturday
Batting featured the first ever Platinum Diamond Duck [also known as a hamstrung goose]: Jamie Williams went out to bat with a Union Jack in his pocket; this may have slowed the welsh flyer down. Jay was disconcerted by a sudden burst of activity from Williams who insisted on processing to the strikers end in bold defiance of the finest Australian fielder. His Celtic grin was seen to falter in a contortion only usaully encountered in his hamstrings, as an arrow like throw left his Ashes dreams in embers. Run out without facing a ball off the first ball of the innings he then walked off to regroup at deep backwards hamstrung square leg humming a melancholy Welsh air
David Rhodes went out to bat against their very fast quick without a helmet - cue the following conversation
Pie Chucker: Mate, haven't you been watching the game?
Rhodes: What - you mean the test match?
Pie Chucker: No - the fact that our quick is bowling at about 80mph and you have not got a helmet
Cue much Rhodes chuntering about not needing one ... and then batting well
We got around 130 for 5 but were always behind on the clock
Afterwards an epic session of Anglo /Aussie team bonding followed with a Fines court back at Churchill
Saturday, 1 August 2009
South Africa Result - Bewcc missing
Despite batting first and posting a total of 193, the south africans beat us with around 3 overs to spare
Batting was the complete package with Q getting 70 and Bobby a muscular 50.
David Rhodes is a good tourist, but he was out to the south african quick and came back to the lads with the following comment:
"Sorry lads but the ball was so fast I never ever saw it"
He wears glasses and we believe he fully deserves his "Should have gone to Specsavers" award
In the field we were in the game until their opener nicked a big edge off Olly Moore ...Olly may have the best looking family but he is clearly the Umpires enemy and our appeal for caught behind was turned down by umpire and bat. It was left to the groundsman to comment that "that bloke must have wooden pads!"
Jamie Cameron took 2 catches
Bewcc has been mislaid
Batting was the complete package with Q getting 70 and Bobby a muscular 50.
David Rhodes is a good tourist, but he was out to the south african quick and came back to the lads with the following comment:
"Sorry lads but the ball was so fast I never ever saw it"
He wears glasses and we believe he fully deserves his "Should have gone to Specsavers" award
In the field we were in the game until their opener nicked a big edge off Olly Moore ...Olly may have the best looking family but he is clearly the Umpires enemy and our appeal for caught behind was turned down by umpire and bat. It was left to the groundsman to comment that "that bloke must have wooden pads!"
Jamie Cameron took 2 catches
Bewcc has been mislaid
Friday, 31 July 2009
England Hang on for a Draw in a Limited Overs Match
As the shadows lengthened on the Leys Ground in Cambridge, Lord Bob Percy Hall, clad in his Union Jack [rescued from the embers of Hyderabad] batted purposefully for a draw, which was achieved with England at 100 odd for 9, chasing Pakistans 163 all out. This denouement was preceded by an epic display of fielding by England, who took 9 catches to dismiss Pakistan on a hard flat pitch that is the best in Cambridge.
IN THE FIELD:
Aided by our usual showery start - described by Q to the their opening bat as a "perfect English summer's day" we gave their openers an easy start, but this was brought back by tight bowling from the "Devon Destroyer" Deni Mathews, Olly [the umpires enemy] Moore finding his range and Charles Prior - shaking off an overnight disagreement with the lasagne - all bowling a tight off stump line. We had them 63 for 2 at the halfway point, but our bowling suffered in the second spell. But the catching was immense.
- the "leaping salmon" award goes to Jay who held a diving blinder at mid off - he is really beginning to understand the team ethic and the need to "leap like a salmon and go down like a wounded buffalo", and has completely forgotten the woeful simplicity of his catching style from earlier in the tournament.
- Mat Gullick made two skiers to long on look simple
- we held two sharp caught and bowled and Q took another in the deep
- Your correspondent GO took one in the deep, and celebrated with a double Harbajan roll [afterwards he was told by our opponents "we thought you were injured" -until the Harbajan roll was explained to them]
- but our star player was Jarod, who held 3 catches, one of which was running across the sightscreen at long off and which was of test standard - high above his shoulders on the run, and hard hit. He is clearly our best fielder, in a team that now really competes in the field. We have a good selection of deep catchers, good short men for the singles and Jamie Williams to keep the lads entertained... He performed an impressive log-rolling impersonation at mid off whilst executing one stop.
