Quokkas Cricket Club

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.

Quokkas CC 191-1 (Tugboat 85no, Faggie 65no, Arunav 27) beat North Stifford CC 187-7 (Seagull 2-9, Skip 1-12)

It’s that time of the year again, when I have a good old moan about the world’s ills, outline the long and painful winter that I’ve had, before providing a short description of the first Quokkas defeat of the season. However, my winter wasn’t all bad this time around. Saints were obviously woeful (I’d put a fork in us back in February) and lost most weeks. The Eagles lost in the Superbowl. My freedom to protest was lost, as was my ability to swim in our waterways and move freely in Europe. However, I did move one step closer to becoming an Olympian, acquired my first trombone and ploughed my way through several cases of a lovely Chateauxneuf Du Pape.

Date: Sunday, March 6th, 2023 Location: Fairlea West, Fairfield Time: 10 a.m. start
Captain: Big Dave

Captains Log

Our biggest day of the year was set up to be a scorcher, Quokkas v the Standard @ Fairlea West.

No toss was necessary as they wanted to bowl and we wanted to bat, after a cheeky pre-game pump up net sesh. The standard brought out their best bowling of the year, smashing through our top order, with Radar caught at long on going after a loose delivery in the first over.