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General Cricket => Your Cricket => Topic started by: SOULMAN1012 on April 12, 2014, 08:46:55 AM
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So for me and I'm sure a few others we have our first game of the season today which after the winter of rain and storms I'm not sure we though we would ever see. I'm typical fashion rolled in at 3am this morning, feel awful, heads thumping so blatant,y gonna score a Ton today :D lol.
Good luck to you all for the season ahead and most importantly enjoy your Willow.
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2 more weeks for me so just sitting here patiently with nothing to do
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Inter club friendly today. Good opportunity to dust off the fielding cobwebs
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ive got another couple of weeks then a friendly and the league starts on the 3rd of may cant wait to start playing.
my first net is tomorrow
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We had two friendlies this weekend. One cancelled due to oppo having 7 players. Other due to a waterlogged outfield.
So today we had a single wicket comp!
Bearing in mind I'm injured, have only netted twice on bowling machines, and can't run, I still entered. Scored 14 of my 5 overs(29 runs and 3 outs -5 each)
1 six, 5fours, and 3 walked ones. All fun. Got dropped twice though. Haha
Switching from outdoor to indoor is not easy though, bounce pace was all over the place.
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So, tomorrow is our first match. A green top in Kent. That's a far cry from our wonderful home strip.
This afternoon. whilst listening to Ipswich beat Donny and keep the play-off dream alive (Narwich lost again so that made it even better), the kitchen was awash with kit. Loved it.
Looking at what I've done, it's a bit like Mike Hussey's (there is a clip on utube of him and his bag which I love), everything bar the scales.
Can't wait., but as usual the nerves are starting.
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Nerves before a game of cricket, someone takes it a bit seriously!
Never been nervous before a game personally, I'm there to have a good time
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So played our first game today and a nice win to start us off, positives we won, all got a bat
Negatives we all got a bat lol. Played at home pitch and ground were in great condition, pitch was a little slow as you would expect from April and although grass was cut Thursday was a little long. We batted first a posted a decent 189 from 42 overs personally I made a lovely 37 before getting one that held in the pitch and offered return catch to the bowler but after the way I felt first thing I'd take that seeing as pitch was quite green and there Aussie was decent pace and making at talk as he kept telling me. Also got off the mark with a 6 which sounds great but was a 2 with 4 over throws from a rather over zealous fielder lol thanks a lot lol.
Oppo made a good start before losing a few wickets and coming up 40 odd short. Managed to snaffle 4 catches behind the stumps including a nice diving 1 hander which stick in the webbing of my gloves to give our colt his first senior wicket which was great to see as for a 13 year old he sends at down at a decent lick. All in a good day.
Few pics of our ground.
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Played in a local clubs inter club game as they were short. Didn't open by choice as it feels greedy as it's another club but went in at 4 and put on 130 ish before getting out. Missed out on a few shots that should have been 4's but it doesn't matter as it's pre season. Felt the 2013 Adie coming back by the end which bodes well.
Got told with ten overs to go to slog and get out (pre arranged at drinks), ran past a straight one trying the mash it and was stumped. Again, don't care as I don't play those shots normally so it's not a dismissal you'll see. All in all, great fun and nice to get middle Time, feeling much better now too.
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Scored 6 before being caught and bowled, 1 catch and 2 wickets. We lost but a youngster got his first 5-for with his last ball being his 5th which was helped by the most outrageous catch I've ever seen. Outrageous I tell thee!
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It's these threads on the forum that make me jealous! Jealous that the Aussie season is over and I'm not in the UK playing :(
Goodluck for the season ahead lads!
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So played our first game today and a nice win to start us off, positives we won, all got a bat
Negatives we all got a bat lol. Played at home pitch and ground were in great condition, pitch was a little slow as you would expect from April and although grass was cut Thursday was a little long. We batted first a posted a decent 189 from 42 overs personally I made a lovely 37 before getting one that held in the pitch and offered return catch to the bowler but after the way I felt first thing I'd take that seeing as pitch was quite green and there Aussie was decent pace and making at talk as he kept telling me. Also got off the mark with a 6 which sounds great but was a 2 with 4 over throws from a rather over zealous fielder lol thanks a lot lol.
Oppo made a good start before losing a few wickets and coming up 40 odd short. Managed to snaffle 4 catches behind the stumps including a nice diving 1 hander which stick in the webbing of my gloves to give our colt his first senior wicket which was great to see as for a 13 year old he sends at down at a decent lick. All in a good day.
Few pics of our ground.
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What kit did you use today bud.
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Saturday mate so used the HH gear and the bat went like a dream, had an ounce in weight removed during winter which was really helped with the short stuff. Tbh I'm more than likely gonna use it in nearly all my cricket this year as I've now been working in the workshop for over a year and its not really right to not use it. The other gear will get a go now and then.
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i was thinking you may have tried the BandS gear,
i really did want to buy those scorch pads when at Vitas but ended up with some kook recoil 900's from the sportsdirect sale
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Lost our first game of the season, we had a weakened team out but we shouldn't have lost after the position we were in. But never mind, scored 49* and bowled 7 overs for not a lot. Nice to get some time in the middle and get the ball in the right areas.
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Today's intra club game was called off due to the pitch being too wet.
Did have a three hour net session instead, felt good with the bat and got a bit of rhythm going when I bowled, was getting a bit tired towards the end though so went downhill a bit.
Can't wait for the first game of the season now!
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had my first game today, was against a prem side with a mixture of 1's and 2's playing including an england under 19 player from the recent tour, Felt decent batting but got caught on 15. Kept average nothing was easy on an early April pitch though :D
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Played a little Sunday friendly today and managed to smash a ball into my foot and watch it roll onto stumps lol for 35 cheers.
Bowled nicely but the green top helped, bowled there number 4 with a Jaffa that seemed and removed off stump from the ground whilst he was squared up which was a nice feeling. A good first weekend in some lovely weather today was well.
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51* today! even felt more like 2013 Adie. All good as my new opening partner scored 160 odd not out too. Winner
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Wow he got 160 while you got 51. Both not out in a pre season friendly ? Bet you were popular with you team mates Adie !!!!
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Wow he got 160 while you got 51. Both not out in a pre season friendly ? Bet you were popular with you team mates Adie !!!!
Fortunately I was at 4 today as they wanted to look at new players. He went from 100 to 155 in 15 balls so tbh, can really compete with that
I got it in 54 balls so wasn't exactly slow either.
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Fortunately I was at 4 today as they wanted to look at new players. He went from 100 to 155 in 15 balls so tbh, can really compete with that
I got it in 54 balls so wasn't exactly slow either.
Wow 55 runs in 15 balls how did that go
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Wow...you were lucky to witness that assault from
The other end.
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Disaster
Duck on saturday - though I still dont believe I was out....... sure people on here know of the heart in mouth moments when you think... ups I am close here and look up tentatively! Well the appealed for a cought behind no heart in mouth moment looked up with ease to see the umpire giving me out!!!
Yesterday - 3 not ouyt with firsts and in a better mentallity.
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First net for me tonight, The sun is shining and I'm sure I'll snick off first ball!
Looking forward to it though.
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First friendly game this saturday. Outdoor nets start thurs night. Looking forward to it
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Forecast looking positive for saturday!!
Cant wait!
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Got my first game this Saturday vs Old Parks in Fairlope, would be looking forward to it more if I had not sprained my groin in the final nets on sunday.
Should be a good laugh as I was going to join Old Parks this year.
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Ah, who do you play for Koko?
Last Saturday's game made the bbc sports news page as Mervyn Westfield whacked a ton against us. They had out all first teamers whereas we had 2 ones, 2 twos and the rest threes and lower! We were always on for a whooping!
They racked up 300 in 50 overs and rolled us for 80 odd. Top scored with 21 and got to face Merv's first ball back, cut over point for two, bang ;) Typical that I see out his spell and get out next over to some dibbly-dobbly bowler. After that we lost our last 7 wickets for 11 runs, those 11 being 10 wides and a no ball!
Two games this weekend too, getting back into it :D
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Play for a new club, Bloomsbury Royals only formed two years ago, they play friendlies all round East London.
Not the ideal club as there home ground is a hours train journey away, just got back into playing last year.
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Been selected for a pre season game this Saturday :D
Now to try and argue with the family it is acceptable to play on Easter Sunday instead of spending time with them...
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Cricket comes first, surely they know that by now?? haha
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Is Easter still classed as a real holiday?
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Is Easter still classed as a real holiday?
Yes, to celebrate the start of the 'Club' cricket season :)
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I was offered a game this saturday playing for our 3's (I'm the 5th team skipper this year) but declined. Was told i'd bat 8 at best and not bowl (mainly because i can't) and was away and figured it wasn't worth the aggro. Decided to tell the missus i'd spend the day with her and the kids instead and gain some brownie points for the season which should end the constant moaning about cricket every saturday etc. I think we all know it won't make a difference but i can only wish :)
First game is likely to be next weekend now
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I was offered a game this saturday playing for our 3's (I'm the 5th team skipper this year) but declined. Was told i'd bat 8 at best and not bowl (mainly because i can't) and was away and figured it wasn't worth the aggro. Decided to tell the missus i'd spend the day with her and the kids instead and gain some brownie points for the season which should end the constant moaning about cricket every saturday etc. I think we all know it won't make a difference but i can only wish :)
First game is likely to be next weekend now
Haha glad im not the only one. Roll on next Saturday and everyone there after. :)
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Double game weekend.
On the Saturday i took 2 catches (surprising as my gloves felt very stiff!) which were wicket number 1 and 2 of a debutants hat-trick, and scored a slow (28 balls to get off the mark!) 6 runs before smoking a drive out the screws and being caught diving one handed by an old bloke at mid off. We won easily though and the opposing team are an annual friendly fixture so we had a few beers and a good laugh.
Sunday i got in at 4am, so the first Sunday league fixture away in rural Leicestershire was always going to be a struggle. The oppo batted first, setting 220 odd including a ton. We scrambled 180 in reply. I got 32 opening the batting, don't remember much of the day other than feeling like death.
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Is Easter still classed as a real holiday?
There's a 4 day weekend so of course it is!
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Easter should be when they play extra league games on the Friday and Monday. Need more cricket
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Been selected for a pre season game this Saturday :D
Now to try and argue with the family it is acceptable to play on Easter Sunday instead of spending time with them...
Wife, who is a Methodist minister, said " I suppose you would play cricket on Christmas day". She then remembered who she was talking too and shut up. I have played on boxing day and new years day lol
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Been called up to the first team this weekend, seems odd to think its so close.
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doesnt look like ill be playing this year, our 3s this year has anew captain and as im away at uni havnt been to nets so wont be picked for them, so unless i can find a new club i wont get a game :(
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And It Starts
Eve of the season we have 19 for two team on Saturday.
We have lost 3 players who played week in and week out last year, gaining none.
I was confident but numbers are falling a recruitment is proving hard...............
Any tips on player recruitment, with tapping up!!
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STILL HAVEN'T PLAYED!
PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES BOTH DAYS NEXT WEEKEND!
STRUGGLING TO KEEP MYSELF BUSY!
I NEED CRICKET!
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Big game tomorrow!! a friendly against ourselves. 46 overs 12 men a side.
im so looking forward to if.
criccckkkkkeeeeeeeeeettttttttr
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Had our first outdoor net today, and I felt absolutely wank. Friendly tomorrow, so hopefully I can play a bit better aha!
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I got so excited, I packed my bag today #eagerbeaver
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Haha, and I did! Although I'm glad I bought new spikes, took my old ones out of my bag for the first time since last game #theystink
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doesnt look like ill be playing this year, our 3s this year has anew captain and as im away at uni havnt been to nets so wont be picked for them, so unless i can find a new club i wont get a game :(
Are you anywhere near cheltenham ?
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First game today. Was not a normal game for me. But thought I did okay,
Now I've opened last 2 years, but will be 5 this year, due to a New opener. But as he isn't available next week, I will be opening, so was asked to bat 3 for practice, get in some kind of opening mentality(???)
I've never batted 3 in my life!
Came in after 16overs. Score was on 45or so. I scored 26 of 42 balls. 3 lovely square cuts for 4 rest singles and twos.
Me and my usual opener put on 58 before he fell.
I followed 8 balls later to a Jaffa of an in singing Yorker.
So another 50 plus partnership for us next week will be a good start to the year. Will see how it goes.
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First game today and got myself a nice first baller, thanks for coming... :(
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1 over for 12, dropped catch for 6 and 8 ball 0, great start to the season.
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Opened with my new opening partner and we had a 200+ stand in 35 overs. He got 100+ again and I fell on 74 :(
Still, that's two innings together and we avg 375 together :) only got out as I tried to ramp the quickie (not a shot I can play), to give others a bat. Otherwise it would have been easy to plod to a ton tbh
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Opened with my new opening partner and we had a 200+ stand in 35 overs. He got 100+ again and I fell on 74 :(
Still, that's two innings together and we avg 375 together :) only got out as I tried to ramp the quickie (not a shot I can play), to give others a bat. Otherwise it would have been easy to plod to a ton tbh
That a league game? Or a friendly game(just judging on the give others a bat comment)
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600 runs in our game today, played Bidborough and they racked up 315-6 against our fairly weak attack, very small ground as well with a short boundary on one side. The track was a road as well so a death trap for bowlers, no turn, good pace and hot through the line
We managed 290 in reply and with all those runs I managed to pull the ball off the actuall toe of my bat (lovely cherry on the toe) and get caught by the bowler diving one handed. Our No 3 made 131 which was good although we won't see him in may/June as his having his first child.
Also one of the coldest days I can remember playing cricket in but a good game all in.
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That a league game? Or a friendly game(just judging on the give others a bat comment)
Only a friendly
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Firs friendly today against oppo from same league. We posted 270 for 5 off our 45 overs, i didnt bat. Came on 1st change and nabbed 4 for 33 off 8 overs and ended up winning by 100 runs. Alot of positives from game and we gave 40-50 run too many at end. Legs are well and truely battered after 8 overs!
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50 and had to retire as it was a friendly, and a stumping in the first game I've kept in for a couple of seasons
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Great first match, Wanted to be a full all-rounder this year
27 of 18 balls and 3 for 11 in 5 overs
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Also one of the coldest days I can remember playing cricket in but a good game all in.
Have to agree with you. Today was only the 2nd time I can remember playing cricket during the Easter weekend and this afternoon was in total contrast to the previous occasion 3 years ago where it was so warm that we had to stop for drinks 3 times. I turned out for my former club in a friendly and as we batted first, I umpired for 35 overs during the first innings. That probably wasn't a very good idea because when I came to bowling, I was so stiff that I just couldn't get through the wicket (with my bowling action) and took until the 3rd over to deliver anything remotely where I wanted it. Got a wicket from an absolute pie of a ball which the batsman despatched down to deep backward square but straight into the hands of a fielder.
Quite a few strange dismissals today and even stranger non-dismissals. The pick of these incidents was one of our batsman mistiming a shot and it lobbed up to mid off for a regulation catch. The chance was dropped but the batsman had already turned around and starting walking off yet some calamitous fielding still allowed him to get down to the bowler's end and collect a single.
If I wasn't crocked enough during the match, I then managed to get run over by a sightscreen at the end of it.
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Today wasn't too cold. I've played in April after snow showers. That was proper cold. The umpires had hot water bottles.
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Boy am I stiff this morning :( find it helps when trying to smash the ball out of the ground t the end of the innings to find the middle rather than the outer half of the bat and the inside of my knee!
Decent win 176 for 3 played 145 ish all not, 39 not out and 3 for 30 reasonable 1st game personally. Track wasn't to bad, Pretty damp underneath unsurprisingly for April so very 2 paced and not the easiest to time.
Did have 4 layers on in the field later on but no need for the beanie
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First game as captain, lost the toss put into bat on what looked to be a decent wicket, would have bowled though.
openers put on 100 in 15 overs, I went in at 3, felt good and fell in the 40th over after making 73. we ended on 262 for 6, restricted them to 200ish and took 2 nice catches and a run out, so nice way to start the season
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We won our first game of the season. I was 27 n.o which is a slight improvement on my 1st XI average of 0.25. (5 innings, 4 ducks and a 1 off the glove down to fine leg :D) I was in the team to make up numbers and after not bowling and being picked to bat at 7, I thought I was in for a wasted day but you never know how cricket is going to turn out and I was happy to hit the winning runs and give the captain a selection headache for next week!!
We were chasing 165 and got there with about 7 overs and 6 wickets to spare.
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Played inter club game yesterday 21 players turned up. Spent 50 overs fielding 9 batting, and 15 umpiring. Apart from a cold wind weather was okay.
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Season got underway yesterday - and managed my traditional freak dismissal to open the season (run out by a throw that was directed at the other end!) - making a decent enough 36 before hand.
We won.
Not sure why I didn;t enjoy any of this....
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Won our second friendly yesterday. 21* in the last few overs and 3-29 from 9 overs. Quite happy so far
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Rained off today like I imagine most will be. Looks like Easter TV for me today.
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Still trying to get over a torn muscle so no cricket for at least another two weeks :(
Have learnt that a new bat should not be an excuse to get back into the nets before you're fully fit as it only makes things worse...
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Mixed day yesterday, played Bridgwater who are one of the top Premier clubs in the WEPL. They batted first, and eased their way to 270 odd from 40 overs. I turned the arm over for a couple overs and managed to trap ex Somerset and Derbyshire player Steffan Jones for a duck, and picked up another wicket in the following over.
Opened the batting in reply and struggled, played and missed at a lot of quick bowling and eventually nicked off for just one. We finished 177-7 in reply.
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First game today. Iffy. 0-23 off 6 (2 catches dropped off my bowling) and 0 not out... - umpire commented that I looked like an established batsman :D
Apart from my accolades from umpires, I was disappointed with my fielding. A few mistakes lead to some 1's turning into 2's!
Good to be back - shame that's me until 24th May!
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Played for a team made up of mostly us 3rd XI Players with a couple of 2s and a guy from the 1st. Played a local side for our annual friendly, always at their place, Stanway. Thatched pavilion, on stone mushroom stilts!
They batted first, came on after 16 overs. I took 1-39 off my 8 overs, which included 5 fourballs which were duly dispatched. Need to eliminate the one I hold onto for too long and drag down...Got my mate out who opened with one that spun in and hit the off bail. They set 162 in their 40 overs.
I opened the batting with the guy who played in the 1sts a couple of years back, struggled to get going against some tight bowling and we put on about 70 in 20 overs. Felt difficult until I got to 15 when it was coming more naturally. Played a lovely cover drive for 4 which was my highlight, and also an off drive with the same result (hit 4 or 5 in total) Got to 33 before I was done by a ball that seamed back a fair bit, didn't get over it enough. Frustrating but enjoyed my time in the middle.
Lost a few quick wickets as soon as I fell and ended up needing 12 of the last 2 balls but couldn't get over the line. Enjoyable game though
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Played for a team made up of mostly us 3rd XI Players with a couple of 2s and a guy from the 1st. Played a local side for our annual friendly, always at their place, Stanway. Thatched pavilion, on stone mushroom stilts!
They batted first, came on after 16 overs. I took 1-39 off my 8 overs, which included 5 fourballs which were duly dispatched. Need to eliminate the one I hold onto for too long and drag down...Got my mate out who opened with one that spun in and hit the off bail. They set 162 in their 40 overs.
I opened the batting with the guy who played in the 1sts a couple of years back, struggled to get going against some tight bowling and we put on about 70 in 20 overs. Felt difficult until I got to 15 when it was coming more naturally. Played a lovely cover drive for 4 which was my highlight, and also an off drive with the same result (hit 4 or 5 in total) Got to 33 before I was done by a ball that seamed back a fair bit, didn't get over it enough. Frustrating but enjoyed my time in the middle.
Lost a few quick wickets as soon as I fell and ended up needing 12 of the last 2 balls but couldn't get over the line. Enjoyable game though
You must be close to me then. Stanway was in our league last year. Possibly one of the nicest grounds around. We got relegated with them (they finished bottom) but we was drafted back into the league in January as a team had dropped out.
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I played a game yesterday where we had oppo 99-9 and their last wicket partnership put on 20 runs as the bowlers just bowled outside off stump? I batted 3 and made 29 off 101 balls as wickets were falling all around me ... i knicked off second ball but didn't walk and wasn't given out. In the end we lost by 12 runs which ultimately their last wicket partnership put on which was disappointing, and today played a t20 and made 27 before twisting my knee setting off for a run so and had to retire hurt and consequently injured for 4 weeks so pretty bad start to season really.
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i knicked off second ball but didn't walk
Not really in the spirit of he game.. Especially when it's only a friendly.
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3 ball duck edging off a forward defensive after play two awful shots beforehand.
Ended up burning my arm on the sand that was all over the outfield and of course the burns on the knees from my pants! Why do cricket pants always burn knees???
Anyway a naff return off my tenner.
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First friendly of the season was meant to be last weekend, but opposition could only get 6 players :( I have now been asked to play for my university team on Wednesday in a pre-season t20, I think against a local school first team in Sussex. Annoyingly, because of other sporting commitments and academic deadlines, I am definitely missing my clubs matches this weekend, and then the weekend after when the league starts proper. At the same time, I don't know if I could last a full league match at present, because I am suffering shin splints in my right leg, which makes running uncomfy, so I am glad I am a spinner!
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First friendly of the season was meant to be last weekend, but opposition could only get 6 players :( I have now been asked to play for my university team on Wednesday in a pre-season t20, I think against a local school first team in Sussex. Annoyingly, because of other sporting commitments and academic deadlines, I am definitely missing my clubs matches this weekend, and then the weekend after when the league starts proper. At the same time, I don't know if I could last a full league match at present, because I am suffering shin splints in my right leg, which makes running uncomfy, so I am glad I am a spinner!
What Uni you at, Sussex?
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Played my first game in the 2nds this saturday gone. Away to Risinghurst 2nds (who won there division last year). Batted first on a very slow pitch, we score 203 in 35 over, I finished with a scratchy 22*. Did middle a few in the last over (the salix was fantastic Pete).
Risinghurst struggled to get going and only managed 112 for 4 in reply. Despite dropping and easy caught and bowled chance, not a bad start to the 2014 season.
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i knicked off second ball but didn't walk and wasn't given out.
Not something to be proud of - its a friendly and that is a very very poor attitude!! >:(
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I played a game yesterday where we had oppo 99-9 and their last wicket partnership put on 20 runs as the bowlers just bowled outside off stump? I batted 3 and made 29 off 101 balls as wickets were falling all around me ... i knicked off second ball but didn't walk and wasn't given out. In the end we lost by 12 runs which ultimately their last wicket partnership put on which was disappointing, and today played a t20 and made 27 before twisting my knee setting off for a run so and had to retire hurt and consequently injured for 4 weeks so pretty bad start to season really.
Guess that's karma.
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We lost by 11 runs on Saturday. Typical pre-season friendly, everyone got a game. Having managed to forget my shirt, I wasn't very loose and endured the worst 40 overs of my life in the field. Back was making me a passenger in the field and was giving me sharp pains with every movement. Bowled averagely and got a caught & bowled from a full toss. Redders had a go at keeping and then bowling, was probably a bit better at the latter as he bowled one guy with a lovely flighted delivery. Chasing 168, we coasted to 50 odd before losing a wicket and then collapsed to 74-5. Went into bat reluctantly due to my back, but from then on I felt really good. Not sure if it had loosened up but timed nearly everything and felt completely in control, even managed to jog a bit between wickets. Eventually I got a leading edge needing 30 off 3 overs. Brought up my first run of the season with a reverse sweep, it was so slow that I went through the shot and swept it past leg stump instead!.
Sunday, barely made it out of bed thanks to the back but I learnt from my mistakes and loosened up. Took some painkillers and I was 100% better. Still couldn't really run but bowled 8-1-23-1 into a gale, out of a total of 244-3 off 40. We were 170-2 off 32 when rained curtailed things. Odd thing is I woke up Monday with no back problems and since Monday my back feels nearly back to normal. No explanation just feel back to my unfit self again. See how long it lasts.
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First game of the season saturday just gone. Was cold and windy up near Emley Moor. Played in the 2nds and made 49. Needed 3 to make 50 but I was very stiff and running with a guy in his 50's. Decided on a safe 2 and was bowled next ball.
Still we won the game and got the full points so a good start to the season. The 2 opening bowlers for us got 5 wickets each.
Also bumped into David Dickinson in the club after the game and had a pint with him! Jolly nice chap!
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Nick, you played on Sunday? How? Even the ducks were hiding indoors near us!
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We played our season opener against our local rivals on saturday, always adds an edge to the friendly at the start of the season, especially as our grounds and club houses are adjacent. They scored 270-6 off 40 overs and we did if for 6 in the 39th, cracking game (if a bit cold). I went too a leave 3rd ball of our innings for 2. I thought it was poor judgment as i trudged off (shaking my head), but was reassuringly told after the game that the ball came back 6inches to hit off. Hopefully that's the one for the season! Next week is the start of the League cup :)
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Not something to be proud of - its a friendly and that is a very very poor attitude!! >:(
Lombardian ethic, love it! Stand your ground!
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Nick, you played on Sunday? How? Even the ducks were hiding indoors near us!
It was cold and a bit of light drizzle but we managed 70 overs at Norton Lindsey. Hardly great conditions to bowl spin and wearing my long jumper didn't help. I think Warwickshire must have a summer micro climate as last year we didn't lose a single league game due to rain.
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What Uni you at, Sussex?
Yeah, I'm at Sussex
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It was cold and a bit of light drizzle but we managed 70 overs at Norton Lindsey. Hardly great conditions to bowl spin and wearing my long jumper didn't help. I think Warwickshire must have a summer micro climate as last year we didn't lose a single league game due to rain.
Now you've done it!!!!
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Yeah, I'm at Sussex
Excellent, I was president of the Sussex Uni cricket club in 2005 (was there 2002-2005) How's cricket going, still strong, still sociable?
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Excellent, I was president of the Sussex Uni cricket club in 2005 (was there 2002-2005) How's cricket going, still strong, still sociable?
Its going really well, firsts got promoted undefeated last season, and we smashed varsity this year (and ruled Oceana until one of our guys got assaulted that night). There was a lot of tour related banter, sounds as though it was raucous the entire way through. We have enough players for 2/3 teams but only have one after the debacle with the seconds last year (Uni changed term structure, so people were away and we only got a team out once). We played Brighton College in a pink ball t20 last night, rained the whole way through. They were 107 all out in about 15 overs, personally got a couple of wickets in my 2 overs which went for about 9/10. One bowled middle, bit over pitched so hit the stumps on the half volley but hey, a wicket it a wicket, and in my second got one plumb LBW with possibly the most pickable wrong'un in the land! I don't know why but I always bowl well when playing with a pink ball! We knocked the runs off in the 17th or 18th over four wickets down, our opener got a nice 40ish not out and steered us home.
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Its going really well, firsts got promoted undefeated last season, and we smashed varsity this year (and ruled Oceana until one of our guys got assaulted that night). There was a lot of tour related banter, sounds as though it was raucous the entire way through. We have enough players for 2/3 teams but only have one after the debacle with the seconds last year (Uni changed term structure, so people were away and we only got a team out once). We played Brighton College in a pink ball t20 last night, rained the whole way through. They were 107 all out in about 15 overs, personally got a couple of wickets in my 2 overs which went for about 9/10. One bowled middle, bit over pitched so hit the stumps on the half volley but hey, a wicket it a wicket, and in my second got one plumb LBW with possibly the most pickable wrong'un in the land! I don't know why but I always bowl well when playing with a pink ball! We knocked the runs off in the 17th or 18th over four wickets down, our opener got a nice 40ish not out and steered us home.
Did you play at the college ground? Is it still a good a deck as I remember?
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Its going really well, firsts got promoted undefeated last season, and we smashed varsity this year (and ruled Oceana until one of our guys got assaulted that night). There was a lot of tour related banter, sounds as though it was raucous the entire way through. We have enough players for 2/3 teams but only have one after the debacle with the seconds last year (Uni changed term structure, so people were away and we only got a team out once). We played Brighton College in a pink ball t20 last night, rained the whole way through. They were 107 all out in about 15 overs, personally got a couple of wickets in my 2 overs which went for about 9/10. One bowled middle, bit over pitched so hit the stumps on the half volley but hey, a wicket it a wicket, and in my second got one plumb LBW with possibly the most pickable wrong'un in the land! I don't know why but I always bowl well when playing with a pink ball! We knocked the runs off in the 17th or 18th over four wickets down, our opener got a nice 40ish not out and steered us home.
Good to hear its still going from strength to strength, i think cricket only really got going properly the year before i joined so we were quite small comapred ot other sports. The president before me managed to get us in the "in" crowd within the Union Sports lot, we got a coach in, set up the womens team, got a proper cricket tour across Europe sorted. We always under achieved as a team on the pitch though, some great players who never quite achieved their best. It was a great laugh though, always had some great nights in the old Honey Club (RIP) with Netball, Hockey, Rugby.
One thing we never achieved in my time was a win against the Poly, glad to hear you smashed "colourer in-ners" this year.
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Did you play at the college ground? Is it still a good a deck as I remember?
Yeah we played at the college, was a pretty nice track, but it drizzled the whole way through so it was skidding a bit, but the quicks could get some assistance with good bounce and carry and some seam movement. Turned a bit as well, but with a dry seam it would have turned an awful lot more!
