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General Cricket => Your Cricket => Topic started by: FattusCattus on September 22, 2011, 09:41:24 PM
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Hmmm, very poor year. Lost complete confidence in my left-arm spin, and had a really poor year.
Right at the end of the season, I think I worked out a grip and run-up to allow to bowl some Samit Patal 'sliders' for next year.
On the plus side, I captained a bit this year and nurtured a couple of really promising youngsters through this year. Also, thanks to Uncle Buzz's special sessions I discovered I really like batting and I have the potential to make a few violent 30's or 40's from the middle order next year.
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Hmmm, very poor year. Lost complete confidence in my left-arm spin, and had a really poor year.
Right at the end of the season, I think I worked out a grip and run-up to allow to bowl some Samit Patal 'sliders' for next year.
On the plus side, I captained a bit this year and nurtured a couple of really promising youngsters through this year. Also, thanks to Uncle Buzz's special sessions I discovered I really like batting and I have the potential to make a few violent 30's or 40's from the middle order next year.
Well Brucey...
I dislocated my finger in the 2nd game of the season, which did me in a bit. And I got underused for a while on Sundays which wound me up! However, in a few games I genuinely ragged it square with my SLA's (steak, leek and ale...) and took a few wickets. Only had a best of 4-22, mainly because I dropped 11 (yeah, you read it right, eleven...) caught and bowleds! Out of 11! Not good. My fielding when NOT bowling, however, was superb, took some really good outfield catches, 2 run-outs, and saved more runs than I can remember at backward point and on the boundary! The batting improved, managed to score 180 runs in 14 innings, with a bunch of nots outs, including an obdurate 28* off 90 balls (because I'm a (No Swearing Please) like that when I bat. I am THAT guy. Haha) but looked like scoring more runs, the tail just folded around me!
Should be back from France by end of April, and at a new club on a Sunday (as a result of the aforementioned lack of bowling) where my mates from my old club now play, and a top lad as captain so I SHOULD get bowled more! Looking forward to it, a winter in France with just the slopes for company will have got me ready for the season!
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Despite getting 5-19 and 114 my season was a failure. Got 300 less than last year averaging 10 less and not enough wickets.
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All in all, awful season. Didn't play as much as I wanted, work + neddies.
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top wicket taker and 3rd highest run scorer at the club..... although would have liked a few more runs, my first hundred was pleasing!
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Disappointing. Despite a decent season batting in the top 4 in 2010, I found myself down at 6-7 for a large part of the season. By the time I'd fought my way back up the order my form deserted me. Didn't bowl as much as I would have liked, though to be fair opportunities were limited mostly due to our opening and first change bowlers blowing most teams away.
Finished with batting average of 23 and bowling average 10, so respectable on paper.
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ummm played 8 games (tour this weekend so some more) hit around 100 runs batted well always got out to a good ball or did not bat as we won by 9 or 10 wickets
got no wickets only bowled in 4 games and bowled well with no reward :(
team got promoted with only lossing 1 game!
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Average season, Around 200 odd runs and 20 odd wickets (including friendlys) with about 20-30 dropped catches, so I'm nearly averaging around a dropped catch per game. It has been a fustrating season batting wise as I've been made to bat at around 8-10 for most of my matches when I know I'm a capable batsmen, I've had quite alot of not outs so my friendly average is around 50ish(not 100% sure as not all friendly matches get uploaded to play cricket).
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Had a great season in the end after a slow start, turning point was prob against colseys lot when i bagged a 50. Went on to score my 1st tonne for my Saturday side (even though i have played for them for 14 years now) as well as my 2nd a few weeks later on. Got pushed up the order for 6/7 to a consistent number 4 and if i hadnt been for my 2 ball duck last game of the season my average would have been 115.....sadly it dropped to 96 after that!
Just shy of 600 runs in the league which is alot better than last years 330 i got!
As a team we won the T20 plate and edged the league title as well on the last day of the season to claim the clubs 1st Division 1 trophy in its 130 yr history.
