Name:
Nick Brindley
A.k.a: Brindo, Myra, Gandalf, Big Bird, The BFG,
Lookalikes: John O'Shea, a lanky Peter Kay
Best Batting: 85 vs Theydon Bois, 2004
Best Bowling: 4/14 vs Old Paulians, 2002
Champagne Moment: Chanceless 85 against top quality
bowling at Theydon Bois
Profile:
At
7"1, Brindo is the tallest player ever to don
a shirt for the Cavs - and can count himself lucky
to have made it in to the team at all as, when a house-mate
of skipper Jimmy Hat in Stoke Newington, the hammered
BFG left the front door open and a burglar helped
themselves to the laptop Jim had left in the hallway.
But, with this incident firmly in the past (or at
least it was until this profile was written), Brindo
has become a much valued member of the team.
One
of only a handful of genuine all-rounders in the side,
Brindo is arguably our most technically correct batsman,
a tall and elegant leftie with the straightest bat
you've ever seen. Against Theydon Bois in May 2004,
he looked odds on cert for the Holy Grail that is
the Cavs' First Ton, only to fall short when fatigue
kicked in - and there can be no excuse for this as
22 yards is only three strides for the big fella.
Brindo
regularly gets the new ball for the Cavs, his height
and bounce posing genuine problems for oppo batsmen,
and the site of Gandalf coming in off a full run-up
would scare anyone. Brindo also gets brownie points
for moving in with the Club Captain's bridesmaid.
-
F Tant 06/2004
A
poem by Saul Wordsworth :-
Oh
look, there’s Nicholas Brindley!
AKA
known as Big Bird
He’s
massively tall and so spindly
Imagine
the size of his turd
You'll
notice he’s nifty at batting
And
fancies himself as a quickie
But
though he aspires to be Gatting
He’d
prefer a night in with Vicky
His
action is so metronomic
The
point of release is a mile in the air
In
cricket terms he’s bionic
His
bouncer’s been known to part Timmy F’s
hair
As
a batter he’s stylish like Gower
All
elegance, timing and power
We
all saw his eighty against Theydon Bois
He
batted that day like a human Rolls Royce
But
what does this chap do on Thursdays?
A
net with the Cavs or a drink at the bar?
Nothing
like that for the tall man
He
goes round to Frase’s and watches E.R.
We
know he can bat and can bowl
What
else do we know about Brindo?
He’s
as Northern as Toad in the Hole
And
as tall as a Synagogue window
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