Following two more very damp days in London, the sun was shining for the Stragglers at Hurlingham. The toss had been decided in advance (unusually, the Straggs were confident about being quorate by 6pm and took to the field with 9). Playing an unusual format of 10...
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Match Manager, Charlie Munton, mused on the wisdom of selecting three leg spinners for the fixture played on what must be one of the smallest grounds in England with a bowling green outfield. Such was the success of Charlie’s selection, that Stokes and McCullum are...
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The Straggler season finally got into gear with the evening T20 at the Hurlingham Club, with some cracking of terracotta in the field, a second successive half-century in the fixture, the remarkable feat of having two bowlers on a hat-trick simultaneously, and one of...
Hurlingham
After the long draw at Milstead, gripping Straggler games have become the order of the day, with a second last ball finale in a week, this time ending in a tie, the 9th in Straggler history, and the first for the club in T20. On a surprisingly gloomy evening in west...
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It’s official: the Stragglers cannot chase in 2019. Set 4 targets so far this season, the aggregate margin of four failures is a modest 54 runs - all tight. On the other hand the aggregate margin when Stragglers bat first and then skittle the opposition in 2019 (3...