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Not a bad season. Far too many starts without going on to get the big score. 5 or 6 80+ not out scores either ran out of partners or most were batting second so run out of something to chase. end up on about 1600 for the season. Slightly better than last year but below my target. averaged around 54
First full year keeping in about 5 years. really enjoyed it and amongst the silly mistakes i took 35 catches and about 19+ stumpings including the best nixonesque catch ive ever done. Also got smashed in the face keeping and dislocated/fractured my thumb. can still pull it out a bit which is fun lol. Carried on keeping with it strapped up and it settled down luckily(prob a bit silly). still a bit sore.
team wise we finished 4th on sundays which is better than fighting for survival like the last couple of years and after a poor second half on saturdays we missed out on promotion by 7 points.
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My season was terrible, First year of captaining our sides and I struggled with it, Keeping people happy, Getting 11 blokes >:(
My bowling was not too bad, but batting, I could bat time but couldnt score runs, Have changed my match bat for next year so hoping to get that illusive (sp?) 1st hundred!
Downer of the season was getting 43 batting at 5 on a bad track and being dropped to 8 for the next week.....
Giving up the Saturday (unofficial) Captaincy, But continuing with Sudays and Midweek 'kippering.
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Not bad but not great - 1250 at 45 for my club, 600 at 100 in various midweek games - but didn;t really kick on as I would have liked, made a lot of nice 70s where I used to run up 100+
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Average would best describe me season - 350 ish runs (no 50's but got a ton) and 25 wickets. Not helped by the fact it always seems to rain on a Friday night in Bristol so the wickets were never hard and dry!!!
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To sum it up in 3 words: Hit and miss.
Season targets: To improve wicket keeping to first choice, and get my first half ton.
Result: Became club #1 with a drastic improvement from last year, and a top score of 49no.
first game got 33 with lots of cover drives, felt really good had some nice form.
then my bat went back for about 4-5 weeks which threw me off my rythm.
few good scores mixed with some bad low scores, threw my wicket away so many times when had time to get myself in.
I feel like I need to run 5 or 6 phrases in my head to prepare myself before going out then imbetween each ball (play each ball as its bowled, straight bat, front foot forward) would play much better with our skipper (very good batsman) at the other end just because we would talk to each other about our batting situation which I guess kept me at ease.
49no was a great innings which included taking 28 off the last over, 19 of which were mine. wasnt fussed about not getting the half ton at the time but it bugs me more now!
missed alot of games to the middle of the season which rocked my form, and nobody wanted to net or train which i wanted to do.
wicket keeping: first game of season apart from a missed stumping was really good, stood up to a fast bowled and was taking the ball nicely, unfortunately our home pitch is unpredictable bounce so standing up is very difficult. Another reason why I wish to train but dont get the support.
Took a lovely diving catch to my left, and in my left paw while on tour in newcastle, the batsman was on 99. 2nd slip said I had stolen his catch (ego+1)
was my 3rd season playing cricket (age 23 at end of season) and ive gone from a fringe player to first choice and in with the lads (great feeling! we are #1 for banter outside and inside our team)
Have now moved down south and need to get my kit down here and find a club, would net 7 days a week if I had the oppourtunity! gotta save some money though as club membership is 800% on what I was paying at home!
Cant wait for next season, hope to do lots of wicket keeping drills and work my way into a side as a wicket keeper (always difficult)
Also won a bronze medal at the UK corporate cames for Cricket 8s, but we lost some bad games due to captain selection. (we had 9 players, 2 WK, rather than upset his other WK he would field and bowl me. 3 overs no maidens or wickets 49 runs (awaiting England call up) although I repeatedly told him I'm not a bowler (slower than slow right arm leg spin or seam up, 5ft 8 doesnt generate me much pace or bounce!)
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All in all I'm very pleased with mine.
Found out I had to wear glasses around a month before the season started, so I targetted 300 runs in the 2nds. I ended up hitting nearly that in the first 3 games!
