5) CCC v Actors Anonymous - 1st July 2007

Tomorrow's game will take place here. Click on the map to zoom in. The pitch is opposite Ham House. Ham House website says to take the 371 bus from Richmond, get off at the Royal Oak pub on Ham St and walk half a mile to the house/ground.

Team is: JP, Andy, SB, Max, Steve W, Chris, Rockie, Tim R, Jay, The Don, The Don's son.

Match starts at 2pm prompt. Please arrive around 1pm. 12.09 from Waterloo looks a good option.

A clap from a champ

Selfish Batter today enjoyed a net with two Aussies who were passing through town. Sadly, they will not be available to face Actors Anonymous next weekend.

Please humour me by clicking on the second photo and playing spot the ball.

4) Cincinnati v Caribbean at Tooting

Our Caribbean curse continues at Tooting - and this time we took a bit of a lickin'. Our batting display was pretty good. Openers SB and Tom put on over 100 for the first wicket, and we ended up with 205-9 off 35 overs. The highlights were a half-century from SB and handy 40-somethings from Tom and Will. Special mention goes to our self-appointed Best Player, who returned to the crease after a period of illness with thighs resembling Gladiator.


At tea-time, our two skippers consulted to hatch a bowling strategy. In retrospect, perhaps this picture marks the moment when things started to go wrong.

Unfortunately, our opponents had also noticed that there was a short boundary on one side of the wicket. Despite some valiant fielding, our bowlers took some heavy punishment as Caribbean reached the winning total for the loss of just one wicket.



At the close of play, our hands and egos bruised, we were left to ponder whether Tim M's pre-match musing of "I could have finished A Winter's Tale today" wouldn't indeed have been a better way to spend the day.

Result: Lost
Scores: CCC: 205-9 in 35 overs; Caribbean: 206-1 in about 25 overs.
Season so far: P4, W2, L1, ?1

Spot your favourite Cincinnati player

The lull in the fixture list gives us a chance to go back to our roots and reassess our progress. Have a look at this episode of Dad's Army - there are some striking similarities to Cincinnati. The relationship between Mainwaring and Wilson is reminiscent of that between another captain and his vice. Corporal Jones's batting has something of the ex-Chairman about it. And the umpire's joy at raising his finger could apply to any one of us really.

Never resting, always testing

The Chairman uses the gap in the cricket schedule to try out some possible additions to his tea menu.