Mario's Mumblings

Who’d have thought it?

Despite a half century and a catch in the 1st match of the season, Dacre’s new skipper is not the highest rated player in his own household!

Yes, the system devised by the Professional Cricketer’s Association (PCA) to rate the Most Valuable Player (MVP) has produced the following Mighty Banks top ten in week 1 of the 2014 season:

            Player                        MVP Points

1          1.    Waqas Rasheed          17.93

2          2.    Tom Gilbert                 16.49

3          3.    Waseem Aslam            13.51

4          4.    Stephen Butler               9.46

5          5.    Paul Ellison                    8.77

6          6.    Stephen Ellison              8.72

7          7.    Shaun Marshall              6.85

8          8.    Jonathan Knocker         5.72

9          9.    Mark Peachy                 4.69

1         10. Adam Palabiyik              4.30

Well done to Wac for topping the table and good to see the Stiffs have found a medium pace bowler who can hit the stumps! Good start Gilly - Keep knocking ‘em over! Good start too from Stevie Butler with the bat, although I understand he rode his luck a bit. Nothing wrong with a bit of good luck! A decent opening spell from Shaun and the Peach taking a 1st division scalp again also bodes well for the season.

Let’s hope Snowy Malinga doesn’t do a runner to Devon again this week!

By the way, I’ll be fetching water for Napkin this week - I understand he needs it more than me!

With the absence of Shaun, Will and JK from week 2, it is good to hear that Wac is bringing 3 new players to Killinghall, and a colleague of Mark’s is turning out for the 2nd’s. With Simar soon to be added to the ranks, Squeaky reportedly set to return to Duck Pond cricket on Saturday week and the impending reappearance of Chronic, the captains may soon be faced with unexpected selection dilemmas, through competition for places!

Who’d have thought it?

An added bonus is likely to be improved fashion and musical taste on view at the MPSG!

Let us all welcome these new and returning players and make them feel at home, so that we all enjoy our cricket and, if we can start winning some matches, that should be more fun too!