For the first time in 2024, the Stragglers found themselves batting first (lost the toss and invited to bat, so the King’s School strike bowler could have a go at the Stragglers before heading off to perform in Dido and Aeneas - one of the more unusual reasons for...

After the sunshine and cricketing success in Menorca, the Stragglers came back to earth (and a very cold earth at 11C) with a bang at Kings.  Losing the toss and sent out to field under grey skies and with rain threatening, the Straggler opening pair, Hugo and Seb,...

An unexpectedly warm and sunny Birleys greeted the Stragglers for the opening fixture of the 2018 season. Losing the toss, the Stragglers were inserted by Kings, who opened with lively pace, and dislodged Will Attwood (6) early, only to bring Jasper out to join a...

After a number of years of weather frustrations, the Straggler fixture at the Kings School Canterbury has opened the season. And it was a rather faltering start by the Stragglers, for whom the absence of winter nets was most obvious. Batsmen gave their wickets away at...

The covers at Kings came off (for the third time of asking) on a dark and damp May afternoon some two hours after the planned start. The game against the Grannies was thus reduced to a 25 over thrash, albeit one that finished in almost total darkness, with players lit...

Rain - No Play

Rain - No Play

A new fixture to open the season against a Kings School XI saw a mixed bag of pretty underprepared Stragglers saunter out to the middle of the beautifully groomed and green square at Birleys. After the first two overs had been summarily despatched for 16 by occasional...