Pakistan batted well and low down the order all hitting purposefully, but their score of 163 was gettable off 30 overs
BATTING:
This did not get off to a good start. Jarod played on again, Mat Gullick got a steaming yorker that did him first ball, and the pride of Wales kept out the hat trick ball, only to run himself out 10 minutes later. At 20 for 3 things got worse when Doddy's bad run continued with a first baller and both Q and Jay fell trying to push things along. Their openers bowled a tight, pacy line and the Pakistanis are always dangerous when their tails are up. At 50 for 6 Charles Prior and Olly Moore staged a mini recovery before Charles fell, bringing your correspondent to the crease. The gentle sledging picked up a notch as I was greeted with shouts of "that bat looks an antique" [it is and belongs to Mat] "I am looking forward to reading about your dismissal on the blog tomorrow" and "do you have insurance?"
Just to make it interesting the Pakistan captain brought back their openers. Olly looked good until the curse of the umpire struck again. Chatting to the umpire at the non strikers end, I should have known trouble loomed when he said to me "we must get a move on - I have to feed my dog".
Sure enough a few balls later Olly was hit on the pads by a ball that hit his bat and was going down leg side. Up went the trigger finger like an Exocet.
Into this arena of a dog-loving umpire, worsening light [it now being 8pm], students wandering in front of the sightscreen, and rampaging openers, came the calming influence of Lord Bob Percy Hall. Bob played some elegant nine-iron golf shot punches over cover, and a crisp all-run 4 over mid wicket before wafting outside off stump to their opener. As one the Pakistanis rose for the catch behind, your correspondent must confess he heard some sort of click but there was no discernable movement off the bat. Amazingly the dog-loving umpire resisted this chance to end the fray and reprieved Bob, who clearly felt he had not hit it and remained unmoved. At cover point a rather rotund Pakistani was heard to utter "Oh Bob" in a slightly disgruntled way. This incident persuaded their opener to come in off his super long run at serious pace. Bob described this as "a trifle unsporting", but happily hit another 9 iron for a single with two successive overthrows.
Finally succumbing to their quick bowler, Bob departed to leave Deni to stride in, brandishing the bat he calls "Excalibur!" Then the umpire struck again - despite their only having been 28.5 overs, he decided his dog needed him and said this was the last ball. Undaunted, Deni danced down the wicket to their quick and got a triumphant leg bye.
This draw was achieved despite this being a limited overs match.
In normal circumstances such a "result" would not matter and would go down as a loss, but rumours are reaching us that the South Africans declined to play Australia and may be forfeiting their points.
Watch this space
PS Mat G changed our theme music from Meatloaf to S Club 7. We think this may have been a mistake - bring back Meat we say, and unleash the Bat out of Hell against the South Africans
IN THE FIELD:
Aided by our usual showery start - described by Q to the their opening bat as a "perfect English summer's day" we gave their openers an easy start, but this was brought back by tight bowling from the "Devon Destroyer" Deni Mathews, Olly [the umpires enemy] Moore finding his range and Charles Prior - shaking off an overnight disagreement with the lasagne - all bowling a tight off stump line. We had them 63 for 2 at the halfway point, but our bowling suffered in the second spell. But the catching was immense.
- the "leaping salmon" award goes to Jay who held a diving blinder at mid off - he is really beginning to understand the team ethic and the need to "leap like a salmon and go down like a wounded buffalo", and has completely forgotten the woeful simplicity of his catching style from earlier in the tournament.
- Mat Gullick made two skiers to long on look simple
- we held two sharp caught and bowled and Q took another in the deep
- Your correspondent GO took one in the deep, and celebrated with a double Harbajan roll [afterwards he was told by our opponents "we thought you were injured" -until the Harbajan roll was explained to them]
- but our star player was Jarod, who held 3 catches, one of which was running across the sightscreen at long off and which was of test standard - high above his shoulders on the run, and hard hit. He is clearly our best fielder, in a team that now really competes in the field. We have a good selection of deep catchers, good short men for the singles and Jamie Williams to keep the lads entertained... He performed an impressive log-rolling impersonation at mid off whilst executing one stop.
