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Pirates Around The World

July 21st, 2009  |  Published in Player Profiles

Name: Sato Panday
Location: Mississauga
Nationality: Guyanese
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: May 2013
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast-medium
Best batting for Pirates: 29 v Bengal United, 2013
Best bowling for Pirates: 1 for 20 v West Island Sailors, 2013
Claim to fame: Golden duck on debut.
Says:

Name: Brad Smith
Location: New Zealand
Nationality: New Zealander
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: May 2012
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 88 n.o. v South Star, 2012
Best bowling for Pirates: 2 for 5 (and 2 catches) v Brossard Warriors, 2012
Claim to fame:
Says:

Name: Tez O’Rorke
Location: England
Nationality: Irish
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: 2012
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 11 v Concordia, 2012
Best bowling for Pirates: 3 for 9 v West Island Sailors, 2012
Claim to fame:
Says:

Name: Mathias Hagemann-Nielsen
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality: Danish
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence, Denmark Under-17s
Pirates debut: September 2012
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast-medium
Best batting for Pirates: 2 v South Star, 2012
Best bowling for Pirates: 1 for 32 v Brossard Warriors, 2012
Claim to fame:
Says:

Name: Kuba Błażejczyk
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Nationality: Polish
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence, Warsaw Cricket Club
Pirates debut: September 2012
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium-fast
Best batting for Pirates: 1 v South Star, 2012
Best bowling for Pirates: 1 for 32 v Brossard Warriors, 2012
Claim to fame:
Says:

Name: Tom Ford
Location: England
Nationality: English
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: May 2012
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast
Best batting for Pirates: 9 v Bengal United, 2012
Best bowling for Pirates: 2 for 15 (+ 3 run outs and 1 catch) v Bengal United, 2012
Claim to fame:
Says:

Name: Matt Roberts
Location: Bath, England
Nationality: English
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: May 2012
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast-medium
Best batting for Pirates: 54 v Mad Dogs of New York, 2012
Best bowling for Pirates: 0 for 14 v Concordia University, 2012
Claim to fame: Walked into a dorm in Barbados and discovered that his South African roommate ‘used to play cricket for a social club in Montreal… called ‘The Pirates”.
Says:

Name: Alex Thomas
Location: Montreal
Nationality: Indian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: July 2012
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: –
Best batting for Pirates: 16 v West Island Sailors, 2012
Best bowling for Pirates: –
Claim to fame:
Says:

Name: Tim Filer
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Nationality: English
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence, Estonia, Litchfield
Pirates debut: May 2012
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak
Best batting for Pirates: 83 v West Island Sailors, 2012
Best bowling for Pirates: 1 for 30 v Sukhdeo’s Select: A Guyanese XI, 2012
Claim to fame:
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Name: Dave Blechynden
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Nationality: Australian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: August 2011
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 20 v Inverhaugh CC, 2012
Best bowling for Pirates: 3 for 14 v Mad Dogs of New York, 2012
Claim to fame: The only Australian never to play a cricket match until moving to Canada.
Says: ”Maybe number three was a bit high for me.”

Name: Zayid Al-Baghdadi
Location: Montreal, Canada
Nationality: Iraqi
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: October 2011
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 0 v Sukhdeo’s Select: A Guyanese XI, 2011
Best bowling for Pirates: –
Claim to fame: Iraq’s greatest ever cricketer.
Says: ”I kept hearing cricket on TV, on the radio, seeing it in print. I thought, ‘It must mean something.”

Name: Margie Marlin
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Nationality: Canadian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: June 2011
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm slow
Best batting for Pirates: 7 v Boston Gymkhana, 2011
Best bowling for Pirates: 0 for 18 v Colonial Cavaliers of Boston, 2011
Claim to fame: Sports cricket whites to every practice; perfect attendance for post-practice beer jaunts.
Says: ”Over? It’s over already?”

Name: Suthershini Sivanantham
Nationality: Sri Lankan
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence, Sri Lanka, Canada
Pirates debut: September 2011
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak
Best batting for Pirates: 9 v Rolls Royce Aviators, 2011
Best bowling for Pirates: 2 for 8 v Rolls Royce Aviators, 2011
Claim to fame: Once bowled out Arjuna Ranatunga and Charminda Vaas. Check out her Cricinfo profile HERE.
Says:

Name: Farooq Syed
Nationality: Pakistani
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: August 2009
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast
Best batting for Pirates: 20 v West Island Tigers 2011
Best bowling for Pirates: 2 for 18 v West Island Whackers, 2010
Claim to fame:
Says:

Name: Ram Rampersaud
Location: Unknown
Nationality: Guyanese
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: May 2010
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 25 v Mad Dogs of Connecticut, 2010
Best bowling for Pirates: 2 for 1 v Mad Dogs of Connecticut, 2010
Claim to fame: Has hobnobbed with almost every cricketer to represent the West Indies.
Says: ”Travel is no issue [even coming from New Hampshire].”