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Good to hear its still going from strength to strength, i think cricket only really got going properly the year before i joined so we were quite small comapred ot other sports. The president before me managed to get us in the "in" crowd within the Union Sports lot, we got a coach in, set up the womens team, got a proper cricket tour across Europe sorted. We always under achieved as a team on the pitch though, some great players who never quite achieved their best. It was a great laugh though, always had some great nights in the old Honey Club (RIP) with Netball, Hockey, Rugby.
One thing we never achieved in my time was a win against the Poly, glad to hear you smashed "colourer in-ners" this year.
I wouldn't say we are the 'in' crowd with the union despite the current president working in the activities office, apparently we are in debt by a few hundred pounds because someone a couple of years ago ordered about 500-700 pounds worth of caps! The womens team hasn't been in existence since I have been at Sussex (I'm second year), but we do have a new coach, Ash Wright, brother of Luke of England fame, who really knows his stuff and has sorted my batting out no end! We suffer because of the new term structure, with two 12 week terms and a five week assessment period, so most games are after all the exams are done and people have left for summer. we didn't play in varsity last year as there wasnt a venue available, but we played Brighton in the league. Got bowled out for 99 on the green top at Falmer, and then our opening bowlers absolutely smashed it, one taking 6-8 and the other took 4 for about 30. Here is the scorecard from last night if it is of any interest: http://www.crichq.com/matches/130835 (http://www.crichq.com/matches/130835)
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Looking at the weather I think tomorrow shall be a day of waiting around for the League umpires to call the game off at 4pm when it could have been done at 11am. The worst type of days
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Looking at the weather I think tomorrow shall be a day of waiting around for the League umpires to call the game off at 4pm when it could have been done at 11am. The worst type of days
Yeah very true. As much as I love playing I do always prefer it that if it is going to rain then it to chuck it down properly all morning and call it off early than play about 45 minutes cricket in 6 hours as we wait around "giving it a chance
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The weather looks ok in the South. Bit of rain early on then clearing and heading north.
Hope to get the first game of the season in!
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I have a friendly tomorrow and after the ball ache of having to get 11 men tomorrow it was tough. I blame football. I am skipper of the 1's and I have 3 3rd team players in. I am sure they will enjoy the game and I will get the a bat/bowl so they contribute. Tomorrow is more of a case of getting the cobwebs off the kit. I don't care about the result.
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My 2014 season looks like being delayed...been raining here most of the day, not forecast to stop until 7pm and then rain all day tomorrow from 1pm :( glad I booked a net tonight or else I'd have forgotten which end of the bat to hold by the time the league starts next weekend :-[
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1st league and surprise surprise it's lashing it down :(
Oh well hit the gym this afternoon
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Weather is holding up in London, fingers cross we get a game.
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In the North East of England the rain is holdin off also....up to now I'll have a game!
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Its rained here for the last 48hrs.
We are playing on a ground that is damp at the height of summer, has no covers and no drainage.
So guess what......game is still on apparently?? Can only see it as some kind of joke. As it is still raining. Unless its a "arrive stand for 2hrs, declare unfit" job. Which are the worse!
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I was called off yesterday afternoon. It now means I will be playing the first league game next Saturday with no match practice... Sounds a good start to the year.
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Our pitch was unfit before yesterday's 8 hours of rainfall.
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Two friendliest this weekend...
Weather isn't looking brilliant but hopefully it will hold out :)
First league match is 3rd of May so these games will be my only match practice before then...
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Sun's out and the weather's suppose to get better in the south yet game's already been called off
Not a great start to the season
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My game today has been called off
FINGERS CROSSED FOR TOMORROW!
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Game off today hope the weather is better for tomorrow :( league starts next week and need to get the new players to gel into the side hard when games are called off
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Today's and tomorrow's games have been rained off.
As today was a 2nd team warm up/trial game for the season there will be some confusion as to who's playing where I'd imagine!
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First game today, we had a pitch inspection this morning and whilst its damp, the roller has been out on it for an hour already. Looks like it's going to be a bit of a nightmare to bat on though!
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Game called off at 8pm last night due to consistent rain. Typical the sun's out now! Golf course it is then...
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First game today, we had a pitch inspection this morning and whilst its damp, the roller has been out on it for an hour already. Looks like it's going to be a bit of a nightmare to bat on though!
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I would bat on the track first mate as the roller has pushed the moisture in to the pitch and as it dries it will come to the top and be even harder to bat on
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I would bat on the track first mate as the roller has pushed the moister in to the pitch and as it dries it will come to the top and be even harder to bat on
I'd say the opposite, the roller brings up moisture so depends on the timescale between rolling and batting. If it's an hour or so the wind would have dried the moisture the roller has brought up so bat. If you've rolled it just before the game starts then I'd personally bowl first.
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Ryan is right. The roller brings moisture to the surface and there it dries. Batting first might be ok for a few overs but once the moisture and subsequent drying takes effect it should do a fair bit. If you wanted to bat first then don't roll it and it will behave like a pudding for a while longer.
Regarding rolling, that's why there isn't much point rolling a dry hard deck. You only roll a wicket when you can press your thumb into the surface, a bit like plasticine.
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I was at our ground from 7am this morning trying to get it fit but was beaten by the weather :(
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Ryan is right. The roller brings moisture to the surface and there it dries. Batting first might be ok for a few overs but once the moisture and subsequent drying takes effect it should do a fair bit. If you wanted to bat first then don't roll it and it will behave like a pudding for a while longer.
Regarding rolling, that's why there isn't much point rolling a dry hard deck. You only roll a wicket when you can press your thumb into the surface, a bit like plasticine.
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Very interesting I would off thought the roller would push the water down and as it dried it came to the surface just shows you learn something everyday :)
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Fill a sponge with water and then press your hand down on it, comes up onto your hand.
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So making the most of not having cricket, I enjoyed a somewhat showery 9 holes of golf... and now I can watch some IPL!
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Regarding rolling, that's why there isn't much point rolling a dry hard deck. You only roll a wicket when you can press your thumb into the surface, a bit like plasticine.
Never heard that theory Nick. Why do they roll first class wickets all the time then ?
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Never heard that theory Nick. Why do they roll first class wickets all the time then ?
Good point lol, I suspect with such big squares there is always a track to prepare. As mentioned previously if you want the moisture coming to the surface, rolling is a way to do it. My old man who prepares minor county tracks, told me about the plasticine rule but maybe for first class squares it's different? I know a common groundsman joke is to leave the roller by the square and pretend it's been rolled to please the captain, even though it has little effect on a dry deck.
The ecb sent a document out last year giving guidelines that over rolling doesn't improve the deck, once the ground is compacted and dry you get very little benefit.
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Never heard that theory Nick. Why do they roll first class wickets all the time then ?
Habit, player and umpire perceptions, rolling a dry deck will do significant harm!
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Really ? Depends on the wicket structure and the weight of the roller
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Really ? Depends on the wicket structure and the weight of the roller
At recreational level with a heavy roller it will cause cracking, however rolling FC wickets with a 10 ton truck probably wouldn't change much such is the clay content.
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What do you class as a heavy roller
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At recreational level with a heavy roller it will cause cracking, however rolling FC wickets with a 10 ton truck probably wouldn't change much such is the clay content.
i doubt there is any ground that uses a roller that heavy.
the heaviest you will come across is 3 tonnes. most will be around 2 tonnes.
also i don't think rolling a dry deck will do anything as the soil is to dry to consolidate so its just a waste of time and diesel.
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Had my first game today in horrible windy wet weather. Scored 16 not out and took 2 catches keeping. Lost by one wicket in the end but it was a good tight match
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So after it raining all morning till about 11am, we managed to play today. Pitch and square were covered and good drainage we put in a couple of years ago all worth the money. Only problem was outfield was cut yesterday with high setting on the mower so outfield was very slow.
We batted first in a 40 over game, solid start from myself and the fella that normally bats 6 but trying to get middle order players a bat so order was a bit backward today. We reached 70 at drinks which in a normal game was more like 100 if outfield etc. managed 168-5 off 40 overs. The bowled very well and it was quite warm this afternoon considering and pitch was zipping about and a very tall left arm opening bowler had it hoping round corners at times. I scored 37 before trying to get on with it with all wickets in hand in played past a straight one.
We bowled very well today with both opening bowlers missing, bowled them out for 138 in 36. No catches or stumpings and to be honest didn't feel I kept that well today. League starts next week so no doubt it will snow then lol
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Well. After 48hrs of just rain in sheffield. And playing on a ground renowned for its dampness we didnt expect much. But they said wicket had been covered since thursday si asked us to travel.
On arrival the sun had arrived. Wicket needed some work with towels to soak up some water. But noth sides and umps happy to play.
We won the toss and chose to bowl. Expecting it to be a tad slow. We opened with 1nooener and first change bowler.
Carry and bounce were suprisingly good. And we bowled well pitch and bounce got better. So we bought our opening quicker on for the last 12 from the far end.
The couldnt cope with the kovement and bounce he was getting. And they struggled to 126 for 8 of 46overs.
We stupidly had the light roller applied. Which bought alot of water up.
First 109vers where trechorus, but our openers survived. But just before dribks we lost two quick wickets to be 42for 2.
2 more fell before 50, but the wicket had dried out bow and had nice even bounce, but theu had no bowlers to exploit it.
Our quickie turned hero with the bat, as he smashed 6 lovely straight 6s in a 30 ball 47not out to take us to a 5 wicket win with 9 overs remaining.
I did nothing. 46overs at slip, proved im not well/fit enough to play yet. I was asked to open. But didnt have the energy to even pad up. So had to decline. And thankfully wasnt needed.
4months ill with a ruptured spleen really is gonna cause me to struggle this year. Gutted.
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managed 2 games today, whilst watching the various twitter feeds i manage this morning it seems all in sundry in bristol and surrounding areas had cancelled their games by 12.
as i was yet to don the new whites/boots i was hesitant to call it off until i has at ;east made it upto the ground (despite our groundsmans text and phonecall en route).
battle of the brave as we called it playable kicking off a T20 to start with so at least we had a goal of finishing a game. at tea we had chased down 137 and went back out in a T16 to get everyone else a knock/bowl.
nice to be back outdoors and scoring a few, even better to see a lad top to toe with BB kit on the oppo. ;)
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The groundsman called our game off at 6pm Friday evening after a day of heavy rain. Don't blame him really.
I spent the day watching a game and drinking beer and you know what....
..... I bloody loved not playing!!
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first game of the season today and its rain almost constant since yesterday morning. Ive got to carry out a pitch inspection at 11. really dont want to cancel as i cant wait to play but not holding my breathe
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What do you class as a heavy roller
I'd personally class a 'proper' heavy roller at anything above a ton and half dependant on the rollers width. Disagree about it not causing cracking though, seem it first hand on my decks!
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Rained off yesterday in Sheffield, weather on the day wasn't too bad but our pitch was waterlogged as no covers and poor drainage. Missed the last 3 net sessions so next week will be the first time I've picked up a bat in over a month so I'm expecting to be rubbish. I'm then off on holiday for two weeks so miss the next 2 games, pretty much means my season will only start in late May which isn't great.
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1st league game, 1st win. Won the toss, bowled first and restricted the oppo to 157-7 off 50. Bowled 10 overs 2-24. Chased them down and won by 6 wickets. Disappointed getting bowled on 11 but a win is a win!
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Losing Draw in our first league game, somehow managed to play 90 overs out of 100 with a few showers Inbetween. Pitch played fantastically well considering it is only April. Oppo got 180-4 opened the bowling 1-16 in my first spell of 6 with a lovely In swinger to bowl their left handed opener but bowling at the death unfortunately didn't go so well 1-34. Only positives were that I didn't go for too many boundaries just lots of singles and two's. 3 ball duck top edging a sweep to square leg while batting at 5 topped off an ordinary day and we crept to 128-6 off 40 overs.
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Played my first game today and it went really well.
Went in at 3 and hit a 6 followed by 2 very nice shots for 4
But fell for 15 after only 4 overs batting to a slow fullish delivery
That didn't get up and slowed up and stopped on me but hey ho
Felt good to hit the middle. Then bowled 2 overs and took a wicket
We won by 40 runs and had a very good day with the weather.
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Very disappointed that our match got called off.
Got to away ground and inspected the wicket, square and bowler's run-ups which were absolutely fine. One half of the pitch is dry but the bottom half is a bit damp but no standing water and just a bit squelchy in 2-3 places with total area of less than a car parking space. Remember this is April in Yorkshire, not late July at The Oval. Meanwhile the groundsman is wandering around saying "you aren't going to play on there" to anyone within earshot which most of us politely ignore as according to the rules of our league, the decision to play has got sod all to do with him anyhow as it's the umpires decision. Home umpire finally arrives (10 minutes after the scheduled start of play !!!!) and along with groundsman, beats our umpire into submission and match is called off.
Feels like that was 21 points dropped because the opposition only had a single victory last summer and yesterday included 2 people who didn't actually have any kit.
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No cricket yet.
Today's game called off on Friday, Thursday's T20 already in doubt and no organised cricket on the Bank Holiday week-end.
Very ordinary indeed.
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Quite unbelievable game.
Bowled 9 overs straight off, took 3 wickets, including both gun batters.
Turned a few on a green top.
Not bad for a batter and very occasional bowler.
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So today, turned up raining, fielded for a biting the rain, came off sun came out, went back out rained, they batted through scored 140.
Had tea which wasn't great.
Opened the batting first ball sun was out lovey drive for 4, by end of the over chucking it down. First ball next over nicked off. Next ball off and not back on.
End of the day, not a happy batter >:(
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Very disappointed that our match got called off.
Got to away ground and inspected the wicket, square and bowler's run-ups which were absolutely fine. One half of the pitch is dry but the bottom half is a bit damp but no standing water and just a bit squelchy in 2-3 places with total area of less than a car parking space. Remember this is April in Yorkshire, not late July at The Oval. Meanwhile the groundsman is wandering around saying "you aren't going to play on there" to anyone within earshot which most of us politely ignore as according to the rules of our league, the decision to play has got sod all to do with him anyhow as it's the umpires decision. Home umpire finally arrives (10 minutes after the scheduled start of play !!!!) and along with groundsman, beats our umpire into submission and match is called off.
Feels like that was 21 points dropped because the opposition only had a single victory last summer and yesterday included 2 people who didn't actually have any kit.
YDSCL? Were you at Duncombe Park?
You can always contact the league to see if they can send a representative if teams cannot agree.
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Im hoping to start netting in the next few weeks but batting only.Maybe be able to play in a few t20s mid-late june
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felt good this weekend to finally get some cricket in.
62 in the Saturday Friendly and then followed up with a 44 yesterday in the village cup !
THERE IS HOPE !!!
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Won our first round match of the league cup on saturday. Chasing 172 we did it for 2 in 22 overs.
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First friendly yesterday as our last 3 games have been cancelled! I dont think I could have kept any worse, thankfully only one catch came my way which I grabbed. Went in at 3 to bat and middle one onto my pads, to be given out LBW (cue the sulking). We were only chasing 116 in 40 overs with a slow out field we did it in 25 is with the loss of two wickets.
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Selected to play for Worcester seniors V Warwickshire Seniors on May the 1st, 1.30pm start at Birlingham C.C the weather forecast is rain from 2pm, it looks like an afternoon reminiscing in the bar.....
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Selected to play for Worcester seniors V Warwickshire Seniors on May the 1st, 1.30pm start at Birlingham C.C the weather forecast is rain from 2pm, it looks like an afternoon reminiscing in the bar.....
Nice little ground Birlingham - been there a couple of times on tour...
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Selected to play for Worcester seniors V Warwickshire Seniors on May the 1st, 1.30pm start at Birlingham C.C the weather forecast is rain from 2pm, it looks like an afternoon reminiscing in the bar.....
and, as the perry sinks in, start raucously singing 'I'd raather be a peaaarrrr than a bear!' and swiping Dennis Amiss's walking stick?
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And reminiscing when we scored big hundreds and our bowling took fivers.
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Boom! First game of cricket in almost 2 years tonight. Scored a horrible 9 (out of a total of 58 all out) and then 0-6 off my one over.
First time for a long time that I batted without a lid since I sold my Ayrtek. I had to borrow a bat too since the only one I own is a 1980's scoop... (If anyone wants to sponsor me a bat, let me know ;)! )
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Boom!
Made a hard decision. Due to prolonged illness and the inabilty to stand for longer than an hour. I have retired from saturday cricket.
Midweek only for me this season. If my body can cope with that off course.
Great start to 2014.
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Smiley 792 Sorry to read about your dilemma it' must be frustrating when you want to play but know your body cannot cope anymore.
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No Worcester Senior cricket for me today its pouring down....
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We had our first sunday game at the weekend. We had a bit of a weak team due to injuries but fielded first and kept them to 127.
I opened the batting, and it started raining wickets all around me! I stayed in for about 20 overa, making 59. No one else in the team scored double figures, and although we were edging towards the required total it started raining with a few overs to go so had to call it a draw.
Overall pretty happy. First bat of the season felt quite good. Just hoping for more of the same when league starts on saturdays.
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Cheltenham away on Saturday. 8:30am leave !!!
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Cheltenham away on Saturday. 8:30am leave !!!
You can get your photo taken with the Banksy on your way!
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Cheltenham away on Saturday. 8:30am leave !!!
You'll have a field day Kieron. Seems the bowlers that bowled at me are their first team attack, wasn't good
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When was that Aidey and who was it ? Have heard they have 3 Gloucester players but not sure.
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When was that Aidey and who was it ? Have heard they have 3 Gloucester players but not sure.
Meh pro pro's don't really count. About two weeks ago. Look up their play cricket site
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Name How Out Bowler Runs 4s 6s Balls
1 Peter Woodland ro Thomas Belcher 41 6 0 38
2 Rob Cooper+ b Billy Parker 32 3 0 35
3 Kieran Smith b Ashley Jones 146 18 3 103
4 Harry Arthur ct Adrian Mayes b William Fell 25 2 0 47
5 Stephen Kelly ct George Leadbetter b Matthew Barrett 26 4 0 14
6 Nick Walsh ct Ashley Jones b William Fell 1 0 0 4
7 Joseph Madyembwa Not Out 42 4 1 34
8 Sam Didcote Not Out 0 0 0 1
9 Thomas Cummings Did Not Bat - - - -
10 Patrick Parkin* Did Not Bat - - - -
11 Liam Walker Did Not Bat - - - -
CHELTENHAM: P Woodland, H Arthur, K Smith, S Kelly, S Houghton (wk), M Jennings, W Simmons (c), E Wilson, J Madyembwa, S Didcote, T Cummings.
Read more: http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/VIDEO-Cheltenham-Cricket-Club-captain-Simmons/story-21043178-detail/story.html#ixzz30Z1RQ6kz (http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/VIDEO-Cheltenham-Cricket-Club-captain-Simmons/story-21043178-detail/story.html#ixzz30Z1RQ6kz)
Looks like maybe half played against you Adey. Sure it will be a tough game. Any game after a 2 hour bus trip it tough !!
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Super stoked for the first league game of the season tomorrow?
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Super stoked for the first league game of the season tomorrow?
Not when you see the weather forecast and temperature you won't be lol.
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Name How Out Bowler Runs 4s 6s Balls
1 Peter Woodland ro Thomas Belcher 41 6 0 38
2 Rob Cooper+ b Billy Parker 32 3 0 35
3 Kieran Smith b Ashley Jones 146 18 3 103
4 Harry Arthur ct Adrian Mayes b William Fell 25 2 0 47
5 Stephen Kelly ct George Leadbetter b Matthew Barrett 26 4 0 14
6 Nick Walsh ct Ashley Jones b William Fell 1 0 0 4
7 Joseph Madyembwa Not Out 42 4 1 34
8 Sam Didcote Not Out 0 0 0 1
9 Thomas Cummings Did Not Bat - - - -
10 Patrick Parkin* Did Not Bat - - - -
11 Liam Walker Did Not Bat - - - -
CHELTENHAM: P Woodland, H Arthur, K Smith, S Kelly, S Houghton (wk), M Jennings, W Simmons (c), E Wilson, J Madyembwa, S Didcote, T Cummings.
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Looks like maybe half played against you Adey. Sure it will be a tough game. Any game after a 2 hour bus trip it tough !!
more like 8 but hey ho, I'm really not that fussed about the level, if you want to pretend it's some awesome level then crack on.
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not at all Adey, just dont want to underestimate a side who must be half decent to be playing in that division. Perhaps you should try it. Cricket has a knack of biting you in the ass when you think you have it sussed.
Good luck for tomorrow everyone.
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not at all Adey, just dont want to underestimate a side who must be half decent to be playing in that division. Perhaps you should try it. Cricket has a knack of biting you in the ass when you think you have it sussed.
Good luck for tomorrow everyone.
Not got it Sussed at all, hence why I train so hard and strive to continue to improve but at 31 and with a dodgy knee there is no point bothering to try for the 'big' clubs. Might as well just play below it and enjoy the cricket.
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Fair enough. I dont think i said anywhere that i believed it to be an "awesome" standard but was just said it was an 8:30 leave in the morning.
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Not got it Sussed at all, hence why I train so hard and strive to continue to improve but at 31 and with a dodgy knee there is no point bothering to try for the 'big' clubs. Might as well just play below it and enjoy the cricket.
To quote playing below you have to average 50 in the league your playing in i think..
Good luck all some new bats needed Monday :o
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Name How Out Bowler Runs 4s 6s Balls
1 Peter Woodland ro Thomas Belcher 41 6 0 38
2 Rob Cooper+ b Billy Parker 32 3 0 35
3 Kieran Smith b Ashley Jones 146 18 3 103
4 Harry Arthur ct Adrian Mayes b William Fell 25 2 0 47
5 Stephen Kelly ct George Leadbetter b Matthew Barrett 26 4 0 14
6 Nick Walsh ct Ashley Jones b William Fell 1 0 0 4
7 Joseph Madyembwa Not Out 42 4 1 34
8 Sam Didcote Not Out 0 0 0 1
9 Thomas Cummings Did Not Bat - - - -
10 Patrick Parkin* Did Not Bat - - - -
11 Liam Walker Did Not Bat - - - -
CHELTENHAM: P Woodland, H Arthur, K Smith, S Kelly, S Houghton (wk), M Jennings, W Simmons (c), E Wilson, J Madyembwa, S Didcote, T Cummings.
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Looks like maybe half played against you Adey. Sure it will be a tough game. Any game after a 2 hour bus trip it tough !!
Quite a few players in their team for tomorrow that I don't know there and I was playing for their 2's at the start of last season before I moved home from Uni.
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I can confirm for the first time ever all 100 per cent kit bar my boot (we don't) make them i will be a full kit wally.
Went for the new duffle over the big bag
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Gone with the duffle which has my batting kit and keeping kit and lid in with plenty of room plus my MANBAG
"living the dream"
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That man bag isn't stuffed with used ten pound notes is it?
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Heeeeerrrrrreeeee we go! First game of the year today, against Hampton Wick Royal II's, over at their place.
Been a strange build up this week, as a bowler and no.11 batsman, I've been and honing my dibblers indoors this winter.
This week, at outdoor nets I couldn't pitch it and bowled like a drain, then indoors I batted really well (for me) and bags full of confidence with the bat!
Probably end up keeping today! ???
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Best of luck everyone.
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2 days 2 games first of the season after last weekends rain. we only have 10 players after somebody dropping out. our normal top 3 batsmen are all away this weekend and we are playing the league champions so could be an interesting afternoon. but at least im playing cricket
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First game today as well. Haven't netted for over a month so Fingers crossed I get some runs.
Good luck to everyone playing today.
Off for yet another piss, nerves are setting in!!!
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First game today. Made it through about five overs.
Now sat in a&e waiting for an X-ray on suspected broken finger.
Not the best start to the season :(
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First match of the season today ! For my schools first XI, After spending the first half of the winter injured and the other half building back, it could really not have gone better, 4-19 of four overs in a t20 against a school of genuine monsters and small boundaries :D unfortunately we lost the game due to some genuinely shocking batting against average bowling, 2* for me there coming into the 17th over
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Oppo cried off with a waterlogged ground this morning. Gutted, i was really keyed up and its a perfect day for cricket :( its gone very quiet on here this afternoon so guessing not many others suffered the same fate...
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First game as skipper of the 1's today.
Bowled John Fisher out for 40 in 16.4 overs
We got it with the loss of 1 wicket after 8.3 overs
I managed a cheeky 20*
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Well my game was cancelled today, and my game tomorrow has been.
But I've managed to find a friendly game to play in tomorrow for a mates team
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Managed to lose a game we should never have lost today, won the toss and bowled on the most lifeless deck I have ever played on, was an absolute pudding. Bowled them out for 137 with a couple of nice catches. Standing up all game which in early may on covered pitches is awful.
Made a great start with us 56-0 off 11 then 4 of top 6 smashed full tosses down fielders throats, number 6 trod on his stumps and tail completely collapsed to finish 133 all out. 14 points isn't bad but still gutted to lose.
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had a good game although we lost. we were put into bat playing against the league champs. deck was wet very green outfield was any better. started off ok i batted 6 and came in during the 19th over ended up on 21* and ran out of partners and we were all out for 88 off 39 overs.
we weren't particularly optimistic when it came to bowling but they ended up winning by 3 wickets with 12 overs to spare.
absolutely awful track to play no pace or bounce we were missing our 3 highest run scorers from last season but ended up with more points then we expected
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Horrible wicket for today's game, was doing all sorts with the ball only bouncing stump height. Had a dozen balls pitch leg and straighten to off stump from the medium pacers ;).
Managed a very scratchy 20, then pulled a short from the leggie straight down the throat of the fielder. I blamed the bat ofcourse :D
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Well, we got hammered, but it was good to be out there on the greensward doing our thing.
They got 130 off 45 overs on a pudding. We bowled and fielded well, I managed 9 overs 2-36, but as predicted, sent down several full-bungers, mixed with several late-swingers.
We managed 96 all out in return, I batted no11 (that's rubbish that is!) and scratched a fiddly 5 not out. Never played on such a slow pitch though.
However, glorious weather, just happy to be playing.
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Managed a losing draw today in possibly the slowest scoring match I have ever played in! Opposition got 142/9 in 52 overs, we got to 109/9 off our 48, with our numbers 3 and 11 batting out the last five. Personally had a good game, fielded well, got a diving stop out and didn't fumble anything. Bowled at the back end of the innings, but still against the top order, got 8-0-36-5, 4 bowled (one around his legs for a golden duck!) and one caught, but got hit for a couple of sixes, one of which went straight through our sightscreen! Batted 9, got 14 to equal the second highest score, bowled trying to clip a left armer into the leg side, having just put him down the ground for a couple. Outfield was really slow, my club is on a council ground and they cut it, but didn't do anything about the cuttings, but the pitch was lovely :)
https://twitter.com/agorton1994/status/462665788995145729/photo/1 Got the first jug out of the way so the rest of the team don't have to be jug-shy for the rest of the season!
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We won today. Opposition were all out for 133 after being around 110-0!!! We knocked them off in 21 overs and won by 8 wickets. Our catching was woeful, must have dropped close to 10 catches, the opening pair got 3 chances between them. If we had taken the chances we could of had them all out for 50!! I took the only catch of the innings but my bowling wasn't great
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Won the first game of the T20 league. We scored 130 and bowled out the opposition for 73 in the 15th over.
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We, as promotion winners, smashed last season's runners up. Made 245-4 and bowled them out for 200, despite only having three and a half bowlers. I'm a proud skipper, though full of beer and curry!
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Our first win yesterday, restricted the opposition to 165/6 on a decent enough deck. Chased them down for the loss of only 2 wickets with about 15 overs in hand.
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3rd vs 4th friendly yesterday.My son's first senior game.we were in the same team.
running out of overs at the end I got out out accidently on purpose for 7 so he could come in.he saw off the spinner and scored his first run 1 not out.
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Got the best 12 of my(long) ameteur career yesterday opening against surreys spencer cc
Faced 8 overs from alex tudor he is still quick trust me! Lovely bloke too got some photos with him post match
Lost by 50 runs in a 40 match.league games start next week
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3rd vs 4th friendly yesterday.My son's first senior game.we were in the same team.
running out of overs at the end I got out out accidently on purpose for 7 so he could come in.he saw off the spinner and scored his first run 1 not out.
I used to love playing cricket with my dad, having little batting partnerships here and there, him always dropping catches off my bowling. Then as I moved up the order we ended up opening the batting together and there were a few run outs!!
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Kicked off our WEPL league debut with a very close game that saw us edge in it a 100 over thriller....
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Our first game was disappointing indeed.
Good looking track, dry but with a bit of damp on top. Turns out it was tougher than it looked! Lost the toss and were put in, opened with the skipper. Put on just under 50 in 14/15 overs and I made 21 before I had a Chris Rogers moment (except it was a long hop) and missed and was lbw. The ball was on the way back down! Hit me on the back thigh!!!! Still...learn from it...
We struggled to 158 for 6 off 45 which given the difficult pitch which was popping off a length and gripping off the seam and a big outfield we thought was decent.
We rattled through the oppo's top order to have them 37 for 5 after about 15 overs. Including a brilliant back handed flick from my team mate at midwicket to run out the non striker!! Then they had a couple of decent batsmen come in and they got there in the 43rd over 6 down. Not sure how it got away from us really.
