Residents will wish to congratulate former Sunbury CC Colt and 1st XI player Stuart Poynter who is currently playing in the inaugural Test match between Ireland and Afghanistan in Dehradun in the Himalayan foothils of Utterakhand in northern India.
Stuey, a wicketkeeper/batsman (pictured), is no stranger to representative cricket having played for Ireland and Middlesex age groups and for Ireland in One Day Internationals and in the T/20 format. He also played for Middlesex before gaining a more secure place with Durham.
He already enjoys a footnote in history when he won a recent T20 match for Ireland against Netherlands when he hit a six off the last ball of the match with 9 wickets down providing a winning margin of just one run. To do that for your country is every schoolboy's dream - and not just a few misty eyed old fogeys as well, no doubt.
Stuey is the third Sunbury Colt to play Test cricket, following in the footsteps of England's Richard Johnson and Toby Roland-Jones. We wish him well - and hope to see him playing in the Test match between England and Ireland at Lords in July.
