Isambard vs. East Meon (A) - Friendly
Andy Hankin's rear-window of opportunity
Isambard 218-3 dec. (35 overs) (A.Hankin 128, R.Gardiner 59, M.Wembridge 21). East Meon 28-2 (8 overs).
Isambard
faithful: let it be noted that Adam Malin, when he could be bothered
lifting his arse off his seat at a nearby pub and turning up at the
charmingly picturesque Hampshire ground, was officially the skipper for
the June 9 match against East Meon .
During his prolonged absence, in which roughly 100 runs were scored by the Isambard opening pair of Andy Hankin and Rich Gardiner, stand-in skipper Keith Williams fined Malin Jnr £20 for various offences. These included: Not turning up on time. Being late. Failing to attend the toss. Being late. Making crap excuses about the slow serving of sandwiches at said pub. Arriving past the scheduled start time. And arguing with stand-in skipper's decision on his fine. Adam, we expect the cash to be deposited in the drinks kitty at your convenience.
In spite of this dismal performance by Malin Jnr and the even more dismal weather, the day's shining star was by far Andy Hankin, who gave the club top score record of 138* a damn good nudge, courtesy of a good eye, a short square leg boundary, and some car windows to aim at.
In what has to be an Isambard first, Hankin managed to smack a rank half-tracker over the boundary and straight through the back window of a station wagon belonging no one other than the bowler. Cue uncontrolled laughter from spectators, batsmen and fielders alike. The fact that Hankin was aiming for Keith Williams' four-door Ford Splutter was not lost on the club stalwart, who proceeded to ignore the cricket and regularly eye his precious machine with concern.
Hankin ended up with a superb 128 that included 16 fours and five sixes. His knock ended when he attempted to slog a cadaverously slow bowler for yet another maximum, only to be castled. Such was the quality of the knock that several onlookers questioned Hankin's English heritage, suggesting that the milkman from his home town must have been Antipodean.
Hankin was well supported by Sir Rich, who was disappointed to be given out for 59 to a shocking lbw decision. According to sources, Sir Rich has scored more 69s than Paris Hilton, and was hoping to add to his total, lickety split. In saying that, the opposing team did include formerPortsmouth
Having been set a hefty total of 218 to chase, the opposition didn't know what hit them when Dave Bywater's canny throw from fine leg caught the somewhat dopey non-striker off-guard attempting a second run. The non-striker proved to neither fleet of foot or mind as he stopped to let Dave's throw to fly past him, allowing Dave Tierney to remove the bails. How we laughed.
During his prolonged absence, in which roughly 100 runs were scored by the Isambard opening pair of Andy Hankin and Rich Gardiner, stand-in skipper Keith Williams fined Malin Jnr £20 for various offences. These included: Not turning up on time. Being late. Failing to attend the toss. Being late. Making crap excuses about the slow serving of sandwiches at said pub. Arriving past the scheduled start time. And arguing with stand-in skipper's decision on his fine. Adam, we expect the cash to be deposited in the drinks kitty at your convenience.
In spite of this dismal performance by Malin Jnr and the even more dismal weather, the day's shining star was by far Andy Hankin, who gave the club top score record of 138* a damn good nudge, courtesy of a good eye, a short square leg boundary, and some car windows to aim at.
In what has to be an Isambard first, Hankin managed to smack a rank half-tracker over the boundary and straight through the back window of a station wagon belonging no one other than the bowler. Cue uncontrolled laughter from spectators, batsmen and fielders alike. The fact that Hankin was aiming for Keith Williams' four-door Ford Splutter was not lost on the club stalwart, who proceeded to ignore the cricket and regularly eye his precious machine with concern.
Hankin ended up with a superb 128 that included 16 fours and five sixes. His knock ended when he attempted to slog a cadaverously slow bowler for yet another maximum, only to be castled. Such was the quality of the knock that several onlookers questioned Hankin's English heritage, suggesting that the milkman from his home town must have been Antipodean.
Hankin was well supported by Sir Rich, who was disappointed to be given out for 59 to a shocking lbw decision. According to sources, Sir Rich has scored more 69s than Paris Hilton, and was hoping to add to his total, lickety split. In saying that, the opposing team did include former
Having been set a hefty total of 218 to chase, the opposition didn't know what hit them when Dave Bywater's canny throw from fine leg caught the somewhat dopey non-striker off-guard attempting a second run. The non-striker proved to neither fleet of foot or mind as he stopped to let Dave's throw to fly past him, allowing Dave Tierney to remove the bails. How we laughed.
With
the rain closing in (it was bucketing down!) and the pitch beginning to
resemble the ground at the Glastonbury Festival, the opposing skipper
threw in the towel and asked if we would go home. Or to the pub. We
were only too happy to oblige.
Report by Mark Wembridge
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