Disappointing but good to have the season underway! :)
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First game for my new club, Truro 2nds. Absolute shocker of a pitch, but they put on 158 thanks to a good knock by the opener who batted through for 83, with a little luck and a lot of patience, and a knock of 39 that was half classy, half sheer dumb luck! I bowled my 12 overs for 30, should've had a few wickets but not to be! In reply we were dire, 63 all out, 7 of those being stupid shots chipped to fielders. I was 4* at the end, so not a bad day personally but a shocker for the team! Oh well, on to next week...
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second game of the season is our annual memorial game with a trophy afterwards which we managed to win this year. very happy with my bowling 2 overs 3 wicket for 2 runs. the guy bowling the other end have 3 wicket maidens in a row so we managed to clean up the tail nicely.
batting only got ten and completely missed a straight ball we managed to win with 6 wickets and 5 overs to spare
more importantly it was the first game on our new ground
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Had a decent run out today.
8 overs, 4 maidens, 1 - 12 and took two catches (a one handed Worldie and a skyer) in our last proper pre season friendly.
We restricted the opposition to 181 - 7 off 40 and chased them down for 6 with 12 overs remaining. DNB for me as I did something to my back going for a catch. Hopefully it'll be okay for me to play in an intra club mess about tomorrow!
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Played today at Weston and we won the toss and bowled first on a green deck and we bowled them out for 44 and I took 4 wickets and was on a hatrick and we polished off the run and then went down the pub for a pint :P
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Won in the first round of the cup. Didn't bat, bowled 7 overs for 43, close lbw shout in my first over, dropped catch behind in my third. Bowled well but didn't turn as much as yesterday, a couple of wides that if they spun like yesterday would have at least hit the pads or turned further. Also bowled my first no ball in about five years, top spinner that slipped out! Something to work on methinks
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Bit embarrassing loss yesterday. We batted first and made 107 all out. I top scored with 34. Extras was next top scorer. They won in 25 overs having lost just one wicket.
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First ever duck opening the batting on Saturday against poo, did get a game changing run out though to sort of make up for it. 64* on Sunday but felt really really bad. Very strange weekends cricket for me. Two enjoyable games for all 4 teams though which is the important factor.
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Off to Course & Staunton today for a cup match, not sure i have fully recovered from saturday yet!
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Off to Course & Staunton today for a cup match, not sure i have fully recovered from saturday yet!
Bat second Tom!! They like to chase and are very able to chase 300. They have no bowling either so it makes pacing your chase easier. Just my 2p's worth buddy.. Enjoy. Might drive over at watch a few overs
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thanks mate, thankfully have managed to avoid captaincy duties today but ill pass the info on. Weve got a bit of a mixed bag in terms of team but looking forward to playing at a new ground
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thanks mate, thankfully have managed to avoid captaincy duties today but ill pass the info on. Weve got a bit of a mixed bag in terms of team but looking forward to playing at a new ground
Small ish ground, usually one longish and one short boundary with easy ish straight hits too. Good batting track normally too. Nice ground over all tbf. What time is it due to start ?
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1:30 i think mate, 45 over cup match.
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Both league games were cancelled this weekend but I managed it find a friendly to play in for a mates team. I opened the batting and hit 53, only 2 x 4 and 1 x 6. A lot of 2's and 3's!
Should have got a ton, bowling was nothing special, I had so much time to pick my spot and smash the ball but I slapped it straight to cover.
Bowled 5 overs for no wickets and about 6 runs.
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First win of the season on Saturday! I was happy with my bowling figures of 9-2-28-1, beating the bat with the new cherry on a lifeless pitch. A nice slower ball bowled their number 3 and should of had one of their openings out but point put down an absolute dolly.
Also picked up a catch and a second ball duck! >:(
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Can someone please explain your points scoring? I hear talk of losing but gaining points.....? We play 40 over matches with just a simple 5pts for a win and that's it.
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20points for a win. Plus 5 bonus points if you take all ten wickets in the oppos innings.
If you lose. You get points based on second inings.
3points for taking 3wickets/30% of first innings total
5points for taking 5wickets/50% of first innings total
7points for taking 7wickets/70% of first innings total
9points for taking 9wickets/90% of first innings total
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Has anyone else started the season in woeful form with the bat? I haven't found the middle in three innings averaging ten. On Sunday I was bowled out trying to block a full toss from a spinner. I'm so alarmed I've booked an hour on the bowling machine tonight.
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Has anyone else started the season in woeful form with the bat? I haven't found the middle in three innings averaging ten. On Sunday I was bowled out trying to block a full toss from a spinner. I'm so alarmed I've booked an hour on the bowling machine tonight.
Yep batted 3 last Sunday made 15 out playing across the line and giving a caught and bowled and on Saturday batted 3 again before outside edging for 7
Not the best start at all
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Our first league game of the season was on saturday - we (2nds) couldn't raise a side so had to forfit. At close of play friday we had five players after the 1sts had creamed off a few to fill in some gaps...
In total we counted 22 players who are registered but couldn't play because of one thing or another. Blinking frustrating! Two whole sides not available.
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20points for a win. Plus 5 bonus points if you take all ten wickets in the oppos innings.
If you lose. You get points based on second inings.
3points for taking 3wickets/30% of first innings total
5points for taking 5wickets/50% of first innings total
7points for taking 7wickets/70% of first innings total
9points for taking 9wickets/90% of first innings total
Thanks, I can see merit in that system. Possibly keeps the competition a little closer for the lower teams than a straight win/loss system.
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Inter club friendly yesterday which was a final chance to get some cricket in before the league starts (or is rained off as the case is likely to be this weekend)
Took 2-33 off 6 overs (got some tap in my last 2 overs from a big hitter, had 2-7 at one stage!) and found some sort of form getting 20 with the bat. Saw off the quicks at the death to get us needing 8 an over off the last 4, to edge a long hop through to the keeper trying to dispatch a dinky dobly! I prefer pace on the ball than that any day lol
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Played my first Sunday game in a few years this weekend.
Batting: 18* off 6 deliveries (1x4, 1x6)
Bowling: 7.1-5-10-5
Regardless of performance, thoroughly enjoyed the slower pace of the game and the friendly opposition.
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My batting average for this season is one higher than my bowling average.. That makes me an all-rounder right? Bowled three overs at the death and got 3-9 then caught at mid on for a painfully slow 4 runs as we got skittled.
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My batting average after 3 games is 1, this time last year it was 35 ;(
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i batted 26 overs for 0*, 2nds game 2* of 13 overs, 3rd game 0* of 8 overs.
lool batting for draws ;)
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i batted 26 overs for 0*, 2nds game 2* of 13 overs, 3rd game 0* of 8 overs.
lool batting for draws ;)
Lool your strike rate! ;)
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Given the winter work I've done pretty bad considering I haven't broken in the 20's yet...I'm timing and middling a lot but everything I hit seems to go to a fielder
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We had our first league game of the season on Saturday. All out for 123.... (personally out for 7 - LBW), probably 20 short of a par score on the poor wicket and at our level. But a great bowling performance meant we skittled them for 88! Great effort.
Sunday was my first friendly of the season away to Balcombe. They made 225-3 with their captain retiring on 100 (who has apparently scored over 100 tons for the club!). A beleaguered younger side of ours attempted to reach the target, I fell for 56 when we were 115 behind just as the timed aspect of the game ended and 20 overs left were kicking in. Unfortunate as I think we might have been able to reach it if I'd stuck around. Ended 168 all out. Good fun day!
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Played our bank holiday game yesterday, scored 54 off 25 balls which was my first 50 ever, put on 78 with our number 7 as well off around 30 balls. And took 5-29 so all in all not a bad day at the office, oh and we won by over 100 runs so!
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Typical! Weather looks bad for Saturday. First league game of the season too.
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6 games, 5 innings and 4 50+ scores. One golden duck :(
Weather looks dodgy for the weekend though
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Disappointing start to the season for me, we won but on a personal level I wasn't great. 4 overs 0 for 25 wasn't good at all, one catch and a run out helped but then I only made 14 with the bat but never felt comfortable. Whats most annoying is that I used to be a fairly decent player when I was younger, played prem 2nd XI a lot and league U18's but then had 10 years off and never been the same. My batting is better due to the lower standard but my bowling has been awful since I started playing again.
Lack of practice doesn't help (we don't practice during the week in the season) but I'd convinced myself losing some weight and getting a bit fitter would be a magical cure. Sadly not, the run up at our ground is slightly downhill and uneven and I just couldn't get any rhythm - bowled two bad balls per over and had no balance at point of delivery.
Really unhappy and frustrated but I'm off on holiday for 2 weeks soon so hoping to come back better. Lots to work on when I do, need to get fitter, possibly cut down my run up to just a few paces to get line/length and work on foot movement leading with the head/shoulder when batting as I seem to plant my foot rather than move to the pitch of the ball.
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Midweek cricket!!!
We only play 12 overs. So despite my lack of fitness i gave it a go.
opened batting and made 51.
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It is scary how unfit i am. I fielded at slip for 8 oversm then went and sat down as cant hack it.
we won though 113 for 4 vs 79all out. #greenamry
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6 games, 5 innings and 4 50+ scores. One golden duck :(
Weather looks dodgy for the weekend though
Your such a show off mate
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Your such a show off mate
nah.. got a goldie on saturday in the only game that's mattered so not all good.
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Rained off today :(
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Looking like we might be rained off, when oppo call to cry off as they can't raise a team!
Boo no cricket!
Yay 13 points!
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Game called off early this morning.
Been sunny ever since :(
Stupid decision to call the game off so early
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Game called off, and then solid sunshine for the next hour and a half. Would probably have gone ahead but for ten minutes of hellishly heavy rain about 10am. What makes it slightly better is that I was on tea duty, so now my mum has bought everything for tea, made all the cakes, only for us to get to keep it all... what makes it worse is that it means I have to do more revision for a take-away paper starting on Monday :(
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Free week for us, Due to odd number!
Let the rain come, rained off is poor points in our format!!
May the weather gods be with us!
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Rained off second time this week. Cup game on Thursday, checking the forecast already!
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Forecast is suppose to improve Wednesday onwards.
Suppose to get warmer and settled
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I can now see why my game was cancelled. As soon as the parents left to take the dog out for a walk, armageddon struck! I suspect that I will have annoyed dog, parents and hens to put up with now!
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Went all the way to Leeds to pick up a loan player only for our 1st XI match to be cancelled at 12noon which meant we didn't need the loan player after all (last night 1st's took our opening bat so he was now available again). Loan player OK with this. Anyhow get back only to find the wicket saturated as covers had not been put on properly so the wicket was not usable. Looking for alternatives, the wicket used by the under18's might have been playable by 3pm if there was no more rain but around 2.15pm then heavens absolutely opened !!!
That's no cricket for first 3 weeks of the season for our 2nds.
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First league of the season for me after missing last week. Game was reduced to 30 overs each to try and get it done before the rain came again. Had my first umpiring shocker of the season. Bowled a quicker inswinger which the batsman misjudges and it smacks him full on the front foot. I go up for it and get absolutely no support from my team who all believe it would be going past leg and yet the umpire gives it not out on the grounds that it hit him outside the line of off-stump.. Would love to be good enough to play at a standard with neutral umpires!
And we ended up losing by only a couple of runs which makes it even more painful!
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My school team were bowled out for 12. Enough said.
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Amazingly, we got a full game in after it threw down at one. Wind has a lot to answer for. Middled one fine and keeper took a good catch. Lost properly to a better side. Move on and roll on next week.
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I feel guilty using a lam in matches, anyone else feel the same. They have no idea because of bat tape lmaoo
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i batted 26 overs for 0*, 2nds game 2* of 13 overs, 3rd game 0* of 8 overs.
lool batting for draws ;)
I feel guilty using a lam in matches, anyone else feel the same. They have no idea because of bat tape lmaoo
Doesn't seem to be giving you an unfair advantage so far! ;)
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I got an apology from an umpire today over his decision to give me out lbw for 40 (I inside edged it and showed him the bat when the scum bowler appealed). He gave me out to then be told by the square leg umpire I'd hit it and that he was just up wind so couldn't hear it due to wind. :(
Very nearly cost us the game but fortunately didn't.. Livid it ruins my run of 50's though :(
Rain stayed away which was awesome.
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We had a shocker today bowled out for 59. The track and square were fully covered so no excuses there bowlers bowled well and it was swinging and seaming a lot but 59 with our line up is awful. Few dodgy calls opening partner given out caught ff his thigh pad, few unlucky including me who edged onto pad bounced up onto back of my bat and trickled into stumps but too many awful shots.
Our bowlers were superb openers both bowled with great pace and great length and we managed to knock them 5 down but just not enough. Took a couple of regulation nicks behind but not a great day all in.
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We had a shocker today bowled out for 59. The track and square were fully covered so no excuses there bowlers bowled well and it was swinging and seaming a lot but 59 with our line up is awful. Few dodgy calls opening partner given out caught ff his thigh pad, few unlucky including me who edged onto pad bounced up onto back of my bat and trickled into stumps but too many awful shots.
Our bowlers were superb openers both bowled with great pace and great length and we managed to knock them 5 down but just not enough. Took a couple of regulation nicks behind but not a great day all in.
12 all out.. That is a shocker.
59 would be respectable.
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Somewhere between the two of these, last season my uni 2s, myself included, were skittled on a flat deck in perfect batting conditions for 50. We only had 9 people there when the last wicket fell, and the eight wickets to fall all went to some really lucky fella. At one end there was a guy beating the bat time and again with pretty good pace, then this medium pacer that looked smashable from the boundary, then we all tried to smash him too far... We lost by 10 wickets, oppo batted for about 8 overs!
Today, unfortunately, my club was supposed to be hosting a county match for the first time, but Bucks u10s vs Bedfordshire u10s had to be cancelled because of the rain yesterday. We are getting another chance later in the season, hosting the Bucks u13 girls I think.
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Played a proper Sunday game today.
Timed cricket.
Good banter with the oppo.
Abusing your own team (much better than sledging).
Us 153 all out.
Them 154-6.
Who cares about figures, cricket was the winner!
(I only got 1 but bowled 11 overs 1 maiden 2-35
Our U15 reserve keeper was tidy behind the stumps
One of our all rounders bowled well and got 30 odd
We dropped 9 catches in all, including 6 in the first 8 overs)
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And my shocking start to the season continues. 2 today before plumb lbw after facing 21 balls. We scored exactly 100 with me the only person over 20 and 2 players that on,y ever played school cricket cos they had to for PE.
Season so far is 6,18,37,1,2
Took 2 very nice catches in slips though and bowled well today so that's ok.
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And my shocking start to the season continues. 2 today before plumb lbw after facing 21 balls. We scored exactly 100 with me the only person over 20 and 2 players that on,y ever played school cricket cos they had to for PE.
Season so far is 6,18,37,1,2
Took 2 very nice catches in slips though and bowled well today so that's ok.
What match kit you using as I'm sure that x181 needs a new home
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What match kit you using as I'm sure that x181 needs a new home
Using the HH & Salix gear mate.
The X181 hasn't made its way out the bag since last year so yea maybe!
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Rain rain and more rain......played a friendly week before the season and to date 3 leagues, 2 falling foul of the weather. May have to take the missus into getting my passport stamped for the odd Sunday game.
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Using the HH & Salix gear mate.
The X181 hasn't made its way out the bag since last year so yea maybe!
Will you send me a few pics so I can remember how good it looked plus I'm away from Thursday for about 5 weeks
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Played Saturday for a bit then the rain came and made us have to abandon the game.
Managed a score of 2 before nicking off to their opening bowler. Wet + Cold conditions do not make batting easier!
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Hoping for a 20/20 game tomorrow if not we've agreed to do a indoor game
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And my shocking start to the season continues. 2 today before plumb lbw after facing 21 balls. We scored exactly 100 with me the only person over 20 and 2 players that on,y ever played school cricket cos they had to for PE.
Season so far is 6,18,37,1,2
Know the feeling - 34,6,45,67*,4 - with the dismissals all freaks (run out backing up, triggered by an umpire who admitted he didn't realise that outside the line was a get outta jail free card, pea roller and then bowled by a Finn style no ball that wasn't called!) - sometimes I bloody hate cricket!
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only had 2 games so far so looking forward to this week with games thurs, friday and saturday
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Looking forward to this weekend. League and cup weekend so 2 games!! One of our openers and number 3 are away so hoping to get the nod to move up the order, the chance I've waited for nearly 12 months since I moved into the first team!!
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1st league game of the season: take two - this Saturday
Hopefully not another wash out this weekend, I want to play on a grass wicket! Pre season and Sunday frienlies I've plate have all been on Astro so far.
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The rest of us didn't need to do much on Saturday after our opening bowler scythed through the oppo.
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The rest of us didn't need to do much on Saturday after our opening bowler scythed through the oppo.
Robbed of a 10 fer!
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Robbed of a 10 fer!
D Cotton would argue he was robbed of a few wickets, he's a quality bowler, runs in ball after ball and nips it away at pace. The majority of batsmen don't get anywhere near edging it. He bowled 10 overs, 1-12.
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The rest of us didn't need to do much on Saturday after our opening bowler scythed through the oppo.
We had a game like that a couple of seasons back. My mate got 9-27 or something against the team we happen to be playing this weekend. He still brings it up every week.
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First game of the season in less than 3 hours :D
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The rest of us didn't need to do much on Saturday after our opening bowler scythed through the oppo.
Hope he is not on a wicket bonus mate!
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Hope he is not on a wicket bonus mate!
He probably won't take another one all season! ;)
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First game was last sat, rain affected but had the oppo at 180-5 off 45/50 overs when it was called off.
Frustrating as we would have been left with approx 20 overs and been looking at around 90 runs to chase down.
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Can anyone beat this?
First match of the season tonight after a number of cancellations.
Crap day at work, mad trip to the ground in rush hour traffic, change, we loose the toss and are asked to bat.
Open the batting at No.1 and I'm given out LBW first ball of the match in my first match of the season. Been out first ball of a match once before but not first ball of the season.
Bit disappointed but also a bit proud as another first chalked up today at 50 years of age and in my 27th season opening the batting for my club.
I bloody love cricket. :)
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Could've been run out without facing? :D
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Can anyone beat this?
First match of the season tonight after a number of cancellations.
Crap day at work, mad trip to the ground in rush hour traffic, change, we loose the toss and are asked to bat.
Open the batting at No.1 and I'm given out LBW first ball of the match in my first match of the season. Been out first ball of a match once before but not first ball of the season.
Bit disappointed but also a bit proud as another first chalked up today at 50 years of age and in my 27th season opening the batting for my club.
I bloody love cricket. :)
Makes me feel slightly better about my goldie 1st game I the season, awful feeling walking off after that! :(
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had a LMS game tonight and got out to the annoying double play rule after the guy took a great catch on the boundary. was still great fun especially the pint after
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Woo Hoo! The sun is out and I've got a game today against Guildford City - can't wait.
Good luck everyone.
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Had my first net session batting only on thursday after the surgery I had last October.Was very very tentative at any ball on my legs or near my foot.Im still a few months off playing as Im not sure when I can start running but at least now I seem to be going in the right direction.
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Had a top of table clash today, turned up we chose to bowl on a nice green top! Took a couple of early wickets, then rolled them for 20! Managed to get myself 5, other opener got 4 and a run out! Back to back 5 wicket hauls for myself
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My bowling
11 overs
1 maiden
1 wicket
41 runs
We lost by 8 wickets
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Made a tough 25 on a mud pile in a t20 chasing.
Had to pick up rate and was stumped.
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Played in a match today which was played in the right way by both sides. Lost the toss and put into bat on a dodgy track we scored 204 all out off 44 overs opposition were 40 for 5 and then all out for 163 off 34 overs. And the sun was out all day.
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not a good day. ran myself out while being the non striker for 5. we were all out for 133 and they knocked them off with 5 wickets and 15 over to spare. next game monday so hoping for a win
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5 runs and then bowled by a left arm inswinging delivery which clipped my pads and went onto the stumps. Gutted to say the least, and its definitely an area of my batting I need to improve on, especially as an opening bat.
Nearly lost my batting glove aswell as I kicked it in frustration and nearly landed on the roof of the clubhouse :-[
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Pretty good day today. Opened the bowling 10-3-23-2 then chased down the target to win by 3 wickets and got 43* so happy days
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First game today for me (also first game as skipper) stuck the oppo in and bowled them out for 170 and then chased it down losing 8 wickets. First bat since the end of winter nets and top scored with 36 so a pretty decent day at the office
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We were 226 all out, I got 5 batting at 10 before getting LBW (off my glove)
Then bowled 10 overs and took 4-36. We won by 19 runs and took maximum points so a good start to the season.
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After 2shocking league displays with the bat as a team we got our act together today. Managed 184 on a brand new pitch away it Roebucks in Bromley, lovely ground and in a few years pitch will be a beauty just too much inconsistent bounce. Personally I managed 23 in 22 overs opening up. Was nice to spend decent time at the crease but annoying I must have pinged 15 odd shots out the screws straight at fielders.
We bowled them out for 161 to register first win of the season, kept ok today but no edges which I think is a first in quite a while. Most seemed to walk or play around straight balls.
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Come win or lose, today was an amazing day to be playing cricket.
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FINALLY SCORED MY FIRST 50!......and was out for 99!!!!!!!!!!!!!
99!!!! Can you believe it? First 50 I ever make and I get out with 2 balls to go trying to knock one round the corner and I top edge it :(
Still chuffed as mind...we scored 245 and then skittled the oppo for 34!!
Dead now !
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FINALLY SCORED MY FIRST 50!......and was out for 99!!!!!!!!!!!!!
99!!!! Can you believe it? First 50 I ever make and I get out with 2 balls to go trying to knock one round the corner and I top edge it :(
Still chuffed as mind...we scored 245 and then skittled the oppo for 34!!
Dead now !
Congrats mate , and at the same time hard luck..but hey you got 99 , so you should be very proud of that.
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Come win or lose, today was an amazing day to be playing cricket.
I take it you lost then?? ;)
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FINALLY SCORED MY FIRST 50!......and was out for 99!!!!!!!!!!!!!
99!!!! Can you believe it? First 50 I ever make and I get out with 2 balls to go trying to knock one round the corner and I top edge it :(
Still chuffed as mind...we scored 245 and then skittled the oppo for 34!!
Dead now !
Well done buddy, Shane Warne top scored with 99 so not a bad thing.
If it makes you feel better in got out on 99 twice and loads of times in the 90's
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Bowled Opps out for 139.
Knocked the off for 2. 38 for me....
We are now nicely climbing the table after shock defeat week one and a rained off!
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Bowled 26 overs. Took 6-72.
I am absolutely exhausted now and I am glad our batsman knocked off the 175 we needed without me having to bat.
Night all :)
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Bowled 26 overs. Took 6-72.
I am absolutely exhausted now and I am glad our batsman knocked off the 175 we needed without me having to bat.
Night all :)
You bowled 26 overs? What league are you to do that in?
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You bowled 26 overs? What league are you to do that in?
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I think they play timed cricket in some premier leagues, which means no restriction on overs.
I'm shattered after 10 overs today so can't imagine bowling 26!
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I'm surprised there are leagues or there that allow one bowler to bowl for half an innings. It means you can field a very unbalanced team...
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I'm surprised there are leagues or there that allow one bowler to bowl for half an innings. It means you can field a very unbalanced team...
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I think they play timed games to encourage captains to think and have to take wickets, rather than go hell for leather for 50 overs and then set a defensive field from the off.
I think only half the matches are timed so you can't put a side out with 2 bowlers and 9 batsmen every week.
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We won the toss and opted to bowl first. Opposition had a loan player who normally plays about 5 divisions higher and he really took the fight to us and scored 133 out of 247-4. However some of our fielding was truly abysmal including one U18 who chickened out of trying to catch a dolly. I can accept players who drop catches but not even to try really ****ed me off. The guy who scored 133 was dropped about 5-6 times, twice off my bowling and then next over he just started trying to cart me all over the place.
My match then got even worse as I opened, got a single off second ball of our innings then didn't score another run in the next 10 overs before getting bowled. Problem is I seem to have forgotten how to hit the ball although to my defence I couldn't physically reach well over half of the deliveries I faced. Last season I played a 20/20 early May, hit a couple of 6s in a very quick 25 in a match we won and that gave me the confidence to take an aggresive attitude into Saturdays.
Anyhow during the winter I did some recruitment and the 3 new players I brought in got 89, 35 and 29 and with some useful low order contributions we actually overhauled the opposition's total with 2 balls to spare. Last two seasons, we struggled to post even 150 on Saturday and I don't know who was more shocked that we won, the opposition or me?
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Well this season so far for me has been:
Didn't get to bat or bowl in my first match, we won by 10 wickets.
The next match I didn't get to bowl, and got out for a golden duck by LBW while batting at 5.
Next match got rained off.
Hopefully I'll actually get something decent on the board in the up and coming match.
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Delighted to get the chance to open the batting for the 1's yesterday. We lost the toss and were stuck in. Me and my partner put on 58 for the first wicket, I contributed a patient 18, before I was done by their left armer (3 nipping across 4th one swinging on to toe end!!). We somehow then collapsed from 98-2 when the other opener was out to 131 all out with some very poor shot selection from the lower middle order. Defending such a low score we were always up against it and didn't help ourselves by dropping both openers before the score was 10!! Went on to lose by 7 wickets. All in all a disappointing day but we have a cup game this afternoon so chance to bounce back straight away.
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You bowled 26 overs? What league are you to do that in?
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The Thames Valley Cricket League
52/48 split. I bowled through.
Fitness was a bit dodgy going into the last 5...
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Didn't get a bat yesterday, was in 9, but our captain opened and got run out in the 50th over for 91. We had a couple of our firsts playing because the team they were meant to play has had to fold a team and is only playing their seconds fixtures now, and our 1s opening bowler got 67 not out with some massive hits. We got 262/6 declared, opened up with the old ball and from my first 4 overs I went for one run, and if gully had been in an orthodox position it could have been a catch not a single! Took a diving catch in the covers that lobbed over the cordon off a mishit pull, and then came back to finish the innings off. Final figures were 6.4-3-6-2, one bowled through the gate by a wrongun, and number 11 smashed it straight to mid off, but had been dropped by the keeper two balls earlier. With my haul I now have 7 wickets in the league at 6 :)
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Gutted for you! Nightmare when this happens.
I had a game last season where I batted at number 3.
I came in at around 10 overs in a 45 over match and ended up at 97 not out after the 45 overs!
I was happy with how I batted but you can't help thinking about how it might have been!
I'm sure you are thinking that if you had of just taken 1 extra run or if that 2 had of been midfielded and gone for 4, then you would have got to your century!
But you obviously batted well so at least you know you can do it !
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Yeah very pleasing to know I can do it! I was on 33 after about 8 overs but when I was nearing 50 (I knew I was close but wasn't sure how close) I kept going for the 1s and 2s rather than try the boundary. Hit a 4 through midwicket to bring up the 50. Kept going for this style as you can see above. The legs started giving up when I was on 70 odd!! Aching so much now
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I know what it feels like. I've been run out twice at my village sides home ground on 99. As a result I've never scored a ton on our home pitch. Gutted!!
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My season been very below par with the bat, with scores of 4, 6, 20*, 6, 0 and 2...
Suffering from very low confidence and after my performance this weekend the 0 and 2 I'm really angry with myself...
Bowling hasn't been too bad, bowled solidly today with a lot of shape and beat the bat a few times and felt unlucky to only get 1 wicket...
The only positive with the bat is it can't get much worse than this
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Decent weekend, first 2 league games for me, previous 2 week have been rain hit.
Saturday I hit 32 and took a wicket and we won.
Today I took 2-15 off 8 and then went in at number 8 (usually bat 3) with us collapsing, we were 50-6 chasing 163 with 20 left, me and our number 4 put on 115 to see us home with a ball to spare, he hit 78* and I had 52*
The red ink is going very well
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8* with the bat and 2-23 off 8 overs opening the bowling.
In total 18 overs 6-59 this weekend, pretty enjoyable couple of days.
I'm aching, a shade of red I didn't know existed due to sunburn, but I've had a great time! :D
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Game called off as we couldn't raise a team for our Sunday team (my only adventure in cricket), the worst bit was it was meant to be an away game against the team that has the best teas in the league.
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2nd match of the season, felt very comfortable than nicked off behind for 5.
All out for a pathetic 69, and they got it for no wickets down in the first hour after tea in a timed game.
Poor batting, poor bowling but we fielded well and 2 pints of Bowman's ales swift One from Droxford slightly lifted the spirits.
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Today I took a slip catch to dismiss a genuine England Legend, I think I was happier than when I last scored a hundred! :D Anyone want to hazard a guess at who it was?
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Today I took a slip catch to dismiss a genuine England Legend, I think I was happier than when I last scored a hundred! :D Anyone want to hazard a guess at who it was?
Flintoff??
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Or Gary Pratt??
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First sat march for me this season.
Went in at 5.
First ball an awesome straight drive that i stood and admired........... for it to stop in a very damp puddle on the outfield, and then nearly got run out scrambling it make it a one.
Next ball was an awesome off drive for one(generally oppos put 4 men on the boundary as soon as i walk in. Dam reputation)
I then edged the 3rd ball i faced to gully trying to drive over cover.
Total innings. 1,1,w. Not a great day, we lost too. 50 runs short meant oppo knocked our 164 off with 6 overs left, only 3 wkts down.
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Or Gary Pratt??
Wrong county and sport
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Really a heart breaking game this weekend.
We scored 101 all out off 18 overs and we had opposition under control at 31/4 at the end of 8th over.
