Delaney is currently the captain of Cricket ACT club Weston Creek Molonglo’s top grade side, while Churchland plies her trade for the ACT Meteors in the women’s National Cricket League (WNCL).

Both returned to Wade Park on Monday night as a part of CYMS’ Secretary’s XII, which won out over the President’s XII by 30 runs.

“It was great to come back and catch up with a lot of guys I haven’t seen in a long time, I was really pleased to be involved,” Delaney, a formerly contracted South Australian Redbacks player, said.

“It was great to be back in green and gold too. I owe CYMS a lot, they taught me everything I know about cricket.”

Delaney knocked up 33 retired with the willow, and took 2-8 as he rolled his arm over in unfamiliar territory, bowling leg-spinners rather than his customary pacey right armers. 

“I was worried about the old blokes smashing me all over the park. That, and I didn’t want to break down,” he laughed.

“I hit them OK, but it helps playing against guys who haven’t picked up a bat or a ball in 10 or 12 years.”

Churchland hit a quick-fire 15, and snared 0-12 with her medium-pacers.

Delaney also took on current CYMS firebrand, Englishman Curtis Free, in an Australia Day pace contest, dubbed the ‘CYMS Ashes’.

Despite being watched over by a reportedly faulty speed gun, which clocked deliveries at paces ranging from 99km/h up to 125km/h, Delaney said he was confident he took the chocolates.

“I think I got him. I had to beat the Pom on Australia Day,” he laughed.

“Those guns always play up though, even the ones on TV don’t work properly so it was hard to really know how quick we were bowling.

“Mind you, he was disadvantaged too, he didn’t have spikes on."