Sanderstead CC TV I had the privilege of meeting Major John Howard DSO who led the glider-borne assault on the two bridges between Bénouville and Ranville in Normandy, France, codenamed Operation Deadstick, on 6 June 1944 as part of the D-Day landings, along with one of glider pilots. Richard Todd played the part of John Howard in "The Longest Day", who himself had jumped into Normandy on D-Day with the British Sixth Airborne Division.
I nwould like to say a massive THNK YOU Sanderstead CC and everyone involved in this channel . It's an absolute gem in these dark times. Thank you so much!
These matches are a joy for me to watch as an expat in a non cricketing nation. Slightly bittersweet because it makes me so homesick, yet so happy at the same time to watch. Thank you!!!
What an absolute pleasure it's been having you and your commentary back this last few weeks Dan and also it's great to see Lord Handley back at sanderstead.. As for my favourite film.. It has to be one flew over the cuckoo's nest.. A classic
Community cricket...wonderful stuff. Not something we have in Australia. Might have to move to England just to play village cricket and have a load of fun. But getting a bit long in the tooth, but spectating would be just as good. Love it....keep em coming
Great to watch and always lovely from Sanderstead CC. When Lucy pushes the ball throw with more energy in her action, she lands it in the right areas and accurately. Very good
A proper Sunday declaration game with tea between innings. Good to see Sunday cricket thriving. When I stopped playing it seemed to be disappearing, but it was mine and many others access into adult cricket and provided many great club members with playing opportunities. I am sure when I started playing Sunday 2nds at 13 every village side had a hard-hitting number six that looked like a blacksmith (or a low rent Botham) that also bowled medium pace with intent. A nurdeling wicket keeper batting at number 7 was also a prerequisite. Seeing the wicket being fly mowed was probably the most village moment of my cricketing life, good times.
T Kingo The cricket society try to play declaration cricket in all their games. Sadly a lot of clubs won’t play it because they don’t know how to. Thankfully Sanderstead is a proper club.
@@humphrer2 I always thought captaining a Sunday declaration game was in many ways much tougher than a league game, where you are only worried about winning. You want to get everyone involved as often the Sunday sides would included those crucial club players that would be called into a Saturday league game on a Friday night to bat 11 & not bowl. You also want to engineer a good game, but ultimately still win. Other than the occasional all day game, most friendly games I played were declaration games where on a Sunday or mid week games against the likes of the Freebooters, MCC, Hampshire Stragglers and Hambledon. I am pretty sure most of the colts games I played were that format too including against Surrey & Hants 2 counties who had some rather useful players if I remember correctly.
The way fielding is done in cricket, in every form that I've watched at least (as an American who only started watching it during quarantine), seems so laid back... everyone picks up the ball, then sets their body and takes two steps to throw the ball in... I'm used to baseball, where throws are made so quickly and sometimes completely off-balance. I want to score a baseball game in the same way a cricket match is scored.... a run for every base, ground rule doubles are 4 and home runs are 6. It'd look like a basketball game score here in the US lol
If there's a reasonable chance of getting out in cricket then the batsman running means they made a mistake. In baseball the batsman is forced to run. In cricket the fielding is completely different if there's a chance of a run out (in theory) Also the fielders aren't all young and fit.
12:52 Thanks DA for a delightful analysis of the situation then for your shrewd and valid observations to be totally turned their it's head by the abrupt declaration! One for the book....
09:44 to 09:55 Lovely bit of cricket.... bowler giving it some air, first fullish then a tad shorter (probing), proper cricket shots from the batsman reflecting the nature of the deliveries and, to cap it all, neat fielding by cover. Text book cricket. Deep sigh of contentment from me.
I remember playing senior grade cricket in NZ and we had a young girl in our team. She was actually pretty damned good and picked up a fair few wickets through the summers too 🙌👍✊ But yeah, ground breaking stuff back then 👊
God. I wish I was there. Watch a bit of cricket, go for a nice walk, end up at a pub and a pint of proper ale. I can't remember what beer tastes like. Thanks for the uploads. They are a lovely reminder.
A most interesting game & I'm glad the Lord showed up because the game was a bit slow lol at that point. On his favourite film I would have to agree, The Longest Day was a really good film seen yrs ago in black n white & I would advise anyone to go & have a look at it if they get the chance.
It was always timed games when I played. It was usual to declare at tea (time of which was fixed, half way) but if you were short of runs you might bat on for a few overs of biff after tea. You had to have confidence in your bowlers to do that, of course, and it wasn't often a good idea.
'20:08' "There goes the moo, more like a calf, rather than the full cow'. John Arlott could not have put it better, he would, of course, have been shaking his head ruefully.