Played the rest of the season in the 1's, had a couple of 80's and a 50. Highest run scorer in the club, 620 league runs, highest score in league. Happy days :)
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GOOD
I scored my first league 50 (ended up on 64) which i was pretty happy with. I also got pushed up the order to open which i enjoyed the responsibility and the concept of having to time my innings rather than slogging at 5/6 with a few overs left. Took quite a few impiortnant slip catches which i was more amazed about considering i couldnt catch a cold last year. My side finished 4th after just avoiding relegation last year so all round was a pleasing year
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Too many poor shots and lack of concentration meant i got too many low scores which meant my average was awful. Something i really need to work on is my concentration, i have (some) ability but its actually taking it forward and applying it i struggle with.
Targets for next year are to score more runs on a consistent basis. Also i need to work on my sulking when i get out, i think ive retired about 5 times this year only to retract it in the bar after the game!
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Not nearly enough matches played but those few I did I enjoyed immensely. No concerns about nasty opposition, in club politics, being dropped. Just a good bunch of people playing for the most important thing, enjoyment.
I've not bothered to look at the final tallies for the season because I really don't care about personal achievement. I know I got one hundred in June and took a few wickets, but those details are insignificant in the grand scheme.
Apart from not playing enough, if every future season is as enjoyable as this one, I won't complain.
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Runs - not many, spent two thirds of the season not batting or getting out in unlucky fashion when feeling good. Typified by batting twice in 22 matches in the league, and not getting out once. Not much I can do when we rack up 375-4,350-2, 343-6,334-7 & twice chased 110 for nought etc. Last third I got a few 30/40s on Sundays but on the whole not much to get excited about, couple of hundred runs at 20ish.
Bowled a bit more second half of the season and 14 wickets @ 12, isn't bad considering I took 5-33 bowling medium swingers then injured my heal. Spending the remainder of the season bowling left arm spin darts. Got 33 wickets in total including Sundays, so not bad. Catching ratio surprisingly improved, apart from 1 blobbed at point I took most stuff but then again only a couple were difficult. Biggest problem was injuries - back and heal hampered me all season, then again I did play 36 games still, at least I have 6 months off lol!
Batting Game InningsNO Runs HS Avg
Nick Saunders 36 21 7 315 54 22.5
Bowling Game Overs Runs WicketsBB avg economy strikerate
Nick Saunders 36 135 457 33 5/33 13.84 3.38 24.5
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forgot to say, great lads, good fun and roll on the interclub tomorrow!
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well...
started the season at the beginning for the first time due to my semi-retirement from my number one sport, football. a broken collarbone and a groin injury put paid to that.
i began as 3rd team captain, a position which i had filled in for most of the previous season. i was expecting to keep and open the batting for the 3s as well as skipper the side.
got asked to play and keep for the 1sts in a couple of pre season friendlies which was a good learning experience, and i found that the harder it was the more i enjoyed it. i worked hard on my keeping throughout the early season and come the first league game i was selected for the 2nds (for whom i had deputised a couple of times last year). although reluctant to leave my 3rds, i made the step up and kept tidily, batting 7.
2nds then lost the only other wk/opener due to child care issues and i was told that i'd be replacing him at the top of the order and keeping every week for the 2nds. i had to let go of the 3rd team captaincy but redoubled my efforts to work on my keeping and justify my selection.
