Belford Brothers Clean Up
- Shamsul Kazi
- Sep 18, 2016
- 2 min read
Dreary Day Doesn't Dampen The Celebrations
The Pitch Doctors Cricket Club celebrated the end of the winter season with their first annual awards presentations. Originally advertised as a concurrent AGM and Awards ceremony, due to regulations the AGM was postponed.
This simply meant the boring bits were cut out and the drinks could be started earlier as members trickled into the Royal Exchange as the rain persisted.
A series of joke awards were presented, including the Zimbabwe and Germany awards for best and worst bowling economy (there's no prizes for guessing which is which) and The Australia Award (awarded to Sachin Perera for supplying a case of VB pre-May Ball, fittingly Perera failed to show up to collect his award) as well as the more traditional awards such as the Captain/Coach's award (known as The Doctor) as well as the Morgan Medal, eponymously named after Nathan Morgan the President and Founder of the Club.
Award Winners:
The Morgan Medal: Matt Belford
Batting Average: Matt Belford
Average of 42
Bowling Average: Sam Belford
Average of 4.78
Batting Aggregate: Matt Belford
323 Runs
Bowling Aggregate: Rob Corrigan
14 wickets
Fielding Award: Jo Corrigan
6 Catches and 2 Runouts
The Doctor: Tony Pham
The Germany Award: Sam Belford
1.5 runs/over
The Zimbabwe Award: Rishi Gupta
9.56 runs/over
The Duck: Jo Corrigan
Two ducks and double points for a Golden
The Devoted: Jordan Barker
For driving up from the Gold Coast with 30 minutes notice before the start of the game
The Damaged: Andrew Summers
For dislocating and fracturing his patella the last training session before the start of the season and having to then sit out the entire year
The Instagram Award: Zeeshan Ahmad
Because this is a 21st century club
The Australia Award: Sachin Perera
For bringing a case of VB to the game pre-May Ball
The Einstein Award: Shamsul Kazi
For managing to be dismissed hit wicket by trying to kick the ball away from his stumps
The So Close But Yet So Far: Raja Chinthamuneedi
For his 95 and subsequent dismissal going for glory
