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Leisure vs Daredevils DUI – match report

The ongoing risk of rain, the typhoon warning, and an early morning start couldn’t keep Leisure from fielding a full side (and then some) against our worthy opponents – who although were unable to fill a team, managed to post a 98 run total for Leisure to chase.

Fresh off the bus from the Camel, the skipper had put his money on 2 of his best to start the innings  - Woodstock and Mouse (me!).Having seen these upstanding Bashers start the day in traditional style (bus beers and some “vapo” action), it left the skipper nothing but the strongest impression that his opening duo were ready to rip through the top-order…

After  conceding a few opening boundaries and multiple wides, it seemed that this decision was not the Skippers best, as such after realizing his  mistake,  retired  Mouse to the field after 2 overs. Woodstock got his 3.

Uncertain on the accuracy as to which he (Skipper) was making his decision making  on who to bowl, things started to turn Leisure’s way as Ganja, Puberty, Sharapova, Birdshit, Dags and Long Dong took the ball and led Leisure towards a series of “Ultimate Leisure Classic Catches”.
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Bashers Pleasure vs Pudong Power June 5 2011

Bashers Pleasure lost the toss and were put in to the field on an overcast afternoon. Captain Bugs set an aggressive field blessed as he was with a strong bowling line-up. The Dog and Kit Bag got things off to a steady start with Kit Bag removing one of the Pudong openers in his second over.

Runs remained hard to come by for Pudong as first changers Tubby and Sinbad continued to keep things very tight,ably assisted by a field which had woken up after a series of early ground-fielding mishaps.

Sinbad broke through a couple of times whilst Tubby produced a great spell at the other end without any luck. Conan took over from Sinbad and was practically unplayable in a 5 over spell of 3-23. Bugs then mopped up the tail with 3-14 well aided by some fine fielding from Growler (3 catches) and Sinbad. The Korean also did fine work behind the stumps, looking particularly sharp down the leg side.

Set 123 to win, Bashers started the chase with great caution and were only at 39 at the half way mark with 4 batsmen back in the pavilion. The arrival of Conan (43) at the crease turned things around and his partnership with Swoop (16) took us within sight of victory. After Swoop’s departure, the Dog (19 Not Out) continued the good work first with Sinbad and then with Bugs as victory was achieved in the 27^th over with three wickets in hand.

• Sunday 5 June 2011 SRFC Far
  Pudong Power 122/10 (2.62)
  Bashers Pleasure 123/7 (7.23)

Notable highlights:

Fielding

Bugs-3-14

Conan-3-23

Sinbad-2-26

Growler-3 catches

Batting

Conan-43

The Dog-19

Swoop-16

Man of the Match:

Conan

2011 Division Two

Monday 6 June 2011	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Devils Digital	5	4	0	1	784	671	32.44
Leopards CC	5	3	0	2	781	759	28.81
Bashers Pleasure	5	2	0	3	715	821	22.55
DPR Hot Dogs	4	2	0	2	633	776	20.33
Doosra Devils	4	2	0	2	646	546	19.46
Pudong Power	5	1	0	4	743	729	18.23

Leisure v Hot Dogs (real match report). Apologies for the one sent out after a few rounds of shots.

Leisure faced an entirely new look Hot Dogs team who used modern technology and our club captain’s ignorance of the rules to thwart us. We were also not helped by the Dulwich Security Gestapo who refused to allow us access to the toilets….

Mouse and Woodstock being smarter and more experienced than the rest of team and knowing that Dulwich was an alcohol free zone turned up at the Camel a full hour before departure to get on the lash. Latex however did not pitch up nor did he return on the bus with the team. There is clearly a new Mrs Latex in his life and quite rightly the lovestruck Latex has placed his new love’s school homework supervision as a higher priority. (more…)

Bashers vs Devils Digital Dulwich 29 May 2011

A perfect day for cricket at The Dulwich Oval saw Bugs win the toss and take first dig against a very keen Digital side who had arrived at the ground an hour early for extended fielding practice.

Our batting started brightly with ‘Tiny’ Tim O’Connell and Sean ‘The Korean’ Malcon keeping the scoring ticking over against an endless procession of accurate medium pace bowling.’The Korean’ perished to a pearler on middle stump which brought Glen ‘Growler’ Rowell to the middle. With ‘Tiny’, they accumulated at a reasonable pace up until shortly before the break when ‘Tiny’ took a heave and was caught behind. His stylish 41 was a good start to his Bashers career. Mal ‘Omega’ Collins made a few and our other newcomer Mike ‘Tubby’ Hall followed with a quick fire 15. He looked a good hitter and an exciting prospect for later in the campaign. The runs then dried up to tight bowling including the spinmeister who took a ‘Five-For’and we finished our 30 overs on 147.

All of the Bashers bowling suffered from too many wides and no balls. We managed to send down 40-This combined with 20-30 too few off the bat left us with too much to do and the Devils reached the target in the 21st over. Pat ‘The Dog’ Savina. ‘Tiny’ Tim O’Connell, Mike ‘Tubby’ Hall,and Glenn ‘Growler’ Rowell all looked useful except for the spate of wide deliveries.’Tiny’ gets steep bounce and the other lads mentioned get a bit of seam movement off the pitch. ‘Tubby’ swings the odd one and will take wickets at D2 Level. Ben ‘Conan’ Parris had an excellent spell of leg spin and at times, looked unplayable. With more runs on the board to play with, he would have had an opportunity to run through them.