Name: Daniel Brodie
Location: London, England
Nationality: English
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence, Surrey U12s.
Pirates debut: August 2010
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak
Best batting for Pirates: 51 not out v McGill, 2010
Best bowling for Pirates: 3 for 14 v v Bengal United, 2010
Claim to fame:
Says:

Name: Ben Finkelberg
Location: Montreal
Nationality: Canadian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: May 2010
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 8 v Colonial Cavaliers of Boston, 2011
Best bowling for Pirates: 1 for 6 v New Edinburgh of Ottawa, 2010
Claim to fame: Another Quebecois ball magnet
Says: ”I got a wicket? How? I don’t understand.”

Name: Aaron Bertram
Location: Australia
Nationality: Canadian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: June 2011
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast
Best batting for Pirates: 19 v Boston Gymkhana, 2011
Best bowling for Pirates: 1 for 21 v Boston Gymkhana, 2011
Claim to fame:
Says:

Name: Daniel Robinson
Location: England
Nationality: English
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: June 2011
Batting style: Left-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast-medium
Best batting for Pirates: 69 not out v Boston Gymkhana, 2011
Best bowling for Pirates: 2 for 10 v Boston Gymkhana, 2011
Claim to fame:
Says:

Name: Simon Royle
Location: England
Nationality: English
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: June 2011
Batting style: Left-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak
Best batting for Pirates: 30 v Boston Gymkhana, 2011
Best bowling for Pirates: 0 for 13 v McGill, 2011
Claim to fame:
Says:

Name: Dave Shustik
Location: Singapore
Nationality: Canadian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence, PEYO
Pirates debut: June 2011
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast-medium
Best batting for Pirates: 1 v McGill, 2011
Best bowling for Pirates: 1 for 31 v McGill, 2011
Claim to fame:
Says:

Name: Nic Hoolahan
Nationality: Australian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: May 2009
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast
Best batting for Pirates: 3 v Colonial Cavaliers of Boston
Best bowling for Pirates: 2 for 9 (Bowling for Cricket Montreal v Pirates of the St Lawrence), 2009
Claim to fame:
Says:

May Ong - Pirette of the Year, 2008Name: May Ong
Location: Singapore City
Nationality: Singaporean
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: May 2009
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 1 v Northern Hemisphere, 2009
Best bowling for Pirates: –
Claim to fame: Pirette of the Year, 2008. Claimed an indoor hattrick in 2008.
Says:

Danny Boy Barker - torn between Aussie Rules and the superior game of cricketName: Danny Barker
Location: Australia
Nationality: Australian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence.
Pirates debut: August 2008
Batting style: Left-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 15 v McGill, 2010
Best bowling for Pirates: 1 for 6 v Sukhdeo’s Select: A Guyanese XI, 2008
Claim to fame: Indoor Specialist of the Year, 2008
Says: ”Erm… Angus, there’s a snake at cover. What should I do?”

Tim Fawcett - gained experience on jute wickets in HollandName: Tim Fawcett
Location: Bristol, England
Nationality: English
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence, Groningen, Bristol Academicals, Cambridge Zoology.
Pirates debut: May 2010
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Left-arm trundler
Best batting for Pirates: 25 v Southern Hemisphere, 2010
Best bowling for Pirates: 2 for 16 v Cosmopolitans: A Trinidadian XI, 2010
Claim to fame: Had not once been out LBW in his entire cricketing career – until his 1st Pirate innings.
Says: “This is largely because of the gaping hole I tend to leave between bat and pad.”

Name: Henry Wardley
Location: New Jersey, USA
Nationality: American
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence, USA U19s, Kent U17s development squad.
Pirates debut: August 2010
Batting style: Left-hand bat
Bowling style: Left-arm fast-medium
Best batting for Pirates: 10 v Bengal United, 2010
Best bowling for Pirates: –
Claim to fame: Starred for the USA in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup. Check out his Cricinfo profile HERE.
Says: “I don’t like it in my face.”

