We came, we saw, we collapsed: Sultans inaugural game ends in defeat, but to quote Michael Vaughan there were plenty of positives

by Wizzer on 10th May 2010 in Random musings

And below are the positives, plus some (one) negatives.

All in all, though, a bloody good show. Thanks to all the players, tea ladies, sausage man, etc.

The Sultans live, the Sultans can play, the Sultans are as stiff as a randy virgin on his wedding night.

Bring on the The John Minshull invitational XI…

Positives

The tea – a tour de force ladies (and Jonny)
The speedy over rate
Only one broken leg
Henry Kelly becoming the Sultans first celeb fan
Ben and Boss’ 90-run stand
We tonned up!
Some fine displays of athleticism in the field, namely from Tommy, Jonny and Wyndy
Some welcome comments of praise from the oppo

Negatives

We lost

Full match report/post mortem to come, sometime tomorrow. With pics! Hurrah!

Ooh, my back.

scotch egg, stiffness, the buffet is open, valliant defeat

8 Comments:

I can’t walk.

Worth it though. A tremendous effort all round.

by Boss on 10th May 2010 at 2:38 pm
when will the words ‘Scotch egg’ be bigger than the words ‘player profile’ in the ‘tags’ section again, Boss?

And why is there nothing about a very refreshed Henry Kelly having to move his car to let Steve out of the pub car park, and then claiming to have watched our match on Sky in the ‘positives’ section?

by jonny on 10th May 2010 at 6:23 pm
when there are more scotch eggs than players, JP – and not before.

by Boss on 10th May 2010 at 8:02 pm
The very angry lady (I made her late for dinner) who attempted to park in my space whilst I was stuck between a rock (car) and a hard place(Big metal Pole) handed me a shoe. it’s a nice brown Columbia approach shoe, anyone missing one of those?

Great day. We probably we wouldn’t have been dishing out extras like scotch eggs and Scones. Something to work on I think. I’m as guilty as anyone with 12 wides in 6 overs.

by The Bear on 10th May 2010 at 10:39 pm
I meant to say ‘We probably would have won if we ….

by The Bear on 10th May 2010 at 10:40 pm
Steve, have you really got that shoe? It belongs to Cinderella, sorry, Mrs Doghouse. Will pick it up off you the next time we meet. Hopefully with Henry Kelly there. Did you ask him: “What am I?”

by Doghouse on 10th May 2010 at 11:19 pm
Hotcock, I’m sure Henry Kelly will get a mention in the official match report when Tom gets round to writing it…

by David Boon on 11th May 2010 at 11:33 am
I still can’t walk properly

crippledbycricket.com

by Boss on 11th May 2010 at 1:06 pm

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