9th over goes for 13 including 3 wides and 10th went for 18 more cause of lots of full deliveries on the leg that were called No balls and quiet a few wides.
Score was 62/4 off 10.
We got 2 more wickets and they needed 20 something off last 5 overs. 2nd ball of the sixteenth over the bowler drifted a little too wide on the leg ball kept low and I wasn't able to collect it, ended up being 4 byes off a wide ball.
Game ended in the 19th after some good bowling and fielding display.
On the personal front i was out for duck opening our innings. That hurts specially as last weeks game was called off due to rain and I was really looking forward to this game.
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First game yesterday in the Kent Sunday league and nice to get a win. Even better was that our side has a lot of our promising colts in it and they all did exceptionally well contributing with bat and ball and giving there all in the field.
We batted first and scored 252 myself and my opening partner shared a 100 stand inside 16 overs but both fell to very good catches and then everyone chipped in with decent knocks.
In reply they never even tried to chase it down and used it as alive net basically which was annoying g seeing as it was a league game, they were on 12 runs after 13 overs and then when we knocked over a few of there senior players at least a few of there colts tried making it a bit more interesting and played some shots. Finished on 151-7.
But none the less a first win in a new Sunday league campaign.
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Not sure what end of the bat to hold at the moment, third duck in a row. Having a shocker considering the runs I scored at this level last year. Hugely frustrating.
Bowling wise, another good performance looking in the book (7-0-25-2). Struggled with my line a touch but managed to get their opener and first drop in two balls (2nd ball a absolute peach, fast middle stump yorker).
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First game yesterday in the Kent Sunday league and nice to get a win. Even better was that our side has a lot of our promising colts in it and they all did exceptionally well contributing with bat and ball and giving there all in the field.
We batted first and scored 252 myself and my opening partner shared a 100 stand inside 16 overs but both fell to very good catches and then everyone chipped in with decent knocks.
In reply they never even tried to chase it down and used it as alive net basically which was annoying g seeing as it was a league game, they were on 12 runs after 13 overs and then when we knocked over a few of there senior players at least a few of there colts tried making it a bit more interesting and played some shots. Finished on 151-7.
But none the less a first win in a new Sunday league campaign.
If they know they (excluding crap bowling or someone coming off (rare)), are too weak batting wise to actually chase 252 then why go for it? I do hear people complain about teams. It going for it but why should they gift their wicket trying to hit out etc. This is where draw cricket is better as you have to get a team out as well as annihilate them with the bat. Our game Sunday technically says we 'thrashed' the oppo but as we didn't get them all out I personally think we shouldn't have won as we weren't good enough to take all their wickets.
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You seem to have some different ideas on cricket to most, why play any game if you're not trying to win it?
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You seem to have some different ideas on cricket to most, why play any game if you're not trying to win it?
Depends on your definition of "Win". If you know on a given day that you don't have the batting to score runs quickly or the bowling to get a team out, then winning is getting as many points as you can. The more the better. If you do that by not giving your wickets away and proving that the opposition doesn't have the bowling to get you all out, why shouldn't you do what you can to get those points?
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Yeah I suppose, we had an English guy this year trying to explain the points thing to us, different cricket I guess.
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I love playing points based league cricket
Declaring an innings early so you have more overs to bowl the oppo out, trying to bat out an innings to save the match etc.. they all have a bit of a 'Test' match feeling for me .
it's not always hit out or get out cricket.
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Another massive TFC for me yesterday, thanks to the trains out of London Saturday it took over 3 hours to get to the game. Made it just in time for the start and then we bowled out the oppo for 52 in 20.4 overs - knocked it off in 10.1 overs.
3 and a half hour journey for a game that finished at 3.20pm... lovely afternoon full of ciders and sun mind!! :D
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Two very good wins in the sun and a decent tan, doesn't get much better really haha
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Another massive TFC for me yesterday, thanks to the trains out of London Saturday it took over 3 hours to get to the game. Made it just in time for the start and then we bowled out the oppo for 52 in 20.4 overs - knocked it off in 10.1 overs.
3 and a half hour journey for a game that finished at 3.20pm... lovely afternoon full of ciders and sun mind!! :D
you found the upside, an afternoon of drinking in the sun. Good skills.
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Fed up with cricket already! Keep on getting myself out, lack of patience, looking for runs. Have an ok eye, and bat aggressivley, any tips on how to stay at the crease for a long time, is it just training and just learning to be content with dots? Or am I missing something ??? Thanks
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Declaring an innings early so you have more overs to bowl the oppo out, trying to bat out an innings to save the match etc.. they all have a bit of a 'Test' match feeling for me .
Proper league cricket is so much more rewardning that overs based games I find. As noted, an overs game can result in excessive defence in the second innings and a lot of dead time within games when there is little to play for, whereas proper cricket tests batsmen and bowlers as well as captains, all of whom are required to think about he situation of the game and react accordingly, which means calling upon different skill sets at different times.
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stop batting aggressively and accumulate runs.
its not all like the 20-20 tv shows .... slap bang wallop.
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stop batting aggressively and accumulate runs.
its not all like the 20-20 tv shows .... slap bang wallop.
Thanks, I guess that would be the best option, perhaps ajmw98 (adam) will be able to add some insight on how I bat!
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Charlie, are you playing 3s this year? 3rd XI prem is a totally different game to 3rd XI div 1 or 4th XI like you're used to. Slightly better fielding, more accurate bowling. Take your time and us your head. And for god's sake don't let nemo score more runs than you!
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Charlie, are you playing 3s this year? 3rd XI prem is a totally different game to 3rd XI div 1 or 4th XI like you're used to. Slightly better fielding, more accurate bowling. Take your time and us your head. And for god's sake don't let nemo score more runs than you!
I am in the 2s at the moment! I am sure you have heard all that is going on! Its hard work to say the least, but I guess it will take time! :D
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My season so far has consisted of 0 off 3, 0 off 1, and 1 off 3, batting at 4. Lost the first game by 220 runs, 2nd by 8 wickets, 3rd was rained off, and 4th by 220 runs again. Gonna be a long ass season!
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My scores now go:
0, 20, 1, 5, 8*
That makes my average 8.5 form 5 inning, it a good thing I can bowl really! :(
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Saturday: http://kettoncc.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=12016672 (http://kettoncc.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=12016672)
Bit of role reversal on Sunday: http://kettoncc.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11850633 (http://kettoncc.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11850633)
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I am in the 2s at the moment! I am sure you have heard all that is going on! Its hard work to say the least, but I guess it will take time! :D
Yeah, Sandy and Tom have given me he lowdown! Take your time and wait for the bad balls is the best advice I can give you. You've got a good technique and a good eye, so make use of that
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The longer you stay in the middle the more bad balls you are likely to receive. Every now and then you will get one with your name on but so be it, that's cricket. It's impossible to score runs sat in the shed!
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My scores now go:
0, 20, 1, 5, 8*
That makes my average 8.5 form 5 inning, it a good thing I can bowl really! :(
I'm with you their Cam. Good job I am getting wickets or I'd be making the teas!
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Now in my dotage I suffered the ignominy of being overtaken on my second run, by the skipper, who had called 'three' after I poked one through the covers. Run out by a mile! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Saturday: [url]http://kettoncc.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=12016672[/url] ([url]http://kettoncc.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=12016672[/url])
Would have been a different story if I was bowling :D
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If they know they (excluding crap bowling or someone coming off (rare)), are too weak batting wise to actually chase 252 then why go for it? I do hear people complain about teams. It going for it but why should they gift their wicket trying to hit out etc. This is where draw cricket is better as you have to get a team out as well as annihilate them with the bat. Our game Sunday technically says we 'thrashed' the oppo but as we didn't get them all out I personally think we shouldn't have won as we weren't good enough to take all their wickets.
Like I said mate this was our first game in the league. All I was saying was they entered into a league that is 40 overs a side win or lose. They opened with 2 blokes in later stages of there playing days and did t play a single attacking shot in. 13 overs. Our opening bowlers are very good but are also 14 & 17 years old. There kids had a kind of go at making there score look respectable in a run chase.
If that's the way they want to play no problems with me but why enter a league? Why not just arrange friendlies and play time games? Why? Because generally people don't like them every week and youngsters certainly will not be atractted to play the game
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as an 11 year old i was often the toast of the team because i went in and blocked out 3 overs. It made me feel like i was the star, i had not just turned up to make up the numbers and field 3rd man/fine leg.
if i had been playing this win or lose stuff i would have just gone in and done whatever, no one would have said anything to me and I wouldnt have got the buzz i got when they all clapped me off and gave me a massive wedgey in the changing rooms to celebrate. Once blocked out 20 overs with the other young lad at number 10 to save us from defeat, the other team was livid, we were on a massive high. By 14 years old i was opening and scoring hundreds. Doubt i would have been able to do that step up to opening if i had been playing win or lose cricket, i managed to work on my temperament, concentration and not get phased at all. By 16 i was playing ECB league (wasnt called that then) and batting 7 and standing up 50 overs every game ..... sure thats why i fell out of love with wicket keeping :(
I think timed games are good for kids, no pressure at all. If there is a big total, play your own game and if its get close with 15 overs left then you can try to win.
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as an 11 year old i was often the toast of the team because i went in and blocked out 3 overs. It made me feel like i was the star, i had not just turned up to make up the numbers and field 3rd man/fine leg.
if i had been playing this win or lose stuff i would have just gone in and done whatever, no one would have said anything to me and I wouldnt have got the buzz i got when they all clapped me off and gave me a massive wedgey in the changing rooms to celebrate. Once blocked out 20 overs with the other young lad at number 10 to save us from defeat, the other team was livid, we were on a massive high. By 14 years old i was opening and scoring hundreds. Doubt i would have been able to do that step up to opening if i had been playing win or lose cricket, i managed to work on my temperament, concentration and not get phased at all. By 16 i was playing ECB league (wasnt called that then) and batting 7 and standing up 50 overs every game ..... sure thats why i fell out of love with wicket keeping :(
I think timed games are good for kids, no pressure at all. If there is a big total, play your own game and if its get close with 15 overs left then you can try to win.
I'm with John. Win/lose teaches nothing but you have to hit out most of the time.
As for why entering a league.. Because friendly cricket is dying so leagues are basically a way for most teams just to get fixtures. Most teams don't really treat them seriously from what I can tell, in fact there are only a handful who do. So tbh, I would treat league games as friendlies now.
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stop batting aggressively and accumulate runs.
its not all like the 20-20 tv shows .... slap bang wallop.
When I got 99 on saturday I was just thinking 'Get yourself in for the first 30 balls and go from there' and I just tried to take it one ball at a time. The only ball that matters is the next one :)
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Had a good weekend played Farmborough at home, lost the toss got put in the field we restricted them to 145-9 off 40 overs I bowled 8-3-14-1 very pleased! :D and we won in the early 20th over :)
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Woo Hoo! The sun is out and I've got a game today against Guildford City - can't wait.
Good luck everyone.
Not at theirs was it? No matter how nice the day is playing there will always be awful
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Finally scored some runs today, albeit just 2 (beats the two golden ducks), was the crease for a few overs with our team losing wickets quickly in the 20 over game, we only scored 73.
Got out as I changed where I was standing as my team mate was questioning it saying I was covering most of the stumps, once I change the position, I chop the ball onto the stumps which wouldn't have happened if I didn't change it around. :(
My new bat I presume got ruined since it was raining quite a bit when we were playing, I guess that's why people say you should get a wet weather bat.
Should have had a few more runs to my name and to the teams score overall, as my batting partner said no to several ones that were on offer for both of us, which was disappointing.
Also, I feel sorry for the lads we were playing against, traveled for an hour to get here only to bowl and field, but they did arrive more than half an hour late, we had to play in the rain even though I said to the captain at the time we should go off because it was getting heavy, the oppositions skipper said no. Therefore our team at the end of our innings didn't go out to field as it was raining throughout the whole game, it started to get lighter,
I would have happily played but the team we were playing lost out and our captain and the experienced oldie were hellbent on only playing when the rain completely stopped.
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Absolute horror season so far!
Played 4 games- 1, 5, 7 and 4. Been a tad unlucky mind, left a ball from outside off that jagged back a foot and bowled me, was LBW one game where I was pretty certain I was outside the line, and last week I got caught at 3rd man in the first over!
Been dropped to the 2nd team to hopefully find some form this weekend, watch this space....
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Not at theirs was it? No matter how nice the day is playing there will always be awful
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Have to second this. Guildford City have a shocking reputation. I thought it was just our lot that felt this way about them, but evidently not.
Hope they've changed their ways (or players) - for their sake and for the teams they play.
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Have to second this. Guildford City have a shocking reputation. I thought it was just our lot that felt this way about them, but evidently not.
Hope they've changed their ways (or players) - for their sake and for the teams they play.
Cheats doesn't even come close to summing them up
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Absolute horror season so far!
Played 4 games- 1, 5, 7 and 4. Been a tad unlucky mind, left a ball from outside off that jagged back a foot and bowled me, was LBW one game where I was pretty certain I was outside the line, and last week I got caught at 3rd man in the first over!
Been dropped to the 2nd team to hopefully find some form this weekend, watch this space....
Just like this mate and you'll be fine...
http://minehead.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11122154 (http://minehead.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11122154)
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Just like this mate and you'll be fine...
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Haha hopefully mate! Just had the call saying I'm only in the seconds for one week, so need to make the most of it!
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im starting a new job in a month which means i wont be able to play many saturdays need to make the most of the next couple weeks. i can still play mid week games so not all bad
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im starting a new job in a month which means i wont be able to play many saturdays need to make the most of the next couple weeks. i can still play mid week games so not all bad
Talking of midweek games, are you playing at Porlock tonight?!
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Worcestershire seniors are playing Hertfordshire seniors at a Worcestershire stately home tomorrow called Hagley Hall tomorrow weather forecast is poor amber heavy rain warning in place for Worcestershire tonight with showers in the morning.
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Cheats doesn't even come close to summing them up
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It was at their 3XI ground on Stoke Park - so not unpleasant at all.
Interesting comments as we beat them - we were a poor side, but they were considerably worse. They went from 94-2 to 98 All Out (with yours truly picking up a cheeky 5 fer :D), they were a very young side but with one very decent bowler, and we limped over the line.
However, although the game was played in a generally good spirit, I could see the signs that they were a very 'exciteable' team with wild appealing almost every ball from places such as deep point and cow corner, much gesticulating and running at the umpire.
They also provided an umpire who seemed very fair and unperturbed throughout the game, until we were 6 wickets down and they were in with a faint sniff - then he gave two LBW's in two overs to a bowler bowling right arm around the wicket, and bowling back of a length.
It was an eye-opener, and I shall certainly have my wits about me for the return fixture.
I take it you've had bad experiences with them?
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Have to second this. Guildford City have a shocking reputation. I thought it was just our lot that felt this way about them, but evidently not.
Hope they've changed their ways (or players) - for their sake and for the teams they play.
Mattsky - who do you play for?
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It was at their 3XI ground on Stoke Park - so not unpleasant at all.
Interesting comments as we beat them - we were a poor side, but they were considerably worse. They went from 94-2 to 98 All Out (with yours truly picking up a cheeky 5 fer :D), they were a very young side but with one very decent bowler, and we limped over the line.
However, although the game was played in a generally good spirit, I could see the signs that they were a very 'exciteable' team with wild appealing almost every ball from places such as deep point and cow corner, much gesticulating and running at the umpire.
They also provided an umpire who seemed very fair and unperturbed throughout the game, until we were 6 wickets down and they were in with a faint sniff - then he gave two LBW's in two overs to a bowler bowling right arm around the wicket, and bowling back of a length.
It was an eye-opener, and I shall certainly have my wits about me for the return fixture.
I take it you've had bad experiences with them?
Unfortunately we had to put up with their umpire for 3 seasons in a row. Never had a game where he didn't affect the outcome
Terrible reputation, terrible pitches - they were kicked out of stoke park I heard.
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Talking of midweek games, are you playing at Porlock tonight?!
no we haven't got a game. playing for timberscombe tomorrow against the teachers if we can get more players
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Mattsky - who do you play for?
Weybridge Vandals, Fattus. On an island in the Thames near Walton Bridge.
Even though a couple of our First team had a 'bit of disciplinary form' for language and what have you back in the day, they never stooped to cheating.
What have you experienced playing there, Fattus?
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Despite a first game 51, ive since gone 8 2 and golden.
Last nights midweek game was a tale if 4quarters indeed.
1st ball i just tried to push through covers, it held up in the pitch and i skied it. Mid off taking a hangtime catch.
2nd ball, my fellow opener tried to push one through mid on and did the same.
So 2 balls gone 2 in the hutch. Luckily next to puy on 50partnership and a quick fires 17 in 5 balls from no.5 put us on 95 of our 12.
There openers came out and did the exact opposit to us! Theh raced to 65 of the first 3 overs with some crips 6 hitting and a few chinese cuts. Was thinking this be over soon and i can head home
Then a wicket, followed by another and again. Brainless batting. Every guy that wanted to come in was trying to smack 6s.
We got them 7 down and they needed 7 of the last over. Dot,dot, dot. Can we do this......4, 6.
So yeah they won, but with only 3 balls left when they should have won easily.
shows how topsy turvy a cricket game can be. And why you should never think lost. A few balls can turn a game.
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Game's already been called off. Typical! missed both games last week.
Only played 1 game this season so far
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Our game is off as well. Now at a loose end today :-(
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Game off! :(
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York games are still on generally, however it has just started raining and getting very dark.
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Rained off again :(
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Another day of knocking in my new toys, This rain card is getting daft.
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Rained off again :(
Off again here. Seem to be playing once a fortnight at the moment.
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Been playing midweek t20 games all year as Ive been working saturday's, finally get one off and the games off as well!!!!
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Rain rain go away, come again another day... But not on a weekend ya bugger!
It's been raining all morning here but our games not called off yet. I'm not sure why it's not as there is no way we can play even if it stopped now!
It's an away game, I hate waiting for the oppo to make a decision.
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I havent held a cricket bat since last july due to injury ..... Next week im available ..... Watxh it rain for the rest of the summer
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Rained off!
Shame, as I was looking forward to another outing with the new Affinity Toro Marcus leant me
A 50 on Wednesday was a nice way to knock it in
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York games are still on generally, however it has just started raining and getting very dark.
We're off, now quarter way through the season and only played 1 match on Saturday. I doubt many if any matches will get even started around York today. Not helped by the mother of all thunder storms last night !!!
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Heavy rain in the London area may have drowned a few pitches without good covers/drainage. Our 2s pitch has a small lake on it. Having said that, what did you expect from a bank holiday?
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All this rain means I'm not missing as many matches as expected due to injury. Not good for clubs though with associated drop in funds through match fees, bar etc fingers crossed the summer improves
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Well if you are in the garden, this looks a good deal reduced from £199 to £87:-
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No game for my team this week to a bye week in the league. Just as well as its pissing down and I also feel like death! Chesty cough, etc etc...manflu....
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Shame! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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My games also off today disappointed as cannot play the next two Saturdayleague games
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Playing winter cricket in brisbane
chasing 160 it was down to me (number 7) and our number 9 to do it
chased down 50 overs in 4 overs with 4 balls to spare.
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Always the case, match called off too early and it's not rained a single drop since and the suns been out!
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Always the case, match called off too early and it's not rained a single drop since and the suns been out!
Round here it's been too wet all morning. Even though the rain has stopped the ground is squidgy as hell!
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Wouldn't be the best wicket or outfield etc but we could have played a reduced game. Say 35/40 over a side.. Shame people are to quick to call things off.
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Weather is seriously taking the Mickey now. From 2pm onwards it's been dry warm and sunny.
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We're off, now quarter way through the season and only played 1 match on Saturday. I doubt many if any matches will get even started around York today. Not helped by the mother of all thunder storms last night !!!
Pitch was just about fine, but never looked like stopping so was called off pre-start I think.
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Played today and got a thumping history under our belts. The new covers and ground work over the last couple of years with drainage is paying off. Reducd the game to 36 overs a side and batted first. 2nd week in a row been given caught behind when I didn't hit it bat just brushed my pad but missed it by a country mile. Anyway scored 9 personally and we amassed 190-5.
Oppo were reduced too 5-3 courtesy of an amazing one handed catch behind the stumps glad our opener is sharp as I was standing 16 yards back and took it infront of 2nd slip not sure ill ever take a better catch. In truth they were awful and we knocked them over for 44 in 18 overs. So that's 2 wins on the bounce and puts us top of the league at the moment although a long long way to go.
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Who do you play for again Chris?
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Who do you play for again Chris?
Horton Kirby mate in the Kent championship.
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Rain. By the bucketload.
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Making my captaincy debut tomorrow for Chalfont St Giles Academy, head of colts is at a wedding so I am doing the job as I work with several of the age groups. Our u13s had to re-arrange a match for tomorrow so I lost some of them, and now have a really unbalanced team with loads of batting, and only one specialist bowler. And there I was hoping for a relaxed game stood at slip, looks like I will be turning my arm over a bit. Needs must! Were puddles on the outfield whilst the rain was at its heaviest today, but our place drains quite fast so fingers crossed!
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rained all day and the only other weekend i can play league this season is when we have a bye week as one team pulled out at the start of the season.
looks like i stuck with t20 and lms
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Played yesterday, took another 5 wicket haul, third in a row this season! missed 3 opportunities to have hat tricks though. but we won again
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Played against a A. Ismael yesterday. He used to play for Filton apparently. Anybody here know him?
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Today's away game was called off yesterday due to waterlogged pitch and no home fixture.
So naturally bright sunshine and no threat of rain all day.
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Tested the mongoose today
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And how fast is 85mph bowling? This fast
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Today's fixture was a success for my club's first academy fixture. With a team made up of u14s, u15s and u16s, alongside myself as a u20/coach, we managed to sneak a two wicket win with a ball to spare against a much more experienced team. Everything went to plan as a captain, won the toss and bowled, but my opening bowler was struggling so I bowled some seam, got 2 for 10/12 in total after coming back towards the end for my last 3 overs. First spell went for 2 runs from 5 overs, got two wickets, bounced out both openers. Nearly got a run out in the first over chasing a ball to the boundary from the slips, direct hit from by the rope but not out. Batted 5, came in after 3 reasonably early wickets chasing 145 to win, scored 60 with a couple of sixes, one straight off an off-spinner, and then the same bowler at the other end bowled a full toss duly dispatched to the pavilion roof. One very happy captain here!
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Team we were due to play called off early Friday evening due to not having numbers, first team wedding!
We got maximum points, the rest of the clubs in our division fell foul of rain. Cricketing gods!!
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Persistent rain since 7am, looking like 3 consecutive days of rained off games at them moment :(
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All 6 games rained off on saturday
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And how fast is 85mph bowling? This fast
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Should've used the bat instead mate ;)
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Should've used the bat instead mate ;)
I was operating the machine mate, I'd be stood on the square leg umpires toes if the ball was coming that fast!
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80 odd mile round trip on Saturday, I love away games!
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80 odd mile round trip on Saturday, I love away games!
Most of my away games are 130 miles round trip due to there being only 4 leagues in all of ireland
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thats some driving!! glad our furthest travel is only about 15miles.
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My club is 20 miles aswell. 2 trainings a week and a match or two at the weekends
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And another game rained off!
That makes it Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday that the weather has prevented a game being played now! >:(
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Just been called off for tonight. >:(
So that's 2 matches played out of a possible 10 and it's May 26th!!!!!
Sunday not looking good either.
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Games lost 3
Games played 18
This weekend and today was a wash out.
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Got called up last minute for last Thursday's game, got out for a golden duck, lbw. Embarrassing, I'm not even getting picked anymore after it.
Fact is, I don't get much match time, I don't get to bowl, I come in to bat around number 5 or 6 the times I get to bat are when we've had a major collapse. Bowling's more of my strength compared to my batting, but I get played as a batsman. The team is full of bowlers and no batters.
I seem to play ok in the nets for batting, but when it comes to game time I don't know what happens, I lose the technique and all.
Just annoyed at myself. >:(
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Got called up last minute for last Thursday's game, got out for a golden duck, lbw. Embarrassing, I'm not even getting picked anymore after it.
Fact is, I don't get much match time, I don't get to bowl, I come in to bat around number 5 or 6 the times I get to bat are when we've had a major collapse. Bowling's more of my strength compared to my batting, but I get played as a batsman. The team is full of bowlers and no batters.
I seem to play ok in the nets for batting, but when it comes to game time I don't know what happens, I lose the technique and all.
Just annoyed at myself. >:(
Time to change club so you can get a bowl if that's what you're best at?
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Got called up last minute for last Thursday's game, got out for a golden duck, lbw. Embarrassing, I'm not even getting picked anymore after it.
Fact is, I don't get much match time, I don't get to bowl, I come in to bat around number 5 or 6 the times I get to bat are when we've had a major collapse. Bowling's more of my strength compared to my batting, but I get played as a batsman. The team is full of bowlers and no batters.
I seem to play ok in the nets for batting, but when it comes to game time I don't know what happens, I lose the technique and all.
Just annoyed at myself. >:(
Did the ball move at all or did you just miss a straight one,
I was out lbw twice over a weekend last year and so changed my stance not massively just enought i now stand just off centre which means i can play the play the ball alot later and get nicely over o cover off stump and leave anything too wide as well
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Did the ball move at all or did you just miss a straight one,
I was out lbw twice over a weekend last year and so changed my stance not massively just enought i now stand just off centre which means i can play the play the ball alot later and get nicely over o cover off stump and leave anything too wide as well
I was told by the batsman who got out that he was a medium pacer, seemed to me as if he was a spinner as it was quite slow. I have a habit of playing the ball early, it was just a straight one, hit my bat leg and I knew I was out instantly. Don't know why I played a stupid shot and went across.
So far my scores have been 0, 2, 0 :-[
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Anyone who plays in the WARCL will understand my pain when I say I'm playing at Pak Shaheen this weekend. After the rain we have had this week I can't seeing being to pleasant there tomorrow. Joy!
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Captain says tomorrow is 60/40 chance of not playing tomorrow :(
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Today's game I'm sorry to say was simply not an enjoyable game to play in. Firstly we lost after a good start to the season isn't a bad thing as can keep us grounded as a team. What really annoyed me today is firstly the quality of the ground. Played a team based in Kent (not going to name and shame) This is a good standard of cricket in the Kent championship but no covers, no sight screens, awful facilities. Secondly is this stupid rule about no umpire and forfeiting the toss. We have an umpire avery week but this one week he has been really unwell. So we don't provide an umpire and we lose the toss. But they provide a shocking wicket, no sight screen on a pitch that sits in a bowl basically surrounded by woodland and 80ft trees, no showers and 3rd world changinge facilities. Doesn't seem a fair trade to me.
So we batted first lost a couple of early wickets both given lbw, so myself and number 5 build a nice partnership until there bowler an off spin bowler bowling to a right hander gets one to grip on the pudding of a pitch turn huge and hit the batter on the hip down leg side, bowler appeals like a moron and umpire gives it out to the amazement of myself and half there team, now the decision was that bad I just drop my bat and walk as far away from the umpire as I can, out batter asks what he was given out for and the reply is ct behind, keeper says he didn't hit it and I say to the bowler his appeal is worse than the decision his reply directly in from of the umpire is "I know it wasn't out but its my job to appeal" so I ask the umpire who heard what was said to call him back " no I've made a decision it may be wrong but I'm sticking with it.
We get to 151 off 46 with myself batting through for 65
So in there innings opener walks in front of all 3 gets one that shoots along the floor and plumb in front, not out. Anyway next ball he is caught no problem. So next guy comes in middles it to me behind the stumps umpire not out. Later in the game batter hits one back to bowler great low catch from the bowler we appeal and hand ball to umpire as claimed the catch, he says couldn't see it, not out.
Luckily the batter felt so bad he walked off.
My point from all of today is this team unfortunately have always been this way inclined. The majority of there lads are great blokes to talk to and are good players but the whole mentality seems to be to get away with everything,
. I don't want to use a set word as its not a great way to describe a team, espicially after losing as may sound like sour grapes. But the whole game is dictated by the forfeiting the toss due to no umpire when this is the first time in 3 seasons we have not had one. They provide awful or no facilities so surly it evens its self up as to make matters worse you have there umpire at both ends to contend with as well. Was he just incompetent or had a bad day?
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Bad day for me...
1. Triggered LBW off an inside edge
2. Had their player plumb LBW - not given
3. Had a catch dropped over the boundary for 6
4. Destroyed the stumps... Only to be called for a no ball...
Great day for the team though so not totally upset - Another win. Now 3 wins out of 4 (1 x Abandoned)
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Anyone who plays in the WARCL will understand my pain when I say I'm playing at Pak Shaheen this weekend. After the rain we have had this week I can't seeing being to pleasant there tomorrow. Joy!
Do not miss Pak Shaheen one bit, or Warsall YMF!
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i'm currently working offshore but keep a eye on how the team gets on and were up to third after a winning draw we made 170-4 of 46 and looks like the oppo played for a draw as they finished 42-8 of 46 pity we couldnt quite manage the last two but looks like we played really well and personally hoping to be back playing next weekend after a long net session on thursday and friday to try and get back into it.
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Still not able to play Saturdays but had a hour spare so I thought I would watch a bit of out second team.
Missed the first couple of overs, but watch the rest of the match as we bowled the opposition out for 19 and then knocked it off in two overs.
It was at their ground.