• Sunday 29 May 2011 Dulwich College
  Bashers Pleasure 147/10 (2.67)
  Devils Digital 151/6 (7.51)

2011 Division Two

Monday 30 May 2011	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Leopards CC	4	3	0	1	641	599	25.61
Devils Digital	4	3	0	1	624	531	25.04
DPR Hot Dogs	4	2	0	2	633	776	20.33
Doosra Devils	4	2	0	2	646	546	19.46
Pudong Power	4	1	0	3	621	606	15.61
Bashers Pleasure	4	1	0	3	592	699	15.32

So; the Boys are looking sharper and we have bowling and batting depth. A bit more discipline will see us cruising towards the play-offs. ‘The Skip’.

Bashers Business Top the league after the first round.

The Bashers Business have taken the first round honors after a commanding batting display saw them easy winners over Pu Dong Power on Sunday’s final round-one clash.

2011 Division One

Monday 30 May 2011	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Bashers Business	4	3	0	1	927	795	29.07
K2 CCC	4	2	0	2	901	784	23.41
Daredevils	4	2	0	2	800	849	22
DPR Hot Dogs	4	2	0	2	656	737	21.76
Pudong Power	4	1	0	3	661	780	17.01

A 7am meeting time was greeted with an impressive level of compliance with the expected exception of Sir Dick at 2mins and 30 seconds past the buzzer and Sin Bad who as it turned out was on an entirely different Time Zone. There was a positive mood in the camel as the Business and Pleasure teams assembled. A fragrance of optimism hung in the air which barely managed to overpower the odor of the Camel’s previous evening festivities.

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Bashers CC Pleasure vs Hot Dogs-22 May 2011 SRFC

A blustery, windy day at SRFC saw Bashers win the toss and take first dig- The Korean and Pit Stop were making good progress against some wayward opening bowling when a running mix-up saw Pit Stop caught well outside his ground as the ball which was hit directly to the fielder was returned neatly over the stumps.

Omega settled in quickly and comfortably and was moving along serenely in the twenties when the introduction of Rak’s Channa-style leggies proved to be his undoing and he was clean bowled trying to hit the ball out of the park. (more…)

Leisure vs. Dulwich, May 15 2011

It may have been the Lord’s day but the time and the place were ungodly: 7:15am on a Sunday, sniffing crusted-up spunk and stale vomit outside the Camel Bar.  Those fine ladies that walk the night were still flitting about, greeting the forces of Leisure as we arrived.  Their faces reminded us of dropped mince pies, sparking a hunger for the bus ride.

The troops assembled in a timely fashion, with the only question mark regarding attendance hanging over the horizontal head of Woodstock.  As Woody was undoubtedly passed out before his 60” flatscreen surrounded by concubines, our wise and able leader Parrot / Latte saw fit to guarantee his bowling stocks with a series of rousing (and arousing) phone calls timed perfectly to piss off the tall timber and prevent him from returning to slumber.  So it was Leisure filed onto the bus and set off for Hogwarts, I mean Dulwich College.

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Business vs K2 Lumberjack, May 15th 2011

May 15th, Business vs K2 Lumberjack Report

(First up an apology to those that have to work on Mondays and don’t have time to read the entirety of this report. I don’t work on Mondays (or any other days really) so this will be a long one.

On another beautiful Shanghai early summer’s morning the Business, fresh off an historic victory over the Dogs, set out to Dulwich College to take on the undeafeted K2. Tank had come into the Business side for this game as Sir Dick was having some R&R in Hong Kong. Business had a proud record of four consecutive victories over K2, including the 2009 Final, since their loss to them in their inaugural match in early 2009. We had their number, or so we thought…..

By 12.00 the sun was baking down on the slightly unusually shaped Dulwich College field. “Slice” corner was undergoing some construction to install a long jump track apparently, so bowling was restricted to the Dulwich College End and short fine leg was on the boundary, almost inside the circle.
With the temperature soaring the toss was going to be crucial. In what was to be his last toss as Business Skipper Stats came up trumps and immediately inserted the K2 behemoths into the field. Victory assured. Or so we thought…..

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Lumberjack Rock Reports on Three From Three

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The bus brought the second load of passengers from The Camel to do somthing constructive and make a day out of the entire journey that was a good 45 minutes wasted.

We started with a Loss of the toss . Put into field by the Leopards, the Windies attack was brought into action. Quick four wickets in first 6 overs rattled the ranks of Leopards. Zeb and Biplove played through the rest of the first half extremely well and saw the score reaching 90. Kitbag finished with impressive 3 for 18 off 6 overs. It was all down hill for the Zeb’s harem after the drinks. Brilliant bowling by Pat ripped them apart. 3 for Pat off 6 overs for 25. Second spell, Swahili out of gas still could spew some venom to finish off with 2 for an expensive 37 off 6. Highlight of the day, the baseball pitcher turned medium pacer, our very own Tank from “God Bless America” finished the session on a hattrick with 2 wickets in 3 balls and no run conceded. 25 overs, all out, Target 150 for victory.

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