da casino： Cricket umpires and scorers were stumped when they had to oversee alocal cricket match in which all 22 players shared the same surname,according to a report Thursday in Britain’s Sun tabloid
20-Jul-2001Cricket umpires and scorers were stumped when they had to oversee alocal cricket match in which all 22 players shared the same surname,according to a report Thursday in Britain’s Sun tabloid.The cricketers, all named Patel, were playing a Sunday league match inthe northern English city of Bradford, which has a high Asianpopulation.One Patel was caught Patel bowled Patel for two runs. Top scorer wasPatel with 18. In total 11 of the wickets were caught and bowled byPatels, and two Patels were run out.Don Butterfield, secretary of the Bradford Mutual Sunday SchoolLeague, said the match between Amarmilan and Yorkshire LPS was unique.”We’ve never known anything like it,” the Sun quoted him as saying.”Luckily they only play each other twice a season – it was a nightmarefor the umpires.”I think we have created a little bit of history. It might havehappened in India but never here.”Cricketing “bible” Wisden called the game “extraordinary. The chancesof it happening must be billions to one.”Umpire Toy Higgins called the match “bizarre”. “At one point there wasa bit of banter and I said ‘can Patel please be quiet’ and they allshut up,” he told reporters.Even the scorer was called Patel, 15-year-old Amit. “Some players evenhad the same first four initials so everyone’s names had to be writtenin full,” he was reported as saying.Amarmilan secretary and medium pace bowler Chandu Patel, 49, said manyof the players are related and originate from Gujarat.In the match, Amarmilan beat Yorkshire LPS by 31 runs, 106 to 75.