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Another loss for us yesterday. Batted first on a very damp, soft pitch. I opened up and top scored with 43, but we were 96 all out. Tat's the second time in 2 games we've been out for under 100, but better than the 54 all out last time. Bowled and fielded incredibly well to take 6 wickets, but 120 would have won us the game! Few positives from senior players finally however, me included, after scores of 0(3), 0(1), 1(3). To swing through the ball and not give a **** felt pretty good instead of feeling to much responsibility and playing like a statue. Helped that I was absolutely plumb (and I mean stone dead) first ball, in front of all 3, and about a quarter of the way up the stumps!
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Today's game I'm sorry to say was simply not an enjoyable game to play in. Firstly we lost after a good start to the season isn't a bad thing as can keep us grounded as a team. What really annoyed me today is firstly the quality of the ground. Played a team based in Kent (not going to name and shame) This is a good standard of cricket in the Kent championship but no covers, no sight screens, awful facilities. Secondly is this stupid rule about no umpire and forfeiting the toss. We have an umpire avery week but this one week he has been really unwell. So we don't provide an umpire and we lose the toss. But they provide a shocking wicket, no sight screen on a pitch that sits in a bowl basically surrounded by woodland and 80ft trees, no showers and 3rd world changinge facilities. Doesn't seem a fair trade to me.
So we batted first lost a couple of early wickets both given lbw, so myself and number 5 build a nice partnership until there bowler an off spin bowler bowling to a right hander gets one to grip on the pudding of a pitch turn huge and hit the batter on the hip down leg side, bowler appeals like a moron and umpire gives it out to the amazement of myself and half there team, now the decision was that bad I just drop my bat and walk as far away from the umpire as I can, out batter asks what he was given out for and the reply is ct behind, keeper says he didn't hit it and I say to the bowler his appeal is worse than the decision his reply directly in from of the umpire is "I know it wasn't out but its my job to appeal" so I ask the umpire who heard what was said to call him back " no I've made a decision it may be wrong but I'm sticking with it.
We get to 151 off 46 with myself batting through for 65
So in there innings opener walks in front of all 3 gets one that shoots along the floor and plumb in front, not out. Anyway next ball he is caught no problem. So next guy comes in middles it to me behind the stumps umpire not out. Later in the game batter hits one back to bowler great low catch from the bowler we appeal and hand ball to umpire as claimed the catch, he says couldn't see it, not out.
Luckily the batter felt so bad he walked off.
My point from all of today is this team unfortunately have always been this way inclined. The majority of there lads are great blokes to talk to and are good players but the whole mentality seems to be to get away with everything,
. I don't want to use a set word as its not a great way to describe a team, espicially after losing as may sound like sour grapes. But the whole game is dictated by the forfeiting the toss due to no umpire when this is the first time in 3 seasons we have not had one. They provide awful or no facilities so surly it evens its self up as to make matters worse you have there umpire at both ends to contend with as well. Was he just incompetent or had a bad day?
feel for you Chris. Agree that club umpires generally seem to cheat and player appealing when they know it's not out isn't really in the spirit. As for the facilities.. well, that's why leagues should have set standards and dock massive pts for any team that can't put out basic facilities like covers, sightscreens etc.
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Can't understand how you don't have neutral umpires in a high standard league like that. We have them in our poxy village league!
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Hugely frustrating game yesterday. Managed to throw away a winning position bowling first, getting the opposition 80-8 before number 9 slogged 41 to get them to 141. We then crumbled to lose the game by 30 odd runs.
On a personal note, probably my best spell of bowling to date, 10-3-19-3 along with three dropped catches (two were dolly's). Bowled my ten overs straight as I was swinging and seaming the ball away from the right handers hugely, too much at times. Batting wise, I got 8 before a picked out the old guy at square leg off a leg stump half volley. Actually felt alright with the bat today and the Salix went very nicely.
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Another week, another batting collapse. Lucky we have a strong bowling unit and rolled them for 100
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Great win for myself, Nicholas and team. We got 229-5 and bowled the oppo out for 66.
24 big ones in the bag!!
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Great win for myself, Nicholas and team. We got 229-5 and bowled the oppo out for 66.
24 big ones in the bag!!
Thats a great score is that 46 overs a side, and how many did you make
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Thats a great score is that 46 overs a side, and how many did you make
45 overs mate.
I got 53
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We won again, I got 2 wickets but bowled terribly, they had a let handed come in and take everything from outside off to leg! Had him dropped as well so. But only lost one game so far so, we are going well
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45 overs mate.
I got 53
What number do you bat at buddy, as i want to bat 3 but struggle with either getting bogged down or trying to score to quick and being out to a bad ball, any advice
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We bagged first on a soggy deck yesterday, posting 183-6 from 50 overs.
The wicket fried out and batting became easier (but I was getting it to turn square). Opposition chased them down for the loss of 7 wickets.
Personally I bowled 10 overs, 1 maiden 3-27.
Deflated feeling to have bowled well and be on the losing side! :(
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What number do you bat at buddy, as i want to bat 3 but struggle with either getting bogged down or trying to score to quick and being out to a bad ball, any advice
I bat at 4.
Always try and bat to the situation if you can. Never look further than than the ball which is about to be thrown down at you. Runs come easier the longer you're in.
People forget there is always more time that you actually think and even getting one a ball isn't a bad thing. If it's a good ball
And you have to defend it, so be it.
Plenty of better bats on here than me mate but if you need any more advice just drop me a PM
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Never look further than than the ball which is about to be thrown down at you.
Have you been facing Ajmal or something?
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Have you been facing Ajmal or something?
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Hahaha cheeky...I like it :)
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feel for you Chris. Agree that club umpires generally seem to cheat and player appealing when they know it's not out isn't really in the spirit. As for the facilities.. well, that's why leagues should have set standards and dock massive pts for any team that can't put out basic facilities like covers, sightscreens etc.
Our pitch that we rent for our third team has covers and sight screen. They bought them with a grant. We are in div 8, not many teams above can match that.
Did not help us we lost after being bowled out for 96. I was out for 4, dug in while wickets fell around me. Saw off opening bowlers then swung at a real pie and was given out lbw by a rookie umpire team mate. Later when umpiring I realised the ball that got me more than likely pitched outside leg!
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Went top of the League yesterday.
Unbeaten since week one.
134 for 8 us, then bowled them out for about 60.
22 and 3 victims personally so not too bad.
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bowled the oppo out for 38 and knocked them off in 7 overs, complete waste of a day!
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27 point victory. We were all out for 149 off 51.5, bowled them out for 136 I think with 7 balls left. Batted ok, got 19 then stumped off a really slow medium pacer on a really slow wicket. Something to do with swinging myself virtually off my feet trying to connect! Pitch was turning nicely, bowled 14 overs and would have bowled the last over, got the three wickets I needed for 50 2nd team league wickets :) Went for about 35-40, two dropped catches and a mis-communication in the field cost me more, and a lot that did just too much to be edged or take the top of the stumps.
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we lost a friendly today i was out in the 5 over to a thin top edge and the keeper took a good one handed catch we were all out for 100.I took a simple catch as we got 3 early wickets. I then came on to bowl when the scores were tied and bowled a maiden and they won by 5 wickets
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bowled the oppo out for 38 and knocked them off in 7 overs, complete waste of a day!
What is going on with the standard? Two's also won by 10 wickets?
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I bowled 8 overs 2-58 today #VillageBowling
One of my overs went for 25 :(
Would have been tidy figures without that one :-[
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Today's game I'm sorry to say was simply not an enjoyable game to play in. Firstly we lost after a good start to the season isn't a bad thing as can keep us grounded as a team. What really annoyed me today is firstly the quality of the ground. Played a team based in Kent (not going to name and shame) This is a good standard of cricket in the Kent championship but no covers, no sight screens, awful facilities. Secondly is this stupid rule about no umpire and forfeiting the toss. We have an umpire avery week but this one week he has been really unwell. So we don't provide an umpire and we lose the toss. But they provide a shocking wicket, no sight screen on a pitch that sits in a bowl basically surrounded by woodland and 80ft trees, no showers and 3rd world changinge facilities. Doesn't seem a fair trade to me.
So we batted first lost a couple of early wickets both given lbw, so myself and number 5 build a nice partnership until there bowler an off spin bowler bowling to a right hander gets one to grip on the pudding of a pitch turn huge and hit the batter on the hip down leg side, bowler appeals like a moron and umpire gives it out to the amazement of myself and half there team, now the decision was that bad I just drop my bat and walk as far away from the umpire as I can, out batter asks what he was given out for and the reply is ct behind, keeper says he didn't hit it and I say to the bowler his appeal is worse than the decision his reply directly in from of the umpire is "I know it wasn't out but its my job to appeal" so I ask the umpire who heard what was said to call him back " no I've made a decision it may be wrong but I'm sticking with it.
We get to 151 off 46 with myself batting through for 65
So in there innings opener walks in front of all 3 gets one that shoots along the floor and plumb in front, not out. Anyway next ball he is caught no problem. So next guy comes in middles it to me behind the stumps umpire not out. Later in the game batter hits one back to bowler great low catch from the bowler we appeal and hand ball to umpire as claimed the catch, he says couldn't see it, not out.
Luckily the batter felt so bad he walked off.
My point from all of today is this team unfortunately have always been this way inclined. The majority of there lads are great blokes to talk to and are good players but the whole mentality seems to be to get away with everything,
. I don't want to use a set word as its not a great way to describe a team, espicially after losing as may sound like sour grapes. But the whole game is dictated by the forfeiting the toss due to no umpire when this is the first time in 3 seasons we have not had one. They provide awful or no facilities so surly it evens its self up as to make matters worse you have there umpire at both ends to contend with as well. Was he just incompetent or had a bad day?
While a team should never lower themselves to cheating, it doesn't help taking the moral high ground. In essence cheats prospure, play them at their own game. That doesn't mean cheating but don't give them the benefit of the doubt and dont do them any favours. We had a period when we went 5 weeks without an lbw once, because we were the top team and the other sides didn't want to do us any favours, no plumb lbws. So we made a note and gave it back second time around. Harsh on wides?, we can give that back and we'll concede less because we are better than you. Once teams realise that they will get nothing because that's what they have done to you, often they start to change their tune because they come worse off. Don't instigate it but make sure they know who set the precedent.
Regarding facilities, play a good level and sight screens are a minimum. Covers ideally at higher levels. Playing on crap facilities drags down a league.
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What is going on with the standard? Two's also won by 10 wickets?
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The bottom half of the division is shocking, you know that there are probably only two batsman that can get a score and if you get them cheaply you will roll them for under 100. The whole league is pretty poor now, if Ted hadn't dropped their aussie we would have beaten Old mods in the cup and we only had 5 first teamers playing and they had 9.
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For those that know Hampshire, we played at Fareham & Crofton's ground at Bath Lane, Fareham.
Cracking afternoon in the sun, and with the tide in the boats on Fareham creek could have been down on The Med in the South of france.
Batted first and we put on 162-5 in 40 overs. Pleased with a 52* with 1x6 and 6x4's.
Bowled the oppo out for 68 and then a quick pint of London pride in the Churchillian on Portsdown hill.
Best view of Portsmouth, in the dark and all lit up.
Tidy.
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For those that know Hampshire, we played at Fareham & Crofton's ground at Bath Lane, Fareham.
Cracking afternoon in the sun, and with the tide in the boats on Fareham creek could have been down on The Med in the South of france.
Batted first and we put on 162-5 in 40 overs. Pleased with a 52* with 1x6 and 6x4's.
Bowled the oppo out for 68 and then a quick pint of London pride in the Churchillian on Portsdown hill.
Best view of Portsmouth, in the dark and all lit up.
Tidy.
Who do you play for mate??
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Do not miss Pak Shaheen one bit, or Warsall YMF!
Haha YMF have folded now! The Pak Shaheen ground lived up to it terrible reputation though, should have played really but that's probably just because how bad we were. Bowled out for 72 on a shocker of a track. The knocked it off in 20 overs or so, highly disappointing. Shame the ground is so poor cause they are a decent bunch of lads.
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Who do you play for mate??
I play for DACD Cricket Club based in Rowlands Castle just north of Havant.
A team of 40 and 50 year olds who have played together since 1987!!!!!!
Very sociable Wednesday evening and Sunday afternoon cricket.
100 years ago as a kid I played at Waterlooville and Hambledon and then in the mid 2000's I had 3 seasons at Bishops Waltham playing Hampshire League cricket.
Now far too old for 150 plus overs in a weekend. :(
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I bowled 8 overs 2-58 today #VillageBowling
One of my overs went for 25 :(
Would have been tidy figures without that one :-[
Don't worry about it.
We played a team last week who's slow bowler was on 699 wickets for the club, he went for 80 off 10 overs and left still on 699 wickets.
Played a good bunch of guys today in Bromley, we bowled first limiting them to 137. Brought myself on to bowl to fill a couple of overs but ended up taking the last 2 wickets in 5 balls for no runs
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I'm finding the early season pitch's uneven bounce very frustrating - I love the ball coming on and, as an opener, I find I'm getting bogged down - always finding the ring of fielders - then getting out trying to force the pace. Scores so far (not including first innings where I middled the ball onto my pad and got triggered lbw!) - 21 (off 57 balls, was 7 off 47 and just getting going when my team mate ran me out), 13 (off 32) and 10 (off 39).
I seem to be going for the big shots, which isn't my natural game. Worst of all, I'm feeling very good at the crease - don't feel any bowler has troubled me, but as a team we don't seem to be scoring runs so I'm caught between wanting to stay in and needing to score runs more quickly...
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Got my name in the paper in the write up on Saturday #ThatsTheImportantBit
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Got my name in the paper in the write up on Saturday #ThatsTheImportantBit
pics or it didnt happen? lol.
i captained sat and we won, still not fit, so went in at 8 with 4 overs left, and cameo'd with 15 of 15.
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pics or it didnt happen? lol.
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Told you I got my name in the paper! ;)
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Interesting game yesterday.
We played the second oldest touring team in the country, I Zangari. A great group always good fun and play the game in the correct spirit.
They always bring a gun team to the HAC and yesterday was no exception.
They had a Kenyan International, Rhageb Aga (Rags) who the other day (apparently) smite the Dutch to all parts. He came out to bat at 4, after Fastereddie had seen off the openers, 1 middle stump flattened by a quick yorker, and the others off stump clipped by a let cutter.
I was at mid-off and all I saw for a while was the full face of a bat bought down at speed and with easy timing. my hands are sore and I ran a lot.
He nicked-off at 60 odd, thank-god. Our skip knows him as did the bowler who got him. They both said after that they expected him to get 150!! A bit good.
He then opened the bowling and a fair lick.
A really good game, cracking pitch, rock hard but a tad slow, but that's by county standards.
If you get a chance to play I Zengari, take it. They are always charming, heck they are Old Etonians!
A great day.
Oh, we started at 1130, lunch and tea (amazing catering but £39 a head! for subs!). 120 overs (I think), pub by 7.
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first game of the season yesterday in the NKO.
had a clear stumping turned down by the umpire, dropped a full length diving catch late on and got 1(6) with the bat.
so not a great day.
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first game of the season yesterday in the NKO.
had a clear stumping turned down by the umpire, dropped a full length diving catch late on and got 1(6) with the bat.
so not a great day.
More importantly, were teas decent?? :D
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Bowled the oppo (bournville ) out for 66. Stood at gully all day with a pack of fruit gums, dont think I touched the ball.
Then we got them for none down in 12 overs. Me and my mate 30 and 31 respectively.
Teas after the game were exceptional.
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More importantly, were teas decent?? :D
very, very average.
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Day of contrasts with bat, ball and in the field in my two matches yesterday:
Uni match vs Brunel, took 2-32 off my 10, with my action being written in the book as R-Pie. I suspect the guy who wrote that was one of my victims so evens there. With the bat it wasn't so good. First ball wide down leg batting seven, and in against the opening bowler due to a typical Sussex collapse, second ball, so really my first legit one, yorker that flattened my middle stump at considerable speed. All I could do was say well bowled and walk off, and leave for my club match. I now have a record of 5 ducks in 8 innings for uni in the last two years!
League knockout vs Winchmore Hill, 15x8 ball overs. We set 137 against the orange ball, and in response we held them to 120. I didn't bat or bowl, but certainly did my bit in the field! In the uni match I fielded ok, but just when I felt I wasn't going to do anything for my club, everything started to happen. Coming in from deep cover round to deep point, about 70 yards out, batsmen had turned for second, picked up and threw in straight to the keeper, had the striker out by a good couple of yards. In the penultimate over our opening bowler bounced the opposition 3, who pulled towards deep mid-wicket towards the longer boundary. I was a fairly straight cow-corner, and ran around thinking I didn't have a chance, until I realised I was about 5 yards in from the line, and dived for it, took it one handed at full stretch, parents said there was an incredible smack as it hit my hand and they expected me to drop it, but my team mates were in hysterics at the fact it had stayed in! By this stage I had done 65 overs of fielding in the day so was knackered and couldn't stop laughing at the ridiculousness of it all! All in all a good day :)
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Playing Ryde away on Saturday, best dig my passport out!
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Playing Ryde away on Saturday, best dig my passport out!
Excellent place to play. Despite the hassle of getting there it is still one of my favourite grounds to play at in the league.
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Excellent place to play. Despite the hassle of getting there it is still one of my favourite grounds to play at in the league.
It's going to be a long day and a ball ache to get there, hope the teas are up to standard! ;)
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a player at my club plays for somerset over 50s and the had to travel to the isle of white last year for a game. not sure i would fancy that far for one day
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Bit late in posting but had a match both Saturday and Sunday last weekend.
Saturday went on loan to my former club Cawood (against Civil Service) as they only had 7 players (and I managed to bring along 3 players with me). Match didn't start too well as we lost the toss then potentially our best batsman (an Indian ROP studying at Leeds Uni) run out for 1 in the 2nd over. I went in at 9, beatifully timed an off drive for 4 then tried exact same shot again next over and it ballooned up to gulley. We were all out for 62 and I was thinking we had absolutely no chance.
After tea our Indian ROP and myself opened the bowling and had the opposition wobbling at 24-4 then 35-5 but another day the could have been 7 or 8 wickets. One batsman certainly rode his luck but at 50-5 (after 20 overs), our skipper perhaps sensing the match was almost up, decided to change the bowling at both ends. The young lad replacing the Indian ROP continued the good bowling and got a wicket with his third ball but I'm afraid my replacement sent down some right filth which enabled the opposition get over the line before his first over was complete. Match played in great spirit and I picked up 3 wickets in my 10 overs so at least I had something to show for my afternoon's efforts.
On Sunday I played an all day match for the Yorkshire Gents where again the bowlers were very much on top. I batted 11 and was out for a golden quacker as I was trapped LBW. I'm afraid I was absolutely plumb and had already started walking before the finger went up. Anyhow we set the opposition 119 to win but unlike yesterday, this game did go right down to the wire. The opposition got to 117-9 when a very hopeful LBW appeal was surprisingly upheld. I know a few of the lads were quietly disappointed to win under such circumstances but it was quickly forgotten as everyone had enjoyed the day.
(ROP = Recreational Overseas Player)
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Weather already looks pretty awful for Saturday. Doubt many will get a game in.
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Season is finally underway here in Canada, Played in a season opening T-20 round robin tournament...Few wickets in 4 matches I played and some runs. Overall a decent start looking forward to improving as the season progress, felt a little undercooked / unfit by the time we played our last match.
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Pretty sure our game for Saturday will be off...No game in THREE WEEKS! Broken!
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Another midweek game lost....
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Thunderstorms forecast for Worcester on Saturday and i have an 80 mile round journey knowing my luck the rain will start to fall as i walk out to bat.
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Doubt we'll play Saturday, storms forecast. Either way, I've barely had a run after netting all winter and am now in the TFC role. Is the weather a blessing in disguise?
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Might be issues playing Sunday, we are away Saturday thank god!
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Wow that's quite a sad sight!
Having looked at the forecast this morning in the South east; looks like it's improved! But it's going to be one of those annoying days where it rains all morning and once the games cancelled the sun comes out
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Wow that's quite a sad sight!
Having looked at the forecast this morning in the South east; looks like it's improved! But it's going to be one of those annoying days where it rains all morning and once the games cancelled the sun comes out
What you mean is "But it's going to be one of those annoying days where it rains all morning and once the games cancelled the sun comes out, but the outfield has turned into a bog and the pitch is a damp sponge so there's no chance you could have played!"
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im glad my outfield only looks like that in the winter. not sure how i would cope if it flooded like that in june
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What you mean is "But it's going to be one of those annoying days where it rains all morning and once the games cancelled the sun comes out, but the outfield has turned into a bog and the pitch is a damp sponge so there's no chance you could have played!"
I didn't mean the ground pictured, but I was referring to our home ground which has very good drainage and decent covers. Just seem to have captains that are too quick in cancelling which is very frustrating!
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Big game against league leaders Hornchurch on saturday, we fell off a cliff last week 113 ao....one of those unexplainable performances with the bat. Burdy you playing on saturday?
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I'm yet to play on a decent pitch all year yet all of them have been staying so low because of the moisture in the ground
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I didn't mean the ground pictured, but I was referring to our home ground which has very good drainage and decent covers. Just seem to have captains that are too quick in cancelling which is very frustrating!
Captain's cancel mainly to stop the oppo having to travel if unnecessary.
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Captain's cancel mainly to stop the oppo having to travel if unnecessary.
I agree with this statement. I have a lovely trip to Wallington on Saturday and having to navigate round the Epsom Derby. If it is going to rain heavy as they say I would very much appreciate a call before we have to leave at 10.30am
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we have the un-enviable trip to kingstonian on saturday to watch the rain, they are rubbish at the moment so cannot afford to miss out on the points really. sunday will be nice as away at chobham in my social side. great ground, and pub within walking distance for lunch before the game
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well forecast for mid wales gone from 30mm rain Saturday to 12.8mm rain for Saturday so just hoping it keeps coming down
not bloody likely though
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Captain's cancel mainly to stop the oppo having to travel if unnecessary.
Also because they realise that people with families and girlfriends would rather be at home than sat in a clubhouse waiting for the rain to stop! I know what I would rather do!
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well forecast for mid wales gone from 30mm rain Saturday to 12.8mm rain for Saturday so just hoping it keeps coming down
not bloody likely though
Our local forecast has reduced the rain from about 15mm to about 10mm. I sense a bit of a back peddle from the weather men. I have lost count the number of times the forecast says one thing 5 days out and is completely different 24-48 hours out. Common cockup's seem to be taking cloud coverage to mean rain and getting the timings wrong by several hours. I reckon the 5 day gives you a rough idea and the 24 hour one is fairly correct in timings, if not intensity.
Last trick, forecast "localised" showers or thunderstorms. It's a way of being vague and hedging your bets if it stays dry.
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we have the un-enviable trip to kingstonian on saturday to watch the rain, they are rubbish at the moment so cannot afford to miss out on the points really. sunday will be nice as away at chobham in my social side. great ground, and pub within walking distance for lunch before the game
I know the Sunday side is looking a bit thin at the moment. Currently 7 players. I am not around this Sunday as I am playing for my social side.
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I know the Sunday side is looking a bit thin at the moment. Currently 7 players. I am not around this Sunday as I am playing for my social side.
We may have a few extra might be able to
Help if need be
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Absolutely strange one for me - started off the season in serious lack of touch (after a spell of 3 years out) and scratched around to get a few scores, but now, in what seems like the touch of my life - the runs dry up!!! How confusing - lets blame the low-slow pitches and equipment lol!
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Two ducks, 1run and 2runs. Ive gone backwards, wanted to move on from last year but hey time to move on.
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Quick update. It's winter here in South Africa so keeping myself busy playing some Last Man Standing.
8 games. 286 runs. 71.5 average. HS 54. 4 x 50's. Strike rate 159.
Quite happy with how I'm batting at the moment. But lets be honest LMS is just a casual slog fest.
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Well it's been a mixed start to the season so far for me. Playing for the 2nds, we've won 1 game from 6. Obviously, very frustrating. On a personal note, not too bad. had a midweek game for the 3rds and went 4-0-14-4. Played a midweek game for the 1sts, 2-0-14-2. And for the 2nds, current season stats at 70.1-8-269-13, including 7-61 in one game, my best ever figures. Bit more expensive than I've been in the past couple of years, but the tracks down here are a fair bit better than I've played on before, and the standard is a little better. No complaints from me!
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All packed and ready tomorrow, playing an away game overseas!
I've never been to the Isle of Wight before
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All packed and ready tomorrow, playing an away game overseas!
I've never been to the Isle of Wight before
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Lucky you, how is the weather going to be over there?
seems like most of the matches in our league going to get rained off tomorrow.
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Lucky you, how is the weather going to be over there?
seems like most of the matches in our league going to get rained off tomorrow.
Looking 50:50 if the game will go ahead or not. Thunder storms forecast but they might miss us!
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Glorious in Yorkshire at the moment. Been up since about 6am and has been beautiful weather so far.
Still plenty f time for the rains to come before the games start this afternoon.
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So far so good! Heading to the ground shortly to have a gander, really struggling at the moment due to the water table being so high! Still, I'm optimistic we might get a game in today!
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Chucking it down, thunder & lightning.
Waiting to be told it's off now :(
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Rain has stopped, not been told its off, best make my way to the train station then!
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The optimism was replaced with despair when I arrived at the ground in time for the heavens to open... Standing water everywhere, time to waste another Saturday lol
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Going to be a miracle if we play, not driving to new Malden just to look at a wet pitch and drive home again
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The optimism was replaced with despair when I arrived at the ground in time for the heavens to open... Standing water everywhere, time to waste another Saturday lol
Golf clubs just gone in the car with my cricket gear just in case
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Glorious in Yorkshire at the moment. Been up since about 6am and has been beautiful weather so far.
Still plenty f time for the rains to come before the games start this afternoon.
Not glorious in Leeds! >:(
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Rain stopped, glimpses of blue sky, en route to the ferry, minibus arranged for once we get to the Island.
Looks like my game is going ahead :)
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Not glorious in Leeds! >:(
Not glorious in York anymore. Raining for a good hour and games starting to get called off now.
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Game called off. Sun comes out. TYPICAL!!!!!!
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Opposition called my match of at 11.45 am just as I was about to leave home.
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We're in but starting late, outfield is soaked but deck looks great
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I spent over 5 hours at our club over the last 2 nights on disciplinary matters and general maintenance to be rewarded with another day of rain.
The only positive was I got the message our game was off half an hour before I was due to set off to meet at the club.
Back to the weather watching in time for next Saturday!
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Left home at 9.30, £7 train fare and £15 for the ferry on top of £10 match fees.
Run out without facing a ball, I f**king love cricket!
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Overnight apocalypse soaks oppo wicket. Game off, now bright sunshine. I f**kimg love cricket too.
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Acumen app a village cricketers best friend for the British summer :( (4 off in 7 so far this season)
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Another washout. So far this season I have played just 3 Saturday matches in 7 weeks although had I not gone out on loan for the 2nd week, that would have been just 2.
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4pm start game reduced to 25overs.
We restricted them to 74for9 of 25 despite 4dropped catches
We then batted like bell ends and were 56 all out.... I got 1 of 5. Awful day.
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Opposition did well not to cancel our game today despite the morning rain. Just shows what can be achieved with a bit of determination and a look at the forcast!
Waited a hour and a half for the pitch to dry out, as expected the pitch was very slow with low bounce with the odd one popping up.
After losing a big toss, we scored 250, managed a ugly 75. Bowled the opposition out for 40.
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best tool for cricketers is will it rain today. its alive satellite feed of the rainfall so you can judge when its likely to stop. have used it this season to show to umpire2 who were about to call of games that it was going to stop raining any second.... 25 points in the bag
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Opened got 11, took me about 23 overs to get those runs, but allowed others to get runs so yeah.
Fielded and took a catch, surprisingly as at training the other night I dropped everything. :-[
Game ended up being Abandoned (Believe this is the right term) due to an injury to a team member requiring an ambulance, and was unable to move him off the pitch to continue the game. By the time this was resolved, light was fastly fading.
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Opened got 11, took me about 23 overs to get those runs, but allowed others to get runs so yeah.
Fielded and took a catch, surprisingly as at training the other night I dropped everything. :-[
Game ended up being Abandoned (Believe this is the right term) due to an injury to a team member requiring an ambulance, and was unable to move him off the pitch to continue the game. By the time this was resolved, light was fastly fading.
Christ, what did he managed to do to himself? Hope it's not too bad!
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I wasn't paying too much attention at the time, but I believe he dived to stop the ball, but ended up getting his knee caught in the ground (should have seen the size of the "crater" afterwards) and was in agony from there onwards. Was either ligament damage or a dislocated knee, so could potentially be season over. :(
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After some light rain in Kent this morning got a full game in today. We batted first and made 190-9 from our 46 overs. I made 41 before playing a very ugly heave across the line which is very unlike me don't quite know where it came from and got bowled.
In reply they managed 91 all out with 2 catches behind the stumps from myself.
So 6 games in and we have won 3 lost 3 with it going LWLWLW so we are consistent lol.
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Had a terrible game yesterday. Availability was terrible so the 5th XI i skipper was essentially full of our friendly 6th XI. Two over 70 and one bowler under 50.....
