Bishop's Waltham Cricket Club


NAME: STEVE ENFIELD
KNOWN AS: ENNERS/PSYCHO/PRESSURE COOKER/GINGA WARRIOR/NEVER STEPHEN
BATTING STYLE: RH No11
BOWLING STYLE: LEFT ARM FAST MEDIUM (USED TO BE QUICK IN HIS PRIME)
PREVIOUS CLUBS: HURSLEY PARK & HAYES (MIDDLESEX)

COMMENTS:
ENNERS IS AND HAS BEEN THE BACKBONE OF THE BISHOP'S WALTHAM AND HURSLEY PARK PACE BOWLING ATTACK.

HE HAS HAD THE HONOUR OF BEING COACHED BY THE GREAT DENNIS LILLEE DURING THE MAKING OF THE OFFICIAL MCC COACHING VIDEO AT LORDS. (VIDEO AVAILABLE FROM W.H.SMITH, UNFORTUNATELY ONLY IN BETA-MAX FORMAT IT WAS THAT LONG AGO!)

ENNERS STARTED HIS CRICKETING CAREER AS 12TH MAN WITH BISHOP'S WALTHAM COLTS IN 1975. HE WAS ONLY ALLOWED TO BOWL, SLOWLY AT FIRST, WHEN HE REACHED THE AGE OF CONSENT. HOWEVER, SLOW PIES WERE NOT TO BE HIS FORTE AND HE SOON PROGRESSED TO FAST PIES ON REACHING THE FIRST ELEVEN. NOW IN THE TWILIGHT OF HIS CAREER, HE HAS PERFECTED THE FIVE PACE RUN-UP, ROUND ARM & GUT ACTION WITH WHICH HE REGULARLY TAKES HIS SEASONAL WICKET HAUL OF 10 RABBITS. HE STILL CONTINUES TO SET HIMSELF HIGH STANDARDS AND TO ACHIEVE THIS HE HAS A RIGOROUS FITNESS ROUTINE TO KEEP HIMSELF IN SHAPE. (ZEPPELIN SHAPE)

IN HIS SPARE TIME THE "GINGA WARRIOR" AS HE NOW BILLS HIMSELF IS CHAIRMAN OF THE FUNDRAISING AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE, PART TIME MUD & SUMO WRESTLER.

DO NOT ASK HIM TO DEMONSTRATE HIS "LAST CHICKEN IN SAINSBURY'S" GAG.