Big Teddy TolsonName: Andy Tolson
Nationality: English
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: October 2008
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast
Best batting for Pirates: 30 v Sukhdeo’s Select: A Guyanese XI, 2008
Best bowling for Pirates: 3 for 32 v Sukhdeo’s Select: A Guyanese XI, 2009
Claim to fame: Can play for either side in The Ashes.
Says:

Nick Wigley - a stubby short of a six packName: Nick Wigley
Location: Between Hudson and Yemen
Nationality: New Zealander
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: August 2008
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 19 not out v Hoboken-Philadelphia Alliance, 2010
Best bowling for Pirates: 4 for 27 v McGill, 2010
Claim to fame:
Says:

Hari - not to be mistaken with RajName: Hari Sukhdeo
Nationality: Canadian/Guyanese
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence, Quebec, Eastern Canada, Canada U23s
Pirates debut: May 2009
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 79 v Tri-City (Albany), 2009
Best bowling for Pirates: 2 for 29 v Pakistan CC, 2009
Claim to fame: Starred for Canada Under 23s. Made the senior World Cup squad for South Africa 2003.
Says:

Hari - not to be mistaken with RajName: Raja Sukhdeo
Nationality: Canadian/Guyanese
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence, Quebec, Eastern Canada
Pirates debut: May 2009
Batting style: Left-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm legbreak
Best batting for Pirates: 57 n.o. v Adastrians A, 2010
Best bowling for Pirates: 3 for 49 v Tri-City (Albany), 2009
Claim to fame: Represented Quebec and Eastern Canada.
Says:

Name: Lukas Stoltz
Location: Unknown
Nationality: South African
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: July 2010
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast-medium
Best batting for Pirates: 6 v Mad Dogs of Connecticut, 2010
Best bowling for Pirates: 0 for 12 v Mad Dogs of Connecticut, 2010
Claim to fame:
Says:

Name: Harshal Owalekar
Location: Montreal
Nationality: Indian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence, University of Mumbai
Pirates debut: July 2011
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast medium
Best batting for Pirates: 3 v West Island Tigers, 2011
Best bowling for Pirates: 0 for 27 v West Island Tigers, 2011
Claim to fame:
Says:

Brand PowerName: Greg Brander
Location: Hawkesbury, Canada
Nationality: Australian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: May 2009
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Left-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: – 66 v Dartmouth College, 2009
Best bowling for Pirates: 3 for 40 v Colonial Cavaliers of Boston
Best wicketkeeping: 3 catches v Adastrians Juniors, 2009
Claim to fame:
Says:

Name: Warren Kett
Location: New Hampshire
Nationality: Australian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence, Dartmouth College
Pirates debut: May 2010
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak
Best batting for Pirates: 32 not out v New Edinburgh of Ottawa, 2010
Best bowling for Pirates: 1 for 26 v Cosmopolitans: A Trinidadian XI, 2010
Claim to fame:
Says:

Bharat Kumar, Prince of PiratesName: Bharat Kumar
Nationality: English/Indian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: May 2009
Batting style: Left-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 18 v Southern Hemisphere, 2009
Best bowling for Pirates: 2 for 28 v Sukhdeo’s Select: A Guyanese XI, 2009
Claim to fame:
Says:

Herr SchmidtName: Tom Schmidt
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Nationality: Australian/Saxon Romanian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: July 2009
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 7 v Over 35s, 2009
Best bowling for Pirates: 2 for 9 v Westmount Ravens, 2009
Claim to fame:
Says:

Gorgeous GeorgeName: George Robertson
Location: Seattle, USA
Nationality: Australian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence.
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 31 v Over 35s, 2009
Best bowling for Pirates: 1 for 5 v Over 35s, 2009
Claim to fame:
Says:

Robert Davis - Whispering DeathName: Robert Davis
Nationality: Guyanese
Location: Liberia
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence, University of West Indies.
Pirates debut: July 2009
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast
Best batting for Pirates: 10 v Adastrians Juniors, 2009
Best bowling for Pirates: 1 for 23 v Adastrians Juniors, 2009
Claim to fame: A strike rate of 132 with the ball and an average of 98 in his first season – two club records. Somehow drove his girlfriend’s car into the ditch post-match.
Says: “Give me a second slip. We need to attack.” [When Suresh Ramkissoon was on 140 not out, clubbing sixes at will, having seen one slip catch in two and a half seasons.]

