The Stragglers finally came up short in two successive games after a remarkable run of success - some 10 victories and 3 draws since the last defeat against Nonington in early July 2012. The Babes produced some more resilient batting than has been seen in recent...

It is postulated that a tree falling in a forest without a witness makes no sound...no such silence with Stragglers falling in disarray.  Firstly in the field, two mighty Kentish oaks - Will and the Master Brewer - placed to perfection by Eliot for his double gully...

Much as the invading Turkish armies, encamped before the walls of Vienna in 1683, felt confident of their ultimate victory, so the cricketing Turks at Belmont set out to chase down the modest Straggler total of 184 with an air of supreme confidence. However, it was...

Summer turned up just on time to bathe the victorious, beer swilling Stragglers in a wonderful evening glow in the Elham Valley.  Summer had been notably absent for much of the game, as the cold northerly wind blew down the valley and through the slips, while Ralph...

Toby, bowling like the wind, took early momentum away from the TDMB XI, as the opening Bedfords, pere et fils, feathered edges to the ever eager Blair. Only Archie managed to make the most of a really good track, and even he fell to a really fine display of Straggler...

The match had swung back and forth, with Andrew’s carefully constructed century, Jonathan tearing the heart out of the Straggler middle order, with three wickets in an over and final figures of 7 for 46, and the extraordinary opening spell from Eliot and Finn,...