The Ocean XI cricket team - founded in 2004 by a bunch of ex-BMHS and ex-PFS guys. Made up of regular members and guess members. A good multi-racial mix of tall, short, fat, thin, dark, fair blokes who do claim to be "good" cricket players. All coming from different backgrounds and who each hold jobs in a variety of sectors . Though so different we may be, we're brought together because of two commonalities - the love for cricket and the love for the drink!
These are the Oceanites :
The regulars
1. General B - captain on and off the field - especially off since he's been injured on the field so often; surprisingly always performs off the field, never injured, always not out!
2. Kilat Rama(Vick) - ex-Malaysian cricket superstar. Takes the first run quick and always looks for 2 for 1 opportunities. Recently, lacks match fitness "off the field" in domestic matches.
3. Mogoi G - our version of Sehwag! Lost the jambang but still very explosive with the bat. Potentially our largest fine contributor next season due to severe lack of match fitness "off the field".
4. Old Man Wei - experienced cricket guru, qualified umpire, keeps wicket extremely well - especially off the field where never a "bye" he lets go; nothing old about him off the field
5. Flaming Wei - off the field star for Ocean, steady grafter off the field, can scalp prized wickets - again off the field, the most steady Oceanite - you guessed it! off the field when it comes to drinking!
6. Motte - fine master extraordinaire ; owner of the most expensive bat in the team, seldom puts it to good use; workhorse - both on and off the field; fast on the field, faster off it.
7. Sun Gave-up - quickest bowler in the team; shiniest teeth in the team too; finishes one tube of sunscreen per game; constantly asking the mirror on the wall, "Who is the fairest of them all?"
8. Ah Long - handy with ball and bat; prone to causing bodily harm - especially off the field; great recovery skills - again off the field especially where loans are concerned
9. Guinness Raj - the name says it all. Scores big on and off the field - only goes for 4s and 6s - again on and off the field; Friday Night Session (FNS) king
10. D man - need this bloke to even up the karma in the team - not! Crosses at every chance - yes, on and off the field;
11. Ah Boy - evil knievel himself; fastest runner between the wickets - that's what he tells himself! now the expat in the team
Former Greats
12. PP - has the most famous shirt in the team; most famous bus driver in the team; also claimed to be a doctor, a policeman - lately claims to be a lawyer
13. Cupper - sleek, shrewd and a smooth operator; a fine bus conductor too; elusive bugger - though lately mogoi is just as elusive
7 comments:
Very interesting... but well it seems to me that most of the 11 have been "scoring" pretty well off the field rather than on it (that includes G.R.)! When we going to have some action ON the field lah...?
yeah, got to remedy that. hopefully next season, we'll be committed to not only playing but having regular nets as well
Fret not Guinness, the chance to have some action ON the field is to be conjured....a testimonial match is spotted on one of the weekends looking into the crystal ball..I will need a few wands to help me out. ..stay tune.
It appears someone is starting a splinter group having committed to play regularly and have regular nets in the US. Just to let you know OXICT belongs to the original OXICT not some deviant movement. If you guys want to use that name in US headed by Motte, we collect royalty. In fact OXICT sounds like a nice name for a cocktail... Imagine if we mix it then bottle and sell it. We'll make a fortune
flaming,
not starting a splinter group la. just planning to hone my skills in the US so that when i come back to OXICT, i can contribute to getting 50s and 3 wickets per game LOL...
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