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Guy Finkill was the toast of the cricket world last night after proclaiming himself the first ever bowler to take a wicket maiden in midweek league cricket history. The stunning achievement came during CCC's victory against Monkseaton.
The fast bowler was typically self-effacing about his acheivement. "I felt it was a remarkable achievement really", he said. "I mean what an over it was: dot, dot, wicket, dot, dot dot, dot, dot."
Finkill's feat still needed some verification from league historians. League honcho Don Catley revealed that only two weeks ago Sharafath Yoosuf of Cumberland Partners took figures of 0.7-1-0-5, however Finkill believes his achievement should be discounted because he did not technically bowl a full over.
"Yoosuf didn't technically bowl a full over, so it shouldn't count", he said. "And you've got people like Tim (Hall) and Matt (Planchant) saying they have bowled wicket maidens in the past. Well, where's the evidence?"
Catley meanwhile can be found perusing the record books. "I'm convinced there have been other occasions of bowlers bowling wicket maidens, me for instance, but perhaps very few where the follow up over has gone for 17 runs. So maybe Guy has got something to brag about", he revealed.
When asked if he had a message for the cricket world, Finkill had this to say: "Yes, I would like to say that really I should have been opening the batting as well, I mean what have Nick and Rian ever done?"
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