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    London County Cricket Club search

    By Will 2 years ago, at the end of May, Comments

    The London County Cricket Club did a pop idol event last year to find the next generation of English cricketers. It was a pretty good success too, and they’re doing it again this year.

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    55 from one over

    By Will 3 years ago, at the end of July, Comments

    A 16 year-old, Alex Hales, has hit 55 from one over, to seal a win for his side. WG Grace XI needed 77 from two overs - and they succeeded! Astonishing. The destroyer is one of the sixteen chosen at the cricket idol competition earlier this year, which I wrote about.

    [via Sporting Life]

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    London County Cricket Club - Pop Idol final?

    By Will 3 years ago, at the end of April, Comments

    Just remembered, today is the final of the London County Cricket Club’s “pop idol” style talent scout. And here are the winners, from LondonCountyCricketClub.com:

    Tahir Afridi
    Irfan Ahmed
    Hasan Bajwa
    Christopher Brophy
    Ashley Caddy
    Andrew Carter
    Tom Clarke
    Matthew Currin
    Alex Day
    Daniel De Leon
    Chetan Depala
    Ahmad Elech
    Mike Fair
    Kalana Geekiyana
    Alex Hales
    Brett Houston
    Gemaal Hussain
    Saahil Jain
    Gagandeep Jauhar
    Jason Lane
    Bradley Matthews
    Mohit Mehta
    Jonathan Miles
    John Nurden
    Khawaja Omer
    Dominic O’Neil
    Ridwan Patel
    Janan Rajaratnam
    Ravinder Sidhu
    Tom Strong
    Tim Wellings

    It’ll be fascinating to see how these lot develop, if at all, and whether any counties sign them…or even if any play for England! We’re traditionally injury-prone every few years, so…

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