The Badger's 2009 was rounded off with a series of intra-club 6-a-side indoor games at the Oval. Two captains were chosen for each evening, and their teams fought for glory at the South London cricket centre.
The first match up saw team Chinatown beat North Korea by 3 runs. Despite 3 run outs, Team Chinatown (skippered by Tom Maskell) managed to post a healthy 111. All batsmen contributed, but Jinks top scored with an unbeaten 26. After a slow start North Korea (With Jake Thomas standing in for the Dear Leader) fought back valiantly with Robin bashing 30 from 10 balls, and JD the last man standing finishing on 36, just 3 runs short of the required total. The evening was unfortunately marred for an unlucky Pete Morgan who managed to dislocate a knee.
Shone's Sh1tes beat Blaiklock's B*stards by 5 wickets and again by 21 runs in round two of the Badger winter indoor series. Some tight bowling kept Blaiklock's team under the kosh, restricting them to a meagre 52 runs which the Sh1tes saw off without drama within 7 overs. The rematch saw Sensei Shone's team given the opportunity to show off their batting skills, a task they took to with relish, posting an impressive 112 from their 12 overs, having lost only 3 wickets. A determined Blaiklock did an impressive job of anchoring his team's reply, but the B*stards were always behind the rate, and ended up all out with 2 balls remaning in the innings.
The final set of games saw Thorpe's Bolsheviks thrash Barker's Rednecks by 15 runs, and again by 47 runs. The first game was dominated by an extraordinary knock from Robin "Bam-bam" Mackrell. Despite coming in at 4, and having to temporarily retire after passing 25, The Badger Of The Season hit 73 runs in a 12 over game. The Rednecks fought back bravely, but the Bolsheviks total of 133 was never under threat. The second game saw the Bolshevik skipper take charge and lead them to a competitive (but gettable) 104. However a Redneck batting collapse leaving them 4 wickets down after 4 overs with a lowly 13 on the board, meant that even a defiant knock of 34 from thespian Rob Heanly could not prevent an embarrassing defeat.