We we put in and i had to pen due to the lack of batsman and got bowled for 1 playing across the line. I thought it was shorter than it was and it kept a little low (and came back in) and i was in no mans land really, didn't move my feet hardly and played it onto my stumps. We ended up 115-8 off of our 46 overs and they got them for 1 in 16 overs. Probably the worst league game I've been involved in where i've lost. We had a poor side although they really tried the best they could i kind of expected a result like this all week. Availability is meant to improve drastically next week which is nice as we are playing local rivals (and my ex-club)
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Good win for us yesterday to put us top of the league. Playing on our new home wicket which is a minefield, we bowled them out for 114 with one of our chaps; 4 for 9 off 10.2.
I opened and got 4 runs in 53 mins... Situation required some patience due to the wickets variable bounce but really I struggled to score. Hopefully things go a little more smoothly for me in today's friendly...
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Bowled them out for 129. Knocked it off for only one wicket down, 2 points off the top. On a personal note, I've avoided the TFC award by virtue of having a catch. Frustrating season on a personal note.
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51 and 54 in my past 2 games, feeling nice. Both without my own bat though as ive managed to break 3 this season :( :(
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Yesterday's game went ahead after quite a bit of work on the outfield to get rid of standing water,,the wicket wasn't too bad under the covers, apart from where water had run straight down the middle!
Soon dried out tho
Managed a good win against decent oppo,,,scored a fifty before playing back and trying to cut? A straight pee roller! Muppet
Another good win today, bowled oppos out for 73, we knocked em off for one wicket,,,managed another fifty, not out this time,,,lfinished for 5.30pm!
Top of the league and unbeaten so far
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I'm more of a reader than a poster but I had a game that will remember for a while today so wanted to post it.
I only play Sunday friendly stuff, just for the love of it, with no pretensions to being any good at the game (my club's home ground has cropped up a couple of times in "worst ground ever" type threads), and my 14 year old son plays a few games with us, but doesn't always necessarily enjoy it.
Today then the oppo batted first and had a couple of decent players first up, but we kept a lid on the run rate until the 16th over when one of the openers tried to go over the top and skied one to mid-off, where my lad was fielding. My immediate thought was that is was well over him, but he made great ground backwards and got his hands up, only to drop it.
No one would have expected him to hold it, but he's a sensitive lad and I was worried about him being gutted about it.
As luck (or otherwise), the very next ball, the batsman stuck another one in the air right at him - cricketer's worst nightmare in my view! - and he caught it as nonchalantly as you could ever imagine.
I'm mega proud at this, and he comes on to bowl, a bit of a mixed bag to begin with, but after a filthy half tracker gets hit for 4 in his third over, he responds with a jaffa to bowl the batsman. That was the end of the over, but first ball the next over, the batter chips it up in the air to be caught. They cross and the lad on strike has tried thus far to hit everything to the moon, and my boy sorts him right out with an inswinging yorker for a hattrick in adult cricket.
That was my day made for me, but to add the cherry on the cake on a personal note I opened the batting using my GM Six6 808 that I bought from Mr Jake Vitas, which had various players drooling over how big it looks, and maybe more importantly the sound it makes, on the way to 54* to win on a ground I had never enjoyed any success on before.
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really top game of cricket today, epitomised everything sunday cricket should be about. Oppo batted first. We kept them well down in the first 20 - only allowing them to 60 for the loss of 2 or 3, then their number 3 kicked on, hitting a few huge sixes- he made about 50, as he carried his team to 207 due to some really sloppy bowling and fielding. I kept and kept okay, only letting 4 byes trough and standing up most of the game, i dropped a diving catch in the last over, but oh well cant all go your way. the oppo pretty much all batted i think we had them 8 down. In reply, I opened the innings and with my partner made a 45 partnership before he was bowled off his pads. Best part of the day, was me and the number 3, the youngest in the teams me 16 and him 15, putting on 89 together, and me getting to 50, before he got bowled to a ball that jagged back massively, for 34. at this stage we were roughly 140 for 2 with 15 to go. Our number 4 was in and out, and then me and the number 5 had a quick 25 partnership before i fell to a decent catch for 68, at this stage we needed about 60 to win of the final 10, happy days we thought...apparently not, cue the usual village cricket collapse as we slumped to about 179 for 7. then our number 9 and our number 5 nearly saw us home as we finished 198 for 9. Then off to the pub to enjoy a couple of jugs for 2 half centuries. all in all a great days play and had massive fun in the scorching weather. A top day all round
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Highly frustrating game today, ruined by leauge umpires. Bowled the team out for 116 took 4-14 which makes a change! Openned the batting and put on 60 with my partner until I got bowled by a slower ball for 29. Rain came along in the 15th over where we were 71-1. Covers weren't rushed on by the home team as obviously we were in a poor position. After the covers were removed the bowlers landing for the front leg was very muddy which could have been scraped out as the ground underneath was hard but the umpires refused to make the home team get the pitch ready for play again so as 7pm came along and the cut off point was passed it was match abandoned all down to the umpires not using their powers to keep the game going. Highly annoying as if it was 4.4 overs further into the match we would have won!
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Didn't play today, went to watch our 1st XI in the T20 cup competition instead.
Not that I missed playing or anything, but my bags are packed for next Saturdays game already... :-[
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Good win for us yesterday to put us top of the league. Playing on our new home wicket which is a minefield, we bowled them out for 114 with one of our chaps; 4 for 9 off 10.2.
I opened and got 4 runs in 53 mins... Situation required some patience due to the wickets variable bounce but really I struggled to score. Hopefully things go a little more smoothly for me in today's friendly...
Good friendly today. We batted first, I opened and managed to score my maiden century!!! 106 runs in 1hr 50 mins - 16x4s and 2x6s. So chuffed. We ended on 238 from our 40 overs.
They ended up getting 208 in their 40 overs. Good winning draw!
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Two frustrating games this weekend. League match Saturday, we got 245-6 in our 52 overs, didn't get a bat, and then the opposition blocked their way to 104-6 from 48. Opened the bowling, overall figures were 15-3-32-2, but because the pitch was something of a road I actually made my spinning fingers bleed from trying to get revs for flight and drift.
Captained my club's academy team yesterday in a return fixture at our local rivals. I will start a different topic because I have some concerns about it and would like to get other peoples views. Basically, we bowled the opposition out for 81 in 21.5 overs. I kept for 20 of them, took a diving catch off my opening bowler, and stood up for most of the time. Missed one chance off a seamer standing up, but it just hit me so no runs lost, one would probably have been taken if I had stood back a few overs later, and one came to me on the half volley. On the plus side, I only let 3 byes in 20 overs so well chuffed. I brought myself on to bowl my seamers after drinks, and then took the last 2 wickets for one run in five balls. Chasing, we collapsed horrendously against two very good spinners, one a Bucks under 17, and the other I suspect their first team spinner, and we lost by 17 runs with 22 balls remaining of our 40 overs, with one of my u13s batting about 20 overs and really impressing.
As I said, I will start a new topic to air some concerns about sportsmanship and team selection issues to avoid spamming this thread.
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51 and 54 in my past 2 games, feeling nice. Both without my own bat though as ive managed to break 3 this season :( :(
How have you broke 3 bats, and what kind
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Awesome T20 game this weekend.
Here are the stats.
We Scored 192/9 off 20 overs
Opposition 98/6 off 20 overs.
Personal Stats 21 off 8 balls.
Entire line up fired and is looking in good form.
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had a lms game tonight we hit 112 which was never enough and lost by 8 wickets and they had 5 overs to spare. i was out first ball of the match massive inside edge onto the stumps. really wasnt a good night
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How have you broke 3 bats, and what kind
to be fair ive made it sound worse
i bought a gray nics from soulman on here that goes like a train but has a crack in the toe but never sure when to use it because it sounds horrible and i dont know how long it will last. My bb has had a crack since last season but has got progressively worse and i had an mrf which was about 7 years old so not a problem when that cracked
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Sounds like your ready for a new bat??
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Not got it Sussed at all, hence why I train so hard and strive to continue to improve but at 31 and with a dodgy knee there is no point bothering to try for the 'big' clubs. Might as well just play below it and enjoy the cricket.
Hey Adie. We lost that first game of the season against Cheltenham. They had a lad Liam Norwell who I hadn't heard about before. 6ft 5 and bowled a heavy ball. First time for a few years that I have thought "right concentrate as he could hit me here" shapens the mind.
I now see that he has played every game for Gloucestershire since then !! Typical
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Sounds like your ready for a new bat??
hopefully getting one of a mate tomorrow
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Played fellow Cbf'er ginger business club yesterday(he did not play) and we got battered, less said about that the better.......
Then played against Kieron_bt tonight. He got a few not out and end of there innings in a tight encounter(them 71 off 12) and we knocked them off with 2 balls to spare.
I got 8 runs off first over and was striking it nicely, thought it was my day, but got bowled for 14 of 21balls. They bowled well and it really wasn't easy,
Kieron stumped well.
Good game really. Love a tight chase.
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Good game of last man stands today. I opened and got twenty odd before a big leading edge was caught at long on. We eventually made 180 odd with our skipper hitting a huge six last ball of our innings for 12 runs, the second game in succession he's managed that, so he'll fly up the batting rankings.
We looked like we'd restrict them short but they got a couple of good overs in and dragged themselves to the point where they needed 7 off the last ball to win. Our skipper was bowling and the batsman managed to heave it over the short boundary for 12 and the win.
Good game and played in a good spirit too which always makes it more enjoyable in my book.
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Good game of last man stands today. I opened and got twenty odd before a big leading edge was caught at long on. We eventually made 180 odd with our skipper hitting a huge six last ball of our innings for 12 runs, the second game in succession he's managed that, so he'll fly up the batting rankings.
We looked like we'd restrict them short but they got a couple of good overs in and dragged themselves to the point where they needed 7 off the last ball to win. Our skipper was bowling and the batsman managed to heave it over the short boundary for 12 and the win.
Good game and played in a good spirit too which always makes it more enjoyable in my book.
Having never played last man stands can someone explain this 12 rule please??
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if the last ball of the innings goes for 6 it counts as double.
i had it happen to me when i bowled last year and it was the only way we could have lost
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Having never played last man stands can someone explain this 12 rule please??
Basically the last ball of both innings if hit for six will be counted as twelve. One of the quirks along with the double play!
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Basically the last ball of both innings if hit for six will be counted as twelve. One of the quirks along with the double play!
What's the double play? Being able to get both batsmen out off one ball I assume?
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Basically the last ball of both innings if hit for six will be counted as twelve. One of the quirks along with the double play!
You weren't on pitch one at Regents Park tonight we're you? We saw the winning 12 as we were giving "dominate and penetrate" a bit of their own medicine in what rapidly became a decidedly unfriendly encounter, where they got frustrated by mistakes and the sledging/arguing was not suitable for young ears.
It wasn't helped by an umpire who didn't know the rules. Still, a win is a win...
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What's the double play? Being able to get both batsmen out off one ball I assume?
if the batsmen is out caught the non strikers has to get back to the bowlers end otherwise he can be run out
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You weren't on pitch one at Regents Park tonight we're you? We saw the winning 12 as we were giving "dominate and penetrate" a bit of their own medicine in what rapidly became a decidedly unfriendly encounter, where they got frustrated by mistakes and the sledging/arguing was not suitable for young ears.
It wasn't helped by an umpire who didn't know the rules. Still, a win is a win...
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No we were pitch 2, the one closest to the hub on the Zoo side. Were you the pitch 5? I think one of the sixes from your game pitched on our track!
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No we were pitch 2, the one closest to the hub on the Zoo side. Were you the pitch 5? I think one of the sixes from your game pitched on our track!
We definitely saw the 12 and the resultant cheer and team get together that resulted. There were some big sixes from Penetrate and Dominate in our game, I do remember that one. It was about the third largest as they cleared the footpath on the south side of pitch 5 twice. Who do you play for? The results aren't all up yet.
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We definitely saw the 12 and the resultant cheer and team get together that resulted. There were some big sixes from Penetrate and Dominate in our game, I do remember that one. It was about the third largest as they cleared the footpath on the south side of pitch 5 twice. Who do you play for? The results aren't all up yet.
I play for the Springfield Isotopes. It's mainly a side put together out of the guys who work at the ECB, though I don't work there (unfortunately). What's yours?
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We definitely saw the 12 and the resultant cheer and team get together that resulted. There were some big sixes from Penetrate and Dominate in our game, I do remember that one. It was about the third largest as they cleared the footpath on the south side of pitch 5 twice. Who do you play for? The results aren't all up yet.
Actually as it happens we played Dominate and Penetrate last week, the game was an absolute bloodbath as once of them split a webbing badly then two balls later another one suffered an open dislocation on a finger. Lucky the rain came as their team made both of them carry on fielding for a while!
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Actually as it happens we played Dominate and Penetrate last week, the game was an absolute bloodbath as once of them split a webbing badly then two balls later another one suffered an open dislocation on a finger. Lucky the rain came as their team made both of them carry on fielding for a while!
You're the only team to have beaten us so far this season. We're Kerry's Heroes. I can guess who you are in the team... According to the results, you played D&P on the 7th May and Royal Rampage last week?
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You're the only team to have beaten us so far this season. We're Kerry's Heroes. I can guess who you are in the team... According to the results, you played D&P on the 7th May and Royal Rampage last week?
Sorry yeah you're right, it was Royal Rampage last week. Unfortunately they messed up the accounts behind the scenes so my scratchy 19 went onto a team mates scorecard and I don't appear to have played!
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How have you found the umpiring this season? For us it has been dreadful...
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How have you found the umpiring this season? For us it has been dreadful...
Yeah we've had a couple of shockers. Luckily we had one of the top dogs last night and he knew what he was doing. Some of them are literally there for the paycheck though and know nothing about cricket and have blagged their way in.
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Yeah we've had a couple of shockers. Luckily we had one of the top dogs last night and he knew what he was doing. Some of them are literally there for the paycheck though and know nothing about cricket and have blagged their way in.
Last night we had:
1. A bouncer that went over head height that was unreachable by the batsman not called wide, but was signalled as the one for the over.
2. The umpire didn't understand the Powerplay rule and complained to our captain that the field was not set as 4&2, even though that is only optional
3. The umpire failed to inform the batsman that the bowler was coming around the wicket!
All good fun.
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Game started alright for me, 2 for 5 off 2 overs a run out and a catch.
Still can't buy a run, caught for 14 off one of the slowest spinners in the world, I really hate cricket! :(
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Game started alright for me, 2 for 5 off 2 overs a run out and a catch.
Still can't buy a run, caught for 14 off one of the slowest spinners in the world, I really hate cricket! :(
Trying to hit it too hard?
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Game started alright for me, 2 for 5 off 2 overs a run out and a catch.
Still can't buy a run, caught for 14 off one of the slowest spinners in the world, I really hate cricket! :(
Blasphemy !! :o
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Trying to hit it too hard?
Sadly no, trying to be sensible, should've tried to hit it into the next county!
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got stuck in traffic tonight so was a hour late for a 18 over game 14 over had already gone. bowled one over went for 15 runs opened the batting was out of 6 off the last ball of the first over. lets hope the weekend improves
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Not playing again as im moving house this weekend. From Manchester to Huddersfield, so a lot of boxes in my front room at the moment.
In fact I am leaning on one now!
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Thunder and lightning here at the moment.
Playing the raincard early #AnotherPint
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Just put my kit in the car thunderstorms forecast for Worcestershire between 1 and 4pm....
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Bah! Just got back home after a minor op - no cricket for me for the next 2/3 Saturdays - Poocakes!
Good luck to everyone getting a game in today.
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Bah! Just got back home after a minor op - no cricket for me for the next 2/3 Saturdays - Poocakes!
Good luck to everyone getting a game in today.
tough luck mate - can they take away the pain but leave the swelling? ;)
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Yes - but I will begin to look like a dirigible!
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turned up to play today to find out that ex west indies test player and current lashings player Corey Collymore was playing for us, for to say he was unplayable he looked as though he was walking up to bowl and turning his arm over and to be fair he was too good for the oppo batsmen so much that they didn't nick it, he picked up 3 wickets all lbw i think, and even though the game was abandoned it was a good experience playing with him.
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Played against a very Chinese looking guy who was deaf, first time I played any one who looked even remotely east Asian. He batted brilliantly today, played very nice pull shots.
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we had nine players manage to restrict them to 121 all out. then we got dismissed for 41 from 26 overs. i managed 5 runs of 7 overs on what is most likely my last weekend game of the season as i start a new job on the 23rd
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spanked a team we - erm - don't get on well with. 72* and three slip catches. Happy. For once.
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Played against a very Chinese looking guy who was deaf, first time I played any one who looked even remotely east Asian. He batted brilliantly today, played very nice pull shots.
I know the guy. He plays for a team called West London Deaf who are made up of mostly deaf players. Good bat. I snicked him off last time I played them and he obviously didn't hear it and nor did their umpire!
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Golden duck. 1st bat since surgery last year. Inswiging yorker that I dug out but it managed to hit both feet before knocking over my off stump. Made up for it by getting the last wicket to get a tie.1st time on my cricketing life I've been involved in a tie
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First fifty of year yesterday. Lost though.
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5 for 10 yesterday, unfortunately then gloved one behind for single figures.
Still biggest surprise it lashed it down and we still started on time
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We had what you could say a comfy win. We batted first and posted 474-5 from 50 overs. Oppo all out for 172. I mustered up a 2no and 1 wicket. That is a stark contrast to last week where we were 150 all out and one of our team getting 100no. We still have our 100% win record in the league.
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We had what you could say a comfy win. We batted first and posted 474-5 from 50 overs. Oppo all out for 172. I mustered up a 2no and 1 wicket. That is a stark contrast to last week where we were 150 all out and one of our team getting 100no. We still have our 100% win record in the league.
474?? May I ask what the hell was the point in racking that up?
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Won yesterday opposition batted 1st and were all out for 94 managed to knocked them off in 14 overs before the rain poured down. No contribution from me though caught in the gully of the last ball of a 13 ball 1st over.
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We had what you could say a comfy win. We batted first and posted 474-5 from 50 overs. Oppo all out for 172. I mustered up a 2no and 1 wicket. That is a stark contrast to last week where we were 150 all out and one of our team getting 100no. We still have our 100% win record in the league.
Burdy I must admit that scorecard made me chuckle last night.
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Burdy I must admit that scorecard made me chuckle last night.
Some interesting bowling figures. Wont see many like it this season.
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Do you have a link to the scorecard or a picture of it? Going at almost 10 an over for 50 is a great effort, if the opposition is of a good standard.
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Do you have a link to the scorecard or a picture of it? Going at almost 10 an over for 50 is a great effort, if the opposition is of a good standard.
Here you, hope it works
http://essexcl.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11941155 (http://essexcl.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11941155)
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It worked. Looked normal, no doubles, but a nice 101 by the opening bowler. Vital 2no there, probably helping the bowler over the line.
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Here you, hope it works
[url]http://essexcl.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11941155[/url] ([url]http://essexcl.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11941155[/url])
I think I can top that. One of our players' brother played in this beauty yesterday... Some serious pad rash going on in that first innings!
http://gorrancc.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11900292 (http://gorrancc.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11900292)
Also, we won for the first time in 7 games! Got 230 batting first, my contribution a lovely 0*. Bowled them out for 162, bit more of a contribution this time though... 7-35! Second 7-fer of the season, and I'm not even the league's leading wicket-taker!
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Draw yesterday, we got 220/7 off 52, they got about 190-something for 8 off 48. Personally had a pretty good time of it, 32* batting 8, went in with license, smashed the spinners a bit, got a nice big straight six, and then tried to work the seamers off their lengths. Slowed down off them, but managed an all run 4 for one of my team mates thanks to several overthrows. Opened up with my leggies, bowled 10 overs for about 25-30 and 1 wicket. Came back for 5 at the end, went for about 25 in them, ended 15-1-51-1. Wicket was a regulation leg break, drifted to about a foot off leg stump, turned and bounced, batter tried to leave but not quickly enough, little edge dragged on. Dropped catches at point and mid-wicket, one edge between slip and keeper, and quite a few that just missed the edge. Turned and bounced a lot, my flipper bounced to our keeper's shoulder height off a good length!
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2 yeaterday and a golden today. I fecking hate cricket!!
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After 2 other players refused to do so I did my bit for the club and stepped up to the 2nds...got carted and got fired by the home umpire (Took about 15 seconds to make his mind up and had already starting getting ready to face the next ball) batting at 3 for a 4 ball duck. Middled the first 3 balls to mid off then got hit on the tap hat of the pad! Mate who was umpiring at square leg couldnt believe it. Said it was going a foot over the top! so had a polite word straight after that it shouldn't have been out but obviously the choice was made by then.
Hopefully back in the 3rds next week where hopefully I wont get another bloody howler!!
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3rd 50 in just over a week for me, need to start pushing on more though. Also 4 dismissals behind the stumps so a good day as we won
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Err. Bad day yesterday.
Got to game started to warm up and my legs just gave up. Joys of trying to return from illness.
Luckily we had 12. So sat out and watched.
Big win too. We out 174 for 7 on. Highest individual score only 33 so a team effort.
Then bowled them out for 64 inside 26 overs.
So yeah wasn't needed.
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2 yeaterday and a golden today. I fecking hate cricket!!
I suggest offloading some of your best equipment on here and buying some new stuff as that will lead to a change in fortune!
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had a good friendly today. they hit 127 of their 30 overs. i took 1-6 off two overs. got smacked on the ankle fielding in close and got two fingers to a sharp catch which didnt stick but otherwise had a good day in the field.
opened the batting got dropped on 4, one of their old guys struggled to bend down that far. i went on to reach 50 and retire in the 10th over with the score on 78.
they were a good bunch of guys and offered to bowl the 30 overs so we could all get some batting practice
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I suggest offloading some of your best equipment on here and buying some new stuff as that will lead to a change in fortune!
Can't buy a run since I became a GM whore, might be getting the Neon kit back out!
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Can't buy a run since I became a GM whore, might be getting the Neon kit back out!
Neon gloves and pads are what im using at the mo and serving me well
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Neon gloves and pads are what im using at the mo and serving me well
I don't have the pads, hoping the old faithful bat and gloves don't let me down!
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I don't have the pads, hoping the old faithful bat and gloves don't let me down!
Well if your GM gear stops working, I've bought one bat off here which is currently my match bat because it's class! I'm confident there are more gems to be had!
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well this point last year i had nearly 500 runs!
this year think im on about 50 :(
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Another great weekend of cricket for me;
Saturdays league game we won the toss and put them in, they got 203 from 49 overs. We had 45 overs to try and reach the total.
Our opening pair started slowly with 33 from 11 overs when one was bowled out, our number three came in and attempted to hurry things along a bit. But to not much avail, the other opener ended his innings for 4 runs after an hour and 15 mins, so to the crease I came with us on 46 for 2 and needing 158 from 26 overs. Between myself our number 3 and after about 130 runs our number 5 managed to reach the total with 3 overs to spare. Really happy with the win as its the first time I've really lead a chase like that. I managed to get 78 not out I'm a bit disappointed to not get another ton this week after last week, but our 5th took a fair bit of the strike once he was in and ended on 45.
Today was a friendly - we successfully chased down 153 in 40 overs, I bowled and got 1 for 28 from 8. Batting at 7 to give some new comers a bat and some people that haven't batted much this year some time in the middle, came in right at the end with 28 required. Made a quick fire 15 not out.
My average for this season is now 57.8 and over the last two weekends I've averaged 101.5 - so I'm pretty happy with that!
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Opened up yesterday and batted for 37 overs to make 101 out of our 227, then kept wicket for their 40 overs as we restricted them to 130 odd. Needless to say my legs are pretty bloody sore today.
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League K/O second round last night. Lost by about 12 runs, didn't bat or bowl, fielded ok but the ball wouldn't stick in my hands so I fumbled everything!
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Played in a good game on Sunday. We batted first and made 183-7 off of 40 overs. I opened and made 18 before nicking off to first slip which was a bit galling as I felt in pretty good form and departed thinking like I'd left a decent score out there to be honest. One of our lads hit a comfortable and brisk 61.
In reply, the oppo were 156-9 at the end. We couldn't quite winkle out the last man. They were a decent bunch; played in the right spirit, with a couple of beers and some banter afterwards. Roll on next week!
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Hit 300 odd runs this week in friendlies/cup, including an unbeaten hundred and 3 unbeaten 50's. Get to the league game on the Saturday and I snick off for 5! So frustrating!!
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We had what you could say a comfy win. We batted first and posted 474-5 from 50 overs. Oppo all out for 172. I mustered up a 2no and 1 wicket. That is a stark contrast to last week where we were 150 all out and one of our team getting 100no. We still have our 100% win record in the league.
Burdy I was away this weekend and almost fell off my chair when I saw your score, that's massive! Roy scored another ton I see!
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Haven't been on here for a while!
Summary of my season so far...not played much on a Saturday. 2nd team has folded so only played a couple of games for the 1sts. Didn't do very well batting down the order so probably won't get a call back unless we're struggling for numbers.
On a Sunday, having by far and away my best season with the bat! (nothing special compared to other people on here but o well...)
Only played 4 games, first game of the season scored 56. Second game 34, week before last got 16. This week, we only needed 129 to win, me and the other opener put on 100+ partnership, and I struggled my way to 48 with a strained hamstring. Hit out on 48 with 10 or so runs to get.
I still can't walk properly re. the hammy, but was worth it for the runs :D
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Apart from the bowling, how bad was the fielding?
Roy Smith hit 109 from only 43 balls. Of his 109, 54 came in 13 boundaries (12x4, 1x6), meaning the other 55 runs came from only 30 balls. On the basis he did at least face a couple of dot balls, that's a 2 nearly every ball. Was the pitch that big to run 2 every time, or bad fielding?
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well this point last year i had nearly 500 runs!
this year think im on about 50 :(
simmy, I have barely sneaked past the 50 landmark lol
13,2,0,0,8,2,34*,2,1
Timing it quite nicely, not late on it, had a few unlucky dismissals (run out by my partner sunday, got bowled pulling a virtual 2 bouncer thanks to the track, twice out slogging with no time left, got a cracking yorker etc etc) - but not out of form just missing a bit of crease time.
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Apart from the bowling, how bad was the fielding?
Roy Smith hit 109 from only 43 balls. Of his 109, 54 came in 13 boundaries (12x4, 1x6), meaning the other 55 runs came from only 30 balls. On the basis he did at least face a couple of dot balls, that's a 2 nearly every ball. Was the pitch that big to run 2 every time, or bad fielding?
They had 4 in the ring and rest on boundary most of the game. Sains who got 170 was putting it to all parts aswell. It was either 4 or 6, if a good ball was bowled 2s were easy to pick up. Fielding wasnt the best or worst i have seen.
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Burdy I was away this weekend and almost fell off my chair when I saw your score, that's massive! Roy scored another ton I see!
2 tons in 2 games for roy. Batting well he is. Cant see us getting the same score this weekend as oppo on paper are stronger. Who you got this weekend?
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2 tons in 2 games for roy. Batting well he is. Cant see us getting the same score this weekend as oppo on paper are stronger. Who you got this weekend?
I see your at Orsett, we played there earlier this season and the track was a bit slow and tacky, but played a 20/20 there last week and it was a road. We've got Billericay away, hopefully the track is up to it's usual standard.
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I've played at Orsett twice this year. Very slow and tacky, about 20 minutes too early on all cuts and pulls. Turned loads.
Had a 2020 there where we defended 135... Our fourth choice first team spinner ended up 4-2-9-4 and second team 15 yr old leggie went at 4 an over. With Whitlock, Abbas and Mudalige you should be pretty handy over there.
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I've played at Orsett twice this year. Very slow and tacky, about 20 minutes too early on all cuts and pulls. Turned loads.
Had a 2020 there where we defended 135... Our fourth choice first team spinner ended up 4-2-9-4 and second team 15 yr old leggie went at 4 an over. With Whitlock, Abbas and Mudalige you should be pretty handy over there.
Yeah having a Sri lanka A spinner helps, Mudalige turns it square, but strangely he doesn't seem to throw it ;)
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I see your at Orsett, we played there earlier this season and the track was a bit slow and tacky, but played a 20/20 there last week and it was a road. We've got Billericay away, hopefully the track is up to it's usual standard.
IT should be a good game against them, although they had a strange one against GPR I think last week. I am hoping for a slow one this weekend to suit our 3 spinners
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Yeah having a Sri lanka A spinner helps, Mudalige turns it square, but strangely he doesn't seem to throw it ;)
That made me chuckle. He has the most orthodox action I have seen from a Sri Lankan.
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IT should be a good game against them, although they had a strange one against GPR I think last week. I am hoping for a slow one this weekend to suit our 3 spinners
It should do, even my very part time offies turned in our 20/20.
That made me chuckle. He has the most orthodox action I have seen from a Sri Lankan.
Probably why he never played a test :)
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After not really playing much this year due to various reasons I've started to get a little better in recent weeks. Started off with 14, 4 and 8 and a couple of short horrible bowling spells but in the last two midweek games I've had 26* and 31. No massive scores but for me its pretty good.
Most encouraging was that the 31 was against a side containing a fair few of their first team players who are 2 divisions above us in the YDCL. I always used to be a bowler but gave up for years and since starting again 4 years ago I've been more of a batsman but never had much confidence in my ability to do anything but slog a few quick runs. Getting a couple of decent scores batting in a sensible way is a bit of a morale boost. Also bowled better in the midweek game this week than I have for a bit.
