Category: Match Reports
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Captain’s Blog: ‘Club game showed we’ve got better’
After the long winter it was good to see so many familiar faces at Clapham on Saturday. We also welcome those new faces who joined us and hope to see them all again. The Intra-Club match was a good opportunity to get out and test our skills in match conditions and prepare for the season.…
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Intra-Club 2012
Scorecard from our annual Intra-Club match on Clapham Common when the new club captain takes on the previous year’s skip
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Sun shines on Team James as new skip wins friendly
Forecasts of bad weather proved as wide of the mark as the bowling as new skip James Couldrey started his reign with a win in the Intra-Club match. The Battersea-based southpaw’s side beat the side representing last year’s captain Giles Fagan yesterday in 21.3 of their alloted 30 overs to run home by 7 wickets.…
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Captain’s Blog: ‘I’ll teach that Giles a lesson’, says Captain Couldrey
The skies will be grey on Saturday but it will be raining runs on our opponents bowlers on Clapham Common
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‘Please can I play for you?’: Alastair Cook is the latest star to don our famous cap
THIS is the moment a player from the best team in the world met a player from the best team in the UNIVERSE. England star Alastair Cook looked starstruck when he ran into The Road’s Richard Peralta on tour in Sri Lanka. According to witnesses, Cook, who helped England battle back to win the second…
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Where’s Richie? Bearded Peralta spotted talent scouting in Sri Lanka
Gleaming bright orange in the Sri Lanka sun, this is a famous King’s Road shirt flying the flag for England abroad. The Road’s talent scout Rich Peralta was spotted in the crowd in Galle yesterday as England were bowled out by Sri Lanka. Bearded Rich is running the rule over overseas players to bolster The…
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Looking good! The Road’s new kit for 2012 is here – and it’s FREE
THIS is our new kit for 2012. With bright orange underarms and adorned with the name of our sponsor ItsJustCricket.co.uk, it looks the business. And best of all – it comes free courtesy of South London’s new cricket gear shop to the first 26 members who sign up for this season. Want one? Get your…
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Badger skip’s amazing admission: ‘We RIGGED Super Test and STALK you online’
NEW Battersea Badgers skip Jan Marchant has made an astonishing admission – his side CHEATED in the Super Test last year. Badger Jan, who looks just like Will from The Inbetweeners, dug himself into a hole when he met club members at the opening of our sponsor’s new cricket shop. After a drink or two,…
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And the new captain is… James Couldrey! He beats Isham in vote
The left-arm paceman beat Mark Isham in the race to win the honour of leading the Orange Caps into battle this season
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Dust off that cricket bag, because the 2012 fixture list is here
Get your diaries out and start finding space for those long hot summer days in the sun – because the King’s Road fixture list is out. Club fixtures secretary Dan Sherman has revealed the Orange Caps will kick off the 2012 season with their debut in the London Premier League on April 28. The Road…