GRAND final week is an exciting time for everyone involved and a deeply depressing period for those who choked or just weren’t good enough to get there.
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For seven days the players set to take part will experience a rollercoaster of emotions; excitement, anxiety, anticipation, confidence, unsureness and an overwhelmingly insatiable appetite for cringe-worthy but inspirational sports movies - Space Jam is our favourite.
Cricki Leaks knows one thing is certain: all that time spent stressing is useless. Said players could have been on Tinder. Get your priorities right.
But we digress.
CYMS have managed to get all five of their senior sides into grand finals, which is an incredible achievement, and if they win the quintet we can only assume the club will all lose their shirts, break out the UV paint, laser pointers and glow sticks and rave like its 1997.
This desk is tipping Nick Wright to assume the disc jockey responsibilities.
On that note, direct from our secret hideout in eastern Nicaragua, here are Cricki Leaks’ 2014-15 predictions for this weekend’s top grade grand final between CYMS and Cavaliers.
Prediction #1: TND fails and CYMS prevails:
As per the 2012-13 decider, we’re predicting The Neil Deal to fail miserably with the bat and become the only player in the history of the ODCA to score a pair in a grand final on more than one occasion.
On top of that, we’re predicting one of his ducks will be a diamond thanks to Al Dhatt.
Dhatt, with little time at the crease this year, spent the first few balls of his innings a few weeks ago doing his best to run anyone and everyone out. We’re tipping he’ll get TND this weekend, doling out a healthy dose of karma after years of watching Neil put teammates on toast in search of red ink.
Despite TND’s mediocrity, CYMS will claim the title by 73 runs.
Prediction #2: Toby Cunynghame’s beard wins player of the final:
Everyone in history who has had a beard was all powerful - Zeus, Atlas, Sean Connery. And it was all because of the beard.
Toby is no different. By gum, his facial fuzz is the envy of the competition, and if Toby doesn’t bowl or bat well his beard will. We’re sure of it.
So much so we’re forecasting - regardless of the result - the beard to be crowned man-of-the-match, player of the competition and, there’s no two ways about it, it could take over the world.
Prediction #3: Pat Madden develops Velcro hands:
Reportedly Pat Madden hasn’t taken a catch all season, and despite what MyCricket says, Cricki Leaks believes the rumour.
But we’re tipping that will all change this weekend. This desk thinks Madden is set to channel his inner Jonty Rhodes, Ricky Ponting and Mark Cosgrove, and become the best fieldsman Orange has ever seen in a grand final - to the tune of nine catches - to lead his team to victory.
Get out the super glue Patty, don’t let us down.
