Devon
under 12+, Worcestershire 2nds,
Glamorgan 2nds, Somerset 2nds
Music:
Mainly Old Rock such as; Guns n'
Roses etc...
Food:
Any
kind of pasta dish
Travel:
America 1999, Bermuda 2001,
Australia 2005 (cricket for South
Perth)
Best
Cricketing Moment(s):
My
Best Cricketing Moment probably has
to be Playing in the Devon League A
Division(at the time playing for
Braunton) Against Bradninch Cricket
Club, Set 208 to win in our 50
overs, we lost our first wicket the
last ball of the first over, i went
out to bat....At the end of 3 overs
the side had been reduced to 12-4,
With Mark Lathwell and Luke Kerr
Back in the hutch within the space
of a couple of deliveries, Lathers
First ball, luke second or third,
both undone with rippers from Quick
Bowler Sean Nowak. Shane Tolley and
I got our heads down and tried
consolidating, Nowak Chucked in a
beamer, spearing towards Shanes
throat, he managed to get his bat up
in the nick of time, i think the bat
was considerable concussed after
that, took a nasty chunk out of it.
That was Nowaks Third Beamer of the
innings, he had bowled one at
Cresswell(opener) and one at Kerr
previously, the Umpires conferred
and to our relief Nowaks spell came
to a premature end, i think he had
only bowled 5 or 6 overs, but it was
firery stuff.
Shane Departed with the score on
about 90odd, and we lost another
wicket shortly after making it
around 110-8, it was looking like i
was going to be stranded on about
70............Then out came Angus
Murray, not renoun for his batting,
had bowled well when Bradninch
batted, we still had about 20 overs
to go, between 4 and 5 an over, only
problem was, 2 wickets left.
I told Angus to just give me the
stike at every available
opportunity, and thats exactly what
he did, we chipped away at the
total, whittling it down, i reached
a 100 for the first time in my Devon
League Career, but the job was not
finished, still needing somewhere in
the realms of 30 or 40 more runs in
the last 7 or 8 overs we could sense
that if we batted properly and not
panic we would snatch victory from
the jaws of defeat.
1 over to go, 7 needed, I hit a two
of the first ball, then missed the
next two, dont ask how, but three
balls to go 5 needed, i smashed the
ball and started running i thought
it was going for 4 only to see a
Bradninch hand dive and stop it.
That Brought Murray in the line of
fire, 4 off 2.........we conferred
just to take up some time and calm
ourselves......as the bowler was
running in i was praying Murray
would hit it for at least a
single........*BOOM* he connected
well, one bounce 4!! We couldnt
believe it, it looked impossible,
Bowser 120* - Murray
38*............. 208-8
Worst
Cricketing Moment(s)/Funny Stories
Ive
had afew moments which i would like
to put down, but im not going to.
One i will put down though is
Against Sandford in 2004, Bowling
First on the M5 that is Sandford,
Chris Luxton was bowling to Batsman
Richard Baggs, and exetremely
powerful left hander. Chris was
swinging the ball miles, sticking
the ball on a brilliant length
drawing Baggs Forward making him
lose his balance, but this one ball
he just strayed alittle on to Baggs'
pads, and Bang, A beautiful on drive
to mid-on where i was fielding, it
hit me before i'd really moved, it
smashed me in the ball on the side
of my foot, instant agony, i spent 6
hours in Exeter hospital, but the
worst thing was that we only lost by
a handfull of runs, so if i hadnt
been hurt i may well have filled in
that gap.
