Great Missendens Pelicans 2021

YearPlayedWonDrawnTiedLostCancelled
202121102095

Sunday 26th September vs Kensington

Kensington 192-6 (40 overs)   Great Missenden Pelicans 195-2 (Raheel Khan 90, Asad Rehman 66*)

WON by 8 wickets

Man of the Match: Raheel

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Sunday 19th September vs Bovingdon

Bovingdon 157 all out (Richard Frank 3-8, Amir Jafri 3-26, Jaffar 3-52)   Great Missenden Pelicans 159-8 (Asad Rehman 105)

WON by 2 wickets

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Sunday 12th September vs Hyde Heath

Great Missenden Pelicans 206-5 (Asad Rehman 100, Josh Bailey 43*)   Hyde Heath 202-8 (Waz Choudhary 3-23)

Match DRAWN

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Sunday 5th September vs Ley Hill

GM Pelicans 233-6 (40 overs, Raheel Khan 118, Amit Singh 48)   Ley Hill 199-8 (40 overs, Martin 'Tiger' Christopher 4-26)

WON by 34 runs

Man of the Match: Raheel and Tiger

Khan’t touch this
A sunny day at the meadow, pitch hard and dry, outfield feeling the effects of some badger action we welcomed Ley Hill to the meadow.

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Sunday 29th August vs Iffley Village

Iffley Village 198-7   Great Missenden Pelicans 199-7 (Asad Rehman 59, Raheel Khan 40, Josh Bailey 38)

WON by 3 wickets

Man of the Match: Niron

The one where victory is snatched from the jaws of victory and defeat.

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Sunday 22nd August vs Widmer End

Widmer End 118 all out (Raheel Khan 3-1)   Great Missenden Pelicans 120-0 (Asad Rehman 71*, Raheel Khan 41*)

WON by 10 wickets

Man of the Match: Raheel

OPB, QPB, APB, UACPB
You won’t need to be Alan Turing or own an Enigma machine to work out what’s going on if I tell you that the PB in all of these stands for ‘Pelis Bowler’. It’s up to you what the first letters mean when you read on.

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Sunday 15th August vs Knotty Green

Great Missenden Pelicans 177-5 (Alex Hill 61*, Ali Bilgrami 33)    Knotty Green 133 all out (Josh Bailey 4-8, Kavin Amarasinghe 3-53)

WON by 44 runs

Man of the Match: Alex and Josh

The non-trousers
The last time I saw a Yorkshireman having trouble with his trousers he was made of plasticine and had a penguin as his nemesis. Where that was some light hearted entertainment the sight of the skipper getting about in his kecks was nothing more than a horror show. Declining the offer of spare trousers from several teammates he paraded about like a Chippendale, more sideboard than beefcake.

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Sunday 8th August vs Middleton Stoney

Great Missenden Pelicans 109-8 (Jalil Rehman 49*)    Middleton Stoney 110-3

LOST by 7 wickets

Man of the Match: Jalil

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Sunday 1st August vs Holmer Green

Holmer Green 92 all out (Nic Vanderpeet 3-23)   Great Missenden Pelicans 93-4 (Alex Hill 42*/sup>)

WON by 6 wickets

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Sunday 25th July vs Winchmore Hill

Match CANCELLED

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Sunday 18th July vs Wendover

Wendover 290-8 (40 overs)   Great Missenden Pelicans 127-7 (40 overs, Raheel Khan 41)

LOST by 163 runs

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Wednesday 14th July vs Stowe Templars

Stowe Templars 184 all out (Balal Nisar 4-42)   Great Missenden Pelicans 167 (Kunaal Kankate 58)

LOST by 17 runs

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Monday 12th July vs Northwood

Northwood 124 all out (Asad Rehman 4-7, Kunaal Kankate 3-19)   Great Missenden Pelicans 127-1 (Asad Rehman 83*, Raheel Khan 31)

WON by 9 wickets

Man of the Match: Asad

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Sunday 11th July vs The Golden Age

Match CANCELLED

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Sunday 4th July vs The Lee

Match CANCELLED

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Sunday 27th June vs Roving Reporters

Great Missenden Pelicans 214-4 (Raheel Khan 103*, Josh Bailey 35, Alex Hill 31)   Roving Reporters 215-2

LOST by 8 wickets

Man of the Match: Raheel

Not a day for bowlers
I mentioned briefly in the last report cricket being a game of ‘what ifs?’.

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Sunday 20th June vs Bovingdon St George

Bovingdon 181-7 (Raghu Kankate 3-31)   Great Missenden Pelicans 131 (Amit Singh 36)

LOST by 50 runs

Would you like some fruit with those bowl(ed)s?
A fixture change due to the Chiltern Crusaders being unable to field a team.

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Sunday 13th June vs The Fiddlers

The Fiddlers 176-9 (Josh Bailey 3-32)   Great Missenden Pelicans 169 (Josh Bailey 38, Ali Bilgrami 32)

LOST by 7 runs

Man of the Match: Josh and Kavin

Boris Johnson’s Hat
It was a warm afternoon when we assembled for the battle against The Fiddlers. The sun was at such a strength that the Skipper eschewed his usual cap for a cricket ‘floppy’.

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Sunday 6th June vs Long Marston

Great Missenden Pelicans 238-5 (Kunaal Kankate 83, Yusuf Khan 58*, Rupert Leach 33*)   Long Marston 225-5

WON by 13 runs

Man of the Match: Kunaal

‘Hello, my old friend long time no see, you must be Loozy Loozerstons long lost brother Winny Winnerson’

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Sunday 30th May vs Lord Gnomes

Lord Gnomes 218-9 (Suranga 4-51, Adam Fairweather 3-19)   Great Missenden Pelicans 49 all out (Yusuf Khan 21)

LOST by 169 runs

Man of the Match: Yusuf Khan

The only thing missing was Boris Karloff
Another afternoon of ‘lions led by a donkey’ but as you will see that does a huge disservice to donkeys and is a bigger insult to lions.

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Sunday 23rd May vs Prince of Wales Marsh

CANCELLED - rain

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Sunday 16th May vs Hyde Heath

Hyde Heath 19 for 1

Abandoned as a DRAW

Man of the Match: The Rain

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Sunday 9th May vs Ibstone

Ibstone 250-6 (35 overs)   Great Missenden Pelicans 163-9 (Tony Harris 41, Josh Bailey 35)

LOST by 87 runs

Man of the Match: Tony Harris

Village
Eyam Village (pronounced ‘Eem’) in Derbyshire is famous for its self-sacrifice during the Great Plague of 1665-66. The villagers decided to isolate themselves from surrounding communities to avoid spreading the pestilence. I can’t help but think the Pelis should have done something similar to shield the good people of Ibstone from what occurred on Sunday.

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Sunday 2nd May vs Nepotists

CANCELLED

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Sunday 25th April vs Little Marlow

Little Marlow 140 all out (Adam Fairweather 3-32)   Great Missenden Pelicans 123 all out (Extras 31)

LOST by 17 runs

Man of the Match: Extras

‘Captain Harris I presume?’
Conditions and circumstances in which this match was played were reminiscent of the Golden Age of exploration.

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Sunday 18th April vs Fleet Street Strollers

Fleet Street Strollers 139 all out (Adam Fairweather 3-16, Nic Vanderpeet 3-41)   Great Missenden Pelicans 140-3 (Raheel Khan 66, Asad Rehman 36)

WON by 7 wickets

Man of the Match: Raheel

The opening fixture for the 2021 iteration of the GM Pelicans was against the Fleet Street Strollers who, historically provide a competitive first up fixture.

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