STBR Stats

I think it's time I abandoned my attempt at summarising 2010 (it was going to be pretty boring anyway) and instead bring you a series of posts about how Popped Collars batters keep on breaking each others records. Here we go again...
It's not uncommon in cricket to see records set, and then quickly re-set by someone else. Note some of my favourite examples:

We interrupt the collection of "2010 summary" posts to bring you this breaking news... Last night saw Popped Collars annihilate Take That and set all manner of batting records along the way.

Take That were sent into bat by Brad who pondered the best way to counter the usual all-out attacking style of the opposition batters. Judicious choice of bowlers and some solid fielding (including a collection of good catches from Chris) saw the Collars succeed. Not only at restricting the dangerous batters, but also knocking off the weaker pairs at the end. Take That made just 57.

Following on from yesterday's match-report, today I present some specific stats, facts and figures from the match. A few records were set, or came very close to being set - mostly of the unsuccessful variety. However, several goals were achieved and milestones reached during the game to ensure that it wasn't all bad... just the result of the game was. The individual performances are shown in the "stat of the week" section on the left of the page.

The 2010 winter season came to an end last night for the Popped Collars, and so today I present the first in a series of end-of-season posts, beginning with a write-up of all the excitement from last night's game...

Following the success of the Popped Collars last season, Friday night saw the claiming of a second consecutive premiership for the team through their offshoot 6-a-side institution, GG. The Grand Final victory was made all the more sweet by the fact that it was over a extremely vocal Indian Kangaroos - the team's arch rivals throughout the competition.

Round 2 of the 2010 Super League, and Weston Blast were looking for more players, and Popped Collars players were again the target of the "selectors". Brad this week made his debut, joining 1-match vetrans Xavier and Andy. But this week their services were required in division 3 - one level below what the boys played last week.

And what a difference one grade made!

Last Friday night a phone call came in asking Xavier and Andy to play for the Weston team in the ACT Super-League competition. For the uninformed, this is a competition between the various indoor cricket centres in the region (Lyneham, Weson, Kambah and Goulburn) - ideally consisting of the "best" players from each centre. It's played in 3 grades with centres able to enter multiple teams per division if they want.

This was not the most ordinary way to be spending a Saturday night, but Xavier and Andy accepted the invitation (aka selection) and showed up to give it a go.