Why, thank you! Once met Arlott at Grace Road, Leicester - I was about 12 and with my father and a friend of his who was a Cheese maker. We were all in the TV commentary box during a Sunday John Player League match. My dad's friend brought a hamper of cheeses and Arlott brought a briefcase with half a dozen bottles of fine claret! They all got absolutely hammered whilst Arlott did his thing live on BBC! Happy days.
@@SandersteadCCTV Cricket, Cheese, (good) Company and Claret. A wonderful combination of 'C's. The John Player League! I learned to score watching that on BBC2 on Sunday afternoons.
I strongly believe Lucy should switch to bowling spin. She's got a great action and it would do a whole lot of good to her confidence once she starts bowling more accurately and leaking less runs. Good luck to her!!
@@SandersteadCCTV Fantastic! To put in your words "and why not!". I really love your work Dan and I diligently wait each weekend to watch these videos. Thank you for all your hard work and keeping us cricket enthusiasts entertained. Cheers.
As we always say, « when you need a big catch taken, call on Matt Harris. » On the film front if asked before the season starts then it has to be « Great Expectations. » and as bats are put away and Sanderstead players celebrate with 10 pints of Pilgrims and an extra large vindaloo curry, it’s probably « Gone with the Wind. » 🏏👍😏
Great game so close at the end but we hung on Johnny and Stu batted well the bowlers not so good but all those Fenns can bat a bit so thought a draw a fair result. My other fave film Legend about the Krays with Tom Hardy playing them both.
Is the Cricket Society made up of a Select X1 from clubs similar to Sanderstead from the Surrey League or are they a bona fide club with a full fixture list in a competitive league?
Oh Jonny, another helicopter and another wicket. You hit through that and it smacks into the fence behind the bowler. Long shot, Dan, but do you know if their player Peter Hardy ever edited a cricket fanzine?
Matt Harris is really getting into the role of the village Vettori by growing the beard to copy the real Vettori, his bowling is looking the goods and his catching just like plucking daisies
Erm.... just can't get my head around the variations in batting style in last few overs..... did I actually see that? Did Dev have two conflicting implants in his brain feeding him messages ball by ball?
Draw cricket is only any good with sporting teams. Played too many who have absolutely no intention to chase the score. Fielding for 60 overs for 70-4 is not much fun!
Love how Lord Handley rambled on so much he forgot to actually give the name of his favourite film. Super stuff.
Wasn’t it just! Wonderful.....
Sanderstead CC TV I had the privilege of meeting Major John Howard DSO who led the glider-borne assault on the two bridges between Bénouville and Ranville in Normandy, France, codenamed Operation Deadstick, on 6 June 1944 as part of the D-Day landings, along with one of glider pilots. Richard Todd played the part of John Howard in "The Longest Day", who himself had jumped into Normandy on D-Day with the British Sixth Airborne Division.
Fanatic to hear him reminisce!
markaluge what an honour!
That should of said fantastic. Like a voice from a different era
I nwould like to say a massive THNK YOU Sanderstead CC and everyone involved in this channel . It's an absolute gem in these dark times. Thank you so much!
It’s an absolute pleasure - glad you’ve found us!
Thanks for hosting us and for a fab day of cricket.👏 Good luck with the remaining fixtures. See you all next year! 👍🏽🏏
Well batted and bowled sir!
These matches are a joy for me to watch as an expat in a non cricketing nation. Slightly bittersweet because it makes me so homesick, yet so happy at the same time to watch. Thank you!!!
Delighted to provide this fix for you
18:17 'Master of temptation' brilliantly put, and so in context with the game.
I was pleased with that!
Love these videos, the heart of every community is it’s local cricket team long may it continue
Absolutely!
What an absolute pleasure it's been having you and your commentary back this last few weeks Dan and also it's great to see Lord Handley back at sanderstead.. As for my favourite film.. It has to be one flew over the cuckoo's nest.. A classic
Community cricket...wonderful stuff.
Not something we have in Australia.
Might have to move to England just to play village cricket and have a load of fun.
But getting a bit long in the tooth, but spectating would be just as good.
Love it....keep em coming
Great to watch and always lovely from Sanderstead CC. When Lucy pushes the ball throw with more energy in her action, she lands it in the right areas and accurately. Very good
A proper Sunday declaration game with tea between innings. Good to see Sunday cricket thriving. When I stopped playing it seemed to be disappearing, but it was mine and many others access into adult cricket and provided many great club members with playing opportunities. I am sure when I started playing Sunday 2nds at 13 every village side had a hard-hitting number six that looked like a blacksmith (or a low rent Botham) that also bowled medium pace with intent. A nurdeling wicket keeper batting at number 7 was also a prerequisite. Seeing the wicket being fly mowed was probably the most village moment of my cricketing life, good times.
