Name: Monty

Age: 154 (thats months)

Reason of Application: I want to bring tears and happiness to the people of the world.

What youd like to be doing in 5 years time: Living in the Carribean, very rich, and playing cricket for England (Actually I wouldnt mind doing that now)

Previous Jobs: Paperboy, head of Priamry School council, Goalkeeper for football team(actually im still doing that now)

Message for Admins: Errrr let me do it.

 

That was definately unexpected. Thanks to everyone that voted for me, it's much appreciated.

Again, Thankyou.

 

DOH!!    But well done Tyke, your posts always deserve to be read

So that's it! That's the end of the CW Awards for 2006/2007 season. Hope you all enjoy it and from me and my fellow hosts, it's good bye until next time.

 

Best New Member - THE TYKE

Best Contributing Member - MP12

Most Knowledgeable Member - SLEDGER

Most Controversial Member - W.G

Funniest Member - SLEDGER

Most Improved Member - MP12

Best Cricket Forum Game - the Cricket World XI and 2nd XI story

Best Cricket Sim - Minimurali's County Sim and Freddie's Bradman Invitational.

Member of the Year - SLEDGER, JP, CLOBBER, MP12, SPIN WIZARD

Topic of the Year - BATTRICK

 

Post of the year - by Sledger - "In today's Telegraph Michael Henderson has written a piece on the deteriorating behaviour of cricket crowds.
    As someone who's not lived in England for nigh on 25 years I can't really comment on his observations , but I respect his judgement. The crazy costumes seen at cricket nowadays brought a smile when first seen , but I must admit , I find it tiresome and distracting now.
    That Sky shows these people at every opportunity , beer in hand (nothing wrong in that ) screaming and shouting (plenty wrong with that!) and apparently not bothering with what's happening in the middle.
     These so called fans just want exposure and a 'Did you see me on TV yesterday?" quip in the pub/office.
    Stewards stand and watch and laugh along with the foulmouthed antics - all this in close proximity of women and children. Call me old fashioned , but that's behaviour that deserves an eviction from the ground.
     I'm not adverse to the odd expletive , but in the right company. I enjoy my beer , but know my limits. More importantly , I love my cricket and the fine spectacle that it is takes almost total concentration. Chatting between balls with friends , discussing the game , is terrific. But the people I go to cricket with all abide by one simple rule - we don't talk when the bowler turns at the end of his run.
     The social side of cricket is part of it's appeal , but the game comes first. Respect for your fellow spectators is a close second , but that doesn't prevent making new friends and enjoying a good laugh along the way.

    In South Africa dressing up is very rare and I've experienced little rowdyism at tests , just a little overindulgence sometimes that has been sorted out (usually by other spectators , the stewards are hopeless!). All in all , watching a test at Newlands differs little from my times at Old Trafford in the 60's - it's still a great experience.

    My question is - Is cricket less pleasurable in your part of the world nowadays? Is it downright unpleasant and you're loathe to attend now? Have you stopped taking your wife/girlfriend/parents and children?

    If the answer to any of those posers is "yes" then it's about time we lobbied our cricket committees and the ICC and see something done."

 

And by W.G - "Just do as you're told, and be thankful you are standing in my shadow."

 

Quote of the Year - by Sledger "I see nothing wrong with Kate Moss charging in to bowl to Ponting (downwind of course , she'd not reach the wicket from the other end) , the umpire could give her the ball in her delivery stride (that lil red thing is awfully heavy you know)"

 

And a special award goes out to DAISY77 for being one of the few female on the forum who posts very often. 

 

Quite funnily, everyone who got nominated for "Best Member" tied on votes so we'll just have to share the awards. Winners; CLOBBER, SLEDGER, JP, MP12 and Spin Wizard.

 

Now, for the "BEST NEW MEMBER" award - this one has been won by none other than "THE TYKE". Well done Tykey, you deserve it and your posts are worth a read and you've added a lot to the discussions and games on the forum.

 

Good question Wolves. I'm not sure what's happening? I'm not complaining though it's been a good ceremony thus far. Cheers Freddie, MP12 and SW!!

 

Well done to MP12, the award has been truly deserved.

 Do I sense a hint of sarcasm W.G?

 

Nothing secretly really, they just like to be complemented!

This is one of the very few awards which are non-forum related, but as these are games widely played by our members and are very enjoyable, they have been voted for by the members and it is probably one of the best categories of all, as without these games we would spend more time bored than we do already.

 

We had a very close category here, with the 4 games nominated having just 15 votes between, and although Brian Lara/Ricky Ponting Cricket and Stick Cricket came very close, the joint winners of this award with 5 votes each are International Cricket Captain 2006 and EA Sports Cricket '07. Both are very good games which are immensely enjoyed by our members and are worthy winners, and thank you to everyone who voted in this category.

 

That's all from me for now, one of us will be back soon to announce more results from this very exciting annual awards ceremony.

 

Now, onto our second category of the day:

These, just like games, are tremendous fun to take part in, as it allows members to take control of an international or domestic team and take them to glory in a variety of competitions.

 

In this category, there were less games voted for, with Monty's International Super 8 sim and ANIL KUMBLE's Magnificent XI sim, but the winners with 2 votes each are Minimurali's County Sim and Freddie's Bradman Invitational.

 

Minimurali's County Sim took an absolute age to prepare and he put a monumental amount of effort into organising it, it was just a shame that he was unable to finish it because of educational commitments, but this is a worthy winner of the award, along with the Bradman Invitational.

 

Let's take another quick commercial and I'll be back in a minute to announce and award the final prize of the evening to it's winner.

 

 

Firstly, before I announce anything I'd like to say thank you to everyone who voted in any of the categories and let's begin.

 

This category acknowledges the games which people have taken time to think up and then run on this forum, and without them I'm sure all of you can agree the place wouldn't be half as fun, as it gives you something else to do when you're bored of discussing the cricket in real life, and let's you literally put your hair down online.

 

There were 9 different games voted for, these included Battrick, 1 vs 100 and MP's Journey Round The Cricket World, but with a resounding 7 votes, the winner of the best Cricket Forum Game award is....... the Cricket World XI and 2nd XI story.

 

This game thoroughly deserves to win and congratulations to MP12 who's been running it but also to Pietersen Fan who thought up the idea and began running it, well done to them.

 

Let's take a commercial and I'll be back in a few minutes to give the award out to the Best Cricket Sim.