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Come on Andy you were knocking around when the Ballymena and RUC Sixes were in their prime. Did you not double up as a tourist guide when we had trouble getting home one Friday night. Long walk from up there! The late jim Barry blasted you guys for cashing the winner's cheque behind the bar. At least that's all I remember of that night. The Hong Kong Sixes have nothing on Jimmy Boyce's Sun Life Ballymena Sixes.

Caleb - you heard wrong I don't even know what this form of cricket is! My experience however goes back to the old East Antrim League (I'm starting to sound like an aul' man!!) - the original 20/20. I'm sure there were plenty of other such leagues organised around the country. At Downpatrick's dinner I was told of one such - but thanks to Taito's hospitality the memory of the conversation is a bit vague. Perhaps someone could remind me. Also was there one in the Saintfield where only players who couldn't play on Saturdays could play? Or again maybe I picked it up wrong. Apart from the Mid-Ulster Cup there must have been a lot in the mid-Ulster area. can anyone remember any?

Andy,

Did I correctly over-hear somewhere you weren't so fussed on the latest form of fast cricket....The Hong-Kong super-sixes?

I'd agree it's a little 'hard on the eye' for the true cricket traditionalist/purist, but don't knock it too much.
If Chinese and even the Japanese get 'potty' about cricket the way they are now about snooker, well who knows what could happen in the next few years?

A Test match in Tokio maybe ?

Keep them at it I say !

Billy - maybe the applicants are checking to see if their graany ever visited Blarney Castle on a cycling tour so they can qualify for an Oirish passport

That's a good job concerning those three Pakistan cricketers, found guilty and jailed for cheating, accepting bribes and using their most priviledged position to conn the world and his dog into believing they were honest sportsmen!

Hansie Cronya was at it too a good few years back and look at the way he ended up !!

I must confess I once cheated as well, many years ago while swishing away at the crease to every ball I could get near to, I feathered one to the keeper.
He appealed loudly,the bowler half-heartedly did likewise, but I just stood there looking at the ground, Gerald was umpiring and was oblivious of the incident so naturally declined the appeal.

Two or three deliveries later I let a looping half-volley/dolly creep underneath my bat and I was bowled, justice rightly prevailing!

The moral of my story ofcourse is:

1. Crime doesn't pay & 2. When you know you're out......WALK !!

Any sign of the new CIYMS player/'coach'...

I'll stick with the cricket predictions Andy, don't get me started about football & likely results!

Suffice to say, what about that charming 'football star' who couldn't be bothered coming of the bench for the last 20mins or so during an important match and help his teammates & manager out of a tricky situation !

What is he on a week ? £200,OOO or did I hear £25O,OOO........either way....

Enough said !!!

(Good luck with the score draws anyway tonight).

you called the cricket result right so any chance you could have a look at the fixed odds football coupon for Saturday as the tipster from Dundrum seems to be off the air!!

Thanks Andy for the good old sympathy vote, but for a while anyway I really thought I was in with a good shout.

Then again I suppose my 6 for 20 odd against Indian Gymghana ( between ourselves mostly the tail-enders at that), way back in the late ninety's wasn't ever really going to 'cut the mustard' as it were ; combined with my naive admission to an ever increasing corpulent waistline, I guess from then on...I had shot myself in the foot !

Did you notice I called the India v England ODI result correctly yesterday and that was when England were 129 for 0 at the time and going well, so just proves I do know something about cricket........but doesn't matter now.

Pity though.. 'I could have been someone' !!

Caleb - don't be too disappointed. The whispers that were going round Belmont in early September 2011 would indicate that this was a "done deal". I notice no-one from CI has picked up on the late season rumour of a player making the reverse journey!! But then it might have been just a rumour!
P.S. - congratulations to Mr. Angry for looking so well at the Lisburn dinner (see NCU site) - he cleans up well!!

Re: CI Shortlister,

I'm very sorry indeed to learn that I didn't make 'the cut' as you so succinctly put it ! And thanks for the kind offer of the use of your Gym.

I do hope it wasn't my quite portly waist (not waste) measurements that sealed my fate, although sometimes to my disadvantage I can be just too honest !

However it was nice to dream for a while, but now it's back to reality and to continue on I guess with the same old..same old, 12hr shifts at boring old work, but good luck to the new player/coach at CIYMS C.C. whoever he/she maybe.

And best wishes to all at Belmont Rd.for next season !

Mr Boomer the post wasn't for our 4th XI, if you read the criteria it said premier league standard!

Sorry C.Boomer, You didn't make the cut!

But if you would like to join we have a gym there too if you would like to cut down to a 32..

bit cryptic there Matthew! C'mon name a few names for the crack!!

funny how clubs want all yes men to try and run them who will not go against what the other big guns say some clubs are sad and will end up very sorry