PEDRO VENUS
PLAYER INFORMATION:
NAME LUIS PEDRO VENUS VALIENTE
DOB 9/12/1976
HEIGHT 5FT 11 INCHES
BATS/BOWLS RIGHT HAND BATSMAN AND BOWLER
PROFILE
HOMETOWN – GRAVESEND KENT, VIA MADRID
NICKNAMES – PEDDERS, THE FIERY SPANIARD !!!
REPRESENTATIVE CRICKET – SUSSEX UNDER 19, KENT CRICKET LEAGUE, ESPANA
OVERSEAS TOUR – INDOOR ECC TROPHY PORTUGAL AND BELGIUM, ECC TROPHY AUSTRIA AND BELGIUM
CRICKET CLUB – GRAVESEND CC
BEST BATTING PERFORMANCE – 129
BEST BOWLING PERFORMANCE – 4/35 AGAINST FINLAND
HIGHLIGHTS OF CAREER – FIRST HUNDRED AT THE AGE OF 16, FIRST GAME FOR SPAIN IN THE ECC TOURNAMENT IN AUSTRIA
CRICKETING HERO – MARK RAMPRAKASH
MOST AMUSING MOMENT ON A CRICKET PITCH – THE WICKET KEEPER WALKING THE BATSMAN OFF THE PITCH AFTER STUMPING HIM. THERE HAD BEEN SOME BANTER BETWEEN THEM AND ALL YOU COULD HEAR WAS THE KEEPER TELLING THE BATSMAN “HOW GOOD WAS THAT”. THE KEEPER STARTEDWALKING BACK TO THE WICKET ONCE THE BATSMAN HAD REACHEDTHE PAVILLION.
WORST CRICKETING MOMENT – LOSING TO CROATIA IN THE FINAL OF THE ECC TROPHY
FAVOURITE TV PROGRAMME AND FILM – CSI NEW YORK AND THE SPY GAME
FAVOURITE TIPPLE – HAVANA CLUB, LIME AND COKE
FAVOURITE MEAL AND RESTAURANT – TORTILLA, SOBRINO DE BOTIN, MADRID. THE BEST SUCKLING PIG EVER !!!
PREFERRED ROOM MATE: MARK SPENCER AS HE IS EXTREMELY NEAT AND TIDY, AND HE UNDERSTANDS THE MEANING OF HYGIENE UNLIKE JIMMY MORGAN AND CHRISTIAN MUNOZ
IF YOU COULD STEAL A CRICKETING ATTRIBUTE FROM ONE OF YOUR TEAM MATES WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY ? SHAFIQUE ALI´S ABILITY TO DESTROY ANY ATTACK, HOWEVER GOOD THE BOWLING MAY BE. SHAFIQUE ALI´S ABILITY TO DESTROY ANY ATTACK, HOWEVER GOOD THE BOWLING MAY BE
