Aussie Oddballs

The Fart Of Cricket

Hello blog mates….Well the Cricket Season has begun well…Five games three wins….The first a ‘Walk over’….(I think fear prevented them coming to play us!!!!!) And the second a resounding win…. We bowled first and got all 10 wickets for 94…..Every bowler used took wickets and we held every catch…A great start for Gilly ..the ever modest skipper….Our latest win was a last over ‘squeeky’ bum affair and was won in the last over by Al Long and Luke Pummell.

Dunks and Levvo show they mean business....

I thought I would introduce you all to some of the mighty Ocean Ridge team on show.. Amazingly, many players have achieved legend status after just one game…


Al (Stumper….) Long….. Alan has a lot of heart…or ticker, as the Aussies say…but then Al has a lot of everything…Kit….(an amazing magical kitbag with very deep pockets I swear I spotted a Barbie and Typewriter in there.) Body (Like Me) …Tales of Cricket’s past loony characters….. but not hair….. Brilliant 33 to help win the game in week 5

Watto and Dunks Senior point out their batting averages...Mal sports theworlds largest Hat .....

Mal (Captain) Kirkman…get it. Well first game and he was asked to ‘boldly go and open’…. Great bloke who is supportive and tough as nails, a ball smashed into his elbow…. and Mal’s response …’didn’t feel it skip.’

Ben (Hollywood) Ferguson. Mystery surrounds Ben.... is he a Cricketer or is he an actor rehearsing to play a cricketer…Judging from the ‘Sunnies’ he wore on Saturday it is hard to tell…The glasses were so dark, he was found fielding on the nearby Marmion Avenue for 10 overs and Stevie Wonder’s management have warned him to stop taking the piss….

Duncan (Webby) Webb…Top man and brave as… Took a ‘Catch it or die’ effort in the first week of the latest match…one inch from the end of his nose. Batted with Gilly (me) for a couple of hours to steady the ship in the first game…concentration was fantastic..Played this week with a broken finger ...nuff said...

Keiran (Riverdance) Young… An amazing debut for a young guy….Batted well and sensibly with the strangest shuffling feet I have ever seen…’So you think you can Dance’ would snap him up and I would vote him to stay on the show every week…Keiran is the ‘Pike’ (From Dad’s Army) to Al Long’s Godfrey… Mal’s Sergeant Wilson and my Captain Mainwaring….

Keiran and Levvo ...Before and after ten years on the drink.....

Justin (Levvo) Levett. Another guy making his debut this season and already a legend…Guesses as to his age brought about estimates ranging from 25 to 40….Levvo has the look of the ageing rockstar but plays like a veteran can Bowl really well and batted with courage and common sense in the first match to take us over the winning line…

Michael (Watto) Watson…..Like Arnie he said, ‘I’ll be back’ and he is…Great to see him back after long term injury. Bowled really well and batted us back into a winning position in game one…Not subtle…but effective….Contributed with support and advice…welcome back Watto....I like him a lot..despite his moaning...

Jamie (Dunks) Dunkley… Jamie stepped in to bat 3 when no one wanted to do the job in game one and that says a lot about his team spirit. Fielded brilliantly and when he does get a bowl turns it a mile. Quiet until given the Chance to tell us about his Dad’s latest injury/accident…amazing how we couldn’t shut him up then…

Luke (smiler) Pummell…Top man and great guy…Another returning ‘great’ from the past. Luke bowled like he had never been away…(From the club, not prison as someone enquired when they heard me say that.) and has transformed his batting…

Ryan (Valentino) Ross… The star of the match one, bowled brilliantly in all the games so far and fielded really well. All done with a smile. Ryan has cut his hair recently and I wander if the new aerodynamic look is responsible for his new found form.