Pakistan batted well and low down the order all hitting purposefully, but their score of 163 was gettable off 30 overs
BATTING:
This did not get off to a good start. Jarod played on again, Mat Gullick got a steaming yorker that did him first ball, and the pride of Wales kept out the hat trick ball, only to run himself out 10 minutes later. At 20 for 3 things got worse when Doddy's bad run continued with a first baller and both Q and Jay fell trying to push things along. Their openers bowled a tight, pacy line and the Pakistanis are always dangerous when their tails are up. At 50 for 6 Charles Prior and Olly Moore staged a mini recovery before Charles fell, bringing your correspondent to the crease. The gentle sledging picked up a notch as I was greeted with shouts of "that bat looks an antique" [it is and belongs to Mat] "I am looking forward to reading about your dismissal on the blog tomorrow" and "do you have insurance?"
Just to make it interesting the Pakistan captain brought back their openers. Olly looked good until the curse of the umpire struck again. Chatting to the umpire at the non strikers end, I should have known trouble loomed when he said to me "we must get a move on - I have to feed my dog".
Sure enough a few balls later Olly was hit on the pads by a ball that hit his bat and was going down leg side. Up went the trigger finger like an Exocet.
Into this arena of a dog-loving umpire, worsening light [it now being 8pm], students wandering in front of the sightscreen, and rampaging openers, came the calming influence of Lord Bob Percy Hall. Bob played some elegant nine-iron golf shot punches over cover, and a crisp all-run 4 over mid wicket before wafting outside off stump to their opener. As one the Pakistanis rose for the catch behind, your correspondent must confess he heard some sort of click but there was no discernable movement off the bat. Amazingly the dog-loving umpire resisted this chance to end the fray and reprieved Bob, who clearly felt he had not hit it and remained unmoved. At cover point a rather rotund Pakistani was heard to utter "Oh Bob" in a slightly disgruntled way. This incident persuaded their opener to come in off his super long run at serious pace. Bob described this as "a trifle unsporting", but happily hit another 9 iron for a single with two successive overthrows.
Finally succumbing to their quick bowler, Bob departed to leave Deni to stride in, brandishing the bat he calls "Excalibur!" Then the umpire struck again - despite their only having been 28.5 overs, he decided his dog needed him and said this was the last ball. Undaunted, Deni danced down the wicket to their quick and got a triumphant leg bye.
This draw was achieved despite this being a limited overs match.
In normal circumstances such a "result" would not matter and would go down as a loss, but rumours are reaching us that the South Africans declined to play Australia and may be forfeiting their points.
Watch this space
PS Mat G changed our theme music from Meatloaf to S Club 7. We think this may have been a mistake - bring back Meat we say, and unleash the Bat out of Hell against the South Africans
Thursday, 30 July 2009
Team Bonding
Elated by our recent success in difficult conditions against the West Indies the skip decreed that tonight should be a night of celebration and team bonding - aided by liberal quantities of traditional English Ale ["All hail the Ale"]
A fun night kicked off in the Churchill bar followed by an evening at the Anchor public house, where singing included Swing Low sweet Chariot, Jerusalem and a stirring version of Abide with Me - without too much reference to the lyrics or melody
Then on to the Fez Nightclub where the lads showed the locals how to dance. Mindful of their duties in representing their country, and conscious of the big game against Pakistan, Jamie Williams and Jamie Cameron warmed up before they began to boogie.
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
The Dream Continues - Victory over the Windies
What a day - truly when we are grey and old we will remember the day we beat the feared Windies side with a complete performance of batting, bowling and fielding.
Our fielding was tiggerish, our bowling tight and our batting the complete package - in short we look like a team - and are turning into the dark horses of the tournament.
Bowling:
Putting them in [and resting our star bowler Deni] we allowed Q and Bobby Forrest to open; Forrest is a robust, "meaty" all rounder and he produced the self-proclaimed "ball of his life" to get us on our way. Q took 4 wickets and ran one out in a spell of 4 for 12 off 7; but his day was made by the catch of the day [and frankly any day] by Mat "The Crooner" Gullick who took the Windies captain with a diving, running, tumbling catch at deep mid wicket that was all salmon leaping and part wounded buffalo [and a bit more besides].
On a hattrick Q bowled the worst ball of the day - which he wished on its way with a cry of "thats rubbish".
