Sunday saw the Ramblas return to the home dressing room of the Pickhurst Rise arena to take on a familiar foe in Chevening Amblers. The two sides had faced off just six weeks ago in Chevening with an honourable draw being fought out in a timed match. The hosts’ team sheet showed no less than…
Category: Match Reports [40-over] (2013)
Match Report: vs Eden Park
“Neighbours. Everybody needs good neeeighbours” the song goes. And while Eden Park and Kent Ramblas are strictly co-tenants, I couldn’t think of a song that related to that. Anyway… It was the rarest of occasions for the Ramblas on Sunday, as they were in the visitors’ dressing room as they took on the more established…
Match Report: vs St Mary Cray Red Dogs
The question on every cricket fan’s lips was not whether Australia could drag themselves back into the Ashes. No siree. It was whether or not the Kent Ramblas could make it a remarkable four successive wins, as they headed south to old friends St Mary Cray Red Dogs. Captaining the side was Michael Cooper, stepping…
Match Report: vs Cuddington Casuals
Once upon time, in a land far, far away (from the South Pacific at least), there was a group of unlikely lads who thought it would be a good idea to start a cricket team. That good idea looked to have been misguided at best, as for two and a half years they toiled for…
Match Report: vs Priory CC
And so, as Australia attempted something approaching resistance at Lord’s, it was up to the players of Kent Ramblas and Priory to put on a proper game of cricket in West Wickham. Alas, the prognosis wasn’t good for the visitors, as Priory suffered three late withdrawals to leave them calling upon the fielding services of…
Match Report: vs Petts Wood
For the second successive week, the Kent Ramblas were on the road, in glorious sunshine AND missing out the final moments of a British victory. This time round, they were in Petts Wood and it was the turn of the England cricket team to steal the headlines. With holidays and injuries piling up, Skipper Stocks…
Match Report: vs Chevening Amblers
While half the nation was glued to their TV sets (and their leather sofas, due to the heat) watching Andy Murray make history at Wimbledon, the Kent Ramblas made their way to Chipstead to take on Chevening Amblers in glorious settings. Michael Cooper was again in the skipper’s shoes and was hit by two late…
Match Report: vs London Saints
On what must have been the year’s hottest day so far, the Kent Ramblas hosted London Saints in West Wickham, topping off a weekend of celebrations off the pitch with some Ramblas’ landmarks – personally and collectively – on it. At the request of the visitors, the Ramblas were put into bat, which saw the…
Match Report: vs Commonwealth Offices
While the Ramblas could claim one up on the England team by virtue of the fact the rain stayed away from West Wickham, the fayre on offer from the batsmen from both sides was much more similar. With both sides fielding 10 men, there would be gaps in the field, with the visitors winning the…
Match Report: vs RASC
“Confidence is a preference for the habitual voyeur of what is known as Parklife,” Blur famously sung and it’s safe to say that any confidence among the Ramblas batsmen has been, quite frankly, shot to shit of late. Alas, it was the same old story in New Eltham as we took on RASC. With Jon…
Match Report: vs Bickley Park
Having had nothing of note to write home about following the last Ramblas game, it’s with great pleasure (and no little pride) that this ‘reporter’ gets to relive yesterday’s game away to Bickley Park. With Skipper Stocks a last-minute withdrawal, it was left to Michael Cooper to lead the 10 Ramblas against the 10 men…
Match Report: vs Norwood CC
We played (badly). We lost (heavily). If you’re a sadistic Ramblas fan or player, you can see the scorecard on our Play Cricket site.
Match Report: vs Petts Wood
It may have been a mere formality for the pairing of Anderson and Broad at Lord’s, but there was something more dramatic on offer for cricket fans in West Wickham, as Kent Ramblas welcomed Petts Wood on what turned out to be a gloriously sunny Sunday. The hosts made a few changes, as Hinton and…
Match Report: vs Herne CC
“Will it or won’t it?” Was the thought in every Ramblas head on Sunday. No, they weren’t wondering whether the hole in Ash Harriss’s trousers would finally give way. Instead, in true British style, they were worrying about the weather. As the Ramblas headed south (and east) to Herne, the sunshine offered plenty of hope…
Match Report: vs Locksbottom
The word drama is defined in the Oxford dictionary as “an exciting, emotional, or unexpected event or circumstance” and those enjoying a game of cricket on a sunny Sunday in West Wickham could certainly empathise with that in what turned out to be another topsy turvy Kent Ramblas game against Locksbottom (the scorecard can be…
Match Report: vs Regents Park Originals
If you asked any member of the Ramblas squad what they’d do to get a game, all of them would say they would play through cold, rain and even hailstones. It’s a good job, too, because that’s exactly what they had to do this Saturday against Regents Park Originals in NW1. Having seen the first…