T Kingo
The cricket society try to play declaration cricket in all their games. Sadly a lot of clubs won’t play it because they don’t know how to. Thankfully Sanderstead is a proper club.
@@humphrer2 I always thought captaining a Sunday declaration game was in many ways much tougher than a league game, where you are only worried about winning. You want to get everyone involved as often the Sunday sides would included those crucial club players that would be called into a Saturday league game on a Friday night to bat 11 & not bowl. You also want to engineer a good game, but ultimately still win. Other than the occasional all day game, most friendly games I played were declaration games where on a Sunday or mid week games against the likes of the Freebooters, MCC, Hampshire Stragglers and Hambledon. I am pretty sure most of the colts games I played were that format too including against Surrey & Hants 2 counties who had some rather useful players if I remember correctly.
The way fielding is done in cricket, in every form that I've watched at least (as an American who only started watching it during quarantine), seems so laid back... everyone picks up the ball, then sets their body and takes two steps to throw the ball in... I'm used to baseball, where throws are made so quickly and sometimes completely off-balance. I want to score a baseball game in the same way a cricket match is scored.... a run for every base, ground rule doubles are 4 and home runs are 6. It'd look like a basketball game score here in the US lol
If there's a reasonable chance of getting out in cricket then the batsman running means they made a mistake. In baseball the batsman is forced to run. In cricket the fielding is completely different if there's a chance of a run out (in theory)
Also the fielders aren't all young and fit.
12:52 Thanks DA for a delightful analysis of the situation then for your shrewd and valid observations to be totally turned their it's head by the abrupt declaration! One for the book....
Just love the commentators curse! I am beginning to believe that I can now change the course of a game by predicting what I don't want to happen!
@@SandersteadCCTV That's bordering on delusional...... unless it is true, how scary.
andy moore well, I’m nearly always wrong! I guess that’s just sport....
Can I have a pint of whatever Matt Harris has had this weekend, please??! Superb stuff!!
And he’s been picked for an England squad (more on this at some point 👀)
loved how everyone seemed to be guessing what the plan was in the last few overs (including Dev and JLo out there in the middle)
Everything that's great about cricket. Makes me wish there could be more drawn matches.
Totally agree - that extra dimension brings so much to the game, so long as captains know what to do with it. Sadly it is a dying art
100 caps is nothing to sniff at - well done!
At my club we have an "I can't catch!" hat 😂
@Kakotiri lol that’ll teach them 😂
@@petedude3264 Poor guy gets it every week and he's 76!
Lol 😂😂😂
Thank you, a lovely game. And as DA says 'what a wonderful thing a draw can be'.
It really is!
"Thank you for that concise answer". Certainly felt like the longest day! Good old Lord Handley.
09:44 to 09:55 Lovely bit of cricket.... bowler giving it some air, first fullish then a tad shorter (probing), proper cricket shots from the batsman reflecting the nature of the deliveries and, to cap it all, neat fielding by cover. Text book cricket. Deep sigh of contentment from me.
I remember playing senior grade cricket in NZ and we had a young girl in our team. She was actually pretty damned good and picked up a fair few wickets through the summers too 🙌👍✊ But yeah, ground breaking stuff back then 👊
Great couple of main wall forces from Ronald....nice to see someone I know playing even when living in 🏴!! Well batted Ronald 👍
Quality player
good to see cymbals back behind the sticks
Absolutely FANTASTIC
God. I wish I was there. Watch a bit of cricket, go for a nice walk, end up at a pub and a pint of proper ale. I can't remember what beer tastes like.
Thanks for the uploads. They are a lovely reminder.
Adam Sadiq blimey - where are you?!?! And it’s a pleasure, by the way....
My teams playing a team we’ve lost to by 2 runs, 4 runs, 4 runs, 6 runs and another 2 runs. We’re playing them on Sunday. Wish us luck 🤞🏻
Good luck - get the inevitable tight finish on film!
Pete, hopefully you win the toss and bat first. Let your opponents chase the runs for a change. Good luck.
Who’s this left arm spinner and what have he done with Matt Harris..
Lovely vids lads keep it up love timed games
A most interesting game & I'm glad the Lord showed up because the game was a bit slow lol at that point. On his favourite film I would have to agree, The Longest Day was a really good film seen yrs ago in black n white & I would advise anyone to go & have a look at it if they get the chance.
It was always timed games when I played. It was usual to declare at tea (time of which was fixed, half way) but if you were short of runs you might bat on for a few overs of biff after tea. You had to have confidence in your bowlers to do that, of course, and it wasn't often a good idea.
Great video again Dan! I'm sorry I can see Louis Van Gaal behind the stumps and Simon Bird bowling left arm spin!
