Player Profiles
Narly Kalupahana
Full Name: Narly
Nickname: Narly (although Becks tends to call me Narls when we’re in bed... oops, I mean... er, nothing)
Born: 12 April 1974, Carterton, New Zealand (incidentally, Carterton is the home of the world’s first transsexual mayor)
Batting Style: No style has been observed during my batting
Bowling Style: See batting style
Location: Mid-levels
Occupation: Patent Attorney
Interests (outside cricket): golf, gadgets, racket sports, golf, collecting golf gadgets, golf, gadgets, chocolate, fiddling with my guitars, annoying Rachel by waking up early on Saturday mornings to play Xbox with the lads back in NZ.
Previous Cricketing Experience:
Played a lot of indoor cricket in NZ, as the weather is too rubbish to play outside.
Reason(s) for joining Lamma CC: Part of my parole conditions
Best and/or worst cricketing memories: Best: i) Lance Cairns hits
six 6s (including a one-hander off Lillee over square leg) against a fiery
Australian pace attack at the MCG in 1982/3 World Series Final. ii) Nathan
Astle plunders a 150 ball double century against the Poms in 2003. iii) With
Lamma needing 1 to win, me hitting the winning run over square leg and
having to send Monty back after the single was completed (for some unknown
reason he was trying to run a second).
Worst: Feb 1st 1981, non-striker Brucie Edgar on 102, McKechnie (facing his
first ball) needs to hit a 6 off the last ball to tie the match, and Trevor “John
Holmes lookalike” Chappell bowls an underarm ball at the request of brother
and captain Greg “I really ought to grow a spine” Chappell. A dark, dark day
(even Richie Benaud called it “disgusting”). B*stards.
Favourite current international player: Chris Cairns (Chris Harris runs in a close 2nd)
