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UK Tour 2009

Sept 5th/6th

puncture

The village people have not even got past Duxford yet when disaster strikes.........

10

Hold on aren't the tour team missing a player, we only have 11?...

11

Here he is....Stevens dives over Botten, Clarke, Stone and Seale and

makes the photo this time.....

warm up

See Coach it maybe a tour match but we are even warming up.:).....

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Botten starts us off by reverting back to seam bowling...again......

play

Look at the intensity of the close fielders...........(note that down coach)...

merv

Who is the famous face in the dressing room?

merv2

Yes, it is him, fresh from the Ashes defeat, it is the Australian selector

Merv "The Swerve" Hughes..

hunts

"Stevo" Stevens models our new Hunts County cricket gear....

law

Law is confused again, I think he is asking did I face 2 or 3 balls before I was out......

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Merv "The Swerve" Hughes struts his stuff on the boundary edge....

box

Is Clarke thinking.. "If I just pull this cord, will one of them be ejected through the roof of the scorebox?"....

jack

Jack trying to persuade us all again....me thinks.....

sky

The clouds loom over Sheringham CC.....

hottub

Matt "Hot Tub" Poole hasnt realised yet that when you are umpiring from square leg, you need to be facing the action?

bat

Finally a real batsman in the picture :).......

hats

Crockett and Tubbs relax in the bar before everything starts to become a little Miami......

hats

Captain of Vice jots down another fine........

allen

"The General" and "The Ringer" have had a lovers tiff......

hats2

The village people enjoy another drink.........as Will Ferrell looks on....

cage

Captain of Vice reads out the fines while his Croatian bouncer stares the victims out.....

hot2

The General and the Hot Tub look scared.....

badger

The boys look forward to dessert......

dinner

Clarke chokes as he realises the full extent of his fines.....

drinks

Some of the boys are athletes...hence the rare squash on tour....

peter

Clarke is falling asleep...as he is really tired from his very long innings of 3 balls earlier in the day...

piano

The boys trying to ensure we are invited back again.....

benches

Who says Blackaby and Stevens block every ball when they are batting?

course

The beautiful Links hotel at Sheringham........

boys

The boys study the first tee.....

stevo

Stevens finally gets some swing this season.....

jack

Jack Attack swings ......across the line again ......

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The boys have a foursome......

18th

The 18th......

rob

Merv "The Swerve" Hughes explains how he managed to hit one shot off the tee....

steps

The boys are fired up and asleep at Bradfield CC on day 2 of the tour....

barley

Chris Allen accepts a Cokenach CC cap and realises he has been playing for a decent club for ages...