😂😂👍
29:47 best part of the video
'20:08' "There goes the moo, more like a calf, rather than the full cow'. John Arlott could not have put it better, he would, of course, have been shaking his head ruefully.
Why, thank you! Once met Arlott at Grace Road, Leicester - I was about 12 and with my father and a friend of his who was a Cheese maker. We were all in the TV commentary box during a Sunday John Player League match. My dad's friend brought a hamper of cheeses and Arlott brought a briefcase with half a dozen bottles of fine claret! They all got absolutely hammered whilst Arlott did his thing live on BBC! Happy days.
@@SandersteadCCTV Cricket, Cheese, (good) Company and Claret. A wonderful combination of 'C's.
The John Player League! I learned to score watching that on BBC2 on Sunday afternoons.
A 10-hour looped video of Matt Harris taking those catches is now not only necessary but mandatory.
I'm on it......
I strongly believe Lucy should switch to bowling spin. She's got a great action and it would do a whole lot of good to her confidence once she starts bowling more accurately and leaking less runs. Good luck to her!!
She can bowl leg break - I agree with you. One for the winter training.
@@SandersteadCCTV Fantastic! To put in your words "and why not!". I really love your work Dan and I diligently wait each weekend to watch these videos. Thank you for all your hard work and keeping us cricket enthusiasts entertained. Cheers.
Thanks for your kind words - I’ll keep going for as long as I can....
'0:53' "It's proper cricket"..... love the emphasis on the first word.
thank u
It’s a pleasure!
'19:06' Would if have been a 'run out' rather than a stumping? Conjecture for the bar....?
As we always say, « when you need a big catch taken, call on Matt Harris. » On the film front if asked before the season starts then it has to be « Great Expectations. » and as bats are put away and Sanderstead players celebrate with 10 pints of Pilgrims and an extra large vindaloo curry, it’s probably « Gone with the Wind. » 🏏👍😏
The longest day, what a film.
Every single game I watch on this great channel, I hear Longcock! Does he play in every team?
Yes, we’ve cloned him.....
Nice to hear from from lord Handley
Right on!
Would my golf swing on my channel fit into farliegh golf club
Alfie Gardner sure - they’ll take anyone.....
Great game so close at the end but we hung on Johnny and Stu batted well the bowlers not so good but all those Fenns can bat a bit so thought a draw a fair result. My other fave film Legend about the Krays with Tom Hardy playing them both.
Yes, though Dev kept us all guessing at the end there just to add a bit more excitement.
Take the catches - win the matches. Not sure if I miss Sunday timed cricket or not...
Question!! Is Tricki Wilson still playing for Sanderstead?
Is Shareef still playing here? Seem to be missing him
Is the Cricket Society made up of a Select X1 from clubs similar to Sanderstead from the Surrey League
or are they a bona fide club with a full fixture list in a competitive league?
Look at the link to their website that is below the video. It is a charity organisation and this is their team
@@SandersteadCCTV Thanks Dan, interesting stuff.
Will there still be some cricket on the next 3 to 4 weekends, Dan?
Oh Jonny, another helicopter and another wicket. You hit through that and it smacks into the fence behind the bowler. Long shot, Dan, but do you know if their player Peter Hardy ever edited a cricket fanzine?
Wello drawn, Sanderstead! Wow, Matt! OK, the batting no, but the bowling certainly was.
He’s on fire!
When is your season ending. Mine ends tomorrow 😟
We’ve got another 3 weekends
Matt Harris is really getting into the role of the village Vettori by growing the beard to copy the real Vettori, his bowling is looking the goods and his catching just like plucking daisies
He’s had the best weekend ever!!!
So Lord Hanley's vote must count for millions ha ha.....stay safe.......
god why they never play this format in new zealand frack me would have loved this
What happened to Lucy haven't seen her while
At Uni
12:10 'Pitched up, at last' Just how much impartiality was there in that comment?
Solid knock from Dev Boycott
I came here to see Matt bat..like seriously dude?
Not like Lucy to bowl so many short balls....normally on the ball.....let's hope she get a few runs......
Erm.... just can't get my head around the variations in batting style in last few overs..... did I actually see that? Did Dev have two conflicting implants in his brain feeding him messages ball by ball?
Who know what happens in Dev's brain - kept me on my toes, though! What excitement.....
Blimey, anothe blinder from Matt. Stick him in the freezer until next year.
Where’s tricky
He now plays for Walton on Thames in Division 1.
Jonny has become such a misery!!!
Draw cricket is only any good with sporting teams. Played too many who have absolutely no intention to chase the score. Fielding for 60 overs for 70-4 is not much fun!
Yes, but when captains know what they are doing it is the best form of cricket. Sadly, there are few left who really “get it”
Since when has Harris become a good fielder?!
2020 is a really strange year 😂