Player Profile

 

Full Name (including all middle names)

 

Ivan Naisbitt

DOB (No Lies)

 

22 May 1960

Sundown Specials Role

 

 

Ex-fielder

Height

 

6ft 7 inches

Weight (definitely no lies)

15 stone

Nickname (yes even those you hate)

Nez, Little Nez, middle-piece

Sundown Specials Debut

Day 1 (I think)

Marital Status

 

Single

Family Links with Cricket

(you must have some!)

Brother: current fielder

Cricketing Education

 

 

Forced to bat left handed as a kid by elder brother (and then bowl underarm)

Sundown Specials players admired and why

Dave Reed for his calming influence

Young Sundowner to watch out for

 

Jack Reed

Greatest moment for Sundown Specials

 

 

 

Smashing a six first ball at Highgate Woods with Tony Medlock's brand new bat, having had the gall to borrow it after giving him out LBW first ball. Made even sweeter in that I ignored orders from Smiler to block and let him get the runs - imagine!

Greatest Strop witnessed at Specials match

 

 

 

1) Barry Cosgrove refusing to bat at No 10, costing me my maiden 50 when I generously swapped my No7 spot and ran out of partners.

 

2) Me running out of partners when I swapped batting position with a sulking Barry Cosgrove

3) Mark Naisbitt hurling ball into a group of peace loving hippes (ie Old Reptilians) including women and children at Clitterhouse circa 1983

Injuries current or likely to recur

 

Crepetis and metatarsals

Diseases current or likely to reccur

Memory loss and memory loss

Favourite Film

 

Debbie Does Dallas

Favourite Porno Film

 

Not interested

Favourite Book

 

Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck

Favourite Song

 

"One Ivan Naisbitt, there's only one Ivan Naisbitt"

If you weren’t a cricketer what would you be?

 

A golfer

Favourite restaurant and meal(Andy…only one!)

 

Banners, Crouch End

 

Curry

Favourite Cricket Club Bar

 

Kensington Oval, Barbados

Worst Cricket Club Bar

 

 

"Worst" a big word for this subject

Favourite Pub in the UK

 

 

None - since the demise of The Joiners Arms

Favourite Pub outside UK

 

Deja Vu, New Orleans

Roadside Tavern, Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare

You must be good at something – name it

 

 

"Relaxing" in front of my favourite movie

Any Other relevant information you would like to contribute

 

 

1) Gareth Williams, already on a good run of ducks is nearly run out without facing and then is dismissed first ball. Surely the only batsman to be lucky to get a golden duck!

2)Thanks to Trevor Harwood - it's been a lot of fun for everyone