Great Missendens Pelicans 2017

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Sunday October 8th vs Regals CC

Match cancelled

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Sunday October 1st vs Kensington CC

Match cancelled

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Sunday September 24th vs Golden Age

Golden Age 142   Great Missenden Pelicans 143 for 5 (Kunaal Kankate 57)

WON by 5 wickets

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Sunday September 17th vs Ealing Hanwellians

Match CANCELLED - waterlogged pitch

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Sunday September 10th vs Ley Hill

Great Missenden Pelicans 221-2 (Kunaal Kankate 94, Clive Nicholls 48, Simon Tickler 44*)   Ley Hill 29-1

Match Abandoned

The Pelis continue their unbeaten run with a match abandoned

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Sunday September 3rd vs Bledlow Village

Bledlow Village 107 (20 overs)   Great Missenden Pelicans 108-4 (Kunaal Kankate 68)

WON by 6 wickets

As Eric Hoffer said “Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do”. Me neither, but hell we got another victory on Sunday.

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Sunday August 27th vs Widmer End

Great Missenden Pelicans 210 for 5 (Asad Rehman 82, Will Bentall 45, Kunaal Kankate 40)   Widmer End 145 (Asad Rehman 3-2, Raghu Kankate 3-43)

WON by 65 runs

Whilst the victory over Northdown was fresh, plans were already afoot to deliver a new round of crisp drubbage to those entertaining souls at Widmer End.

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Saturday August 26th vs Northdown

Northdown 168 all out (NVDP 3-15, Richard Frank 3-33, Pasindo Fernando 3-41)   Great Missenden Pelicans 169-6

WON by 4 wickets

We welcomed Northdown from the Garden of England for the second match of their 2017 tour.

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Sunday August 20th vs Hit or Miss

Great Missenden Pelicans 177-7 (Kunaal Kankate 69*, Asad Rehman 44)   Hit or Miss 108 (Raghu Kankate 3-26)

WON by 69 runs

We rule, we Papas rule the dance, in a brand new fashion in a brand new style we rule.

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Sunday August 13th vs Middleton Stoney

Middleton Stoney 204 all out   Great Missenden Pelicans 99 for 7

Match DRAWN

Man of the Match: Hasan

Sun was shining, the wicket was green Asad had misread the e mail and was early, ahhh yes another day at the Meadow.

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Sunday August 6th vs Winchmore Hill

Winchmore Hill 158-8 (Raghu Kankate 3-51)   Great Missenden Pelicans 159-0 (Asad 106*, Clive Nicholls 42*)

WON by 10 wickets

Man of the Match: Martin Christopher (Tiger)

Having finally said goodbye to rainy Sundays Winchmore Hill hosted the Pelicans at what must be one of the most beautiful grounds, after The Meadow that is.

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Sunday July 30th vs Rickmansworth

Great Missenden Pelicans 219-5 (Kunaal Kankate 86, Asad Rehman 40)   Rickmansworth 101 (Raghu Kankate 4-11, James Walters 3-3, Gov Sankar 3-26)

WON by 118 runs

Following the sun cancelled match of last week and with a weather forecast somewhat similar, Skip put his faith in the Great Missenden micro climate and called the Pelis to arms.

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Sunday July 23rd vs Iffley Village

Match CANCELLED

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Sunday July 16th vs Wendover

Wendover 76 all out (Richard Frank 4-16, John Greenwood 3-4)   Great Missenden Pelicans 80-0 (Asad Rehman 52*, Clive Nicholls 23*)

WON by 10 wickets

With the shout of ‘Wenger out’ Skip knew he had to get a positiver result for the home fans against Wendover, and what a result.

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Monday July 10th vs Northwood

Northwood 112 all out (Asad Rehman 5-19, Josh Bailey 3-31)   Great Missenden Pelicans 116 for 9 (Kunaal Kankate 49*, Tony Harris 25)

WON by 1 wicket

You don’t need 500 runs in a day for an exciting match. Northwood and the Pelis slugged out 84 overs for just 228 runs. Probably not pretty for the spectators (of which there were a few), but it was exciting enough for those involved, as the Pelis grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory, and then grabbed victory back.

