Bashers Cricket Club

For the second time this season the Leisure’s finest were headed out to Dulwich to face the Pudong Power. After the season opener ended in the Duckworth Lewis debacle that is still being argued over in the No1 Court of Shanghai Sporting Arbitration, the team was looking forward to getting a full shot at the Power.

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First of all a massive thanks again to all the people who keep giving us prizes.

However i get the feeling that if we gave away paper clips we’d still have the same response: huge!

Another record quiz attendance: 14 teams!

So here’s how it finished (approximately):

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The highs and lows of cricket in Shanghai could not be better embodied than the plight of the Leisure Bashers. The ecstasy and euphoria from a thumping 10 wicket victory over Dulwich the week before was followed by the devastation and empty feeling of a 100 odd run loss to the Devils. We blame Paul ‘Terror’ Turner and Garth ‘Shania’ Muncy for their no show.

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As the remaining Street workers tried to pick up trash outside the Camel at 9am , a school bus notable for lack of leg room ferried the Leisure Men to Dulwich to do battle with the Knights .

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On another cracking day, the Bashers Div 2 squad were all up bright, early and assembled at The Camel accompanied by an entourage of black-suited Latvians keen to watch/participate in the Noble Game after appearing from a nearby all-night bender. The Skipper sent them away much to the chagrin of some of the assembled members, primarily because he thought that whilst amusing, they had probably peaked in entertainment value around the 7:25 mark.

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With the firecrackers still ringing in our ears from the opening of EXPO, the Bashers finest assembled for their 8AM MAY DAY bus at The Camel. Pity there was no bus, but we had beers & pies & new baggy blue Bashers caps, so we legged it via taxi’s to Dulwich. First thing we noticed at the ground was how beautiful the weather was, probably better suited to drinking than running around after a red leather ball. JC was as usual late, so we offered him as a Bashers sacrifice to the under manned Hot Dogs, who didn’t even say thanks! (more…)

Bashers Cricket in Inner Mongolia

“Hi, I’m Richard, do you want to see my underpants?”

What better way for a Basher to greet the Million Tree Project representative Heather Wigmore on arrival at Kun Lun Qi, Inner Mongolia, a town of 50,000 in one of China’s poorest areas  The Bashers trio of Parrot, Pusher and Woodstock had just traversed 200km of arid zone, invigorated by fresh air, sunshine, blue skies, and a third place at the Frank’s Place pub quiz the previous night. Parrot was understandably euphoric after making up severe deficiencies in his  underwear ensemble during a snack stop on the way from TongLiao airport.  The Bashers faced a busy few days in the desert, and it was not the time for wardrobe malfunctions.

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Bashers Pleasure vs. the Leopards
24 April @ Dulwich

With the sun finally shining, the much-delayed Bashers Pleasure season got underway with a combination of new-comers,returnees and last season’s stalwarts.

Skipper Bugs won the toss and chose to bat opening up with recent Hard Dogs signing, Shaun ‘Golden Shears’ Lear and Gary ‘Pothole’ Dubberley. They found the going slow against an accurate Leopards attack and Golden Shears parted for a duck, completely missing a well pitched up straight one. Pothole and returnee Tony ‘Badabing’ Finnochiaro kept the score ticking over without ever managing to truly break free from the bowlers grasp. (more…)

Shanghai Cricket Hope Elementary School Opens in Sichuan

School Visit Report by Ainsley Mann

The 2008 Sichuan Earthquake saw an unparalleled response from the Government, Corporate and NGO sectors as well as private philanthropists. However not many sports organisations were able to mobilize themselves in the way the Shanghai Cricket did, a fact made all the more unusual by cricket’s almost unknown status in China. Shanghai Cricket’s endeavors finally bore fruit this month when the Si Pan Village Elementary School formally reopened. The school also carries the name of Shanghai Cricket Hope Elementary School in recognition of the partnership between Shanghai Cricket and the China Youth Development Foundation’s Project Hope rural schools programme. (more…)

Here is today’s Global Times Shanghai Metro Section coverage of the Bashers; of special note, Circus’ respect for the family values of the newspaper and a long quote from our newest American cricketer, James McCloud [sic].