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Blown Over By Steamy

Social secretary Paul Winder has been rapidly acquiring fans for his performances this season and now has the ability to pull a crowd to the levels that David Beckham, Freddie Flintoff and Kendol Richardson could only dream of.  Here are a few incidents that have made him a crowd favourite at Winnington and across the county:

Pre Season: Makes a confident claim that he will score 500 3rdXI runs this season, the result was a £100 bet and the interest in the Steamer grows

20.05.07 Winder arrives at Timperley, most thought he had got lost on his way to Stretton, but he had received a last minute call up for the 1^st XI and shows the whole team up by being the most economical bowler and picking up a wicket in the process (and was unlucky not to have more).

26.05.07 The week after he is included in the 2^nd XI team who travelled to title challengers Sale.  All the batsmen except McKeown struggled on a difficult wicket, but after playing the first ball bad confidently, ‘Steamy’ strikes second ball as he crashes the ball through mid-wicket in what must be the shot of the season.  The hefty blow was greeted by cheers from the on looking crowd and a look of disbelief from the Sale bowler.

03.06.07 Alsager 4ths were unlucky to be on the receiving end of the full steamy effect as he really comes into his own in senior cricket as he comes in near the end of the innings to steer his team to victory thanks to some trademark shot selection which left the opposition reeling, it was an innings that some of us were unfortunate enough to miss out on, the moral of this story is to never miss a game when Paul Winder is in the playing arena

17.06.07 The crowd puller does his job well in attracting a large number of fans to Tattenhall to witness his best innings of the season of an unbeaten 53 which included many hefty blows including a class straight drive over the bowlers head for a one bounce 4 into the sightscreens.

25.06.07 Winnington Rec witnessed a near sell out crowd as a large number of 1^st and 2^nd XI players as well as many more admirers were in attendance. There is a rumour that programmes will be sold at future games such is the interest in the 3^rd XI. Winder does not reach the heights of previous weeks scoring 13 but did provide a well played 4 and a big 6 which brought the crowd to their feet.

22.06.07 Distaster strikes as Winder suffers a painful injury just as he began to get hold of the bowling. Who knows how long it will be before we see the star attraction in action again?