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Cricketers can't play on grass
March 11, 2005
IT was a sporting gesture from the opposing team in a make-or-break country cricket match.
The home team offered players from the Nerrena cricket club in Gippsland, Victoria, an afternoon tea of green-speckled cupcakes.
Nerrena player Tim Clark said: "I thought 'Gee this is pretty good, they usually feed us crap'." He ate five cupcakes. Two team-mates also tasted the treats.
Returning to the field following afternoon tea, one player took nearly 20 minutes to put on his pads. Others broke out in hysterical laughter and fled the field during play to drink water.
After Nerrena's game went to pieces, they believed their rivals had fed them drug-laced cupcakes to get an edge.
The home team and the local cricket league say there is no evidence to support the claims.
"As far as I'm concerned it's all rumours," the home side club secretary said.
But Nerrena believe the cakes were laced with either hash or marijuana.
Gary Knox, president of the Leongatha District Cricket Association, said it would be easy to jump to the conclusion that the cupcake episode was a practical joke gone wrong, but proving it would be much harder.
He said he couldn't understand why the players had not gone to the police with their claims.
Nerrena lost the game by 50 runs, which sparked a losing streak for the shaken team.
"We were bottom and they were second bottom - fighting not to end up with the wooden spoon," Mr Clark said.
"Now we're getting relegated and they're moving up as finals contenders."
way of contriving a victory . Read on ...,
Cricketers can't play on grass
March 11, 2005
IT was a sporting gesture from the opposing team in a make-or-break country cricket match.
The home team offered players from the Nerrena cricket club in Gippsland, Victoria, an afternoon tea of green-speckled cupcakes.
Nerrena player Tim Clark said: "I thought 'Gee this is pretty good, they usually feed us crap'." He ate five cupcakes. Two team-mates also tasted the treats.
Returning to the field following afternoon tea, one player took nearly 20 minutes to put on his pads. Others broke out in hysterical laughter and fled the field during play to drink water.
After Nerrena's game went to pieces, they believed their rivals had fed them drug-laced cupcakes to get an edge.
The home team and the local cricket league say there is no evidence to support the claims.
"As far as I'm concerned it's all rumours," the home side club secretary said.
But Nerrena believe the cakes were laced with either hash or marijuana.
Gary Knox, president of the Leongatha District Cricket Association, said it would be easy to jump to the conclusion that the cupcake episode was a practical joke gone wrong, but proving it would be much harder.
He said he couldn't understand why the players had not gone to the police with their claims.
Nerrena lost the game by 50 runs, which sparked a losing streak for the shaken team.
"We were bottom and they were second bottom - fighting not to end up with the wooden spoon," Mr Clark said.
"Now we're getting relegated and they're moving up as finals contenders."