Has it been a controversial cricket weekend? We at the editorial offices suspect so as we await the committee's confirmation of match results for at least 3 fixtures held this weekend. Apologies also for the delayed delivery of these results, we are told that this was due to a slow "handshake" between the computer and the telephone line. We've heard of a slow changeover, but slow handshake? No resemblance to MPCL cricket then.....

Barnet v Neasden - Match abandoned.
Rajput Samaj (189-9) v Lankians (125-9) - Rajput Samaj won by 64 runs.
SKLP (97 All out) v West Harrow (99-2) - West Harrow won by 8 wickets.
Tenterden v Oasis - Match abandoned due to poor weather.
Anson (78 All out) v Roundwood (161-6) - Roundwood won by 83 runs.
Kingsbury Construction (122 All out) v Olympians (164-7) - Olympians won by 42 runs.
NLD (131 All out) v Muktajivan (123 All out) - North London Drifters won by 8 runs.
Youth Wing (201-5) v Embassy (135 All out) - Youth Wing won by 66 runs.
Gubbays (119 All out) v EKTA (120-3) - EKTA won by 7 wickets.
Young Puthoharis (120-3) v Regency (116 All out) - Young Puthoharis won by 7 wickets.
Centurion (57 All out) v Welldon (59-2) - Welldon won by 8 wickets.
Kondor (233-5) v Littleton (99 All out) - Littleton won by 134 runs.
Sayona (107 All out) v Dharmaj (108-6) - Dharmaj won by 4 wickets.
Sri Lankan Cavaliers v Express - No reported results.

Click here to read about the star players this week.

The greatest number of complaints we receive - other than those about cricket, the opposing team, the weather and politics in general - are usually about misspellings of players names or the fact that certain star players are not mentioned. We thought it useful to explain how MPCL results get to your mailbox.

Firstly, the results are reported by telephone by the score keeper (or nominee) to the telephone number given. They are NOT taken from the score sheets. Given the number of mobile phones, tunnels and scrambler dishes in Middlesex, deciphering this information is akin to cryptography (enthusiasts may like to refer to Simon Singh's famous 'Code Book' on code-breaking). Added to this burden is the fact that the league's players registrations are not yet computerised so there is no mechanism to cross reference player's names against a centralised database. Rest assured that a solution is being developed. This will rival that of the CIA so those Hrithik Roshan photos you submitted with your player registration form may not seem such a good idea now!

In the mean time, tell your score keeper to provide as detailed a match report as possible with player's names in full and keeping emailing the editor (cricket@redhotcurry.com) about any erroneous points.

Tell MPCL friends and teammates to sign up to receive results by email.
Send an email to cricket@redhotcurry.com with the word 'Subscribe' in the subject. That's it.