What a great time we had on our Tour de France II, April 2006

Acting on a recommendation from Lodi CC in Italy, in 2006 we played the Riveria (formerly Cabris) Cricket Club on Saturday and Entrecasteaux CC on the Sunday in the Var Region of Provence.  And we had a fab time, with especial thanks to Maurice and Ann, and to Brian for all their help.	Man of the Tour Ex Capn Ben shows the German how he would have placed the field if he had still been in charge

 

Local links: see http://www.provenceweb.fr/e/var/entrecas/entrecas.htm ). for Entrecasteaux CC see the club website here. Riviera CC play at St Vallier de Thiey . Above is the Tour de la Faye col and the road to Digne, which is on the Route Napoleon .

We all stayed at The Hotel la Villa Tosca , right in the middle of Cannes - an excellent and inexpensive hotel with lovely staff, rooms and bang on the for the local boozers and nighteries.

 

The lads queue at Cabris, patiently waiting their chance to get out first ball	Team elder statesmen in training for most ducks on tour award

 

Back, L-R: Hon Speccie, Steve L'Eau, Etoile de Porn d'Elvis, Rog, Arsey, Bison, Tink F L-R  Le Monde de Kul, ExCBen, l'allemande, Mercure, L'Episte,Le Boss, La femme Ancien. Salix CC versus Riviera CC (Cabris) at Cabris (Riviera CC) on 22-05-2006 ( 40 Over Game ) Salix CC (batting second) 193 all out off 40 overs Match Lost Riviera CC (Cabris) 199 for 4 off 21 overs No Player Score How Out 1. Mark Dyson 22 Caught 2. Mike Ellis 1 Caught 3. Dave Henig 7 LBW 4. Adam Darling 74 Caught & Bowled 5. Christy Kulasingam 1 Caught 6. Ben Shaw 0 Run Out 7. Andy Foster 0 Bowled 8. Tony Fletcher 17 Caught 9. Jehan DeSilva 26 Not Out 10. Graham Nannery 0 Bowled 11. Andy Rayner 14 Bowled 12. Steve Jacobs 0 Not Out 13. Roger Heaton 0 Did Not Bat Extras 31 Total 193 No. Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Ave SR Econ 1. Steve Jacobs 6 1 22 2 11.00 18.00 3.67 2. Jehan DeSilva 3 0 37 1 37.00 18.00 12.33 3. Mike Ellis 8 0 42 2 21.00 24.00 5.25 4. Christy Kulasingam 4 0 38 0 - - 9.50 1A Rog 4.3 1 26 1 26     3a Andy Rayner 3 0 29 0 - -   Salix CC versus Entrecasteaux at Entrecasteaux on 24-05-2006 ( 35 Over Game ) Salix CC (batting second) 154 all out off 34 overs Match Lost Entrecasteaux 187 for 8 off 35 overs No Player Score How Out 1. Dave Henig 5 Bowled 2. Andy Rayner 0 Caught 3. Ben Shaw 63 Not Out 4. Jehan DeSilva 16 Caught 5. Graham Nannery 0 Bowled 6. Christy Kulasingam 1 Bowled 7. Mike Ellis 0 Bowled 8. Andy Foster 0 LBW 9. Tony Fletcher 11 Caught 10. Stuart Lumsden 29 Caught & Bowled 11. Charlie Hewitt 0 Caught 12. Steve Jacobs 0 Did Not Bat Extras 29 Total 154 No. Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Ave SR Econ 1. Steve Jacobs 4 0 15 0 - - 3.75 2. Christy Kulasingam 5 0 24 0 - - 4.80 3. Charlie Hewitt 7 0 44 0 - - 6.29 4. Mike Ellis 8 2 38 3 12.67 16.00 4.75 5. Tony Fletcher 8 1 38 3 12.67 16.00 4.75 6. Andy Foster 3 0 24 2 12.00 9.00 8.00