Bashers Cricket Club

Bashers v Hotdogs 27 March 2005

Sitting at my desk with the biggest smile on my face in years, pondering what the anti-basher and his team mates have to say for themselves today after getting whipped by a depleted Bashers team still trying to find some form this season. (more…)

As the eternal rivals arrived at the field the temperature had reached a sizzling and sunny 5 degrees, well above the prediction of 0 degree.

Under new skipper Ian Syer and vice captains Steve Aikman, James Gooding and 2015 skipper apprentice Ed Molony, all of the Bashers turned out early for a net session that displayed their vigour and worth.

The Hot Dogs were slow on arrival and many of the usual faces from last year were working, traveling or injured. The bun had arrived without the sausage. However there had obviously been heavy recruiting done in the off season and the innocent faces of new dogs “Pups” showed up in numbers and took instructions from resident dog, Mike Tsesmelis, who was carrying an injury that has yet to be diagnosed. The Bashers, ever mindful of a wounded dog were keen to start the season (albeit a scratch match) with a victory against the team that had caused so much pain and anguish to them the previous year.

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