Captains Day 2007: 2nd September

• Match Report and Stats
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• Winners
  
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• An interview with Mr threeducks

After an abysmal summer of weather, Captains Day didn’t disappoint being exceptionally gloomy, but at least it didn’t rain.  As per usual the hordes assembled to avail themselves of the Bison’s bowling machine, manhandled over the barbed wire fence with aplomb. The usual suspects were given cheap gongs (big ta to Mrs G and Mrs K for doing the business) , and we were delighted to welcome several first time guests: Daoud, Peter and Sahil, to see Puffs People take on Choppers Champions.  Tossing with a packet of Marlboro Light, Puff correctly called “Smoking harms your pregnant baby “ instead of “Kill, die, banned in pubs” but then bizarrely decided to field first. Still… 

Winners

Christie Kulasingam Player of the Year 2007		Captain 2007  Michael Ellis
Bowler of the Year 2007 Andy Harvey		Batting Excellence 2007 Tony Fletcher
New Player of the Year 2007 Kunal Dutta		Captain's Award 2007 Stuart Lumsden
Supporter of the Year 2007 Cameron Jacobs
Vegetable award  for atrocious running		Vegetable award  for atrocious running
Stick to flower arranging for dreadful catching		Stick to flower arranging for dreadful catching
Captain Puff		Captain Chopper

 

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Report and Stats (not in the Database)

Innings 1

Choppers Champions

Nurdler	C Puff	Ginger	8
Peter	B	Ginger	0
Bise the Pirate	Retired		32
Matt	C Arsey	Elvis	9
Rog	LBW	Elvis	1
Dickie	B	Elvis	1
Chopper	B	Les	4
Dazzler	B	Sahil	0
Steve-O	B	Elvis	0
Baldrick	B	Sahil	1
Daoud	C and B	Sahil	23
Flossie	DNB? Out? Who knows	? Sahil	?
extras			12
			97

 

 

	Overs	Mdn	Runs	Wickets
Padders	4	0	23	0
Ginger	4	1	21	2
Elvis	2	1	8	4
Sahil	4	0	25	4
Les	2.2	0	12	1

 

 

Puffs People

Direcktor	Run out		18
Ginger	b	Rog	13
Sahil	b	Rog	0
Puff	b	Daoud	0
Padders	Run out		11
Elvis	B	Daoud	8
Les	C Chopper	Dickie	1
Daveski	b	Baldrick	0
Smutmeister	b	Baldrick	0
Tinker	B	Baldrick	0
Arsey	B	Baldrick	13
Tinker (2)	b	Dazzler	0
Extras			11
			83

 

 

	Overs	Mdn	Runs	Wickets
SteveO	4	0	16	0
Rog	4	0	11	2
Daoud	4	0	10	2
Baldrick	4	1	13	2
Dickie	2	0	17	1
Dazzler	1.3	0	5	2

 

 

And so at tea (4 muffins between 22) it was time to reflect on innings one. Certainly for Choppers boyz, Bison, resplendent in a pirate hat and Daoud had done the Bizzo batting-wise and for Puffs lads, Elvis and Sahil had been spinmeisters too far for several hapless batsmen: basically though the bowling had been decent and the batting OK.  However as Puffs boys strapped on their gear this was all to change as the bowling got a little bit less good but the batting got a whole hell of lot worse. Ginger and the Direktor made a brisk start, slightly hampered by a calling problem, but then it rocketed downhill with only Arsey and Padders getting us anywhere near respectability to leave the Puff Men  adrift.  Well it was doable. Maybe...  

Innings 2 Choppers Champions

Flossie	ret		32
Daoud	C Padders	Elvis	4
Baldrick	b	Elvis	3
Steve-O	C and B	Les	12
Dazzler	Not out		21
Chopper	C and b	Puff	1
Dickie	b	Padders	23
Rog	b	padders	7
Matt	Not out		0
Bise	DNB
Nurdler	DNB
Peter	DNB
extras			23
			127

 

 

	Overs	Mdn	Runs	Wickets
Padders	3.5	0	31	2
Ginger	2	0	14	0
Elvis	4	2	3	2
Sahil	1	0	18	0
Les	2	0	7	1
Daveski	4	0	25	0
Puff	3	0	19	1

 

 

Puffs People

Tinker	b	SteveO	0
Arsey	Not out		36
Smutmeister	b	SteveO	0
Daveski	C Matt	Rog	1
Les	C Baldrick	SteveO	1
Elvis	b	Daoud	26
Padders	C Dazzler	Daoud	10
Puff	Not out	33
Sahil	C Chopper	Dazzler	0
Direcktor	C Dazzler	Daoud	2
Ginger	C Matt	Bison	16
Sahil (2)	Not out		7
Extras			10
			144

 

 

	Overs	Mdn	Runs	Wickets
SteveO	4	0	26	3
Rog	4	0	15	1
Daoud	4	0	29	3
Baldrick	2.3	0	26	0
Bison	2	0	15	1
Dazzler	3	0	29	1

 

 

Predictably of course, after tea it all went somewhat awry as as Choppers boyz really got stuck in to the bowling - especially Dickie and Flossie who started walloping massive sixes off Sahil and Padders.  Quite why they can’t do this in regular games is beyond me, but I digress and so at close Choppers men looked impregnable on 127+97 being 224. 

As the Puffs men marched out into the darkness of a British summer, 141 were required off 20, being 7 an over.  And so the openers promptly collapsed one after another, with Tinker racking up his third duck of the day (a new club joint record) and only Arsey whacking. But then cometh the hour cometh the man and Elvis and Puff got really stuck in and the score gradually rose as the gloom deepened but there were not many wicket or balls to play with. And with nearly 60 required the Direktor holed out a soft one to square leg and it was down to Puff, Sahil, Ginger and Arsey. And they reached into their cricket boxes and pulled out the big ones and as Baldrick came in for the final over, 9 runs were need off 6 balls and Puff hit a four.  And had to retire. And Arsey came in and hit a 2 then a 4 for an ecstatic victory.  

 And what a game, you couldn’t have inserted a fag paper between the teams.