Great Missendens Pelicans 2020

YearPlayedWonDrawnLostTiedCancelled
2020128130Lots (COVID)

2020 was a truncated season, due to COVID-19. The overall win-drawn-lost figures above are accurate, but we are missing details of a couple of matches – it was that sort of season.

Sunday 27th September vs Kensington

Great Missenden Pelicans 277 (Kunaal Kankate 99*, Josh Bailey 97, Asad Rehman 42)   Kensington 202 (Josh Bailey 4-41)

WON by 75 runs

Man of the Match: Josh

Kensington, our old friends came to the Meadow, the sun was out and let’s be honest all was good in the world.

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Saturday 26th September vs Beaconsfield

Great Missenden Pelicans 202-2 (Asad Rehman 53, Kunaal Kankate 48*, Raheel Khan 47, Hasan Arif 34*)   Beaconsfield 106 (Asad Rehman 3-12, Josh Bailey 3-18, Salim Arif 3-36)

WON by 98 runs

Man of the Match: Asad

With the Pelicans on a winning run there needed to be a grand finale and it doesn’t get as grand as a Saturday game followed by a Sunday game.

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Sunday 20th September vs Bovingdon

WON

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Sunday 13th September vs Hyde Heath

WON

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Sunday 6th September vs Ley Hill

Great Missenden Pelicans 170-7 (Raheel Khan 64*, Asad Rehman 52)   Ley Hill 104 (Adam Fairweather 3-32)

WON by 66 runs

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Sunday 30th August vs West Wycombe

West Wycombe 124 (Amir Jafri 5-21)   Great Missenden Pelicans 125-6 (Asad Rehman 43)

WON by 4 wickets

Man of the Match: Amir

With the Pelicans gathering at WW ground it is fair to say that there are fields in the Pampas region of Argentina with shorter grass than what beheld us at WWCC.

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Sunday 23rd August vs Widmer End

Great Missenden Pelicans 204 (Asad Rehman 99)   Widmer End 149 (Raghu Kankate 4-28)

WON by 55 runs

With the season looking somewhat depressing the Pelican scorebook wasnt doing anything to lighten the gloom, something needed to happen and at Widmer End, that something did.

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Sunday 16th August vs Knotty Green

Knotty Green 182 all out (Richard Frank 4-34)   Great Missenden Pelicans 172 (Asad Rehman 74)

LOST by 10 runs

So how do we come back from a narrow defeat to Middleton Stoney, spot on……… a narrow defeat to Knotty Green.

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Sunday 9th August vs Middleton Stoney

MIddleton Stoney 187   Great Missenden Pelicans 166 (Asad Rehman 86, Raheel Khan 62)

LOST by 21 runs

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Sunday 2nd August vs Holmer Green

Holmer Green 183 all out (Suranga 3 run outs)   Great Missenden Pelicans 187-9 (Josh Bailey 43, Suranga 33, Richard Frank 29*)

WON by 1 wicket

Man of the Match: Suranga

Having started with an L, progressed to a D, were the Pelicans going to upgrade to a W? Of course they were.

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Sunday 26th July vs Winchmore Hill

Winchmore Hill 202-6 (Asad Rehman 3-46)   Great Missenden Pelicans 200-5 (Asad Rehman 144*)

Match DRAWN

Man of the Match: Asad

Things surely could only get better following the game we will not speak about and do you know what……they did.

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Sunday 19th July vs Ballinger

Great Missenden Pelicans 137 (Kunaal Kankate 40, Asad Rehman 35)   Ballinger 141-3 (Asad Rehman 2-27)

LOST by 7 wickets

Man of the Match: Suranga

History tells us the Pelicans are never very good starters to the season, unfortunately having dispensed with the start of the season and commenced mid-season it is apparent our mid-season is a bit suspect too.

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