Year: 2023
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Work Dougie Calls Time on 2023 Season
After another successful season with Pej at the wheel, it was captain Keats who led the road to it’s final game of the 2023 season to bring the curtain down. Chief of selectors Keats put a few calls round to a select few ringers – Wicky, Gopi and Sai from Octopus were called up. Three…
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A-binge down memory Road
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it Covid making an unwelcome return through Sherman’s coughing? No, its clearly none of those things. What it is, is time for the Kings Roads CC annual jaunt out of the M25 to the blissful surrounds of the Surrey Hills and to that little slice of…
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Journey to the West – a Kings Road Odyssey
Sing to me, O Muse, of the team of heavy loads And varying cricketing ability Who travelled to the far-flung ends of this isle In search of revels and glory Amongst the emerald pastures of strange peoples… And so it was that, in the watery sunshine of a late July Friday morning, twelve strong-hearted roaders…
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But, Dad, don’t we eat the antelope?
The last report I wrote of a match at Battersea Park recounted a loss to the Paddington Rabbits. This time King’s Road faced a herd of mammalian herbivores once more, in the shape of the Antelopians (appropriate for a venue that features not only cricket pitches but also a zoo). The wind was high, which,…
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King’s Road CC vs Energy Exiles at Dundonald Recreation Ground
Brown at both ends: Thunderous performance from Road tramples Exiles King’s Road successfully defended 116 to win comfortably by 41 runs against Energy Exiles on a stifling day at Dundonald Recreation Ground. Brownie’s lower-order hitting and Keating’s measured innings at number 10 steered Road to a defendable total on an outfield that zipped and pinged…
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Kings Road finds its Mr Wright
Eager Roaders united on a welcomed sunny day in South London, after already experiencing more washed-out games in 2023 than the entirety of last season. The team were presented with a flat-looking wicket and a precariously quick outfield. The batters were licking their lips, the bowlers were heads bowed, avoiding eye contact with the captain.…
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PEJBall: Requiem
What to do when there are so many awe inspiring performances that you don’t know which to use for the headline? Well, make it about yourself, of course. Some have questioned the efficacy of PEJBall. Is it real? What does it mean? Did it precede or imitate Bazball? Well let me tell you. THIS, was…
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Moany issues a public apology
I’d like to thank you all for attending this press conference. As some of you are aware there have been several statements which I’ve made in the public domain which I wish to address. Firstly i’d like to stress that this is a strictly private matter and I am an intensely private man. My family…
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Road stay Ice Kewl in Richmond heatÂ
What’s cooler than being cool? Ice Kewl You could forgive some Roaders feeling trepidation at the odyssey to Kew. It has been a cursed ground at times for the good ship Road. An iceberg that has left a whole in the good ship’s hull, and lower order sailors drowning and being cast upon the sharp…
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Pinkney and the Game.
Dundonald Rec, warm, dry, sunny. Conditions we have yet to see this season. Oppo the Wimbledon Corinthians, who Keats informed us many times was the team that the once capped John Pinkos left us for. The toss, won by PEJ who put us into bat. The oppo were fielding 9 men at this point with…