Quokkas Cricket Club

ACME CC 181 for 7 (Skip 2-15) beat Quokkas CC 142 all out (Faggie 32, Seagull 29, Driver 25, Evil 25)

Another day, another BBC news story about Seagulls, this time a bird has been banned from a store for shoplifting. The gull, named Steven has a penchant for BBQ beef flavoured crisps apparently and due to a six-year thieving spree, the desperate owner has put up `Wanted’ posters. This follows a story last month about a gull, also called Steven, that was regularly raiding a Bangor store for croissants whilst picking up his daily newspaper, the Cambrian News. Why are am I telling you this? Filler, just filler.

Coldharbour CC 189 all out (Evil 2-5, Yak 2-15, Prof 2-42) beat Quokkas CC 176 all out (Tugboat 77, Driver 24, Evil 22)

I didn’t get to see Interstellar at the cinema when it was released, so took advantage of rerun at my local Odeon. A few swift halves prior didn’t help my understanding of the fifth dimension and time continuum, but several previous `Pint of Science’ experiences should have prepared me for a lack of clarify alcohol brings to those subjects.

Gladiators CC 147-2 (Faggie 2-18) beat Quokkas 144 all out (Ali 35, Rashid 30, Hamza 22)

My name is Adrian Seagull Chesney, stand-in Commander of the Quokkas of the North, General of the Wheelhouse Legions, and loyal servant to the true skipper, Robin `Skip’ Bradley. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next… Er, sorry, I got a bit carried away there, but when else am I going to get that kind of opportunity?

Kidmore End CC 221-9 dec (Egg 2-17, Seagull 2-27) beat Quokkas CC 130 all out (Oliver 36, Evil Dave 28)

How was your winter? I was shot at, murdered and had my babies stolen. Well, not me personally, but my nickname’s sake. Despite being the most regularly featured animal in BBC news stories, on the Red List of Birds of Conservation Concern and a national survey showing that winter gull population is declining. Despite this, Seagulls are under attack from air rifles in Sussex, crossbows in Ayrshire, anti-seagull measures in Dumfries and Galloway such as egg and nest removal, culls and control licenses. The idea that we are a nation of animal lovers seems to only extend to cats and dogs these days. God help you if you are a bird with a love of chips.

Quokkas CC 198-7 (Faggie 93 no, The Driver 34, Sohail 26) beat ACME CC 97 all out (Smruti 3-2, Driver 3-14, Seagull 2-17)

It is independence day and if you weren’t aware, Major League Cricket is here, debuting at a sold-out stadium in Texas of all places, backed by IPL brands and with an array of international stars only too happy to have another set of franchises willing to pay them big bucks. With the sport intrinsically linked to spectator eating and drinking, offering a never-ending series of breaks for television commercials, a feast of stats and continuous point scoring…it is perhaps the sport the yanks have always wanted. Actually, cricket really was the US national sport back in in the 1800s and in 1844 a cricket match between the United States and Canada was the first international sporting event, predating the first England Australia test by thirty odd years. Cricket is said to have been played in the US since the early 1700s, but it was Benjamin Franklin that helped to formalise the game when bringing a copy of the Laws of cricket back to the States after a visit to England.