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Nickname(s):
Rich
Years at Reds:
Three Other clubs played at:
None Bat:
RH, between 8 and 11, try to make the bowler angry by not getting out. Bowl:
RH medium, Generally I try to aim for those three stick things at the other end (on average I bowl about one over per season. But I did get a bloke stumped once, when he swung and missed at a particularly wide delivery). Preferred fielding spot:
Anywhere that allows me to hare off in pursuit of the ball. Your most memorable cricketing feat:
In the 2007/08 season, hitting five crude cross-bat slaps through long-on in a row, with three going to the boundary. I was most gratified when the bowler, knowing that this was the only shot in my meagre and primitive arsenal, but unable to stop himself from serving up lukewarm and very hittable fruit, started to yell at himself in frustration and moved a few fielders around to try and plug the gap. Then I got ignominiously stumped. Most admired Reds cricketer:
Rhidian Thomas – got a great Welsh name, handy with bat and ball, and has this sort of rakish, "gentleman mongrel" air about him. I reckon he would have been a privateer in another life. Most admired Mercantile (non-Reds) cricketer:
Hmmm… to be honest, I can’t name a player from another Mercantile club. Which isn’t to say they are bad people, just that I haven’t really been paying attention to names. Most admired international cricketer:
Andre Nel – mad. Funniest Reds moment:
At training, getting bowled five times in a row by the Reds’ Brett Byrne (confirmed, by independent laboratory testing at the Ponds Institute, as the Bitterest Man in Cricket). The fifth consecutive dismissal inspired him to do a victory lap in front of the nets, which I found demeaning but amusing at the same time. Best sledge heard/given/experienced:
I was privileged to hear countless gems from the Reds’ own Wim "Freight Train" Vandenhil. I particularly liked "Ooh, that delivery had him in one, two, maybe three minds…". Political views in five words or less:
Thoroughly disenchanted with major parties. Six people you would invite to dinner:
Dave Chappelle, Kate Winslet, Stirling Mortlock, Bob Brown, Neil Finn, Suzanne Vega. It’d probably be a bit weird. Six people you'd never invite to dinner:
Anna Coren & Tracy Grimshaw (being identical they really they should just count as one), John Howard (the poisonous muppet!), Eddie McGuire, Rove, Wilson "Iron Dickhead" Tuckey. Favourite Youtube video:
A Kiwi friend showed me this animation of a beached whale with some over-the-top NZ accents – "You’re beached as, bro!" - hard to do it justice in words, you need to see it... | 