Name: Omar Hyat
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Nationality: Pakistani
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence, Montreal Overseas.
Pirates debut: September 2009
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast
Best batting for Pirates: 2 v Over 35s, 2009
Best bowling for Pirates: 2 for 14 v Over 35s, 2009
Claim to fame:
Says: ”I have been cursed by this ground!”

Philippe MacLeod - snow cricket is his meat and drinkName: Philippe MacLeod
Location: Bateman’s Bay, Australia
Nationality: Quebecois
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: September 2008
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 6 not out v Northern Hemisphere, 2009
Best bowling for Pirates: 2 for 12 v Chittenden County of Burlington, 2009
Claim to fame: Fielder of the Year, 2008.
Says:

Manas Gupta - the littlest PirateName: Manas Gupta
Location: Montreal
Nationality: Indian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: May 2009
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 0 v Rolls Royce, 2009; 0 v Over-35s, 2009
Best bowling for Pirates: 1 for 6 v Over 35s, 2009
Claim to fame: Once walked into bat without pads on.
Says: ”I don’t need pads…” before being struck on the leg first ball, only for the ball to cannon into the stumps.

V goes cricket ball pickingName: Vas Ramamurthy
Nationality: Indian/Canadian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: May 2009
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 0 v Southern Hemisphere, 2009
Best bowling for Pirates: 1 for 12 v Southern Hemisphere, 2009
Claim to fame:
Says:

Dangerman O'Driscoll on the attackName: Tony O’Driscoll
Location: Montreal
Nationality: Australian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: August 2007
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast
Best batting for Pirates: 13 v Northern Hemisphere, 2009
Best bowling for Pirates: 3 for 10 v Mad Dogs of Connecticut, 2008
Claim to fame:
Says:

Shaun Loubser - he will sledge you in AfrikaansName: Shaun Loubser
Location: Australia
Nationality: South African
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: August 2007
Batting style: Left-hand bat
Bowling style: Slow left-arm
Best batting for Pirates: 16 v Westmount Ravens, 2009
Best bowling for Pirates: 3 for 31 v Sukhdeo’s Select: A Guyanese XI, 2009
Claim to fame:
Says:

Ian Gunther, snow scorer par extraordinaireName: Ian Gunther
Location: Abitibi, Canada
Nationality: South African
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence.
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 4 v Sukhdeo’s Select: A Guyanese XI, 2009 Best bowling for Pirates: 2 for 39 v Cricket Montreal, 2009
Claim to fame: First Pirate half-centurion with 53 not out in intra club 6-a-side game, 2007
Says:

Pierce Hua - a Chinaman who bowls chinamenName: Pierce Hua
Location: Kitchener, Ontario
Nationality: Canadian/Chinese
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Left arm chinaman
Best batting for Pirates: –
Best bowling for Pirates: –
Claim to fame: A Chinaman who bowls chinamen.
Says: ”When I heard this [about the chinaman], I had to come play.”

Clarence Cunha - a Portuguese-Indian EnglishmanName: Clarence Cunha
Location: Singapore
Nationality: English/Indian/Portuguese
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: May 2009
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 14 not out v Under 35s, 2009
Best bowling for Pirates: 1 for 7 v Southern Hemisphere, 2009
Claim to fame:
Says:

Name: Dan Thomassin
Nationality: Quebecois
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: June 2009
Batting style: Left-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: –
Best bowling for Pirates: 2 for 16 v Colonial Cavaliers of Boston
Claim to fame: Took a wicket with his first ball in cricket. (Thank God the wicketkeeper appealed). Two balls later, he claimed his second.
Says:

The LachsmithName: Lachlan Richmond-Smith
Location: Germany
Nationality: Australian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: May 2009
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak
Best batting for Pirates: 2 v Cricket Montreal, 2009
Best bowling for Pirates: –
Claim to fame:
Says:

Colonel SandersName: Mark Sanders
Nationality: Australian
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence.
Pirates debut: July 2008
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm leg spin
Best batting for Pirates: 16 not out v Cosmpolitans: A Trinidadian XI, 2008
Best bowling for Pirates: 2 for 1 v Sukhdeo’s Select: A Guyanese XI, 2009
Claim to fame: Bowled Senyo Nyakutse.
Says: “This is the best club ever.”

Andrew Greenfield - Quebec city's greatest ever cricketer?Name: Andrew Greenfield
Nationality: English
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence
Pirates debut: May 2009
Batting style: Left-hand bat
Bowling style: Slow left-arm
Best batting for Pirates: 15 v Southern Hemisphere, 2009
Best bowling for Pirates: 0 for 8 v Southern Hemisphere, 2009
Claim to fame: Had to hoover the house after scoring his maiden ton.
Says: “Going to war without the French is like going duck hunting without your accordian.”