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Sunday July 9th vs The Lee

The Lee 298 for 6 (Asad Rehman 3-65)   Great Missenden Pelicans 223-7 (Alex Livie 63, Tony Harris 47*)

LOST by 75 runs

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Wednesday July 5th vs Stowe Templars

Stowe Templars 217 all out (Jamie Litherland 5-71, Asad Rehman 3-17)   Great Missenden Pelicans 162 all out (Abbas 48, Alex Livie 38)

LOST by 55 runs

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Sunday July 2nd vs Aston Rowant

Match CANCELLED

With clear skies and temperatures rising the day looked perfect for a fine game of cricket against new opposition Aston Rowant. As the morning wore on the Pelis collected their cricket whites and gave wives and children longing kisses as they prepared to to engage in deeds of daring do, this would be a day for heroes and those Pelis knew it…

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Sunday June 25th vs West Wycombe

Great Missenden Pelicans 267-6 (Kunaal Kankate 91, Asad Rehman 73*, Alex Livie 60)   West Wycombe 158-8 (Hasan Arif 5-16)

Match DRAWN

Obviously the Chiltern Crusaders are not related to to the Templars of Jerusalem as the thought of taking on the Pelis had them running faster than an Italian Infantry unit. Step forward West Wycombe for a return fixture, and possibly one for the future.

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Sunday June 18th vs The Fiddlers

The Fiddlers 174 all out (Josh Bailey 4-43)   Great Missenden Pelicans 154 for 9 (Hasan Arif 57, Alex Livie 44)

Match DRAWN

On a day that was hotter than the centre of Mount Doom itself these well done Pelicans secured a draw against what has been an historically strong side.

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Sunday June 11th vs Long Marston

Long Marston 173-9 (Asad Rehman 4-22)   Great Missenden Pelicans 144-4 (Asad Rehman 60*, Alex Livie 38)

WON by 6 wickets

Man of the Match: Asad

Roy Rogers had Trigger, Zorro had Tornado; Nick VDP had his Vespa. Riding over the horizon at speeds in excess of 30mph (but not above 45, as the engine cuts out – apparently), our Kiwi spluttered his way to Long Marston to swell our ranks to 11.

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Sunday June 4th vs Lord Gnomes

Lord Gnomes 204-6   Great Missenden Pelicans 198-9 (Kunaal Kankate 100, Clive Nicholls 53)

Match DRAWN

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Sunday May 28th vs Wealdstone Corinthians

Wealdstone Corinthians 142 for 9    Great Missenden Pelicans 143 for 4 (David Bailey 63, Asad Rehman 30)

WON by 6 wickets

The big questions of the week were not the Tories’ lead slipping another rocket fired in North Korea or John Noakes dying, oh no, the big question was ‘How were the Pelis going to respond to the Hyde Heath defeat’….. I’ll tell you how, with a sodding big W thats how.

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Sunday May 21st vs Hyde Heath

Hyde Heath 152 all out (Hasan Arif 4-37, Raghu Kankate 3-32)    Great Missenden Pelicans 117 (Alex Livie 39, Hasan Arif 35, Extras 26)

LOST by 35 runs

As Nick Berry so perfectly put it: But suddenly we seemed to stop and lose our way, but did it really matter anyway, for that was yesterday, and we must live for now, Every loser wins…………

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Sunday May 14th vs Monks Risborough

Monks Risborough 105 all out (Josh Bailey 4-19, John Greenwood 4-27)   Great Missenden Pelicans 106 for 6 (Alex Livie 33, Clive Nicholls 26)

Won by 4 wickets

Man of the Match: Josh

WWWW not a stuttering Elmer Fudd trying to say Risborough oh no, just another tick in the box marked win.

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Sunday May 7th vs West Wycombe

West Wycombe 157 all out (Hasan Arif 3-15, Raghu Kankate 3-27)   Great Missenden Pelicans 160-4 (Alex Livie 81* Hasan Arif 40*)

WON by 6 wickets

Man of the Match: Hasan

WWW.Pelicans, not some nasty late night website, oh no its only our last three games.

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Sunday April 30th vs Little Marlow

Little Marlow 146 (NVDP 3-10, R Kankate 3-19)   Great Missenden Pelicans 149-2 (K Kankate 103*)

WON by 8 wickets

Man of the Match: Kunaal

The unbeaten run continues, it’s two now. Third Man of the Match award to Kunaal, whose batting average stands at a lofty 123.5.

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Sunday April 23rd vs Fleet Street Strollers

Fleet Street Strollers 123 all out (A Fairweather 3-28)   Great Missenden Pelicans 124-3 (K Kankate 83)

WON by 7 wickets

Man of the Match: Kunaal

Following the game which we will never speak of again the Pelis finally roared into life and started their unbeaten run of one.

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Monday April 17th vs Nomads

Great Missenden Pelicans 136 all out ( K Kankate 61, A Rehman 26)   Nomads 138 for 3

LOST by 7 wickets

Man of the Match: Kunaal

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