A stilted, topsy turvy year for the Ramblas ended with a flourish, winning three of their last four games to banish a few demons after a sticky mid-season period. Yes, remarkably the Ramblas 16th season has come to an end, but despite a few games lost to the weather (and the odd shellacking), there were…
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Match Report | vs Ash Village
It was the turn of the batting line-up to let us down this week, as the Ramblas ended their season with a humbling defeat to Ash Village. A lost toss, a pitch with more than a few demons (is there an unluckier man in cricket than Laurie Stocks at present?) and some loose shots meant…
Match Report | vs Hildenborough
It was a case of another one that got away, as another late fightback couldn’t prevent the Ramblas from falling to defeat against Hildenborough. A steady start with the ball from the Ramblas faded a little as the hosts managed to reach a score of 190/3 with a big second half to their innings. Stop…
Match Report | vs Lamorbey Park
Another week, another case of the Ramblas rueing missed opportunities, as they fell to a 15-run defeat to Lamorbey Park. As even the most unlearned amongst us knows, it was Albert Einstein who said the definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Which, based on recent performances,…
Match Report | vs London Itinerants
For the second week in a row, a remarkable late-order partnership turned the Ramblas frowns upside down after a slog of a day in the field that saw them on the end of a comprehensive beating by London Itinerants. Although the result (and some of the fielding… and bowling… and batting…) was far from ideal,…
Match Report | vs Battersea Eagles
A partnership for the ages for the tenth wicket was still not enough for the Ramblas to chase down a challenging total, as they lost by 35 runs to Battersea Eagles. At 61/8 after the 17th over in the Ramblas chase of 256, it looked like there might not even be a match report this…
Match Report | vs Blue Star
The Ramblas got back to winning ways with a dominant all-round performance against Blue Star. Following back-to-back defeats, there may have been some concerns that the wheels were coming off after a fine start to the season, but captain Matt Rudgyard does not counter such talk, with levels of optimism not seen since… well, our…
Match Report | vs Vishwa
After back to back victories, the Ramblas were brought back down to earth with a thud, suffering a heavy defeat to a strong Vishwa CC side. Initially due to host Petts Wood but when they were unable to field a team, fixtures man Steven Fitch found a new oppo and the weather cleared up in…
Match Report | vs West Wickham
For the second weekend in succession, the Ramblas snatch an improbable victory in a nail-biter of a game, in an all-time classic against first-time opposition West Wickham. In what masqueraded as summer conditions, the Ramblas’ captain Matt Rudgyard won the toss (AGAIN…), yet inexplicably chose to bat (AGAIN). Still, after the previous week’s unlikely win…