I had a 1-1 coaching session a couple of weeks ago which I think has helped, no major changes as in general the coach thought both my batting and bowling were good for the level I play. Batting wise worked on foot movement to play cover drives instead of hitting back straight over the top and loosening the bottom hand. For the bowling it was cocking the wrist during run up and landing better as my front foot was too open meaning I was prone to push the ball down leg.
Sadly I still seem to plant my foot straight down the track and even this week I missed a few wide full balls I should have hit through the covers as my foot was nowhere near the ball - plenty to work on but at least things are getting better and I feel like I may be able to bat sensibly and stick around a bit.
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A decent season thus far, just keep getting myself out rather than feeling under pressure from bowling. Moved to standing on middle and off (right hander) to stop my issue of getting bowled, working very well.
440 runs this season @30+ Just not making them in the Saturday league! Have about 250-300 on Sunday's!
57* and 61* in the LMS in the week too.
Had a bit of coaching at the start of the year that has done me the world of good. 25 years old and still learning in a big way. Loving cricket atm though, perhaps down to giving up skippering this season! :D
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Took my first 5 wicket haul today! 9-3-17-5. Boom!!!! Missed a straight one and was bowler for 6 though :(
What's taters ey?
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Played for my firsts today in the EAPL, came in at ten and got told to enjoy myself made 13* off 10 and them got let down by my number 11! It's such a difference stepping up to playing in that league, people in your ear all the time! Although I'm the worst batsmen to try and get into my ear as I will just try and turn it into a conversation!
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Back playing Saturday this week as it was a cup game and many people were away(could or could not be a coincidence)
They let me open, and I'm seriously out of form. So just looked to put the bad ball away.
Edge through 4th slip for one,
Full toss one bounce 4
Square cut for 1
Flick of the pads for 2
And then nailed another full toss straight at mid on,
So that's actually my 5 score of 8 this season. Beggining to think I have a problem.
Still highly unfit too.
We won though, they got 101all out, we knocked them off 1 down with 20overs left.
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Having 3 weeks off playing.
First two to take my son round university open days. The third because of the tour de france.
Tomorrow will be going to watch the Lashings Allstars play at Collingham & Linton Cricket Club, should be an entertaining afternoon.
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Took 4-30 today which was pleasing...
Tried Liam Plunkett tactics of going round the wicket to right handed batsman and it had good effect!
All 4 wickets were from round the wicket including 3 clean bowled and one LBW, also tried some short stuff and slammed the batsman in the grill, weirdly pleasing ahahaha ✌️😃
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didn't go particularly well opened the bowling but didnt get a wicket. took a catch but managed to miss the ball a few times . opened the batting saw off the opening bowlers they only have 3 overs each. then spooned the spin bowl straight to mid off. i think i have had one decent score im my last 7 innings really starting to annoy me.
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Won again..... Not lost since week 1!
Bowled them out for 63. Knocked them off for 3.
Got a nice stumping, before carrying my bat for 38 notout.
Miss next week due to weekend away with girlfriend.
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Batted first yesterday and posted 229 all out (0* from myself).
Then bowled them out for 198, myself taking 3-28 off 9.5 overs.
Opposition called the game off 45 minutes before the start so had a hastily arranged intra club game.
Bowled 3 overs taking 3-9, then scored 50 before missing a straight one (bought it up with a beauty of a cover drive!)
Worst thing about it, the game won't go on the stats! :( at least I can tell everyone I scored a 50 I suppose...
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Finally got some games in.
5 played on to my thigh pad, then foot and on to the stumps! Thought my season was going to be a disaster
50* chasing 94
20 retired hurt, pulled something in my hip
66* chasing down 134 in 16th over in a 20-20
After a bad start I'm doing ok considering it's over a year since I held a bat due to injury. After the first game it felt awful so I have gone back to basics and remodelled my grip, stance and backlift .... AND NO TRIGGER MOVEMENT :(
Seems to have worked well. Always nice/good to go back to basics now and again and look at these three very important aspects of batting
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Pah, ever feel like you're not being missed?
Our development side got bowled out for 124 in the Fullers League yesterday, then bowled out Shepperton 3XI for 11!
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Unfortunately lost yesterday in not a great game of cricket, won the toss and batted and batted on what looked like a rock hard road of a track, turned out to be a 2 paced up and down track,
Personally fell for 9 to a shocker of a lbw, outside the line 4ft down the track oh and I smashed the granny off it into my calf as well. We scored 149 all out from 34overs
Then had there top bat stumped by about 2-3ft for the umpire to say "unlucky he just made his ground but it was close" he was closer to the bowler than his own crease and. They knocked it off for 5 wickets in 39 overs.
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Hammered.... again, just for a change!
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Chased leather for a total of 690 runs this weekend, happy days indeed...
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If it makes you feel any better mate, so did we! Only won 1 game this season
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Played against Callum Thorp today who played for Durham, scarily good, could easily get a gig in county stuff still!
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My team doing well , Top of the league after 7 games , 6 wins with one rained off . Top of the league with a clear lead.
Personally 2 fifties and few twenties, much better than horrible last season.
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Had 1 yesterday. Was at the non-strikers backing up, the batsman on strike creams it straight, bowler gets a touch and it hits the stumps before my dive gets me in.
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my team (2nds) won again yesterday without me. i was unavailable due to a stag do. i'm going to struggle to get my place back at this rate!
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Had an odd game Saturday. Oppo (Shipston) batted first on a nice white deck and for 6 overs the ball swung, they were 10-1 and struggling. The ball just stopped swinging at that point and the oppo racked up 233-8 off 45. It was only par on a big outfield and good deck. We trot out to bat and for the entire innings the ball hooped round corners. Getting a bat on it was bad enough, let alone scoring. Crumbled to 100 ao. This ground has form - last year we did something similar to them and ran out easy winners, just seems to move around early evening. Took 3-25 off 8 and played ok for 9 until I lost patience chasing the improbable total and was c&b.
Sunday, played for the Vets and we had the better of a draw. Developed a new ploy to getting my way at the toss. Went to toss, called heads and it came down tails. Said to their skipper "we'll have a bat" and to my surprise he said ok :-). Going to try that every time I lose from now on!. Another white track but didn't play as well and 200-9 wasn't a bad effort. Wasn't quite coming on and the bounce was a little low. Pretty much bowled an entire innings of spin against the oppo and they managed 131-9. Managed 14 with the bat at the end of our innings and 9-3-12-1 with the ball. Nice to play cricket in the sun with old friends. Cookham Dean Over 40's in 2 weeks time.
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Great game last week on a fairly slow track - scored 76 our of 181 and skittled oppo for less than 100 - great performances all round.
Contrast that to Saturday. Admittedly had some players out but ended up chasing 175. Was out for 0 first over, playing on - no excuses, poor shot away from my body. Triggered a collapse to 18-5, then 88 all out.
Worst of all was some of our players attitudes. Some drinking beer before the game in the clubhouse, couple more sat drinking when at least one should've volunteered to field at square leg. Thankfully, the skipper's slaughtered them...
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Great game Saturday, if you were a bowler or opening bat. Bowled the oppo out for 107 then knocked them in 12 overs. Good day apart from wearing one on the collarbone fielding at short point to our spinner, spent a lovely morning in a&e Sunday with all the other local sports injuries
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In the paper again for Saturday's performance!
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We (Ambleside 2nds) played at Sedgwick on Saturday, all out for 62 (I contributed 5) and Sedgwick 2nds knocked it off without loss. On Sunday, we had the return fixture against them at Ambleside. We restricted them to 125-9 in their 45 overs and we then knocked them off for the loss of 6 wickets (I managed a steady 21 in a 50+ opening partnership this time around). Very pleasing to turn things around against the same team that hammered us on Saturday...they spent most of the after match drinks trying to come up with excuses for why they'd lost, ranging from 'we weren't happy with our batting and didn't have any urgency in the field because of that' to 'they only had one batter' and 'if that six had dropped inside the boundary and been caught then we would have won.' Sometimes you should just accept when a team has played better than you and won a game on merit.
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Another close game yesterday and another good win. We won the toss and bowled first; the opposition making 157-7. In reply; we chased and scored the winning runs on the penultimate ball; 159-7. I opened and had a reasonable knock before falling leg-before for 35. Second week running I felt I'd left a decent score out there which is pretty frustrating, but the result is what matters, so all good. Quite a few of their lads stayed behind for a beer or two as well which is always a nice touch.
Roll on next week and fingers crossed for a third win on the spin!
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I had an absolute stinker on the weekend. I went down the club at 7pm on the Thursday and got the roller out whilst watching the football, eventually tucked the roller to bed at 10:30pm and sure enough I turned up on Saturday to an absolute road, playing against a team with an average attack at best.
Unfortunately, we only had nine players. Skipper lost the toss and we were stuck into the field. I chased leather for 38 overs before a ball looped up in the air. I'm no slouch, so I came haring in from the boundary and threw in a full length dive at top speed. Got a finger tip on it but landed on my left knee very hard and jarred it so badly it locked up. I couldn't move it so hobbled off to get an ice pack on it and eventually it started to loosen up, so I attempted to rejoin the field to help my now down to 8 team mates. I didn't last long as as soon as I pushed off it it locked up again, and was so bad I couldn't bat.
My teammates filled their boots on my lovingly prepared road only to fall short as they ran out of wickets in hand about 30 runs short.
I woke up on Sunday and it had locked up again so I mainly spent the good weather of Sunday trapped in Watford General A&E department. Luckily it doesn't look anything more than bruising so I should only spend 7-10 days out.
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We lost yesterday, due to lack of batting in our team. We fielded, they posted 196. One opener got 136 not out, being dropped twice in the process fairly early on.
We only got up to 120 odd. I didn't help my getting a duck. Got a ball that bounced low, hit my pad and then stumps.
Only got to wait 6 more days to get into bat again...
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Played two games this week one on Sunday and one yesterday.
Sunday's game was 40 overs, after 20 overs they were going at 6 an over, eventually we restricted them to 162. I didn't bowl but I took a brilliant catch supposedly, the guy hit it, and it was going over me as I was at long on, I had to run backwards, it was really high in the air and I thought I had lost it, kept going back, and jumped and dived and took it one handed. I knew if I attempted to take it with both hands I would have fluffed it, but the roar from the team and crowd made it feel special. The captain had said he's seen many amazing catches but that was the best. The batsman that got out came up to me at tea and asked if I had caught it, I said yes he replies with 'that was excellent, I'm not even pissed off that I got out to that'.
We went on to bat, with the run rate never in danger, but then had a massive collapse towards the end, 5 batsman out for 15 runs, 4 batsmen going out in one over, and I was the one that started the collapse with a duck. We were all out for 105 in 25 overs, catch was in vain. :P
Tuesday's game, got demoted to number 9 for batting. We posted a total of 190 in 20 overs, I didn't get to bat. We then bowled out the opposition for 62 with them at 12 for 4 at one point. I finally got to bowl once again but it was only an over and a half, took one wicket, but it was a hollow one since it was the last one, but it was their highest scoring batsman.
I seem to be played as a specialist fielder according to some mates, I have the most catches in the team, bat in the low middle order, and have only bowled twice in 7 games.
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In our LMS league, we took on the Sons of Southern Pitches, a decent team with some good hitters. Electing to bat first, we posted 169 off our twenty and after giving away a few too many wides and picking up wickets throughout their innings it came down to them requiring 21 off the final 5 balls with two wickets remaining (which is a possibility with the 12 off the last ball rule). Fortunately our death bowler took two consecutive wickets to give us the win and put him on a hat trick on the first ball of his next over.
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Had a t20 game and scored my highest of the season with a knock of 25 not out retired after I opened partnerships of 60 and 35 got us off to a good start in posting 159 off our twenty, they never really got close after losing wickets throughout we won by 40 runs so good day all round,
Plus used the Dynodrive I brought off Wilkie and pulled a beauty which flew off the middle and bounced just inside the boundary but the sound and also the way they just stood looked waited looked again then went off jogging to fetch the ball,
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This Last Man Stands rubbish needs banning to another forum, its like some sort of American version of Cricket .... 12 off one ball. Nearly dropped my cornflakes.
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This Last Man Stands rubbish needs banning to another forum, its like some sort of American version of Cricket .... 12 off one ball. Nearly dropped my cornflakes.
Meh, it's just a quirk that keeps the game alive. We have won and lost games due to the 12 run rule, it's quite funny but not as much as the double wicket play!
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even the wording "double wicket play" sounds american.
any other Americanisms to make it sound cool to youngsters ... do all the players have to put a # before their names in the scoreCARD and when they "strike out" do they have to leave "the arena"
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Going to be playing my last games for the club I've been involved with for my whole life due to relocating to Devon for work commitments. Had it's ups and downs the last few years but will be weird leaving pretty much for good. Two good grounds to play at for my last two though. Got Standard on Saturday who play in Coventry always a decent deck. Then playing at Walsall on Sunday, always nice to play against a Birmingham Leauge team (even if they don't put a strong team out) and a nice ground to finish off at.
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even the wording "double wicket play" sounds american.
any other Americanisms to make it sound cool to youngsters ... do all the players have to put a # before their names in the scoreCARD and when they "strike out" do they have to leave "the arena"
Yes, except the field judge does all the game play statistics recording (scoring)
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Personally, I love the LMS's, don't take them too serious but you get bat on ball during the week in a cricket style game thats over in two hours. I feel like a colt who plays 10 times a week at the moment and is always in decent touch. 492 runs for the season now, not including LMS which would take me closer to 700!
Interesting game last night, we turned up at a game (an hour from our ground with a 6pm start) with 9 players for a league 2020 match, we had already qualified so didn't matter too much. They had out their full first team, whereas we had 3xones, 2xtwos, 2xthrees and 2xfives players.
Somehow we kept them down to 167 with some decent bowling and fielding. Then the first team vice captain (81*) and I (58) knocked off the majority of the runs. We won the game with three balls to spare.
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even the wording "double wicket play" sounds american.
any other Americanisms to make it sound cool to youngsters ... do all the players have to put a # before their names in the scoreCARD and when they "strike out" do they have to leave "the arena"
The amusing thing about LMS is that the majority of players in the London leagues are all people who are late 20s/early 30s and have played cricket throughout their lives, but have struggled at weekends with family and work commitments.
There are some slight anomalies of course, including the one that gives it its name (the last batsman remains in on their own), but it's a good way to get some cricket midweek and interestingly, most players I know have found it improves their bowling and batting!
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Personally, I love the LMS's, don't take them too serious but you get bat on ball during the week in a cricket style game thats over in two hours. I feel like a colt who plays 10 times a week at the moment and is always in decent touch. 492 runs for the season now, not including LMS which would take me closer to 700!
Interesting game last night, we turned up at a game (an hour from our ground with a 6pm start) with 9 players for a league 2020 match, we had already qualified so didn't matter too much. They had out their full first team, whereas we had 3xones, 2xtwos, 2xthrees and 2xfives players.
Somehow we kept them down to 167 with some decent bowling and fielding. Then the first team vice captain (81*) and I (58) knocked off the majority of the runs. We won the game with three balls to spare.
Who were you playing?
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Benfleet.
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Just had the all clear off my surgeon.I'm now Ok to start running.9 months of hell behind me.Can't wait for saturday now :)
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Congratulations Danny; 9 months out must have seemed like a lifetime! Speedy recovery I hope chap.
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Benfleet.
Good win, how was the Woodside park?!
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According to my team mates, whilst we were batting, as per usual it was the coldest place on earth. I was boiling hot from running between the wickets so I wouldn't know :D
Huge outfield, bit of a road so sat on the front foot all day and just batted properly. :-[
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Tried to launch my first ball into another country ..... Bang ...... Out bowled for a big fat hairy duck :)
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Not played for two weeks due to weird league fixtures
Hoping it stays dry on Saturday long enough to get a game in,,,forecasts not good tho
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According to my team mates, whilst we were batting, as per usual it was the coldest place on earth. I was boiling hot from running between the wickets so I wouldn't know :D
Huge outfield, bit of a road so sat on the front foot all day and just batted properly. :-[
If there's one place you don't want to play on a cold day it's Woodside park, on top of a hill and very open. It's suprisingly colder than our ground an we overlook the sea (Estuary).
Hoping for dry weather on Saturday, can feel a win coming on!
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Thats for certain. Closely followed on cold days by Orsett, Chelmsford and Billericay. Had the horror of a game against Ardleigh Green last Saturday, it was 25degs, no wind gets to you and there is no shade. Can be a killer!
You in the ones or twos at Leigh?
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The Ardleigh Green Bowl! All the wind goes over your head there.
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Forgot about Chelmsford (Chelmer Park), thats bleak when it's cold! I'm in the ones, we played at Billericay last week, lovely ground the County do everything for them over their, but like AG no shade and it was roasting! Nice bunch of blokes at Billericay, they have a cracking seam attack.
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Their twos are romping the league at the moment.
I'm playing against Hutton at home this week, I'm not in their best books as my 70* last year relegated them! Can't wait for it. I like a bit of spice to a game.
Although when keeping against your twos your opening bat (Clarke?) didn't like my sledging much and started abusing me... haha, that said, I usually deserve it! ;)
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Haha you felt the roth of Clarkey, I've played with him for years. He used to be a good keeper/bat and gave plenty of verbal, before a hip op last year, this is his first season back for a few years. You probably played against my dad, (John, slow left arm and my bro steve might have kept).
If Hutton 2's are anything like their 1's there will be plenty of verbal in the game. We've got Romford and GP at home.
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Yeah, me and Clarkey didn't get on great... haha. No idea really who I played against, 3 of our top 4 hit 50's against your lot and muggins here was the only one to fail. Massive send off from Clarke ha.
Yeah, Hutton usually have a bit to say for themselves. We went from 20-4 to 190-5 against them last year, so many verbals, they lost their heads a bit. Craig Miller and Spooner are the two to see out in their twos, decent bowlers for the level.
Against Gidea they have a decent left arm seamer, Jamal Francis is a very good little player and obviously Collier is a good player. Not much outside that from when I've seen them this year (played vs them in conf cup and they were playing Westcliff on the same pitch as us whilst we were playing your lot!!!)
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I used to play against Miller and Spooner when they were in the ones (millers had several clubs), both quality players. Miller used to be rapid whe he was younger and a complete fruit cake!
We had RGP 60-6 earlier in the season, had the game in the bag when a torrential down poor meant we couldn't get back out. Not sure why we are playing them again so soon as we are not half way through the league season yet.
How did you find our overlapping boundaries?
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All of the fixtures are a touch weird! We're playing Hutton for the second time when we haven't played Westcliff or Gidea yet! Our ones are playing Brentwood when they haven't played Chingford or Upminster yet!
Yeah, I've heard that a lot about Miller. Clever bowler these days, got me out twice in three games last year! Looking at it, it seems he hasn't played for Hutton this year. Although their batting looks pretty handy.
They were interesting. Especially as Westcliff and you were playing on end strips close to each other! I didn't notice too much though as I was keeping :-[
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They were interesting. Especially as Westcliff and you were playing on end strips close to each other! I didn't notice too much though as I was keeping :-[
A c0ck up by the groundsman, one strip should have been the other side of the square. It can take a bit of getting used to, after 20years i've finally got used to it ;)
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In case anyone is wondering what we're talking about...
At Leigh-on-Sea/Westcliff, you can be fielding at point in one game and square leg in the other at the same time!
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In case anyone is wondering what we're talking about...
At Leigh-on-Sea/Westcliff, you can be fielding at point in one game and square leg in the other at the same time!
That's just not cricket!
Bet it's an elf and safe tea nightmare too!
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Rain card could be getting played!
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Ours and westcliffs adjoining grounds.
http://www.leighcricket.com/location/default.aspx (http://www.leighcricket.com/location/default.aspx)
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we had our second exmoor cup game. bowled first didnt get a wicket but got 2 good catches on the boundary dropped a one handed diving catch on the last ball. they ended up on 168 after their opener hit 80.
i got 34 then outside edge loop up to fly slip we ended up on 108.
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So, who else is going to be on/off today? Bright sun at the moment but heavy rain is forecast!!!
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I was down at our ground earlier today and the pitch was really white, looked like an absolute road. Unfortunately I'm injured, but it's raining there at the minute anyway and we don't have covers!
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My game is off :( might go and give the firsts a watch later.
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I think it's going to be a on then off then on again then off again day today. Gutted.Been raining since the early hours non stop.More of a drizzle now but forecast is much of the same all day.
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Just returned to home after a 40 mile round journey and the sun is out arrived at home ground at 12.30 for 1pm start only to find out that a groundmans inspection had taken place at 11.45am and todays match had been called off so frustrating.
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Pics sum it up.
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Looks a wee bit like Trentside
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Game Off today, so ordering some new cricket stuff (bag and inners) instead
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Pics sum it up.
Were you playing on Wednesday ?
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Were you playing on Wednesday ?
No mate. I wasn't there, had to work. How'd you get on?
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Looks a wee bit like Trentside
St Blazey in Cornwall mate!
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more rain today! :(
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1st XI debut today, got a classy 1* and didn't get to bowl before it was rained off :(
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we had glorious sunshine here in west somerset which meant we got our full 30 over per side in. i was working so didnt play but turned up to watch our valiant chase. needing 189 we reached 180 for the lose of 3 wickets. 3 midweek games next week so hopefully the weather improves
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Was in the 2s to play Shirehampton away which was called off at 11.20 then half hour later got called by the 3rds captain, played for them :)
9-3-27-0 and 1 opening the batting....7 runs in 3 innings....
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Dry all morning, as we went out I bat, it pee'd it down.
About 45mins lost, and reduced to 37 overs a side. I opened and got 6! Least it wasn't 8.
We was 26for 6 on a popping wicket. But recovered to 138for 9.
Then we bowled them out of the last ball for full points. As yet again(2nd time this year) a batsmen plays and misses and then just wonders of down the pitch! Stumped!
I took a catch and dropped one.
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Today game was a case of win the toss- win the game.
Thankfully our skipper is an unusually decent (No Swearing Please)coin thrower!, he called it right, and we won by 9 wickets.
Even managed extra brownie points off the wife, as managed to be home by 7pm!!!
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I think it's going to be a on then off then on again then off again day today. Gutted.Been raining since the early hours non stop.More of a drizzle now but forecast is much of the same all day.
Well I was wrong.Got on on time and stayed on. Bloody forecast....
bowled them for 160 and chased it down. I got a quick fire 34.Happy with that as my first proper game back since surgery last year.Cant wait till next week now
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I went shopping broken thumb has potentially ended my season bloody annoyed looking at my kit knowing it is not getting used.....
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Half way stage of our season now, still not won a single toss. Luckily yesterday they elected to bowl when I would hve batted anyway. Rolled us for 124. Then we went through them for 113, awesome win as they are top of the league with a chasing as hard as we can, only 1 point behind now I think. Week off next week due to the Tour De France
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Actually dry day and flat hard wicket yesterday :o
Ran myself out last ball of the innings for 7 as only got in with a over or 2 to go and 4 for 36 off 13 overs, majority of the points and takes me to 22 wickets on a Saturday this season (from 6 games).
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More bloody rain- Rained off after fielding for 26 overs
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Grafted my way to 17 opening the batting at Arnside (just below us in the table) before being yorked in the last over of the opening bowler's spell, the ball was swinging all over the place in overcast conditions and I'd done all the hard work...must stop trying to play shots to yorkers and just drop my bat on them. We were 24-0 at the time, ended up 125 all out and being beaten by 10 wickets after the sun came out and the wicket had the heavy roller at tea. Kept reasonably tidily but once the oppo had gone past 50 without loss they didn't look like getting out. Not a good afternoon.
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I wasn't down to play today as I'm injured but we had a very late pull out and I was about anyway, so off I went and picked up my kit and attempted to play. Skipper won the toss and elected to bat, I was down at four and went in to bat. Hit 35 dealing in mainly fours and walked singles before deciding to attempt a two. As I turned my dodgy knee locked up again and I stacked it half way down the wicket, luckily the fielding team refused to run me out before I'd picked myself up off the floor and regained my ground and I had to retire hurt. Spent the rest of the day watching my team win in the final over of a timed game just as the sunshine came to bring warmth to the post match beers.
Unfortunately my feeling on my injury is that the floating cartilage in my knee as worked its way into the joint after landing heavily on it last weekend meaning I'm going to need surgery to sort it out. I'm not a doctor though so hopefully I'm wrong!
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Unlucky mate, hope your knee isn't as bad as you fear.
Wishing you a speedy recovery bud.
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1st XI team on tour this weekend for our league break, though I didn't go, so played for the 2's. Batted first I thought I should hide myself at no.11 came in with three balls left to score 8no. We finished on 225. Got them to 184 for 9 after their 40 overs, two wickets for 31 for me.
Today was a friendly for another local side came in to bat quite late in the innings at no.6 and I scored a 13 ball 50! which I was pretty pleased with :D Ended up with 64no. Didn't bowl today.
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We played aston 2nds on saturday.
We got 240 in 50 overs.
We then had them 110-8 off 25, before being put to the sword for the best part of 25 overs. We dropped 4 match winning catches, had a couple of lbws turned down and a genuine nick refused. They lost their ninth wicket at 237 and thanks to a bit of arguing while we were batting they only batted with 10. Won by 3 runs.!!.
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Bit of an anti climax to my last weekend as a Bronze CC player. Played Standard on Saturday bowling them out for 165 in 37 overs. Got 1-32 in 5 (not great) but a good team bowling performance. So we needed 165 off 63 overs. The rain started coming down in the 20th over and it was quite heavy the umpires stayed on until the last ball of the 25th (therefore constituting a game) is being 71-3 having 38 overs to chase 100 but unfortunately behind the run rate so we got a losing draw as we needed 12 more runs at that point to be ahead of the run rate. Highly frustrating as we would have cruised to a win had it not been for the rain.
Then what was to be my last game yesterday at Walsall, we found out as we were driving to the game that they had conceded the fixture (stupid leauge rules allows you to) as we were driving to the ground, so we didn't t play.
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Shocking game yesterday away at a local 'rival' - we batted first, scoring 132-7 off of our 40 overs. The bowling was tight and very accurate, with a lot of new faces in the opposition team from the last meeting; with their Saturday league game called off, they drafted in a couple of the players. I opened but had trouble with (1) contact lenses and (2) a sore achilles, and was thankfully put out of my misery like a lame dog for 12, caught at square leg. Their keeper, who looked about 17, was a really gooby so-and-so, and was full of all the village cricket platitudes you could imagine...(to the bowler) - "Just you and me buddy"; (to anyone listening) - "He's only got one shot"; (to me) "Think you're in the big time with your name and number on your shirt" etc. I told him to (no swearing please) off and go back home to finish his homework....I'm 50 and have been playing for 40 years, and it doesn't affect me a jot, I was just disappointed that the younger generation seem to think that this is the norm these days.....but I may simply be turning into a grumpy old man! Anyway, I digress......
They were somewhat 'confident' of chasing down the target, so image our badly-contained glee when we had them 6-6 after 10 overs, with gobby keeper going for 2...Oh how we laughed! I took a sharp-ish catch at gully which was quite satisfying; would have been even better if it was the keeper! After 20 overs, they were 18-6. You know whats coming now though, right?
Yep.....we manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory; they ended up 133-8, with 9 balls to spare....to say I was gutted is an understatement! Not quite sure even today how we managed to let that slip away. :( :o
Onwards and upwards, roll on next weekend!
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Had a good win tonight for my village team. We scored 101 all out on a very slow pitch in 20 overs. Don't know what I got but was very unhappy withour scorer. I knew I'd hit 8 4's and a 6 along with I don't know how many 1's and 2's, only to come off to find my score down as 37 in the book! >:( They got to 50 for 0 but then we started to pickup wickets on a regular basis. Came down to the last over and they needed 9 to win. Our spinner bowled a great over, including a stunning caught & bowled, only going for 2 runs. Great bowling performance by our team, especially as we only had 9! :)
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Played two games this week so far. Tuesday for the U16's which we won easily, bowling Maesteg out for 73, we chased the 74 down in just 13 overs with the loss of one wicket. I opened the bowling for the U16's and believe my figures this week were 3-0-12 (wasn't too pleased with this). Last night in the mid-week team we played Clydach CC, we batted first and scored 135-4 off 20 overs. However, it was a batting track which they're batsmen took full advantage of chasing our total down in a mere 14.3 overs. I came on to bowl the last over, or three balls as it was and got put for two sixes. Only the fourth time I've ever been put for six.
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played tonight even through the rain. we scored 158 i got 7 opening. we bowled them out for 37 ish i took the final wicket so i was happy
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It's currently peeing it down with rain, don't you love the British weather!
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Heavy rain all night long.Due to go sunny around 3pm.I just hope the outfield dries up quick.I think we lost 1 game last season due to the weather,we have already lost 6 this season so far.
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Sky has cleared sun is out ground is drying but rain showers forcast for Worcester throughout the afternoon from 1pm should know by 11.30 if our match is still on.
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No cricket for me today informed at 11am opposition cannot raise a team.
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Called off at 12.10 due to overnight rain. Sunny now. Not all that fussed as I went to a midnight screening of Transformers so got home at 3 this morning. Tired now!
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Rain has restarted heavily after it dried out enough to get started. That's the end of cricket for today.
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Broken thumb week 2 think I may try and risk it in next couple of weeks got a 2 day game 15 then final on the 23rd
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Snicked off for nowt, thanks for coming.
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We played bottom today. They won the toss and chose to bat,
79 all out of 37overs.
