2013 Guangzhou 6s Lumberjack report<\/b><\/p>\n
For various reasons, the final 8 that went to Guangzhou fluctuated until the following people actually boarded (much delayed) flights to the warmer climate in GZ. They were<\/p>\n
Denzel \u201cCranky\u201d Allright<\/p>\n
Sameer \u201cPaps\u201d Jolly (capt)<\/p>\n
Channa \u201cMade In\u201d Phillip<\/p>\n
Sean \u201cThe Korean\u201d Malcon<\/p>\n
Jack \u201cDags\u201d Sheppard<\/p>\n
Manoj \u201ca Trois\u201d Zalpuri<\/p>\n
Ben \u201cPope Benedict CXCV\u201d Collins<\/p>\n
Chris \u201cLunchcutter\u201d Wade<\/p>\n
Various other Bashers that made guest appearances there included Compass, who couldn\u2019t stop rambling on the microphone and Birdshit.<\/p>\n
This tour was to be the comeback tour of the ever popular \u201cMade In\u201d who was back in China after a 2 year hiatus in the mountains of Colombia and the slums of Bangalore.<\/p>\n
The tour started of with\u201d a Trois\u201d and \u201cMade In\u201d flying in separate from the main bunch. \u201cA Trois\u201d for some poor reason, and \u201cMade In\u201d flying in from Tianjin. Some suggested that Made In should\u2019ve bought a ticket to Shanghai first and then make the trip together, but there were no volunteers to pay for such venture. All 3 flights were delayed for various reasons and the main Basher posse responded by drinking their flight dry within minutes of in flight service beginning (not really that an impressive feat since they forgot to warn the airlines at check in to actually put more than a six pack on the plane).<\/p>\n
\u201cA Trois\u201d and \u201cMade In\u201d reached GZ around the same time and made their way to the hotel, where they were greeted by a semi-horizontal Jon Newton (JN). The rest of the posse arrived after \u201cMade In\u201d finished checking in and after meeting the new additions to the Bashers since his arrival, the group proceeded to get washed up in preparation for a big night out. To catch up with the others who had already played a whole day of games.<\/p>\n
The Bashers must\u2019ve pissed off some major deity, as what happened that night could only be described as bad karma. Coincidently, it was at a place called Kama. The night started with a dodgy taxi ride, where \u201cPops\u201d tried to make \u201cMade In\u201d ride him in the taxi. Within seconds of entering Kama, the first thing every Basher noticed was the shit band singing their \u201cout of\u201d tunes (presumably to make everyone leave). A few ridiculously expensive beers later, most Bashers decided we were not drunk enough to handle the place and leave. \u201cPope\u201d\u00a0 also \u2018agreed\u2019 and nodded, but never made it out with the rest of the posse and stayed there. At the end of the night, JN lost his phone and \u201cPope\u201d lost his watch. Whichever hole they left them in, nobody knows\u2026.<\/p>\n
First match of the morning was a bright and early start, with most Bashers making breakfast after a good night\u2019s sleep. We should\u2019ve known better\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n
Against the Leopards, the Bashers started off with a typical collapse and left it all to the last man standing, \u201cPaps\u201d to score 95% of the runs. \u201cKorean\u201d managed to run himself out, and the others were too sober to see the ball. However, the soberness (and dropping of \u201cMade In\u201d) allowed the Bashers to put self inflicted<\/span> pressure on the opposition and took the defense of a piss poor 30 odd to the final over.<\/p>\n A 4 hour wait was passed by with a typical fines session which nearly all non-game fines targeted poor \u201cMade In\u201d, presumably to make up the lack of fines sessions attended in the last 2 years. Then the much awaited return of \u201cMade In\u201d against the pirates. Bowling first, there was no real drama until \u201cMade in\u201d come on. With Burns taking strike and knowing what to expect, kept the ball down and taking the easy single. Exposing young Jack Sparrow who had no idea what was about to come. After a few sledges from the Bashers and his batting partner, was tempted out of his crease in attempt to stamp his authority but was left stranded in the middle of the pitch wondering what the hell happened. Some other SH veteran came in, and played and missed the first ball. After a wonderful start of 1\/1 of 3 balls, \u201cMade in\u201d bowled a pile of tripe that would make \u201cHammer\u201d proud and conceded 20 off 3 balls, mostly in wides and no balls.