James Hogg, the Trufflehunter. Put a truffle on a length and he'll snout it outName: James Hogg
Nationality: English/Scottish
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence.
Pirates debut: July 2008
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast
Best batting for Pirates: 3 v Mad Dogs of Connecticut, 2008
Best bowling for Pirates: 0 for 5 v Mad Dogs of Connecticut, 2008
Claim to fame: Bats like a public schoolboy despite attending state school.
Says: “I don’t want to be called The Trufflehunter. Why can’t I have a nickname like Beowulf?”

Name: Anton Parker
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Nationality: American/Swedish/Ukrainian
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence.
Pirates debut: August 2007
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Left-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 15 not out v Sukhdeo’s Select, 2008
Best bowling for Pirates: 1 for 10 v Mad Dogs of Connecticut, 2008
Claim to fame:
Says:

Sharon Ladyman - solving another caseName: Sharon Ladyman
Nationality: New Zealander
Location: New Zealand
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence, Quebec Women.
Pirates debut: –
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm slow
Best batting for Pirates: –
Best bowling for Pirates: –
Claim to fame: Pirette of the year, 2007
Says: “Can everyone be quiet? I’m trying to score.”

Adrian Fitzpatrick - handles baggage but never the ballName: Adrian Fitzpatrick
Nationality: Australian
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence.
Pirates debut: July 2008
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 9 v Mad Dogs of Connecticut, 2008
Best bowling for Pirates: –
Claim to fame:
Says:

Theo Schonken - head of our South African divisionName: Theo Schonken
Nationality: South African
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence.
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm slow
Best batting for Pirates: –
Best bowling for Pirates: –
Claim to fame:
Says: “Does every c**t here know Angus?”

Grant Hall - went from batting like Pigeon to Ponting in the space of 4 weeksName: Grant Hall
Nationality: Australian
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence.
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm slow
Best batting for Pirates: –
Best bowling for Pirates: –
Claim to fame: Went from batting like Pigeon to batting like Punter in 4 weeks.
Says:

Anuj Mehta - flying the Pirate flag in the IPLName: Anuj Mehta
Nationality: Indian
Location: New Delhi, India
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence.
Pirates debut: August 2007
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm slow
Best batting for Pirates: 5 not out v Adastrians Juniors, 2007
Best bowling for Pirates: –
Claim to fame:
Says:

The GovernorName: Ben McGovern
Nationality: Australian
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence.
Pirates debut: September 2008
Batting style: Left-hand bat
Bowling style: Left-arm fast
Best batting for Pirates: 15 v Sukhdeo’s Select: A Guyanese XI, 2008
Best bowling for Pirates: 1 for 15 v Sukhdeo’s Select: A Guyanese XI, 2008
Claim to fame: Can bowl a bouncer off one step.
Says:

Jesse Pratt - Texan legspinnerName: Jesse Pratt
Location: Unknown
Nationality: Texan
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence.
Pirates debut: September 2008
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: –
Best bowling for Pirates: 0 for 6 v Sukhdeo’s Select: A Guyanese XI, 2008
Claim to fame:
Says:

Billy Badman - not old enough to drink in CanadaName: Chris Badman
Nationality: Australian
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence.
Pirates debut: August 2008
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm slow
Best batting for Pirates: 20 v Adastrians Juniors, 2008
Best bowling for Pirates: 1 for 33 v Sukhdeo’s Select: A Guyanese XI, 2008
Claim to fame: Junior Pro, 2008
Says:

Geoffrey Sahaya - played for France and the PiratesName: Geoffrey Sahaya
Location: Paris, France
Nationality: Indian/French
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence, France.
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast
Best batting for Pirates: –
Best bowling for Pirates: –
Claim to fame: Beat Pakistan in Indoor World Cup while playing for France, twice.
Says: “I must now start a Pirates club in France.”

Tom Pugh - a Zambian cricketing legendName: Tom Pugh
Location: Washington, USA
Nationality: Zambian/English/Welsh
Major teams: Pirates of the St Lawrence, Hoboken.
Pirates debut: August 2007
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Best batting for Pirates: 4 v Adastrians Juniors, 2007
Best bowling for Pirates: 1 for 7 v Adastrians Juniors, 2007
Claim to fame: Once got Richie Richardson out.
Says: “With the help of the Pirates and this website, one day I hope to play for Zambia.”

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