Hello Chaps,
The Tri-Series is almost upon us; the teams have been selected, the format has been set and the sledging has begun…
England seems to have admitted defeat before the first ball has been bowled by opting to field a ‘youth team,’ Asia has drawn on some familiar faces to bolster their squad and the ‘Rest of the World’ has some dubious selections. On paper it looks like the Asian squad will be the earlier favourites (a complete turnaround from their early exit last time).
See the rules/format for the day HERE. Every person should be at the club for 12pm on Sunday. Team Photos will be at 12.30pm with the first ball being bowled at 1pm.
The cost is £10 per player which includes a BBQ and Beers/Coke after the games
The squads are as follows:-
England (reigning champions - see photo)
Aaron ‘Mrs Gina Maben’ Swan (c)
James ‘Chin-Music’ Essex (vc)
Steve ‘You weren’t even looking’ Smith
Rob ‘I’m Northern – Don’t hold it against me’ Long
Alistair ‘I shape young minds’ Slaughter
Jack ‘Sally loves a sports fan’ Aspden
Ethan ‘The young charger’ Hart-Badger
Charlie ‘The baby-faced assassin’ Rogers
David ‘I’ll run circles round you old man’ Yates
Asia
Raj ‘Hrishi’s Brother’ Puranik (c)
Piradeepan ‘Nandos’ Sivanathan (vc)
Khalid ‘Uncle Fester’ Malik
Hrishi ‘I’m a bowler now’ Puranik
Asif ‘Huggy Bear’ Qamar
Daljeet ‘Deli-belly’ Singh
Shaiq ‘Shaunie’ Qamar
Prasad ‘Boom-Town’ Wickramasinghe
Rohit ‘I’m not you’re typical investment banker’ Gupta
Aneeq ‘I should be opening the batting and the bowling for the Ones’ Malik
Rest of the World
Nathan ‘What do you mean my team is full of in-eligible players’ Mehaffy (c)
Josh ‘My dad is Portuguese’ Jayakar (vc)
Anthony ‘Cobra’ Carlos
Sean ‘You won’t like me when I’m angry’ Lester
Paul ‘Portsmouth is pretty much France’ Maddock
Tommy ‘Irish’ Byrne
Oliviero ‘Yo soy Colombiana’ West
Adrian ‘Secret Weapon’ Dawson
The rest of the world will also be bolstered from the sideline by Nathan ‘The cage-fighting, Rugby Dominating, 4’s wicket-taking, German Bar Owning, Corporate Lawyer, Sledging Machine’ Gee (whose sledging will count towards the runs bonus outlined in the attachment).
Players are to wear white trousers with the shirt of their home country / adopted home country (it doesn’t have to be a cricket shirt)
Good luck to all – and may the best team win!
Nathan Mehaffy/James Carr's lesser half/Smithanator 2.0.