During after match talk at the Brooky Pub last Saturday it was revealed that TC is being considered to organise and possibly captain the upcoming inaugural MWCA Sunday Twenty20 competition.
TC’s history of organising social Twenty20 tournaments the past two summers would have perhaps prompted these thoughts and he is keen to take up a captaincy role if offered.
“I would love a chance to captain a CPCC team for the second time in my career and hopefully not decrease my 100% win record.”
The only game that TC has captained was the last match of the 2007/2008 season, Under 16/17s comp, and was at Griffith Park. It was a one day match against St Augustines Green and the Plateau won comfortably by 21 runs.
“They were low on the table, however we fought off a charge from a grade player who had shown up to play for them for the first time that season. The entire team got both a bat and a bowl which made the win quite enjoyable.”
“I’ll always remember my piece of captaincy brilliance from that game. To begin the match I set a short ball trap and put a deep mid wicket in. Nick complained about it heaps so I made him the man in the deep. Sure enough a catch was hit straight to him and he put it down.”
Tom also has some good captaincy experience in Twenty20s from the previously mentioned competitions that he ran. In season 1 he took his team to a meagre 1 run defeat in the grand final against a red hot team. His personal performances were also outstanding, scoring 20 and taking an unbelievable 3/4 off 4 in the GF.
"That was probably the most accurate I have ever bowled. I suppose I just perform better without the pressure that comes with Saturday club games."
The format on the Sunday Twenty20 competition is likely to be in an ICC Champions trophy like format. There will be two pools where everyone plays each other within the pool and then the leaders face off after that.
The tournament will be spread out, avoiding the masters competition amongst other things. Further details are not known yet.
TC expects the CPCC team to contain mainly a young contingency.
"It will be hard for a lot of guys to back up and take the time out on Sunday to play more cricket. I expect the keen young guys to fill a lot of the team."
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