Great Missendens Pelicans 2019

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201925107083

Sunday 22nd September vs Bovingdon

Great Missenden Pelicans 143 (John Greenwood 34*, Raghu Kankate 32)   Bovingdon 144-7 (Jack Blackburn 3-19)

LOST by 3 wickets

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Sunday 15th September vs Hyde Heath

Great Missenden Pelicans 146 (Raheel Khan 48)   Hyde Heath fewer (details awaited)...

WON

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Sunday 8th September vs Ley Hill

Great Missenden Pelicans 273-4 (Asad Rehman 96, Raheel Khan 61, Amit Singh 53)   Ley Hill 193-3 (Andrew Marshall 2-28)

Match DRAWN

With the sun beating down on the meadow and a full days cricket to enjoy, what possibly could go wrong.

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Sunday 1st September vs Bledlow Village

Bledlow Village 153 (Raghu Kankate 4-30, Amir Jafri 4-42)   Great Missenden Pelicans 156-1 (Asad Rehman 111*)

WON by 9 wickets

As Danny Kaye once said, ” The pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.”

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Sunday 25th August vs Widmer End

Widmer End 241 (Raghu Kankate 3-47)   Great Missenden Pelicans 207-8 (Asad Rehman 74, Amit Singh 48)

Match DRAWN

On a day that we welcomed back Hotty Hotterson to the Field of Dreams the Pelicans amassed with one aim and one aim only, don’t be as rubbish in the field as we were last week.

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Sunday 18th August vs Old Elizabethans

Old Elizabethans 242-5   Great Missenden Pelicans 159-5 (Asad Rehman 87, Raheel Khan 42)

Match DRAWN

Man of the Match: Asad

Well that was rubbish opined the whole team following the absolute thumping draw that the Old Elizabethans inflicted on the Pelicans.

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Sunday 11th August vs Middleton Stoney

Middleton Stoney 101 (Nic Vanderpeet 4-15)   Great Missenden Pelicans 21-0

Match DRAWN (rain)

Middleton Stoney, that means match cancelled by some biblical event, ion the past it has been swarms of ants, surely this summer it would be different.

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Sunday 4th August vs Knotty Green

Knotty Green 127 all out (James Walters 4-26)   Great Missenden Pelicans 128-6 (Raghu Kankate 37)

WON by 4 wickets

Welcome back Knotty Green following Rickmansworth refusal to meet the might of the Pelicans.

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Sunday 28th July vs Winchmore Hill

Great Missenden Pelicans 211-6 (Kunaal Kankate 75, Raghu Kankate 58*)   Winchmore Hill 212-8 (Kunaal Kankate 3-28)

LOST by 2 wickets

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Sunday 21st July vs Iffley Village

Iffley Village 202-6 (Raghu Kankate 3-26)   Great Missenden Pelicans 203-2 (Kunaal Kankate 107*, Hasan Arif 49)

WON by 8 wickets

نہوں نے دیکھا کہ ہم نے فتح کی……… and yes we did.

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Monday 15th July vs Northwood

Northwood 248-8 (V Paxel 4-57)   Great Missenden Pelicans 250-5 (Kunaal Kankate 93*, Hasan Arif 64, Asad Rehman 37)

WON by 5 wickets

I think I can only look to 90s pop icon Whigfield for words to sum up this game “Da ba da dan dee dee dee da nee na na na…. be my baby” Shakespear could not have summed it up better.

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Sunday 14th July vs LCR Harrow

Great Missenden Pelicans 283-2 (Alex Livie 136*, Amit Singh 58)   LCR Harrow 232 (Jaffar 5-58)

WON by 49 runs

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Sunday 7th July vs The Lee

The Lee 255-7 (Adam Fairweather 4-23)   Great Missenden Pelicans 226-9 (Asad Rehman 79, Tony Harris 42, Raheel Khan 35)

LOST by 29 runs

(No match report, the following is The Lee’s account of the match.) Adversaries for many years, the Pelicans landed at Manor Park with high hopes. The toss was won by The Lee, and after a nanosecond of thought, the decision was to bat. On an easy paced pitch, Henry Quinn, with an out of tune […]

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Wednesday 3rd July vs Stowe Templars

Stowe Templars 238-8 (Josh Bailey 3-55)   Great Missenden Pelicans 239-5 (Julian Swain 85*, Asad Rehman 70)

WON by 5 wickets

“Richard Branson, David Niven, Christopher Milne, Henry Cavill, Robert Kee, can you hear me, your boys took one hell of a beating”

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Sunday 30th June vs Roving Reporters

Great Missenden Pelicans 221-7 (Raghu Kankate 99)   Roving Reporters 223-3

LOST by 7 wickets

Man of the Match: Rags

With Yorkies in their top pockets, the Sun newspaper on the dashboard and some rolled carpet and a claw hammer Toobes and Nico finally delivered the practice net to the hallowed ground in time for the visitation of the Roving Reporters.

