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A red-faced village cricket team have blamed a "dodgy wicket" after 10 of their batsmen were out for a duck and the last man was left stranded on nought. Goldsborough 2nds went into bat against table-topping Dishforth in North Yorkshire's Nidderdale Amateur League knowing they would be in for a tough game. But they expected at least one of their batsmen to trouble the scorers. Goldsborough did escape the ignominy of finishing their innings on zero, thanks to five extras from the generous Dishforth bowlers, who removed their opponents inside 12 overs. They were also spared the title of English cricket's worst-ever side, thanks to Midlands team Shepstone, who were all out for four extras in 1931. Goldsborough chairman Henry Webster did his best to defend his players, saying:

It was a very, very dodgy wicket. When Dishforth came in to bat, they only needed six but they were 0 for two at one point - and we dropped two catches as well. It could have been nought for four.

What he failed to mention was that Dishforth put their worst batsmen in first to try to give their beleaguered rivals a sporting chance - taking seven balls to wrap up an eight-wicket win.
Goldsborough captain Peter Horseman was a little more realistic, admitting:

It was surreal and embarrassing. We almost got a run but the batsman turned it down because he'd just been hit on the foot the ball before.

Horseman's opposite number, Steve Wilson said:

If I hadn't seen it I wouldn't have thought it was possible.

Gavin Hardisty was the pick of the Dishforth bowlers, finishing with figures of 7-0, while Gary Lawson was the game's top scorer with five. Chairman Webster refused to be disheartened by the performance, adding:

This team were 210-2 a few weeks ago. They can bat. One of the players hit 109 not out. They really are not that bad. It's not something we're proud of but we have to look on the funny side of it.

And England thought they had problems.

Two men met at a bar and struck up a conversation. One of them kept complaining of family problems. Finally, the other man said:

You think you have family problems? Listen to my situation, A few years ago I met a young widow with a grown-up daughter and we got married. Later my father married my stepdaughter. That made my step daughter my stepmother and my father became my stepson. Also my wife became mother-in-law of her father-in-law. Then the daughter of my wife, my stepmother, had a son. This boy was my half-brother because he was my father's son, but he was also the son of my wife's daughter which made him my wife's grand-son. That made me the grand-father of my half-brother. This was nothing until my wife and I had a son. Now the half-sister of my son, my stepmother, is also the grand-mother. This makes my father the brother-in-law of my child, whose stepsister is my father's wife, I'm my step-mother's brother-in-law, my wife is her own child's aunt, my son is my father's nephew and I'm My own grandfather! And you think you have family problems!

Its sometime in the 2003-04 season. Vasuman, me and Aparaajit. Lunch period. An argument. This time its about who the best young footballer at that time is. Aparaajit and I give out our opinion, I don't remember as to whose name we gave out. But I clearly remember whom Lord Vasuman said is the best young talent at that time. His name was Aron Winter, an Ajax and Dutch player. Aparaajit and I did not know who that guy was. Vasuman praised him as if he was Mr.Winter's personal trainer! We had to believe him at that point and we did. But recently I checked up about who that guy really is and I found this out.....
I have highlighted the important points you have to note while reading....

Aron Winter
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aron Mohamed Winter (born March 1, 1967 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a retired Dutch footballer. He broke Ruud Krol's record for appearances for the Dutch national team when he got his 83rd cap at the Euro 2000 competition co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands.
He began his career by playing for amateur club SV Lelystad before he joined Ajax Amsterdam when he was only 19 years of age. His first game for Ajax was the match against FC Utrecht on 6 April 1986 which his team won 3-0. Winter achieved two Dutch cups (1987 and 1988), the Eredivisie title (1990), the Cup Winners' Cup (1987) and the UEFA Cup (1992) for the club before moving on to Italy where he played for SS Lazio in 1992. His first international game was against Greece on 25 March 1987 which ended in a 1-1 draw.
His midfield role at Lazio was to replace the 'enfant terrible' Paul Gascoigne of England and he dominated the defensive midfielder position for many years in the Serie A. He was among the handful of Dutch footballers to survive in the fiercely competitive Serie A alongside the likes of Ruud Gullit, Marco van Basten and Frank Rijkaard. In the 1994 FIFA World Cup, he scored a goal against Brazil in the quarter-finals.
Despite his tenure at Lazio for 3 years, he was unable to win any titles and he sought a new challenge. In 1996, he joined Inter Milan where he got the consolation of winning the UEFA Cup in 1998. It was also a great challenge for Winter as he played alongside many great players like Roberto Baggio, Giuseppe Bergomi and Gianluca Pagliuca at Internazionale. Further, he was selected for the national team for the Euro 96 as well as the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France where he was to play a minor role at both tournaments in a squad packed with talented individuals like Dennis Bergkamp, Edgar Davids and Philip Cocu.
His age showed after the brilliant 1998 World Cup which ended in disappointment for the Dutch and he left Inter for his old club Ajax in 1999. Frank Rijkaard who was then appointed the head coach of the Netherlands even informed him after the World Cup that his chances for the 'Oranje' are limited as they have many similar players in that position who are younger than him. True to his pedigree for hard work, he maintained a fine form for Ajax and enough to earn a place in Rijkaard's Euro 2000 squad where although he played a bit part, was also one of the better players of the tournament.
In 2001, he was loaned out to Sparta Rotterdam after a high-profile dispute with then Ajax coach Co Adriaanse where he played 32 games and scored a goal before finishing his career at Ajax where he also chose to retire. His international career statistics stand at 83 caps with 6 goals and is the fifth most-capped player in the Netherlands.

LoL... I even found a stamp of his which was released before the 1994 World Cup, USA.

The Defending champions Brazil lost their quarter-final encounter against France. But the reason why they lost the match can be found out through the following eight pictures.










Now it is BRAZIL