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In the second of our explosive exposes on the private lives of London Saints' cricketers, master spinner Paul Pearce admits he'd like to escape the shame of a ham and coleslaw rant and live on a desert island with Ray Mears

Read the first profile: Gary "Speedtwin" Jones

PROFILE NO 2: PAUL PEARCE

Name: Paul Pearce

Nickname : Mildred / Shane / Tiger

Date of Birth : 29/11/1970

Place of Birth : Enfield

LSSC debut: 08/06/92 v Langtons, Langton CC (A)

Squad No : 99

Best Batting : 33 v Ex Blues, Ex Blues CC - 01/09/06

Best Bowling : 5 - 20 v Feathers XI, Church St, Enfield (H), 31/05/03

Football Team(s) Supported: Spurs

Cricket Team(s) Supported LSSC of course

Who is your favourite cricketer / sports star Steve Redgrave

Favourite Food Spag Bol

Favourite Drink Cuppatea

Favourite Film / TV etc Star Wars

Favourite Band / Singer New Order

Best Country Visited Italy

Best Sporting Moment The whole Ashes summer

Best Individual LSSC Sporting Moment Getting a 5-for against Derby

Your most embarrassing moment – cricket and non cricket Ham & Coleslaw tantrum at University

Worst Sporting Moment Spurs losing to Arsenal at least twice a season every season

Worst LSSC Sporting Moment Run out for a diamond duck last season and then winning Freddie’s Champagne Moment trophy

Best Champagne Moment Witnessed Steve Keenan bowled by the slowest delivery in history, then doing a double tea-pot and ambling back to the pavilion shaking his head

Best Cricket Tea Eaten Any with scones/jam/cream

Worst ever London Saints 4 * 400M Relay Squad Statto/Speedy/Me/Freddie

Who, in our opponents, is your nemesis All Derby’s ringers and George Roper

Most Memorable Cricket Ball witnessed See Steve Keenan dismissal

(Apart from Family) - Person you would most like to be marooned on an island with - Ray Mears

Person you would least like to be marooned on an island with - Gordon Brown

If you were an animal what would be - Tiger or a hamster take your pick

If you weren’t a famous LSSC Cricketer what would you be - a golfer with the yips

Who would play you as lead role in the story of your life - Richard Whiteley

What keeps you relaxed- Not listening to / watching Spurs ; walking my killer gundog (Lulu – a male shihtzu)

A little known fact about yourself - I lived in New York for 2 years and through that learnt that baseball is a fantastic game… I also ate approx 3
tonnes of takeaway food whilst there (a shock that)