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Sunday June 23rd vs West Wycombe

Great Missenden Pelicans 125   West Wycombe 131-3

LOST by 7 wickets

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Sunday June 9th vs Long Marston

Long Marston 192 (Amir 4-21)   Great Missenden Pelicans 83-2 (Raheel Khan 30*)

Match DRAWN

Man of the Match: Amir

On a wicket that looked league class the Pelicans gathered at Long Marston ready to do battle in the sunshine of a British summer’s afternoon. With Nico falling foul to some sickness bug undoubtedly caused by not washing his hands the Pelicans welcomed a new member namely Amir, along with Jaffar who decided to play again the average age pushed more towards grave than cradle.

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Sunday June 2nd vs Lord Gnomes

Lord Gnomes 250-7 (Richard Frank 3-14, John Greenwood 3-44)   Great Missenden Pelicans 222-5 (Asad Rehman 86, Harry Kendall 43, Ali Bigrami 36*)

Match DRAWN

With the sun shining brightly the Pelicans gathered to do battle against the old foe that is Lord Gnomes, there was a toss, Skip lost and the Pelicans were asked to bowl, bit of a victory really for Skip.

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Sunday 26th May vs Prince of Wales Marsh

Great Missenden Pelicans 124 (Raheel Khan 67*)   Prince of Wales Marsh 127-7 (Andrew Engelfield 3-27)

LOST by 3 wickets

Man of the Match: Raheel

The might of the Pelicans met in what was ostensibly somebody’s front garden to play cricket on a drizzly day on a wicket that was to say the least, interesting, winning the toss would be crucial, Skip lost the toss and the Pelicans were asked to bat.

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Sunday 19th May vs Hyde Heath

Great Missenden Pelicans 192 (Asad Rehman 72)   Hyde Heath 141-8 (Asad Rehamn 4-34)

Match DRAWN

Man of the Match: Asad

With a total of 5 Pelicans available to play by Wednesday it’s fair to say that Skip was somewhat concerned at the ability of this mighty club fielding a team, but cometh the hour cometh the 6 players and by Sunday an array of Pelicans travelled to Hyde Heath seeking revenge for last year’s defeat.

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Sunday May 12th vs Ibstone

Great Missenden Pelicans 184-7 (Asad Rehman 108*)   Ibstone 147

WON by 37 runs

Man of the Match: Asad

Ibstone should be called Ibstones as there are two actual stones and at least two concrete bins which could be misidentified as stones.

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Sunday 5th May vs Holmer Green

Holmer Green 107 (Richard Frank 4-6, Nic Vanderpeet 3-35)   Great Missenden Pelicans 108-7 (Asad Rehman 46)

WON by 3 wickets

Man of the Match: Asad

So what follows L, L, …..No not “Cool J” you 1980s rapping trivia ninny, its W, W of course.

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Sunday 28th April vs Braywood CC

Braywood 113 (Adam Fairweather 6-15, Andrew Englefield 3-27)   Great Missenden Pelicans 115-2 (Asad Rehman 67*)

WON by 8 wickets

Man of the Match: Adam Fairweather

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Monday 22nd April vs Nomads

Nomads 201   Great Missenden Pelicans 69 (Ali Bilgrami 40)

LOST by 132 runs

Man of the Match: Ali

With the sun blazing the Pelicans welcomed the Nomads to the Field Of Dreams for their second “practice match” of the season, with the toss won it came as no surprise to the awaiting Pelicans that bowling first was the only choice.

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Sunday 14th April vs The Nepotists

The Nepotists 242 (Josh Bailey 3-24)   Great Missenden Pelicans 113

LOST by 129 runs

On a day that was colder than Pingu’s balls 11 hardy Pelicans turned up to the Meadow to do battle with a new foe The Nepotists.

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