97     Phil Samuels

Right-Hand Bat

M	I	NO	R	HS	AVE	CT	WK CT	ST
142	114	23	1837	67	20.19	42	0	0

Right Arm Swing & Seam

O	M	R	W	AVE
988.0	159	3721	159	23.40

Tours: 20
Hon. Secretary: 1997-present
Tour Manager: 1999,2000,2001,2003,2004,2005,2006


Debut: 01.08.1993  House: School  At LP: 1986-1993

Dirty and devious, efficient and inscrutable. He's our Club Secretary and a sharp but murky gem. A generous cricketer; with the ball, he is something of a craftsman, using swing and seam subtley and at snappy pace, as long he's not too knackered.

With a bat in his hand he is more generous still. Batting for him is a performance art, and runs are often incidental. As likely to score an exhilarating 34 or a ridiculous 3. He's a very good cutter but can sometimes be over ambitious with it. With Phil at the wicket, all results are available, but a draw is unlikely. RCNP

desert island discs
1) Champagne Supernova - Oasis
2) Hush - Kula Shaker
3) Canned Heat - Jamiroquai
4) Night on a bare mountain - Mussorsky
5) Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
6) Clocks - Coldplay
7) Diggin on James Brown - Tower of Power
8) Superstition - Stevie Wonder

Book: The English - Jeremy Paxman

Luxury Item: Dishwasher

Three films
1) Shawshank Redemption
2) Alien
3) Jurassic Park


Favourite Graham Carter nick-name: G-Spot

Cheese or Chocolate: Cheese
Beer or Wine: Wine
Tea or Coffee: Tea
Boys or Girls: Girls
Greenland or Ibiza: Ibiza
Wet Shave or Dry Shave: Dry


W.G. or Bradman: Bradman
Botham or Sobers: Botham
Pietersen or Boycott: Pietersen
Marshall or McGrath: McGrath
Read or Jones: Read
Warne or Murali: Warne
Hair or Bowden: Hair


For Room 101...
1) Player grunting at Wimbledon
2) Premiership footballers' salaries (Good use of apostrophe there. Den would approve. Ed.)
3) School run mums in 4 x 4s