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Fayaz Aziz

Not quite as dynamic as in his pomp, Fayaz continues to be an excellent accumulator of runs and has made first slip his very own position. This is more to do with his refusal to field anywhere that may involve running, but his safe hands make him a natural for the position. Good job, really. Would make more of an impression on team mates if he brought his lovely wife along a little more often.

Ilija Krunic

The tallest human-being in London, ladies' man Illie has taken Strollers cricket to new heights with his fiery pace bowling and cavalier batting.
The man single-handedly responsible for making the bouffant fashionable again, Illie lives life in the fast lane on a diet of bucks fizz, fast cars and rice pudding. Despite adapting well to the London social scene, his heart remains in Serbia and he was devastated by S and M's 6-0 defeat to Argentina in the World Cup this summer. 'Six lucky goals' was his considered analysis of the match.

Jital Patel

Yet to master the 24 hour, 60 minute time system, Jit is a natural cricketer with both bat and ball. A natural swing bowler, Jit is able to direct the leather much more accurately than he is able to direct himself to each match. Must be email tampering, a problem also experienced by Tango Lupton in recent years.

John Reidy

A man of fine judgement in all areas bar one, Chelsea FC, where he becomes the most unreasonable pundit known to mankind. Having ditched his dinner shirt for matches, Reidy has become indispensable to the Strollers cause and has recently forced Mick Matthews ro relinquish the stumpers' position. The duel has become reminiscent of the Read/Jones England situation. Reidy's success in this contest proves that you don't have to throw millions around to achieve success.

Michael Matthews

First-choice wicket keeper 'Kapilliary' is suffering from back-pain currently, and generally chooses to allow deliveries below knee-height to run through to the boundary. His position behind the timber is coming under severe pressure from the emerging John Reidy, and leaves Chairman Lees with a difficult decision as he decides which players will be offered a central contract for next summer's campaign.

Nicholas Clark

Skipper Clark has earned the respect of players and officials alike with his perceptive, sensitive and imaginative captaincy. Nick has helped promoted team spirit in many ways, particularly his insistence on consuming a couple of pints pre-match to 'get us in the mood'. Radical thinking indeed. Our captain remains a dangerous pinch-hitter and, in the opinion of the editor, an under-used medium quick bowler.

Patrick Thomas

The ultimate team man, Patrick is always available at short notice and brings only fun and jollity to the proceedings. Anyone travelling to a game in the back of his white van will look forward to the acquisition of the Routemaster to avoid whiplash injuries. Pat claims the experience is an essential team bonding exercise, although this has yet to be supported by any travellers.

Paul Lees

After a frustrating season of picking up players from all four corners of London prior to matches, Chairman Paul is rumoured to be bidding for an old Routemaster bus as the official team coach. Stan will, of course, be the official driver and is seeking Blakey to be his trusted conductor. On the field it's neck and neck with Ginger Lupton for the all time wicket taking crown.

Paul Lupton

Happily living in domestic bliss with 'partner', Blodwyn Llewelyn-Davies-Jones, the ginger flash confirmed his legendary status by entering the record books in 2005 as The Strollers' all-time record wicket-taker with 208 wickets. In an exclusive interview, our man revealed that his next target is to become the first bowler in history to take 1000 career wickets. And who would argue that the great man is incapable of achieving such a feat? Off the field his luck is not so good ? After six years struggling with a mobile phone that refuses to accurately send the message typed, he has now upgraded only to find his new phone has a similar problem.

Rajesh Sharma

After a quiet couple of years Raj exploded back onto the scene with a brutal assault on the Ruislip Victoria bowling attack, smashing the ball to all parts of West London. Raj has also thrown, sorry bowled, regularly this season with his unusual action and has proved to be an essential back up bowler to the Strollers' fearsome new ball bowlers. This man needs to be dismissed early before he takes the game away from you.

Simon French

A boy never short of confidence nor advice, our hunky fast bowler has returned to London from Durham and has immediately made his mark on Strollers cricket with his intimidatory bowling and lusty hitting. The Frenchman has added to his credits by becoming the first Stroller to sport a chest-wax, although this has become rather stubbly in recent weeks. Simon explained that this problem was inevitable as his student loan does not run to more than one wax per season.

Simon Robinson

A footballer made good, he makes the game of cricket look relatively easy. There is nothing he can't turn his hand to on the field, and his stats show that he is strong in all departments. He plays the game with a smile, probably in the knowledge that he'll only bother to play the first half of the season and then clear off on several consecutive holidays. Enjoys a 'dig' at all the other players, just to keep everybody on their toes. Also likes to hob-nob with the big Serb off the pitch, when he's got absolutely nothing else to do.

Sunil Mohan

Hard hitting batter, rapid pace bowler, Sunny is filling in time as a player before he turns to his true vocation, umpiring. This boy has such an understanding of the art that he is able to call LBW decisions from square leg ? No mean feat indeed. The club must maximise this boy's prodigious talent while it is available, before our matchwinner's calling from the International Panel takes away our most prized asset.