Sheffield Cricket Lovers' Society Year Book 2022

33 get them. ese stats merit applause, are certainly the best bowling gures in South Yorkshire and, needless to say, Zul qar’s side won the league. https://bit.ly/3pd2Ral When it comes to bowling hunger you can’t escape the exploits of She eld resident Chris Stride who travelled the country in search of cricket and, most importantly, wickets. His tally of 139 is a remarkable one. Playing 72 games, mainly for the Forty Club and She eld University Sta , there was also a cheeky loan game for She eld Centralians in there. See them here... https://bit.ly/3cYzJOu OBDURATE IS THE NAME I also spent summer playing for Forty Club, travelling far and wide, using my banked COVID leave. Opening the bowling on very at Private School and elite club surfaces is a tough job, and I’d like to think I so ened up a few batsmen for Chris!. Another game to mention is this Barnsley League game, not for the high score but for the exploits of Dennis White who scored 4 not out from 111 balls to secure a bonus point for Barnby Dun. https://bit.ly/3rssmXU Play Cricket sleuthing revealed that Dennis had done this to me too for Brodsworth Main when I played Sundays for She eld Phoenix United at Rotherham Phoenix. is blew up on social media but there were some very disparaging remarks from some observers and, possibly, opposing teams. My view is that the bonus point for not being bowled out is good. Being a Sunday league not requiring players to be registered, mismatches are a regular occurrence; this system is also used in the Mans eld League which includes some She eld teams. It’s disingenuous to carp at a team batting as per league rules in a league you have voluntarily entered in the rst place. I also fervently believe that there should not be competitive league cricket on Sundays at all, just a few Knockout Cups, because mismatches can be contrived to ensure slightly more jeopardy and intrigue. A er all, you can’t blame the batsmen here, given the league rules, and I did exactly the same in this league. I am sure many of you have some extraordinary stats of your own which I would love to see, maybe picking out some more irregular results or scores for the future? Finally, a question; in a world of ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ in club cricket are one sided games becoming more of an issue as players seem to congregate at the bigger clubs? I was lucky to play in a Saturday league this year with mostly competitive games and, although two strong teams were promoted, there were few real walkovers. But I know many competitions were not quite as lucky.