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3) THIS IS A LIST OF THE CURRENT
PLAYING STAFF, WITH A AMUSING ANECDOTE
ABOUT EACH PLAYER.



THE 2000 SQUAD (in alphabetical order)


CRAIG BALL,
19,
RIGHT ARM OVER (medium pace),
"CRAIG IS CURRENTLY STILL FINDING HIS FEET AT THE CLUB, DUE TO WORK COMITMENTS AND OTHER AVALIBILITY PROBLEMS LIMITING HIS OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPRESS"



GILES BEE (bumble),
32,
RIGHT ARM OVER (fast/medium),
"GILES IS A RELIABLE ACCURATE LINE AND LENGTH BOWLER , SOME ONE TO RELY ON WEATHER ON OR OF THE PITCH"



PETER BIRCH (beefy, linsey, pistol pete),
19,
RIGHT HANDED BAT,
"PETER HAS NOW BEGUN TO ESTABLISH A REGULAR PLACE IN THE TEAM, HE IS VERY ENTHUSASTIC IN THE FIELD (if wayward at times) AND HAS THE BIGGEST BAG AT THE CLUB"



PAUL BLYTHIN (nugget),
23,
RIGHT HANDED BAT,
"PAUL IS AN UNPEERLESS SQUARE LEG FIELDER, WITH NUMEROUS FIELDING TROPHIES TO BACK THIS STATEMENT UP"



LAURENCE CLEERE,
18,
RIGHT ARM OVER (horrible nagging pace and length),
"LAURENCE IS A RELATIVLY NEW AQUISTION TO THE CLUB AND HAS IMPRESSED TREMENDOSLY IN THE HANDFULL OF APPERENCES WHICH HE HAS MADE"



DAVE GRICE,
20,
RIGH HAND BAT,
"THIS IS DAVE'S FIRST SEASON PLAYING CRICKET FOR PACKINGTON, AND WITH THE SOLID FORM SHOWN IN THE NETS BEING DISPLAYED ON THE FIELD, DAVE IS THE KIND OF PLAYER TO TAKE PACKINGTON FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE"



JONATHAN JONES (jono, shane, warney),
26,
A TRUE GENUINE ALL-ROUNDER,
"JONO IS A HIQH QUALITY SPINNER CAPEABLE OF TURNING A GAME IN MINUTES, AND WHEN HE PUTS HIS MIND TO IT HE CAN BAT WITH THE BEST OF THEM A GENUINE ASSET TO THE CLUB"



JOHN. T. JONES ( limpford),
44,
RIGHT HAND BAT,
"JOHN HAS BEEN AT THE CLUB FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AND HAS WITNESSED THE GROWTH AND CONTINUAL IMPROVEMNET OF THE CLUB FIRST HAND, 2000 HAS SEEN HIM TAKE OVER THE CAPTAINS DUTIES, TO WHICH HE IS UNFLAPPABLE AND THE ULTIMATE PROFESIONAL, A RESPONSIBILITY THAT HE IS RELISHING "



ASHLEY KIRK (alber),
20,
& LEFT HAND BAT & WICKET KEEPER,
"ASHLEY SEAMS TO HAVE BEEN BORN TO PLAY CRICKET, WHEN HE IS BATTING HE HAS A UNRUSHED COMPACT FLUENT STYLE WITH A NATURAL ELEGANCE MUCH IN THE DAVID GOWER MOLD"



CHRIS MILES,
51,
LEFT HAND OPENER,
"CHRIS IS AN EVER PRESSENT PACKINGTON PLAYER, WHO VERY RARELY FAILS TO DELIVER RUNS, HE IS ALSO A SUPERB FIRST SLIP"



JON LUND (lundy),
37,
RIGHT HAND OPENER,
"JON IS THE ULTIMATE PLAYER, HE IS COMPACT FLUENT EFFORTLESS POWERFULL DEVERSTATING, HE NEVER FAILS HE IS A MACHINE"



JEM PARRY,
38,
RIGHT ARM OVER (medium pace/lateral movement bowler),
"JEM IS THE PARTNERSHIP BREAKER IN THE SIDE AND HE NEVER FAILS TO GET THE BREAKTHROUGH USALLY IN HIS FIRST OVER, PLUS HE IS THE BEST No 11 IN THE LEAGUE"



CHAS ROBEY,
26,
ANOTHER HIGH QUALITY ALLROUNDER,
"CHAS IS THE NEWEST RECRUTE TO THE SQUAD, MAKING HIS DEBUE RECENTLY
(8th July), AND HAS IMPRESSED IMEDIATLY"



ROB SANSOM (wallace),
28,
RIGHT ARM OVER (fast),
"ROB IS( in his own words) QUITE SIMPLY THE BEST AND FASTEST ALLROUNDER IN PACKINGTON, DYNAMITE IN WHITE"



ANDY SMITH (the legend),
43,
RIGHT ARM OVER (fast/medium),
"ANDY FORMS THE OTHER HALF OF THE OPPENING ATTACK WITH ROB, AN EVER-PRESSENT CRICKET NUT, WHO KNOWS EVERY RULE UPSIDE DOWN INSIDE OUT AND BACK TO FRONT AND IF HE DOSENT KNOW IT THEN IT DOSENT EXIST !!!" .

 

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