Shock of the day was when Q threw the ball to Opperman - his startled off spinner - with words of encouragement that started with "Sorry to do this to you!"
To everyone's surprise GO's first ball resulted in a quicksilver stumping of their star batsman by "Fast Hand Bob" Percival [peer of the realm].
The celebration had to be seen to be believed. Opperman decided to prolong the moment by then bowling 3 successive wides, but the Windies were soon all out for 158.
It cannot be stressed enough how this was a sterling team effort in the field - the fielding was superb throughout
As dark clouds gathered we went out to bat.....
Batting:
Mat G and Jay got us on our way, but we were always slightly behind the clock. Jay made 42 and Bobby Forest then made a punchy 43 - proving what a great pinch hitter he is. The Windies kept crying "We've got to get Forrest out!" as we all cried "Run Forrest Run".
A mini collapse then saw Q taking the game to the enemy as wickets fell around him.
Olly M got an interesting decision from the umpires that - shal l we say - would not have survived a video replay.
It was getting tight as the rain approached and we looked to bring the game home...
At the end we were behind on the over rate and the clouds started to threaten and then the rain started... Undaunted Q saw us home with a storming square cut that thundered past our dispirited opponents, as we were home with 3 overs to spare, just as the rain cascaded down..... Five minutes later and the game was unplayable
As we finished the Windies gave us a lovely present of a Brian Lara signed bat - they were nice lads and a great match sees us 2 for 2 - bring on Pakistan.
Mentioned in Dispatches:
Jamie Williams is recovering from "swan" flu [half man / half pig] and showed us his huge tongue that is covered in spots - it is a worry that we may lose our sole Welshman, but he seems to be recovering.
Jamie and Dave Rhodes were clearing up in the rain and uttered the immortal words
"Right you get rid of the sledgehammer, and I'll rescue the parrot".
Tomorrow is Pakistan - bring it on!
Our fielding was tiggerish, our bowling tight and our batting the complete package - in short we look like a team - and are turning into the dark horses of the tournament.
Bowling:
Putting them in [and resting our star bowler Deni] we allowed Q and Bobby Forrest to open; Forrest is a robust, "meaty" all rounder and he produced the self-proclaimed "ball of his life" to get us on our way. Q took 4 wickets and ran one out in a spell of 4 for 12 off 7; but his day was made by the catch of the day [and frankly any day] by Mat "The Crooner" Gullick who took the Windies captain with a diving, running, tumbling catch at deep mid wicket that was all salmon leaping and part wounded buffalo [and a bit more besides].
On a hattrick Q bowled the worst ball of the day - which he wished on its way with a cry of "thats rubbish".
Shock of the day was when Q threw the ball to Opperman - his startled off spinner - with words of encouragement that started with "Sorry to do this to you!"
To everyone's surprise GO's first ball resulted in a quicksilver stumping of their star batsman by "Fast Hand Bob" Percival [peer of the realm].
The celebration had to be seen to be believed. Opperman decided to prolong the moment by then bowling 3 successive wides, but the Windies were soon all out for 158.
It cannot be stressed enough how this was a sterling team effort in the field - the fielding was superb throughout
As dark clouds gathered we went out to bat.....
Batting:
Mat G and Jay got us on our way, but we were always slightly behind the clock. Jay made 42 and Bobby Forest then made a punchy 43 - proving what a great pinch hitter he is. The Windies kept crying "We've got to get Forrest out!" as we all cried "Run Forrest Run".
A mini collapse then saw Q taking the game to the enemy as wickets fell around him.
Olly M got an interesting decision from the umpires that - shal l we say - would not have survived a video replay.
It was getting tight as the rain approached and we looked to bring the game home...
At the end we were behind on the over rate and the clouds started to threaten and then the rain started... Undaunted Q saw us home with a storming square cut that thundered past our dispirited opponents, as we were home with 3 overs to spare, just as the rain cascaded down..... Five minutes later and the game was unplayable
As we finished the Windies gave us a lovely present of a Brian Lara signed bat - they were nice lads and a great match sees us 2 for 2 - bring on Pakistan.
Mentioned in Dispatches:
Jamie Williams is recovering from "swan" flu [half man / half pig] and showed us his huge tongue that is covered in spots - it is a worry that we may lose our sole Welshman, but he seems to be recovering.