(side not: our previous 2nd XI keeper had unbelievable hands and only didn't play 1sts because of his poor relationship with the 1st team skipper, so i had big shoes to fill!)
i did a job at the top of the order, mostly picking up 20s and 30s but sticking around long enough to see the shine off the ball and give our sloggers a chance to whack it. i was still working hard on my keeping and batting and hoped that if the aforementioned keeper were to come back i'd stay in the team for my batting at least.
then came the breakthrough.
a really rich vein of form coincided with a good read through Buzz's coaching manual. in the space of 4 games in the week after i received it, i managed scores of 75, 87, and 104. the 75 was the first time i had passed 50 all season, and then the 87 was my maiden 2nd XI 50. this was quickly followed by my maiden 2nd XI 100, to leave me top scorer in the 2nds and 6th overall in the league.
i ended the season 3rd in the league for dismissals behind the stumps - our home ground is well reknowned as a batsman's paradise and with no recognised spinner in my team my opportunities are limited! i do my best though.
i'm really proud of my achievements this season as i feel i've been rewarded for taking a keener interest in cricket which is usually my "2nd sport". i'm expecting to be awarded the 2nd team batting award at the club's presentation night, which last year was won by my best mate. he's sick as a parrot, and the healthy rivalry will keep us going well into next season i'm sure!
i apologise if this seems self-congratulatory but i honestly am so pleased to have achieved what i have this season. i really have to give another mention to Buzz because his coaching manual does make an awful lot of sense, and while i certainly didn't go out to bat with his words ringing in my ears, i'm sure it must have helped me. :)
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1 more game to go but not a great season really as this could be my last game for the club as over past couple of years some very bad attitudes have been allowed to grow and are now just accepted so I may play in the 2nds or take one of the clubs I've spoken to up on there offers
But on the field poorest season with bat for 6 years I have just not felt comfertable at the crease but great season with the ball as skipper has been persuaded to have faith in spin and I'm the leading wicket taker in club plus got the call up and played two games for the county which was tough but enjoyable
But best of all was son getting his shot in the under 13's and not doing bad playing above his age group
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Firstly Rich, thanks for the very kind words, the book only concentrates the mind, it certainly doesn't score you any runs. But I am really glad you like it.
As for my season, I had a competely average league season... see the below comparison of my games this year v's all years at my club...Having said that 3 ducks was a league record for me (not great as an opening bat!!)
Year Games Inns NO Runs High Avg 50 100 Ducks %Team Runs
All 101 95 7 2688 178 30.55 15 4 12 14.05
2011 16 14 0 452 100 32.29 3 1 3 14.45
To be honest, I feel pretty frustrated with it as i felt in form for most of the season but didn't push on to make the big scores I have in the last couple of years. My team finished 3rd in the league, which was a massive choke as we really should have won the league - we had the best team but messed up too many games thinking we were the best team. Arrogance. not good. Bowlers more than batters to blame really - which is harsh, but we typically scored lots of runs - although were rubbish at chasing scores.
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Buzz, What is your coaching manual? Would be interested in that as my mind is a weak part of my game!
Let me know some info :)
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I'll do what Buzz did cos it was such a good idea...
Shows a comparison between this year, last year and total.
My 4 50s this year were all in league which makes a change.
I'm missing a 39, 34 and 12* off my batting though unfortunatlely and 4 or 5 wickets but that's it.
Batting
Year Games Inns NO Runs High Avg 50 100 Ducks %Team Runs
All 154 140 24 2997 114 25.84 15 3 14 12.72
2011 41 38 5 736 114 22.3 4 1 5 12.49
2010 46 43 5 1113 110 29.29 5 2 3 14.58
Bowling
Year Overs Maidens Runs Wkts Best 5WH Econ S-R Avg %Team Wickets
All 347 16 1937 92 5/19 2 5.58 22.63 21.05 16.94
2011 105.5 6 604 26 5/19 1 5.71 24.42 23.23 17.22
2010 101.3 4 531 31 4/16 0 5.23 19.65 17.13 17.71
(Sorry it's all over the place)
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It was a good season for me, very close to getting bowler of the season for my U17 team(I dropped a caught and bowled final ball of the penultimate match which cost me the award) and my Saturday team(Although I did get Young player of the season for them which makes up for it I guess...). My fielding improved remarkably on the season before especially catching, I went from dropping almost everything last season to catching almost everything this season(3 drops all season).