\u00a0 The rest of the bowling effort was relatively tidy, leaving the Basher to chase a doable 70 odd.<\/p>\n Well, after the first batting effort, we figured it couldn\u2019t go too badly. With no pressure to win, as we already collected the points in a pre-arranged deal, we started the chase like crap. \u201cKorean\u201d managed to run himself out again (being run out more times than \u201cMade In\u201d is just pathetic\u2026\u2026). \u201cA Trois\u201d got another pathetic 1 digit score and the other Bashers blocking around or just got out. Another loss, but with 2 points this time around. Another quick fines sessions was followed by a great telling of the \u201cMade in\u201d hat trick by \u201cCranky\u201d, who has probably made a few balls disappear and added a convenient name here or there to add to the legend, hence planting the seeds of perhaps the greatest legend in Bashers folklore.<\/p>\n The third game was scheduled as the last game of the day. And the Bashers were eagerly awaiting their only match against a non-Shanghai team in the group stage. Umpires decided to delay the game till the next day in a highly controversial decision of calling a stop of play due to bad light. Most players felt that it was unnecessary, as we were more than happy to rebowl any delivery that hit a bat (the ones that typically fly around at dusk, not the ones we swing around pretending that we know how to bat.<\/p>\n The rest of the night could only be described as miscommunications galore. Firstly, most of the Bashers avoided the bar so they could eat some delicious Cantonese food (that did not disappoint). \u201cCranky\u201d was adamant that we should support the sponsors and eat their grovel, but most of us were more than prepared to drink our support. The group could never get together as people started dropping out one by one before the others could arrive. The whole night was a blur, with \u201cCranky\u201d mostly being cranky about being left out of most things and a large group of Bashers going back to Kama despite universally agreeing that it was crap.<\/p>\n The next morning was highly disappointing for the Bashers, as only \u201cMade In\u201d, \u201cA Trois\u201d and \u201cPaps\u201d showing up for the morning bus and making it to the first game. The other Bashers presumably wanted the trio to go to their room and give them a rub and tug to wake them up from their persistent whining about not getting them out of bed. With 3 other SH ring ins, the Bashers played their only game against non-SH opposition. The game started of absolutely wonderfully, with \u201cA Trois\u201d and the 3 ring ins (which are awesome bats according to \u201cPaps\u201d) proceed to get out within the first 2 overs with 16 on the board. The rest of the Basher posse, minus \u201cPope\u201d, arrived just after the game and quickly had to get ready for our semi-final against the Hot Dogs. Batting first, \u201cA Trois\u201d obviously pissed off at being outclassed by a rather average looking \u201cMade in\u201d with the bat in the earlier game and the generally trolling of the 4 late arriving Bashers, smashed a quick 30 to retire. In the meantime, \u201cLunchcutter\u201d got his eye in by smashing a 6 in the first over and proceeded to block for the rest of the game. \u201cKorean\u201d was padded up and ready to try and run himself out a 3rd<\/sup> time, but was not given the chance. The best batting effort for the Bashers gave the Hot dogs a chase of 76.<\/p>\n \u201cPaps\u201d being oblivious to ICC rules, allowed the opposition captain the use a gazelle as a runner who promptly ran twos with ease, eating into the chase quickly and hitting 6s between the 2s to quickly reach retirement. The 4th<\/sup> over was bowled by \u201cMade in\u201d with 17 runs to defend, represents a major juncture in this tale. The following is the story that \u201cPope\u201d believed\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n With the pressure piling on, the Hot Dogs knew they had to take the risk and smash \u201cMade in\u201d around instead of risking it against the loopier fruit doled out by the \u201cKorean\u201d. \u201cMade in\u201d took a hat trick, wiping out