The BaBes of 2010 are not the force of yesteryear, and, in spite of the usual Straggler frailties when confronted with modest opposition, were undone in the heat at Torry Hill. Early Straggler wickets fell and at 16 for 3, Theo Allport, leading the BaBes, was being...

The Straggler side to face the Babes at Torry Hill was neatly divided between those on the down slope of long cricketing careers, and young thrusters. The top order were the latter, with Archie Hammond and Theo Allport getting the Stragglers off to a sound start. It...