One thing that could have gone better is batting, I have the technique to make big scores but just don't concentrate enough. I averaged 10 in midweek, 7 on Saturdays and 1.8 on Sundays... However hopefully I can work on that now my bowling has improved dramatically and become more of an all-rounder.
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I enjoyed this year more than last year due to the fact that I cemented my place in the Saturday 1's and managed to move up to opening rather than 4/5/6. Satistically this year was less successful than last year but technically I have come on a little and have held my own at a higher level than the previous season. I also managed to steal a few overs here and there and mixed leg-side crap with some good accurate swing bowling (2-10 off 6 overs at end of innings to defend 157 by 4 runs the best example).
I have 2 games left so hope to get 66 more runs to beat last seasons tally. Hopefully next year we will go up after just missing out and I may even get a few league overs if i sort out my leg-side tendencies over the winter.
Season Matches Innings NO Runs High Average 100s 50s Catches
2011 36 35 2 992 116 * 30.06 1 7 14
2010 32 30 7 1057 121 * 45.96 1 7 8
2009 11 9 1 109 35 13.63 0 0 3
Total 79 74 10 2158 121* 33.72 2 14 25
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Awful season, think i played 6 games in all (4 league 2 sundays) until my shoulder could no longer. Plus sides to the year, enjoyed taking up keeping and looking into doing it long term.
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A mixed season really, my keeping improved out of all sight really and I ended up 3rd in the club for dismissals, not a lot of catches though, but I got cheated out of 3 catches. Batting wise I had a good season in the end, I felt in decent nick and after moving up to open I batted well but got some good balls as you do and some bad shots cost me having a good average. Scored my fitst 50 for the club and should have had at least 2 more but got out on 43 and 41,
Anyway as previous people have done here's the breakdown;
Year Games Inns NO Runs High Avg 50 100 Ducks %Team Runs
All 59 57 9 757 59* 15.77 1 0 5 7.73
2011 25 25 3 367 59* 16.68 1 0 3 9.1 8 catches and 13 stumpings
2010 25 23 4 284 37 14.95 0 0 2 6.58
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Buzz, What is your coaching manual? Would be interested in that as my mind is a weak part of my game!
Let me know some info :)
I'd be interested in the book too, is it available in WHSmith's?
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All first team matches, mixture of ECB Prem and Div 1, plus a few 1st cup matches. First time playing seriously for a few years. Not a bad season all told - some poor umpiring decisions and poor shot selection.
100's 50's
2011 25 23 4 840 93 * 44.21 0 7 2 0
2010 9 8 4 256 71 * 64.00 0 2 0 0
2009 3 2 0 62 59 31.00 0 1 1 1
2006 16 16 4 545 103 45.42 1 4 5 0
2005 22 22 3 625 114 * 32.89 2 4 3 0
2004 22 22 1 720 78 34.29 0 7 3 0
2003 26 25 5 803 133 * 40.15 1 6 7 0
2002 28 18 7 484 89 * 44.00 0 3 3 0
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Disappointed with my season unfortunately. Never really felt in particular good form, I would score runs one innings, then nothing, then a score, then nothing, I never real felt like I settled into a good patch of innings. Although I did score my first county 100, it was in the first game of the year and against a really poor side. And I played at bunbury which was a great experience, but runs wise, massively disappointing. The main thing that disappointed me by the end of the summer was that I didnt feel like I was really enjoying my cricket, and i was just there out of habit, rather than any want to play that game, so that what ill take away from this year- Just go out and enjoy playing
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Pretty much the same as me!
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Decent season, improved everything (batting keeping fielding) so much since last year, so really pleased.
Scored my 1st 50 and 1st 100, and have turned into a pretty useful keeper now which I'm happy about.
Way more shots than last year but consistency is the key with me, I perhaps need to learn to score quicker when I first come in however.
Overall pretty happy, I'd say a 9/10 season :)
Stats for my main club so far this year, I've played loads of games haha :P - Marked improvement on last year..
