Today marks the run up to one week until Season 12 starts. Starting from today, CricSim Herald shall induct one person into the Hall of Fame for the next week. So there shall be 7 inductees to start with. Without further ado, please all be up standing for inductee number 1: Robert Cribb There is no way that the first inductee into the CricSim Hall of Fame cannot be the Founder and still President – Robert Cribb. Before Cribb brought cricket to our isles, the favourite past time for most was playing Heads and Tails, courtesy of HG Emm. While this was easy to play and required very little equipment, it started to become tedious for the locals. He decided first to introduce cricket in the neighbouring provinces of New South Wales and Queensland. Very quickly it proved to be a hit with the natives and he was able to form the 'CricSim' league with three clubs, whilst drafting in the help of International minnows Ireland. Since that time there have been many changes both on and off the field. Cribb has been able to take cricket on to a major level in seven of the CricSim's province and Cribb's home-province New South Wales has taken a shine to cricket so much that they have been able to put forward two sides. The limited overs game has also been introduced in the 50 over format. The proudest moment for Cribb is likely to be when CricSim was accepted for Test status. In such a short space of time CricSim has been able to break into one of the most elite sporting groups in the world. Unlike other recent additions they have also had some success. This is thanks to the domestic structure that Cribb has put into place. Many cricketers have been transformed into world stars in a short period of time and they all have Cribb to thank for that. As well as being the man to thank for bringing the game to us all, he has also enjoyed being on the field and has been very successful on that front. At the end of Season 11 he enjoyed First Class statistics of 15224 runs at an average of 40.60 and 696 wickets at an average of 29.53. They are certainly statistics that the majority of world cricket would be envious. He is one of few players that can enjoy the fortune of being a top batsman and a top bowler. Worryingly for his rivals if anything he seems to be getting better with age. England may have Grace and Australia may have Packer but on our own doorstep we have our very own pioneer in the form of R.G. Cribb.
Oh, and cheers for the write-up, Herald. Makes doing all this stuff a little bit more worth it in a way.
Also excellent work by the Herald to give me a mention, I like to think I'm the spark that starts the fire of most of Cribbs good ideas.