Jamie and Dave Rhodes were clearing up in the rain and uttered the immortal words
"Right you get rid of the sledgehammer, and I'll rescue the parrot".
Tomorrow is Pakistan - bring it on!
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
Triumph over India
The winning team and Bewcc the parrot - our mascot - celebrate our maiden world cup win
To the tune of our new anthem "Bat out of Hell" by Meatloaf, we roared to victory today against the India team.
Many were the heroes who fought the fight, but here was sterling bowling to keep them down to only 94 all out - including a top opening spell by Deni Mathews and a 3 for 14 spell by Bobby Forrest.
Jay learnt his lesson by taking a catch and going down like a wounded buffalo.
We knocked the runs off, but not without difficulty - Jay carried his bat for 42 in 32 overs [a slow scoring award in a limited overs game - he needs steroids for the next] but there were good cameos from Jarod and Q and Jamie Cameron which took us over the line.
Worst drop was Jamie Cameron [our new King of Spain], who failed to hold the "Mother of all sitters" and ended up kicking the ball when hands would have sufficed.
Most hilarious fielding was GO - who saved four after a long chase only to flick the ball back so badly he threw it over the ropes...
Bobby Forrest takes all awards today as he:
1. Approached breakfast in his blazer and asked for an extra sausage in lieu of baked beans - the catering staff gave him short shrift
2. Then whilst waiting to bat he got bitten by a wasp - he shrugged it off with a "Birds Can't hurt me" relaxed air
Finally James Cartwright snaffled a wicket [figures of 1 for 1] when he bowled a gentle ful toss which the batsman obligingly hit to Q.
As one commentator put it - "The batsman was hurried into his shot because he decided if he waited for it to land his visa might expire".
Many were the heroes who fought the fight, but here was sterling bowling to keep them down to only 94 all out - including a top opening spell by Deni Mathews and a 3 for 14 spell by Bobby Forrest.
Jay learnt his lesson by taking a catch and going down like a wounded buffalo.
We knocked the runs off, but not without difficulty - Jay carried his bat for 42 in 32 overs [a slow scoring award in a limited overs game - he needs steroids for the next] but there were good cameos from Jarod and Q and Jamie Cameron which took us over the line.
Worst drop was Jamie Cameron [our new King of Spain], who failed to hold the "Mother of all sitters" and ended up kicking the ball when hands would have sufficed.
Most hilarious fielding was GO - who saved four after a long chase only to flick the ball back so badly he threw it over the ropes...
Bobby Forrest takes all awards today as he:
1. Approached breakfast in his blazer and asked for an extra sausage in lieu of baked beans - the catering staff gave him short shrift
2. Then whilst waiting to bat he got bitten by a wasp - he shrugged it off with a "Birds Can't hurt me" relaxed air
Finally James Cartwright snaffled a wicket [figures of 1 for 1] when he bowled a gentle ful toss which the batsman obligingly hit to Q.
As one commentator put it - "The batsman was hurried into his shot because he decided if he waited for it to land his visa might expire".
Monday, 27 July 2009
Day 1 Report - Rained off but no gastic incidents
GASTRIC SHOCK: The team were utterly bewildered in their first post-India tournament by the idea of cricket being played without any gastric incidents or compromise of personal hygiene.
We had for the first time ever... an undefeated day of world cup cricket...shock, horror!!
Pakistan were on the rack at 30 -1 after 9 overs of torrid fast bowling and hopeless playing and missing ... their best batsman bamboozled by our demon red trousered scourge of Devon bowler, Deni Mathews - who had the player of 2007 tournament snaffled by Jay at cover.
We had for the first time ever... an undefeated day of world cup cricket...shock, horror!!
Pakistan were on the rack at 30 -1 after 9 overs of torrid fast bowling and hopeless playing and missing ... their best batsman bamboozled by our demon red trousered scourge of Devon bowler, Deni Mathews - who had the player of 2007 tournament snaffled by Jay at cover.
Regretfully the rain beat us and the match was finally abandoned at 4pm, but not before the boys got in some light reading, training and got up close and personal with Bewcc our parrot mascot...
Sadly a fine to Jay for failing to dive like a leaping salmon or at least roll like a wounded buffalo when catching the ball.
