FLYING BAILS & A 1ST CLASS CRICKETER WITH 200+ AVERAGE! Sanderstead 1st XI vs Oxted (June 2019) 

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and that was his best decision 🤣

Thanks David - i agree! I’m enjoying doing the remastering/re-editing as it refreshes an old game and sometimes see things new for the first time.

Me too! Just want the weather to warm up!!!

Indeed - not long now!

Ha yes - we are mainly honest at Sanderstead

Looks like it might be

Aye aye Cap’n. First friendly is 22 April. First league match is 6th May. Highlights will be around 25-30 mins. Not long now…..

@@SandersteadCCTV thanks mate! been binge watching all your uploads lately, the grounds look beautiful. Making me consider coming back to land 🤣 Thank you for your efforts

Great player - delighted to have filmed him score so many runs over the years!

1. He’s a brilliant fielder at cover 2. Will Davies is a better keeper Tyler in the covers is a joy to watch, as is Will behind the sticks

@@SandersteadCCTV Thanks very much for your answer to my question. I really love your content.

To be fair, this was 3/4 years ago and the standard has improved significantly in our league. The panel umps we have now are excellent.

You haven't played much with no umpires clearly.

@@OliverBeirne kind of nonsense - you know nothing about what cricket I have played. Obviously you don't tend to play high standards without an umpire, but when you have played as much as I have (despite what you may think), it becomes obvious that anyone who thinks that not walking is OK ("because that's what the umps are for") is not someone most people want to play cricket with or against. It just gives an opportunity for the poorer umps to spoil the game for everyone else.

@R L Thanks for proving my point. I'm thankful we don't have your disdain for umpires who give their time for little money in our pyramid.

@@OliverBeirne Enjoy the coming season.

Indeed - this was a few years ago and they are much better now, in fact the Surrey Championship panel umpires are excellent!

Indeed!

Certainly a couple that were not clear cut! Umpires we have now are much better - this was from 2019

Well spotted - we’ve got loads of them!

Sorry to hear that - but the exams will soon be over and then the cricket starts! Good luck with both.

Indeed - he’s a fine player and a joy to watch. Almost Lara like. He’s in the Middlesex league now

People like you shouldn’t have access to the internet

Could not disagree more. They raise the standard of cricket being played and improve those around them. They’re a wonderful resource for the development and improvement of clubs as a whole (the good ones anyway who weave themselves into the fabric of the club they represent).

@@lewisbaines5000 Thanks for disagreeing politely Lewis. If the player coaches, perhaps. An alternative view is that they keep a local out of the team and with an average of over 200, skew the results. Take care👍

@@mikewilliams4499 I think this instance of an average over 200 is merely a quirk (purple patch and small sample size?). It does lead onto another issue which is pros playing below their level… which I do have a problem with. By and large though at the top of the club game, pros can make such a positive difference to a club. For reference, my club’s 1st XI have the best pro in the Birmingham Premier League (widely acknowledged as such), and over 75 Sat 1st XI games in 3 seasons he’s averaged 51 with the bat and 21 with the ball. We’re very lucky to have him and he’s a model pro, coaches all the kids, always around the club, plays Sundays to help out the other players etc. Good pro’s can enrich the club game so well. They’re the antithesis of the awful stain on our game that is the growing trend of arrogant mercenary cricketers going from club to club each season to the highest bidder. Nothing irks me more than average club cricketers having money thrown at them, when the rest of their club members have to pay to play! Great discussion points anyway Mike!

Well made points - and I agree AS LONG as the overseas pro gets stuck in beyond playing on a Saturday. We’ve got a young lad coming over from South Africa for this season (breaking news!) and he’ll do coaching, and other things to join the great culture we have.

Well, one out of two ain’t bad 😂

😂 to be fair, this was 2019 and standards have improved enormously in the Surrey Championship, they’re really good umpires now.