This is the second time sicknote Smith has had a bizarre Eduardo-style injury to his pointer.
Last June brave Jamie broke his tactile member diving for a spectacular catch in a vain attempt to force victory against the Full Tossers.
But he refused to be held back that day – and battled on by walking out to bat and taking a now legendary 53 balls to get off the mark.
KRCSC News then made a direct appeal to fans and players alike to pray in unison for poor Jamie to get back to full fitness.
And it worked – the club’s batting lynchpin amazed docs with his miracle recovery to return just one match later.
Now chain-smoking Jamie – voted Most Improved Player in 2008 – faces a new battle to be finger fit for the up-coming season.
With just four months to Jamie is in a race against time to turn out for the club’s first game in April. His finger is black and blue and he’s almost certainly out of pre-season training.
Details of Jamie’s injury only emerged after he tried to keep his injury SECRET from club bosses. But Jamie was caught out when Donal – a pal of teammate Leon Watson – tipped off KRCSC News.
Smudger, who is much older than you think, was then forced to admit what had happened and said in a text: “I didn’t want to get a reputation for having dodgy fingers!”
BADGERS NEED OZ WIZARDRY TO BEAT US
by Leon Watson
BADGERS captain Andy Thorpe has revealed his players have gone on a secret training mission to AUSTRALIA.
In a last ditch attempt to get his squad into the kind of shape to challenge their bogey team King’s Road, Thorpe has resorted to desperate measures.
He sent his troops to get some much-needed practise playing winter cricket in the sun Down Under – as rivals King’s Road battle the cold snap back in the Britain.
Details of the training camp emerged in an e-mail exchange between KRCSC vice-chair Dan Howard and Thorpe over plans to host a two-day “super test” between the clubs.
Dan asked if the Badgers were up for it, and Thorpe replied: “The rest of the committee has buggered off to Australia on holiday so I won’t be able to discuss it until next week.
“We had a chat about the two day match idea, but I don’t think we reached a conclusion.
“We’re just starting to put the fixtures together, I’ll go though them with Pete [Warman] next week and let you know. Twenty20 does sound like a good idea though.”
CUTTERS ‘LOOKING FORWARD’ TO MATCHES
by Leon Watson
THE leadership crisis at the Marylebone Ball-cutters is still raging – but the club has still taken time out to send a message of goodwill to The Road.
In a statement to KRCSC News, club captain Tim Barber – who is standing aside for the 2009 season – again insisted his team would be back.
Speaking in the third person, modest Barber said: “Whilst the inspirational captain Barber will not necessarily be present next summer the Ball-cutters will remain vibrant and strong – best contacted through their influential opener and deep-field-catch specialist Arthur Woodward.
“I hope the King’s Road Christmas was as prosperous and full of promise as the Ball-cutters’, and I look forward to our many meetings in the coming months.”
THE CONTINUING ADVENTURES OF RAJU: STARDATE 2009
By Leon Watson
CAPTAIN Fantastic Raju Mazumder has launched his new King’s Road diary today.
The club skip will pen his thoughts in his own no-holds-barred regular column exclusively on www.krcsc.co.uk.
Captain’s Blog is available HERE and will be updated whenever inspiration strikes him. KRCSC News will continue to be updated every Thursday.
AND FINALLY…
A DAY after leaving his job as captain of England (and, yes Dave, Pritch and Lindsay, Wales too) KRCSC News can reveal Kevin Pietersen is IDEALLY qualified to play for The Road.
What club fans may not know is that the South African-born former skip now hails from nearer to our South London home than you may think – and in fact he’s living slap bang in one of The Road’s recruiting heartlands.
While club bosses cannot make public exactly where he’s living we can tell how he moved there from BATTERSEA – and assure fans that the inspirational Pietersen now fulfills ALL our club’s residency criteria.
He lives in our area – therefore he’s qualified to play, as long as he can stump up the match fee. And you’ve guessed it, we’re sending out an invite to get KP playing for us.
So watch out Raju! Maybe we’ll find out the real reason he turned his back on England – switch-hitting Pietersen just wanted YOUR job!