FINES:
- To Jamie "Sellafield" Williams [the only man to get sunburnt in a monsoon] for eating a goats cheese and caramelised red onion tartlet + minted new potatoes on the side in a pub before kick off. He also surprised us by perisitently wearing a pair of purple brothel creepers which so far have repelled the ladies
- To the Captain: Sadly Jamie and his 5 serious drinking colleagues were deliberately deceived by the captain into expecting a 3pm start only to be told at 2.28 that start time was in 2 minutes - this actually aided the teams perfomance who took to the field still drinking and belching - as their tarts settled into a comfortable position
Rumours are rife that this was a deliberate ploy by the skip to deflect attention from his own bohemian approach to pre match training - which has already featured a 5.30 am dawn call / return
- To all players save Superharmy and Jay - for bowling the ball in the intended net
EQUIPMENT ADDITIONS:
The new helmet: there is a new [phrase that dare not speak its name - "Calling for the beer helmet"] - as a team that has never won a match it is not good to get cocky ...but we are better this year and if we have a sniff of an easy run chase then our batsman will have to call for the beer helmet
Stood down by the skip for fifth column activities [see later post the indian game for tales of the from our man in Goa] the former tourist of the year sallied forth to the Cambridge Joke emporium and has purchased the following:
- Doddy beer helmet [as described above - Doddy having 4 cases of kit] a double barrelled beer carrying vessel to be placed upon the head when facing derisory Aussie pie chuckers
- the insult machine that is to be used for over cocky batsman and dodgy umpires
- the blue mouth sweets...there is a fear that our Devon destroyer is simply too nice - he is to be forced to eat a sweet that turns your mouth blue to strike fear [and woe] into our bewildered opponents
TEAM SONGS:
We are seeking to replace Johnny Cash's ring of Fire [see our various gastric incidents in India]
with team songs: early nominations are...
Bobby Forrest: will be singing "Always" by Bon Jovi
Dave Super Harmy Rhodes [a man normally defined by his gentle conciliatory tones] will be singing "Lets Get Ready to Rumble"
Sunday, 26 July 2009
The Opening Ceremony at Cambridge
Michael Holding with Ian McDougal, Guy Opperman, Deni Mathews and Peter Dodd
Michael Holding [a true gent and a giant of man, with a voice like liquid mahogany] and the BEWCC team at the opening ceremony
It's back ..and this time bigger than ever before.
The cup has come to Cambridge - with the opening ceremony on Sunday July 26 at Fenners featuring an invitational 11; graced by the presence of Michael Holding, the legendary West Indian fast bowler, and the finest curry in Cambridge. The 350 visitors enjoyed a great day of cricket and friendship.
PLAYING ARE: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia [toast], New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies north and south, Ireland, England and some solicitors.
Our Bar of England Wales CC leader made his usual sterling opening address: rarely in a speech about cricket would you expect to see the names of Hitler, Stalin and Chairman Mao - but that is what JC is all about.
Also featuring the Lord Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls, the opening ceremony passed off without a hitch. Fenners - an interesting ground surrounded by a number of new build housing estates - was bedecked in the flags of all the competing countries [and Wales].
The cup has come to Cambridge - with the opening ceremony on Sunday July 26 at Fenners featuring an invitational 11; graced by the presence of Michael Holding, the legendary West Indian fast bowler, and the finest curry in Cambridge. The 350 visitors enjoyed a great day of cricket and friendship.
PLAYING ARE: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia [toast], New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies north and south, Ireland, England and some solicitors.
Our Bar of England Wales CC leader made his usual sterling opening address: rarely in a speech about cricket would you expect to see the names of Hitler, Stalin and Chairman Mao - but that is what JC is all about.
Also featuring the Lord Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls, the opening ceremony passed off without a hitch. Fenners - an interesting ground surrounded by a number of new build housing estates - was bedecked in the flags of all the competing countries [and Wales].
The Boys are Back...
...and this time they're hoping to win (at least one game, anyway). The action for the 2009 Lawyers' World Cup is in sunny Cambridge. With a bumper group of teams, the competition will be fierce, but have faith - a fresh crop of faces, along with some India stalwarts, will be on hand to fight the good fight.
Match reports, fascinating background gossip, pictures and much more to follow very soon...
Match reports, fascinating background gossip, pictures and much more to follow very soon...
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