Crosser is 'Test match quality'

A veteran Crosser has has been described as being of 'Test match quality' by another Edinburgh-based cricket blog..

http://fantasybob.blogspot.com/2010/10/fab-four.html

but for some reason he didn't get selected for this (not even the 2nd XI! - but then, neither did his contemporary, Dr Grace):

http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/482936.html

Ziggy Pipes up... Again

After his previous piece on the Cricket Scotland website, our 2nd team skipper has now taken to posting pseudonymously (or perhaps it's a piece co-written with Coco?)on the Spectator blog:

Youthful Cross Prevail

Despite the rather muddy pitch we had an enjoyable friendly vs the Muffers in a a match in which an attempt was made to break the record for the 'most people playing whilst smoking' (I counted five; though Coco -as usual-smoked enough for 11 normal men).

The Cross fielded an unusually youthful and athletic side - with a few Cross veterans (McGill, Lawrie, Bates, Ellis) making up the numbers.
Skipper McGill prevailing against Don Wilkie in the battle of the cantankerous er.. captains.

A fluent start from the inform pair of Nipun Metha and C. J. Ellis (both retired on 30) followed by other useful contributions from 'Psycho' Bates (as he is known to Muffers), Vikram and Nawaz took us to 144.

Good bowling performance with good spells from Vikram, Burgess, McGill (adding to his long list of international victims), Bates, Nipun, and particularly Nawaz kept Mufs to just over a hundred -despite some fine striking from one of their openers (Anand Venkatesh). (Though he almost fell to an attempt for catch of the millennium from Andy G/J Pope-they attempted something along the lines of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWO5MO8z4ks )

Some good keeping from Ken -including a nice stumping (!!).

BTW can the person who borrowed my bat at the weekend and put a rather large crack right through the middle of it....