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Name: Alistair Bushe
Type of Player:
Left-hand batsman (now retired with torn anterior
cruciate ligament).
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation:
Journalist with the News Letter
Top Score: 77 v
Cliftonville
Best Bowling:
3-24 v Cliftonville
Players
/ former Players
Who has had the
biggest Influence on your Career?
My uncle Roy
Harrison takes some beating. As a 10-year-old in
1987, I can still remember watching his defiant
first innings knock in the Cup Final against Lurgan
that dragged us out of a big hole. His utter refusal
to get out, despite already getting on in years, has
stuck with me since.
What is your most
memorable Cricketing moment?
Winning
a cliff-hanger of a Junior Cup semi-final against
Lisburn at Wallace Park in 2002. Might sound strange
to say the semi-final because I went on to captain
the team to victory in the final but I’ll never
forget the look on Michael Foster’s face as he
grudgingly congratulated me at the end. Still
absolutely priceless Foz.
What is your
funniest Cricketing moment?
Maybe funny is
not the right word but watching Robyn McClimond
repeatedly running back to his bowling mark during a
Minor Cup tie against Downpatrick in the late 1990s.
After a couple of overs he politely excused himself
and sped out of the ground at about 200mph to go go-karting
with his girlfriend! Thankfully a half-century from
myself and five wickets from Andrew Gardiner got the
10-men through to the next round.
Who is your
favourite International Cricketer, and why?
Brian Lara. I was
fortunate enough to be at Bridgetown, Barbados in
1999 when the great man smashed 153 not out to help
West Indies to a one-wicket win over Australia in
one of the greatest Test matches of all time.
If you didn’t
play Cricket, what would you do instead?
Much as I do now,
I’d drink a few beers from the sidelines, chat about
Glenavon, Saints etc, and shout instructions, place
the field, make bowling changes, etc with my know it
all attitude generally annoying whichever
Waringstown team is playing.
Within WCC who is
your Nemesis and who is your bunny? (i.e. who always
gets you out and whom do you always get out?)
Before my
retirement the sight of Garfield Harrison or Geoff
Heyburn bowling on that spinning track in the nets
had my legs wobbling. Thank goodness I jacked it in
before Kyle and Ijaz arrived...
For some strange
and unknown reason my gentle, very occasionally
in-swinging left arm seamers used to have the wood
on Clive Allen.
Supporters
What is your most
memorable WCC game?
From a
fan’s perspective the 2006 Challenge Cup semi-final
win over North Down at The Lawn was hard to beat.
You’ll have to go a long way before seeing a better
match and of course we got the right result at the
end. Kyle McCallan’s knock in the Twenty20 final at
Comber 2006 was the best Waringstown innings I can
remember.
If you were on
the pitch what could you offer the 1st
Team?
With my legendary
strong throwing arm, I can send the ball right over
the stumps from any location on the field.
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