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Sunrise without enlightenment – a Sunrisers v South East Stars match report

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Ged Ladd writes…

DAISY: So who are the Sunrisers?

GED: They are the women’s franchise comprising Middlesex and other neighbouring counties, such as Essex and Northamptonshire.

DAISY: I thought that was London Spirit.

GED: London Spirit is a “The Hundred” franchise – except we’re not supposed to call those ones franchises – whereas Sunrisers is a franchise for 50-over and Twenty20 cricket.

DAISY: That makes no sense.

GED: None of the domestic cricket makes sense at the moment.

DAISY: Where’s the DJ? Where’s the razzamatazz? Where’s the crowd?

GED: The ECB wants to promote The Hundred, so domestic Twenty20 gets the dregs.

DAISY: How many of the players do you recognise?

GED: Frankly, apart from the international players I don’t recognise any of them. This is only the second time I have been to a women’s domestic match.

DAISY: They aren’t very forthcoming on the big screen or the tannoy either. How many Middlesex players are playing for Sunrisers today?

GED: No idea.

DAISY: Are any of today’s Sunrisers actually Middlesex players then?

GED: Possibly not… (Googles a bit) …I don’t think so.

DAISY: Then why should we support Sunrisers?

GED: Because they are Middlesex’s team, that’s why. Sunrisers are the team included in your Middlesex membership.

DAISY: I’m sold.

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8 comments

  1. Having problems watching the T20 between SA and India at the moment. Only heard of a few of them, and the quality of cricket at times is a bit off, to say the least. Erf…

    Good on Pakistan thrashing Australia though. Still something to be said for ODIs.

    1. Indeed, but good to see Pakistan thrash Australia again and win their first ODI series there in 22 years, …and also see Maxwell out for another golden duck.

      …not to diverge from Ged and Daisy’s most excellent account of the Starrisers v South East Suns game of course.

      1. Correction – not a golden duck, but very close, and I mixed up the names of the T20 teams, I think. I dunno. I get confused by all the silly, flash and bang, names out there.

  3. Thanks for publishing that match report, KC. Daisy was chuffed to see her wise words in print so soon after the event. I think that match was quite recent – spring 2023. 🤪🙄😎

      1. I would suggest “BREAKING NEWS” rathe than just “BREAKING”, for clarity. Especially in the context of the perplexed expression on my face in one of Daisy’s pictures, which might otherwise be mistaken for the “WIND” variety of breaking.

        But having omitted the word/phrase from this piece, you might reserve it for one of the biographical, Herbert Ackgrass pieces about days of yore. “BREAKING NEWS – fifty years ago, Ged Ladd played a bit of cricket when he was at school. Was he any good? CNN says it is still too early to call…”

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