Cricket: Triumphant Camels complete grand slam – Gulf Digital News
- Date: 03-Aug-2022
- Source: Gulf Digital News
- Sector:Technology
- Country:Bahrain
Cricket: Triumphant Camels complete grand slam – Gulf Digital News
GULFWEEKLY: Bahrain’s favourite cricketing tourists, the Awali Camels, are at last back from their latest tour, this time of Bristol, Gloucestershire and Somerset, writes Abu George.
It was a stunning tour; a thorough success with brilliant cricket, brilliant weather and brilliant results.
Two millennia ago, the Romans invaded and conquered this beautiful corner of Ancient Britain. Now, it was the Camels’ turn to claim ‘Veni, vidi, vici’! Where Julius Caesar once walked tall, the Awali Camels strutted their inimitable stuff, beating all opposition and having marvellous fun doing so.
The one difference - while the Romans were never invited back, this team of cheerful cricketers have already been booked in for future visits to every club they have played.
First, it was Oldbury Cricket Club, nestling comfortably on the Severn estuary.
The locals were well prepared for the onslaught and put up a great fight, but in the end were edged by the batting prowess of Matt Rees (100) and George Axtell (94) and four wickets by Guy Parker. Of course, there were 11 heroes on the field, all contributing. If it wasn’t Tom Wooding’s all-round performance, or Haniel Robert’s cool-headedness under pressure, it was the tumbling catch by Gerwyn Caffrey and the athleticism of
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