Bashers Cricket Club

A Dark & Steamy Night – Business V Pudong, 28th July

It was a bloody hot day and we won. Much of the pre-match chatter concerned the weather. The mercury was resting at a painful 38 degrees in Shanghai but it felt more like 46 degrees according to various iPhones. So hot was it, that Tango was unsure if they were real conditions. Surely weather this hot was unfeasible. It must all be a dream, a terrible sweaty nightmarish dream. But no, it wasn’t a dream, this was real and Business had 80 overs of toil awaiting them.

Pleasure V Pudong, April 29th

The Bashers that awoke on the fine Sunday morning of the 29th April could be categorised into three groups. The first were the keen, fresh and alert Bashers who spent the previous day meditating and resting up before this important fixture against Pudong. The second group were blurry of eyes and sore of head following an evening of revelry at Parrot’s leaving do chez Cages. The third, and perhaps most alarming, subset of Bashers, were the zombie-like cricketers who arrived for the game in person, if not in spirit following a very heavy (and unsuccessful) tour in Suzhou and the Former President’s party. More details to follow in the tour’s Lumberjack.

Lumberjack – Leisure V Wellington Sunday 14th May

The Leisure XI gathered, bleary-eyed, at The Camel for a match against Wellington early on Sunday 14th May. Pies and beers spread their way around the bus as the Bashers regaled stories from the previous evening. Bhenchod’s attempt and failure to build cross-class relations with a resident of Hull and Rash’s sleep in the park after being locked out were particular highlights. The bus journey flew by and after much hilarity, The Bashers arrived at SRFC eager for victory.