Born:
10AD Bethlehem to a
nice Jewish Couple
Major Teams:
Ireland, Mozambique
Known As:
JC, Mind If I Stare
At Tits All Night, Jesus,
Christ Look Out Derick
wants a pint.
FIRST-CLASS
(1988/89 - 2002/03;
last updated 07/03/2003)
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Batting & Fielding
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Bowling 6666 66 666661
66 6/66
Mostly unknown outside
his home country of
Mozambique, Derrick
Cordy stamped himself
on the consciousness
of Norf London cricket
at the the Race Course
ground on May the
8th, 1999 when he
dived headfirst into
the stumps whilst
bowling to run out
team mate Martin Mary
O Eagan and halt an
AP surge towards victory.
The moment was captured
by a photographer
and within 24 hours
the picture had been
flashed around Muswell
Hill. Life was never
quite the same for
Cordy from that point
on, but if nothing
else, the photograph
captured the determination
and commitment of
both the player and
his team. By his own
account, Cordy is
a scruffy batsman
who swats his runs,
sweeping feverishly
at the spinners and
scampering impossible
singles. This self-assessment
is a little unfair
because it omits a
wonderful eye, quick
hands and feet and
the ability to wait
on the ball. As a
ones player Cordy
marked time in the
in his first Year
until he made a triumphant
return to the side
during in 2001 tour
of Kent with a well
made half century
of 10 balls in AP's
10-wicket victory
at Sandwich Town.
In the threes side,
however, Cordy has
been virtually ever-present,
his ability to make
quick runs and not
rotate the strike
in the top order matched
only by his extraordinary
bowling action and
fielding at deep third
man. It will be as
a Drinker that Cordy
will be remembered,
someone who changed
the nature of the
art and inspired young
players worldwide
to start drinking
72 hours before each
game, dirtying their
whites and irritating
their girlfriends
mothers no end. As
a junior, Cordy was
a wonderful Rugby
player and his prowess
at the game was such
that had Mozambique
ever played or qualified
for the World Cup
, he might well have
played for Mozambique
cricket team and been
in the Olympics in
the. Now one of Mozambique's
elder statesman, Cordy's'batting,
bowling and fielding
have lost little of
their sharpness and
he is a more accomplished
batsman these days,
capable against both
swing and spin. He
missed last year's
tour of Kent in 2002,
staying at home to
support his Missus
through the breaking
in of his new cricket
bat. But now that
he is back in the
harness, there seems
no reason why he should
not play in his fourth
season for AP in 2003.
Derick is also written
his Own autobiography
"If Only The
Bible Had Pussy In
It"
Heard to say in the
pavilion: "Wat
is subs!"
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