Year Games Inns NO Runs High Avg 50 100 Ducks %Team Runs
2011 40 40 4 907 110* 25.19 2 1 2 11.44
2010 19 19 3 137 37 8.56 0 0 4 4.54
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Who else is looking forward to 2012 season already?
Bring on Bristol West Indies away on 5th May 2012! :D
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Ian, arrange a fixture against our lot at our ground! ;)
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Haha! Only if you're pal is playing ;) would be nice to get some pre-season runs!
Sounds like a plan though... although a few people might think its a bit far for a pre-season game/ friendly...
Edit- or do you mean this year? :S
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This year's finished now. It would do our players some good playing a team of your standard although if you put your 1s out it could be quite one sided.
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A little vexed tonight (with myself). Needed 90 to reach 1000 runs for the season for my Sunday side. Cruised serenely to 82 before yorking myself from an offie. Finished on 992. Grrrrrrrr.
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This year's finished now. It would do our players some good playing a team of your standard although if you put your 1s out it could be quite one sided.
Would probably be a mixture mate, deffo worth a shout though. I was talking to our chairman earlier who would like us to play at least 2 decent pre season games :)
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A little vexed tonight (with myself). Needed 90 to reach 1000 runs for the season for my Sunday side. Cruised serenely to 82 before yorking myself from an offie. Finished on 992. Grrrrrrrr.
Great effort tho mate
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Would probably be a mixture mate, deffo worth a shout though. I was talking to our chairman earlier who would like us to play at least 2 decent pre season games :)
You're lucky our fixture secretary/friendly captain loves a good away game. Wales, Stroud and Calne being some of his this year
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Haha! Always welcome at sunny Minehead :D
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dire in league matches, great in freindlies. 103* today, nice way to end a modest season
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dire in league matches, great in freindlies. 103* today, nice way to end a modest season
Sounds familiar to me that mate!
Well done on the ton. 3 grips on the bat gone well all season?
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took one off half way thru, been using 2.
been batting 6 or 7 in the 1s, feel like i could do a job opening, we'll see next season... fingers crossed!
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Good season ended badly yesterday from a club point of view, lost a game that decided who went up. Poor season on a personal point as well.
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Right, last year was my first year opening the batting, so this year i really want to kick on and establish myself as a batsman. My stats were.......
Saturday: Matches: 15, Innings:15, Runs: 245 Average: 16.33, Highscore: 78, 34x4's and 2x6's
Sunday: Matches: 14, Innings: 14, Runs: 394 Average: 28.14, Highscore: 69, 69x4's and 4x6's
Massively disappointed with my Saturday stats as that is a poor return from an opener. That highscore of 78 should of been a ton, but I had a rush off blood and got stumped.
Pretty happy with my Sunday stats although I'm so disappointed that my average dropped below 30 after my last 3 innings of 11, 21 and 1 which came after a 49, 48, 63 and 69! I haven't included a 35 in there which I got in a game that was eventually abandoned due to rain.
With my bowling this year I just wanted to take wickets, after my bowling had always outweighed my batting through my youth I want to become more of an all rounder.
Saturday: Overs: 77, Maidens: 13, Runs: 332, Wickets: 13, Best 3-20
Sunday: Overs: 111.4, Maidens: 19, Runs: 432, Wickets: 29, Best 5-61
I bowled a lot of luckless balls on a Saturday and my figures show this.
Quite happy with my Sunday stats, 394 runs and 29 wickets are all rounder stats, throw in a few catches and I'm fairly pleased with my season.
Although I hope a better season in around the corner soon!
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My season ended up being too short, curtailed by busting my finger and then too much rain...
Sadly I managed 4 innings with the bat and averaged 46, while taking a few wickets and not going for too many runs with the ball.
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ive been poor with gloves this year i think :(
won club batting averages tho with a terrible avarage and dont think i got as many runs as last year.
strated playing in 20/20 with headingley this year tho that has been chalanging also playing sunday friendly games really enoyed it and some times nice to be a big fish in a little pond lol
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...I'm at a function at headingley stadium tonight