Bruno Lawrence's Electric Revelation and Travelling Apparition Cricket Club

He's a bit of an oddity. I wonder how many years he's got left in him as he's been training with Essex for longer than I have been out of school. I remember "PE" lessons where I'd go down the gym in Chelmsford and the Essex team would be there too and Napier would be there with guys like Mark Ilott and Peter Such.

Anyway, back to the topic and it just surprises me that he's still going. He was incredibly injury prone in his early days and never managed to clock up much pace. Fast forward 17 years and he's much less injury prone, playing more cricket than ever and bowling at a higher speed. It's bizarre.

 

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				Test Batting	FC Batting	FC, L3Years	Test Bowling	FC Bowling	FC, L3Years	FC Keeping Dismissals
1. Virender Sehwag (ROB)	8,586 @ 49.34	13,502 @ 47.04	1,064 @ 31.29	40 @ 47.35	105 @ 42.26	1 @ 206.00	
2. Imran Farhat (LBG)		2,400 @ 32.00	11,774 @ 43.44	2,146 @ 61.31	3 @ 94.66	110 @ 30.10	7 @ 35.43	
3. Mominul Haque (SLA)		755 @ 75.50	2,128 @ 45.27	1,705 @ 53.28	1 @ 149.00	3 @ 125.33	2 @ 144.00	
4. Cheteshwar Pujara (LBG)	1,614 @ 62.07	7,819 @ 62.55	3,689 @ 72.33	n/a		5 @ 16.60	n/a	
5. Ben Stokes (RFM)		279 @ 34.87	3,451 @ 35.57	2,570 @ 33.82	15 @ 32.80	125 @ 28.79	118 @ 26.90	
6. Naman Ojha (+)		n/a		6,447 @ 40.29	2,307 @ 50.15	n/a		n/a		n/a		315 @ 3.18 p.g.
7. Graham Napier (RM)		n/a		4,864 @ 32.64	1,514 @ 40.92	n/a		334 @ 34.21	124 @ 26.57	
8. Trent Copeland (RFM)		39 @ 13.00	1,151 @ 20.92	983 @ 22.86	6 @ 37.83	202 @ 25.10	122 @ 27.43	
9. Bilawal Bhatti (RMF)		70 @ 35.00	1,152 @ 19.86	688 @ 21.50	6 @ 48.50	223 @ 23.17	119 @ 21.87	
10. Zulfiqar Babar (SLA)	27 @ 27.00	1,373 @ 16.34	593 @ 16.02	6 @ 44.00	345 @ 20.80	163 @ 20.15	
11. Samiullah Khan (LMF)	n/a		645 @ 9.48	311 @ 15.55	n/a		414 @ 18.57	116 @ 17.22	
							
Kraigg Brathwaite (ROB)		415 @ 21.84	2,896 @ 37.12	1,919 @ 36.20	1 @ 50.00	3 @ 30.66	3 @ 30.66	
Shehan Jayasuriya (ROB)		n/a		1,696 @ 44.63	1,615 @ 46.14	n/a		50 @ 29.10	50 @ 28.68
Graeme Aldridge	(RFM)		n/a		2,189 @ 20.65	409 @ 17.04	n/a		321 @ 28.43	98 @ 25.76

Aldridge really is Mr. Consistency:

2011/12 - 28 @25.92
2012/13 - 19 @25.94
2013/14 - 21 @25.95

Ridiculous!

 

Might kick Copeland to the kerb. Aldo all the way.

 

The Pakistani Engine Room, methinks. A lot of style, but how much substance?

At least all my guys are still playing, Phlegm. Your team is like a Who's Who of 1999.

 

Always knew you had nfi when it came to cricket. You've probably been watching a rat in a box for 20 years and thought it was a TV.

 

Curly haired twat #1 finds his way into the squad.

 

Marshall still plays you semi-evolved shunt. Unlike half the core of your team. Sehwag isn't the spinner either FFS. There's this guy called Babar who averages 20. Who the fuck have you chosen? Anil Kumble? Clarrie Grimmett?