All scheduled matches are off due to the heavy rain in the week making the ground unplayable. there will be nets on both Saturdays and Sundays, please contact Chris Collier 07732 160840, and at the same time we require volunteers for helping with the myriad of jobs to do around the clubhouse, all assistance really needed - call Luke Baker 07958 401250 for details.
VINAYAK MANE
Gidea Park & Romford CC canconfirm our new overseas signing for 2012 is Vinayak Mane, a 29 year old Indianwith first- class cricket experience. Vinayak is due to arrive in the UK at theend of April and will be an integral part of the club representing the 1stXI as overseas professional and coaching the clubs adults and colts.
Vinayak is a right handed batsmanand right arm off-spin bowler who has represented Mumbai, Jammu & Kashmir,India U-19 and India ‘A’ over the course of his professional career as well asplaying league cricket in the Liverpool Premier League in 2004 for Sefton Park.
Vinayak scored 201* for IndiaU-19 against an England U-19 side which included current England stars IanBell, Chris Tremlett and Monty Panesar back in 2001 . For more stats andfigures please see the links below.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/30919.html
http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7658/7658.html
On behalf of everyone at GideaPark and Romford Cricket Club I’d like to give a warm welcome to Vinayak andhope he enjoys major success both on and off field.