the last bit of resistance of the doggies as they walked back to the sidelines with their tails between their legs. \u201cMade In\u201d bowing the Basher to an unlikely victory. Unfortunately the famous victory came at a great cost, with \u201cA Trois\u201d injuring himself taking a heroic diving catch to complete a legendary second 6s hat trick by \u201cMade in\u201d<\/p>\n With \u201cCranky\u201d injured on the sidelines with a\u00a0 pulled middle leg or something, and various other Bashers sore, the call was made to wake \u201cPope\u201d up from his beauty sleep and get down to the game to play in the final with the Hong Kong side that was only starting to put things together with bat and ball. After a desperate call from \u201cDags\u201d (his major contribution on tour, other than being an effective beer wench), \u201cPope\u201d was rushing in on a taxi to make it to the ground to open the batting.<\/p>\n As soon as, \u201cPope\u201d arrived, we all did a quick warm up with a quick jog, done mostly by \u201cPope\u201d. A quick fielding session followed, with all significant fielding done by \u201cPope\u201d. Losing the toss, we were forced to open the batting. So \u201cPope\u201d and \u201cLunchcutter\u201d padded up, and were awaiting the end of a previous game . And out walked \u201cPope\u201d to face the first ball which he promptly played and missed. However, the masquerade could go on no longer, nobody in the ground could contain their laughter anymore and only then did \u201cPope\u201d realized that he had been had.<\/p>\n And hence another legend is born in Bashers folklore from Guangzhou 2013.<\/p>\n Lets rewind back to that crucial juncture in the story with \u201cMade in\u201d having plenty to defend. He got quickly dispatched around the field, only to have the \u201cKorean\u201d walk up to him and sledge him (which is coincidently all the \u201cKorean\u201d did in the game other than picking the ball up from beyond) before being dispatched another time to consign the \u201cKorean\u201d as a surplus player.<\/p>\n The Bashers were obviously disappointed and started our final fines session, before it dawned on us that there was an opportunity for some major deception and entertainment to be had to kill off at least one of the hours we had to wait for our flights. So the call was made to \u201cPope\u201d for \u2018reinforcements\u2019 as \u201cA Trois\u201d was badly injured completing a \u201cMade in\u201d hat trick and most were sore and injured from the two morning matches. \u201cDags\u201d convinced \u201cPope\u201d that he was required to open the batting, since we were not prepared to let the \u201cKorean\u201d run himself for a 5th<\/sup> time in a tournament at the top of the order.<\/p>\n With \u201cPope\u201d on the way, the Bashers spread the news among the rest of the teams to prepare for the upcoming prank. With his arrival, the story continued as told before.<\/p>\n With humiliation complete, the \u201cPope\u201d was left little recourse but to accept his punishment for missing matches on tour. And was repeatedly sledge over the day from players from all over. Congratulations on the first 100no in a 6s \u201cPope\u201d. However, the signs were clear from a very early stage<\/p>\n The key to the successful prank was the cooperation of all the other teams and \u201cLunchcutter\u2019s dedication to the prank by padding up and walking out to bat.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Somehow miraculously at the end of such a poor tournament for the Bashers, there were some performances of note.<\/p>\n Overall, an enjoyable weekend had by all, but a tour legend that will be hard to beat.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Channa \u201cMade in\u201d Phillip<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2013 Guangzhou 6s Lumberjack report For various reasons, the final 8 that went to Guangzhou fluctuated until the following people actually boarded (much delayed) flights to the warmer climate in GZ. 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\n\u201cMade in\u201d and \u201cPaps\u201d were left to salvage some pride and reached a moderately defendable 36. The ring ins proceeded to concede runs quickly, consigning the Bashers to a quick and stinging defeat.<\/p>\n\n
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