We knocked them off in 13 overs. 1 down, I got 49 not out, 3 sixes, 5 fours. Faced 39 balls.
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Batted first on a really good batting track
We managed 348 from 45 overs,, lost a few wickets
Two lads got fifties, I managed 147 before giving an easy catch!muppet
They managed 200 in reply for nine down
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Batted first on a really good batting track
We managed 348 from 45 overs,, lost a few wickets
Two lads got fifties, I managed 147 before giving an easy catch!muppet
They managed 200 in reply for nine down
Batted lad.
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Batted first on a really good batting track
We managed 348 from 45 overs,, lost a few wickets
Two lads got fifties, I managed 147 before giving an easy catch!muppet
They managed 200 in reply for nine down
Top knock mate what bat was that with mate
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Lost by 300 today. !! Had better days on the cricket pitch.
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Lost by 300 today. !! Had better days on the cricket pitch.
Ouch
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Yes it hurt getting stuffed and I took a couple of blows to the ribs from the opening bowler who was the quickest I have faced for a number of years.
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Yes it hurt getting stuffed and I took a couple of blows to the ribs from the opening bowler who was the quickest I have faced for a number of years.
Nice to hear there is some gas about, not so good about you getting hit!
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Yes he was sharp and jagged a couple back into my ribs. Lad called roberts who opens the bowling for Wiltshire. After chasing leather for 350 the last thing I needed !!
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Lost by 300 today. !! Had better days on the cricket pitch.
Don't worry my team were bowled out for 26, I had the third highest score with just 2 runs.
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Batted first we got 260-6 off 50
While trying to defend it our opening bowler we went 3-14 off 10.
We still lost, I took 2-51 off 9 but feel as if I cost is the game :(
I hate cricket!
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I opened the bowling but only had a four over spell, came on to finish them off at the end then. So I was 4.3-1-25.
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Today :Turned up, got changed, walked out the change room and the heavens opened. Game off without a ball being bowled.
Last week: scored 173, had the opo at 64 for 6, heaven's opened 19.3 overs in, game off only needed to finish the over to have got the win. It seems that the cricket gods want us to go down this season :(
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decent day today - having batted myself at 9/10 all season was forced to open (where i probably should be batting) hit a match winning 71. Also earlier took a catch and a stumping and a clean sheet of byes. Won 9 down with 4 balls to go, was a close game.
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Another great win today.Had to go off 3* with the worst back pain I've ever had in my life after running a tight single.Spent 45 mins kneeling down trying to stretch it out.I ended up coming on for the last 3 balls and getting 10.I couldn't go out to field after tea asmall I could hardly move.Hope to god it's nothing too serious after losing over 7 months after surgery. I type this lying belly down on the floor it
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Made my debut for Chobham 2s yesterday, didn't cover myself in glory slashing loosely to point for 5. Slightly redeemed myself in the field taking 2 catches. Great game coming back from 90-odd for 6 to be bowled out for 175 and hung on to win by 20-odd. Lovely ground, great bunch of guys and hoping i wont need to post "i'm free" again here for sometime. :)
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Made my debut for Chobham 2s yesterday, didn't cover myself in glory slashing loosely to point for 5. Slightly redeemed myself in the field taking 2 catches. Great game coming back from 90-odd for 6 to be bowled out for 175 and hung on to win by 20-odd. Lovely ground, great bunch of guys and hoping i wont need to post "i'm free" again here for sometime. :)
Malcolm,
Glad you enjoyed your debut. I agree we do have a lovely ground and a batting paradise!
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Hi Simon
Still using the Affinity Toro,,averaging just over 50 with it
Well chuffed with it,,there's 3 other lads at our club using one now!
What you using? How's the Uzi bat going?
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Hi Simon
Still using the Affinity Toro,,averaging just over 50 with it
Well chuffed with it,,there's 3 other lads at our club using one now!
What you using? How's the Uzi bat going?
It's unreal mate it's a very special bat that's for sure and all the time I can keep using it I will best bat I had for sure
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Past two weekends I have returned to playing Saturday cricket for our second team. Two games, two 'easy' victories. First game we were away and bowled them out for about 134 runs, one of our openers hit a ton and the other hit twenty odd, with a small contribution from our number three. Then yesterday we bowled the opposition out for 63, with one of our bowlers achieving 7 wickets for 11 runs. Our opening pair knocked them off in ten overs and we made it to the social in time to watch the first world cup kick off!
So far all I've done is kept wicket. But can't grumble when we win two games to put us back in the race for promotion :)
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Played yesterday, we bowled first and kept them to 140 off 45, we made tough work of chasing it down we were 50-5, two of our u15's game in and put on 50, one of them then got a harsh decision, i then came in and dispatched a quick 28 off 18, including 3 of the biggest sixes at the ground plus being the pfirst person to clear our 35ft safety net to protect the tennis courts! then played all round a straight one, leaving us only 7 to win. knocked it off with 12overs to spare!
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2-18 off 4 and 0* for me today.
I still hate cricket though because we lost!
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103 yesterday and a worldy at gully. Gutted tho as was a timed game and oppo turned up for a draw. 130-8 in 49 overs after we scored 240-4 in 41
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opened the batting for my sunday team today, on a flat as hell astro pitch and hit a solid 74, didn't feel like getting out until in was run out in a mix up with my partner!
bowled just about ok and took 2 wickets...
the game ended on a sad note for me though as i shelled at catch off the penultimate ball that would've won us the game, they went through for 2 and won off the last ball!
TRULY GUTTED
took 4-22 on Saturday so was pleased with that :D
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103 yesterday and a worldy at gully. Gutted tho as was a timed game and oppo turned up for a draw. 130-8 in 49 overs after we scored 240-4 in 41
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Sounds like a good a game ? Reasonable target to set off 49 overs, and they were collapsing so dug in.. That's the perfect game really. Just not quite good enough bowling wise to get them out.
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Wasn't even like they tried, set out from the beginning for a draw, they have done the same every week so far this season. Their deck is flat so suits them, the only time they have lost is when they bat first.
Our league splits between 50 over and timed games so a lot of the points end up coming from 50 over games and a lot of draws in timed games, all relies on winning the toss and bowling first.
We would have done the same I suppose, just bitter that we were on the wrong end of it
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Wasn't even like they tried, set out from the beginning for a draw, they have done the same every week so far this season. Their deck is flat so suits them, the only time they have lost is when they bat first.
Our league splits between 50 over and timed games so a lot of the points end up coming from 50 over games and a lot of draws in timed games, all relies on winning the toss and bowling first.
We would have done the same I suppose, just bitter that we were on the wrong end of it
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Feel your pain on the frustrations but if you can't get ten wickets then new bowlers are needed. Certainly down this area teams rely on batsmen giving it away more than actual bowling skill which is crap. Timed games would be a dream.. To be able to bat properly.. Woo
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Been a funny old season so far for me with the bat. Started off with the worst 17 runs I've ever scored, then found myself getting out very cheaply a number of times to balls keeping deceptively low. In an attempt to reverse my fortune I went for some coaching sessions but this didn't really help so after getting bowled yet again last Saturday (28th June) to another grubber, I made the decision that I would revert back to how I used to bat, virtually zero bat lift and block everything early on then slowly open up as the innings progressed.
Moving on to yesterday, my skipper asked me to open with him but neither team had a scorer and as no-one offered to score, I semi-volunteered to go down the order to perform the scoring duties. In around 30th over, I went in at 75-5 with skipper still there and after a slow start by myself, I gradually began to feel more comfortable and we put on an unbroken stand of 85 to which I contributed 31 not out (we finished on 160). Not a massive amount but given this more than doubles my entire total of runs for the season so far, I finally managed to enjoy tea (which was a bizarre assortment of Indian food).
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Mid-week T20. Fielding first, came in as legspin bowler on the first change. First two balls got smashed for a 6 then a four. Apart from too short, time for a rethink. Ended up with three wickets, two clean bowled, one caught behind. Got one with my quicker off break arm ball which was nice. They dropped three dropped catches off my bowling, one easy, two Fifthy fifthy. I caught one on the boundary at chest hight but my backward step took it over the rope. Idiot! In my defence they had a hose behind the painted boundary and in the corner of my eye I thought I had plenty of room. Obviously not. Must try harder. Came in at 9 with the run rate beyond reasonable reach. Got settled with a few runs on the board then flicked one off my legs to square leg, oops. Nice shot, shame I made it easy for him. Over all a good game against a better opponent. Hope to be at full strength next time.
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Saturday 87 in a winning draw and 46 on the Sunday in a big win. Good weekend!
669 for the season! :D
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11 overs for 40 runs
3 drop catches
2 missed stumpings
the joys of having a batsman filling in as keeper
always got a chance as a left arm spinner; Bishen Bedi (MY HERO)
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Mid-week T20. Fielding first, came in as legspin bowler on the first change. First two balls got smashed for a 6 then a four. Apart from too short, time for a rethink. Ended up with three wickets, two clean bowled, one caught behind. Got one with my quicker off break arm ball which was nice. Three dropped catches, one easy, two Fifthy fifthy. Caught one on the boundary at chest hight but my backward step took it over the rope. Idiot! In my defence they had a hose behind the painted boundary and in the corner of my eye I thought I had plenty of room. Obviously not. Must try harder. Came in at 9 with the run rate beyond reasonable reach. Got settled with a few runs on the board then flicked one off my legs to square leg, oops. Nice shot, shame I made it easy for him. Over all a good game against a better opponent. Hope to be at full strength next time.
ARE YOU WASIM JAFFER BY ANY CHANCE ;)
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League game washed out on sat but had a touring team from Blackpool play us on sunday, they've come down for 5 years now.
Opened the batting on a hot day and made a very sweaty 33 off 53 balls. Including a drive for 6 over straight-ish cow...like there is such a place! Was scoring fairly quickly at one point but after a couple of wickets had to regroup a little before I was bowled by a grubber. Thanks to some lower order power we set 195-9 (after being 91-6) from 35 overs
Didn't want to bowl as I wanted to give the other lads a go as I had a decent bat :)
Won by about 70 runs!
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had a lms game tonight got 33 runs off 33 balls we managed 142 off out 20 overs. they won without losing a wicket and 3 overs to spare. i did only go for 11 runs off my two overs though
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...before I was bowled by a grubber.
Glad it's not just me getting them !!!
Anyhow had some fun this evening when the opposition didn't turn up for 20/20 but only decided to email anyone 15 minutes after the scheduled start of the match. As it was, we only had 10 but this actually worked out fine as we then had a pairs competition between us. I paired with an autistic lad who also has mild cerebral palsy and we batted first putting on 40 but the next 3 pairs failed to get anywhere near our total then the final pair come in being my cousin and the team skipper. First 5 overs and their score is 39 before I bowled the final over. They get 3 runs off first 4 balls so you would think they would block the last couple. However my cousin simply can't resist slogging so on the 5th ball he misses a straight one and is plumb LBW taking them down to 37 so they need 4 off the final ball. Unfortunately the final ball is an absolute pie which he agriculturaly mows to the cow corner boundary but it was a lot of fun and something I've not done for years (playing pairs that is, serving up pies is somewhat of a weekly ritual !!).
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Back in the saddle on Thursday going to have a controlled machine net after 2 and a half weeks out with my broken thumb.
It is sore but got 2 bats i need to use for the first time and i can bend the thumb a little.
Got a 2 day game next week been advised to not play going to play as a batter not my normal keeping but with the final the week after i have to prove my thumb is up to it..
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Finally some league runs on Saturday, batted 32 overs to get our 2nd XI over the line chasing 212 scoring 74. Also got 2-30 odd from 10 overs, back in the 1's this weekend :)
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20 over game tonight go 10 not out having got in during the 18th over didnt bowl but took a catch that came straight out of the low sun. had a match tomorrow that has been cancelled as the oppo only play on a wednesday and were expecting us tonight
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Managed to get myself a game for the over 40s side tomorrow, I'm half the age of my teammates but one of the weaker fielders haha :-[
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Forcast states Temperature could peak at 23 centigrade for Worcestershire at around 2pm today with showers or Thunderstorms around 6 pm. Playing against the divisions leaders and have a weak bowling attack so considering the forcast no wish to field first and then have to possibly chase 250 plus.
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Forcast states Temperature could peak at 23 centigrade for Worcestershire at around 2pm today with showers or Thunderstorms around 6 pm. Playing against the divisions leaders and have a weak bowling attack so considering the forcast no wish to field first and then have to possibly chase 250 plus.
Who you playing ?
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Back in the saddle on Thursday going to have a controlled machine net after 2 and a half weeks out with my broken thumb.
It is sore but got 2 bats i need to use for the first time and i can bend the thumb a little.
Got a 2 day game next week been advised to not play going to play as a batter not my normal keeping but with the final the week after i have to prove my thumb is up to it..
Be careful mate ;)
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Just got a call from my skipper - oppo have cancelled game as the can't raise a side.
It's an absolutely glorious day as well... Pfft
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Well I'm off on holiday so miss this weekend.
Sod's law it's bloody marvellous weather, would've loved a game today! :(
Coming back next Friday then hope to play Saturday, Sunday & Monday to make up for lost time! (And I doubt I'll be able to move on the Tuesday!)
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Played for the 3rds today, I'm currently in between the 2nds and 3rds so I don't mind playing for either. We won our game today anyway, we won the toss and bowled. Had them all out for 45 in 22.3 overs and we chased it down without loss.
My figures were: 7-2-20, pretty happy overalls but bowled 3 wides was not happy with that, however had the opening batsman out who has scored 100's against us three times out for 4 after 3 balls in to the game.
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Played for mates firsts today in a total mismatch. We batted first with the opposition having only 7 for the first ten overs. At 9 an over this was tricky for them. When they all turned up, they struggled on a very hot and humid day, with seven players observing Ramadan. We ended up on 331 for 8 off 45.
It didn't start well for them, but we knew rain was coming so started bowling with me and a spinner, as we needed to get 20 overs in before the rain came. I was being reasonably miserly on a pitch that was offering not a lot and bowled 5-1-15-1, with the spinner picking up three. From there they got to about 156 with a hat trick for one of our guys and then the rain came. The batsmen chose to stay on and we bowled them both out to win by 180 runs.
Twas a game that was enjoyable if you were on the winning side, but being put in to chase on such a hot day with seven men really did for them...
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Our Captain won the toss and decided to field first with just seven players some would say good decision but the fielders might say something else as our bowling went for 293 runs in the sunshine. So then when we batted it was heads down and play with soft hands for 45 overs for a well deserved draw IMO as the opposition could have declared at around 200 runs of 35 overs and made a game of it and they would have had an an extra ten overs to bowl us out.
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First today I got timed out, was busy sunning myself when a fall of wickets meant my off to get changed and padded up - 2 in 2 and still in my shorts s@¥t! Eventually made it into the middle - aeros and gloves under a arm, pad half on. Keeper appealed, mid off gave me a gob full.....fortunately when consulted by the umpires the captain with Drew his appeal (seemed to remember we're playing village cricket!).....mid off still moaning.
Anyway very spongey track (no covers) we got 126 all out, mainly thanks to our veteran opener, with the tail managed to put on a few before being last man out. Bowled them out for 117 (4 for 23 off 12.4 for me). Heavy ground = stiff legs. Very odd game but consolidated 2nd in the league against the 4th place side who beat us first game of the season.
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Oh, forgot to mention, in our 331, extras was the second highest scorer with 69!
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Another win for us against top of the leagueSkitled them for just over 100 and chased it down with 25 overs to spare.4 wins on the bounce now.I was woefull with the bat.I think I got 6 with the bat off around 15 balls,but picked up a customary wicket.
Could not get going and always felt vunerable
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Played top of the league today and had to come out from behind the stumps today as seam bowling was a bit short. They batted well and within themselves with an opening stand of 140 before I had the opener plumb LBW. Then No3 who had been sitting with his pads on went fora mental single first ball got sent back but was run out by 5 yards.
After that they lost a few wickets but managed 229-5 off 46 overs with my figures of 7-1-2-33.
Batting started in the worst way possible with my opener shouldering arms to an in swinger in first over and he was LBW I edged first ball of the next over for 2 past keeper and slip and then nicked my 2nd ball to the keeper and next ball No4 got a vicious bouncer that lobbed to slip to leave us 3 for 4 off 2 overs. Middle order made it look half reasonable but we were bowled out for 157 after trying to hold out for the rain after huge thunder and lightening around the groud but alas the rain never came.
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Crickets (No Swearing Please).
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Played for mates firsts today in a total mismatch. We batted first with the opposition having only 7 for the first ten overs. At 9 an over this was tricky for them. When they all turned up, they struggled on a very hot and humid day, with seven players observing Ramadan. We ended up on 331 for 8 off 45.
It didn't start well for them, but we knew rain was coming so started bowling with me and a spinner, as we needed to get 20 overs in before the rain came. I was being reasonably miserly on a pitch that was offering not a lot and bowled 5-1-15-1, with the spinner picking up three. From there they got to about 156 with a hat trick for one of our guys and then the rain came. The batsmen chose to stay on and we bowled them both out to win by 180 runs.
Twas a game that was enjoyable if you were on the winning side, but being put in to chase on such a hot day with seven men really did for them...
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Do oppositions ever lend fielders in cases like this over there? Used to be the done thing here but hardly ever happens now.
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Do oppositions ever lend fielders in cases like this over there? Used to be the done thing here but hardly ever happens now.
Used to be the case but doesn't seem to happen any more.
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I fielded for the opposing team yesterday when they had 2 players off the field due to a nasty collision. But even then I felt it wasn't my place to and I was the skipper of my team.
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I think the other aspect to this is that it is a league game and everyone knows when it starts, so if you can't organise your own players to turn up on time, it's tough.
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Played for mates firsts today in a total mismatch. We batted first with the opposition having only 7 for the first ten overs. At 9 an over this was tricky for them. When they all turned up, they struggled on a very hot and humid day, with seven players observing Ramadan. We ended up on 331 for 8 off 45.
It didn't start well for them, but we knew rain was coming so started bowling with me and a spinner, as we needed to get 20 overs in before the rain came. I was being reasonably miserly on a pitch that was offering not a lot and bowled 5-1-15-1, with the spinner picking up three. From there they got to about 156 with a hat trick for one of our guys and then the rain came. The batsmen chose to stay on and we bowled them both out to win by 180 runs.
Twas a game that was enjoyable if you were on the winning side, but being put in to chase on such a hot day with seven men really did for them...
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A couple of years ago we fielded first with 7 men on the hottest day of the year. The opposition batted for 40 of their 46 overs before declaring, leaving us 52 overs to negotiate. We got within 10 balls of securing a losing draw - no chance of chasing their runs down. We were absolutely gutted. We were only 7 because the venue had been changed at the last minute and only those of us at the original ground early enough were able to get to the alternative venue. Our major fail tbh was down to our skip who at that time eschewed the delights of a mobile phone and thus was uncontactable.
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I made my come back from a knee injury yesterday. Skipper lost the toss and they elected to bat. I fielded at slip practically all day to protect the knee but unfortunately out keeper is well known for byes if the ball goes anywhere near the stumps and I tweaked it chasing the ball down. Managed to stay on the pitch in a bit of discomfort and we bowled the oppo out for 127. I saw this as an opportunity to rest my knee and asked the skipper to drop me down the order to 7 so I wouldn't have to bat if I wasn't needed. Sure enough within 45 minutes I was padded up and making my way to the middle after a woeful collapse. Luckily enough the three weeks off was used to knock in my new Aldred and it blasted me to 41 dealing mainly in fours and walked ones. I eventually chipped one up to mid on with 12 runs required and our ninth wicket partnership got the required runs for the win.
Very happy with my new bat but very unhappy with my rubbish knee.
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i took 3 for 10 off the last 3 overs they got 178 off they 40 overs. i opened the batting and was bowled of my thigh 7th ball of the first over, got struck on the box 3rd ball
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Had another duck, may just give it all in
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It really is all in the mind this game!
I'm playing at a really low level at the moment, and have just returned after 4 or 5 weeks out. Batted like a nervous kitten for a streaky 8 and never felt in - didn't get asked to bowl as we were only defending 88. We lost heavily.
Drove back to the club thinking I would just jack it all in, or move clubs or do something else - was about to sell all my kit etc.
Then slept on it, and thought all about it today, and came to the conclusion that I love this game, and that I CAN bat and I CAN bowl at this level, and to suck it up, stop being a Doris and try again.
I'm old and fat, but this game is like golf or squash - you just can't give it up whilst the body is still willing!
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Yesterday was interesting.
Our 2nd team claimed the toss as opposition skipper was not at the ground. 8 other opposition players were so don't know why none of them stepped up to do it.
Blasted top order out and they scraped to 130 than knocked it off for 1.
Our 3s chased 40 overs of leather with oppo scoring 330-ish. Opening stand of 312. One lad batted through for 89no and other smashed 213.
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Another week, another woeful batting collapse. We had 49 overs to chase 170, our track is a road so it should be regulation. I went in at 60-1 after 10 overs, we were cruising. Very quickly we are 117-8 and I'm still at the other end, fortunately our 10 & 11 are the most experienced players I know and have 100 centuries between them. Ended up winning in the last over but have got to blame the middle order for putting us in the position we found ourselves.
On the upside I've found myself in great form, 3 50's and a hundred in the last 4 innings
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Another ton today, not a false shot, no play and miss and not a sniff to the oppos. Played authentic cricket shots and nothing in the air. Great day. Team lost by about 7 runs in the end as three of us were retired out :(, so we couldn't go in and win it. Shame but over 500 runs scored and 18 wickets falling so a great Sunday game
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Are you still playing for Hathersley Adrian??
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Are you still playing for Hathersley Adrian??
Not this year, helping a team out get promotion to WEPL. Div below basically,
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Played Saturday, lost the toss and was asked to bat, opened up and scored 23 before being given lbw. Not sure if it was or wasn't but it was given. We posted 264 from 46 overs. Our aussie hit 119 and our keeper hit 52.
Bowled them out for 143 from 34 overs. I managed a cheeky 5-54 with my offies. It was a good win for us in the end to cement our 3rd position in the league.
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It really is all in the mind this game!
I'm playing at a really low level at the moment, and have just returned after 4 or 5 weeks out. Batted like a nervous kitten for a streaky 8 and never felt in - didn't get asked to bowl as we were only defending 88. We lost heavily.
Drove back to the club thinking I would just jack it all in, or move clubs or do something else - was about to sell all my kit etc.
Then slept on it, and thought all about it today, and came to the conclusion that I love this game, and that I CAN bat and I CAN bowl at this level, and to suck it up, stop being a Doris and try again.
I'm old and fat, but this game is like golf or squash - you just can't give it up whilst the body is still willing!
Cheers up Cattus, those Cheetah gloves would add at least another 5-10 runs to your average!
You just those gloves and a few nets and you will be back up and running ha ha
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No cricket for me this weekend due to work, but my guys got through without me.
And my lady made her 2nd ton on the Sunday making 103no for Rochdale Ladies so chuffed for her
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Still struggling for league runs, however i am in line to captain the 1st XI this weekend which would be a bit of a proud moment, probably the youngest person to do it for years/ever!
Managed to bash 5 sixes in a row at LMS last night, for those of you who don't know LMS are only 5 ball overs so didn't have a chance to go for the 36!
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Still struggling for league runs, however i am in line to captain the 1st XI this weekend which would be a bit of a proud moment, probably the youngest person to do it for years/ever!
Managed to bash 5 sixes in a row at LMS last night, for those of you who don't know LMS are only 5 ball overs so didn't have a chance to go for the 36!
When you use a bat heavier than Chris Gayle, even your checked drives will sail out of the ground. Well done on 5 sixes in a row, never hit a six ever in proper cricket!
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Still struggling for league runs, however i am in line to captain the 1st XI this weekend which would be a bit of a proud moment, probably the youngest person to do it for years/ever!
Managed to bash 5 sixes in a row at LMS last night, for those of you who don't know LMS are only 5 ball overs so didn't have a chance to go for the 36!
good effort buchy good luck Saturday if you do captain
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Still struggling for league runs, however i am in line to captain the 1st XI this weekend which would be a bit of a proud moment, probably the youngest person to do it for years/ever!
Managed to bash 5 sixes in a row at LMS last night, for those of you who don't know LMS are only 5 ball overs so didn't have a chance to go for the 36!
How's Bennie Ian ? See it was against Potterne who we played last week. I said that Roberts was rapid.
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Having a bit of a weston as a Saturday team this year following promotion last season into the WEPL. Nothing has seemed to have clicked even thought we have the talent in the team application seems to be lacking.
We lost by 249 runs on Saturday after a lad for them scored 129* off of 45 balls seeing them declare on 354 and clean us out for 105. I was a bit pre-occupied trying to sort my car out as he deposited one through my back window on his way to his 100.
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How's Bennie Ian ? See it was against Potterne who we played last week. I said that Roberts was rapid.
He's on the mend, it was a horrible injury! The ball went up under his helmet and broke his jaw. Yeah he was fairly sharp, he got me out up their place caught at 3rd man in the first over! Apparently on Saturday they had 9 out of 11 Wiltshire county players, so they look a good outfit that's for sure
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Glad he's on the mend. Please send him my regards when you next see him.
Yes decent side who will do well in prem 1 for sure.
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Scored a dire 17 in the ones on Saturday
Sundays cup semi final was a bit better, managed a nicer 77 against better bowling?
Always get out trying to slog crap bowling
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Raincards at the ready!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ (http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/)
Looks like only the North might get a full game in. At least those in the South will have it called off early.
I would be very surprised if nobody calls off by the morning following the first band of overnight thunderstorms.
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Good week so far, played some touring Aussies and a two other tour games as well as the pathetic t20 game. Unfortunately the tour games don't go on play cricket but I've managed nearly 400 runs this week since Monday. Got the weekends games and then two more tour games and the national civil service game coming up next week before the weekend arrives again.. Lshould be plenty of runs hopefully so I can close in on 2k runs for the year by August.
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Bloody hell mate, I thought I was doing well being on 700+ runs for the season! How many you on? How many matches/average?
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Another game in the thirds today, won the toss and batted first as we have no batsmen in our team. I took 2-24 off 7 overs. They went on to score 175-8 any way, they then bowled us out for a dire 49.
It's a shame as we haven't got a half bad bowling attack, but our batting is so poor.
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Hot and sticky, rain (covers on), stopped raining, moped up, sawdust down, rain, covers on, covers off, 36 overs a side - won the toss and batted, at 151 for 3 off 33 it was pitch black with the fielders unable to see the ball so taken off, heavens opened and cue the thunder........long day for 6 points + 2 bonus batting points (I got as far as padding up).
5.45pm (July!)
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My game was off so I text a mate and he had a space. It was quite enjoyable playing wih no pressure, and with some really young lads. I opened the batting and we were only chasing 182, put I got to help a load of their Jnrs while batting till my mate came in and we finished it off. Gotta say I enjoyed it more than my proper game.
Shame it won't show up on my profile though :(
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Opposition turned up with only 8 players, none of their big guns and put us into bat. Unfortunately heavens opened 1.1 overs into the match and that was that. I faced just one delivery which I defended then made a swift exit from the field of play.
Anyhow the best bit of the day was on the way home when the lad I was giving lift comes out with the classic line that I can take today's form into next week. :D
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Looks like we were one of the few to get a game in
Batted first declared on 300 off 40 overs to try and get a win
Managed another ton
Bowled em out for under a hundred
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Batted first today on a very hot and muggy day. Opened and only made 7 before being caught one handed by a diving point, managed to look like we were going to get a big score but lower middle and tail managed to blow that as we lost 6 wickets in 8 overs for 7 runs. Managed 189 all out. The ball was swinging all day.
In the fired we bowled really well, I bowled 1st change and had it hooping all over the place, bowled 9-4-2-17 but couldn't quite get in across the line as the pre No 11 hit an inside edge to the boundary to win the game. Lost 4 on the bounce now.
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I hate cricket!
Goldie for me and 1-42 off 8.
lost again, posted 248 all out and the oppo chased it down for 6 wickets.
Did I mention I hate cricket?
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Game was called off before the start. Still managed to have a good day to in the rain between us...
http://youtu.be/qdExkGgzU1c (http://youtu.be/qdExkGgzU1c)
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Game was called off before the start. Still managed to have a good day to in the rain between us...
[url]http://youtu.be/qdExkGgzU1c[/url] ([url]http://youtu.be/qdExkGgzU1c[/url])
That is epic!
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That is epic!
5.40 is my favourite bit, when one of our guys goes too fast and overshoots the bank off the sheeting..
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Hot and sticky, rain (covers on), stopped raining, moped up, sawdust down, rain, covers on, covers off, 36 overs a side - won the toss and batted, at 151 for 3 off 33 it was pitch black with the fielders unable to see the ball so taken off, heavens opened and cue the thunder........long day for 6 points + 2 bonus batting points (I got as far as padding up).
5.45pm (July!)
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is that clumber park ? superb sky, we had similar in Sheffield. it was very close to a tornado formation by the look of it. east midlands had a level 2 European warning for possible tornadoes
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It is mate, the speed of the clouds we thought the same - crazy weather!
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Played again tonight for the U16's. We won the toss and batted first, I batted 5, I don't normally get in. But tonight I was called upon, me and one of the younger boys who bats at four steadied the ship with a 30 partnership, with me only hitting 5 off 4 balls including the biggest four I've hit, one bounce. Then I got a bit excited and top edged one to the man on the boundary. We ended up with 121-4 off 20 overs.
I normally open but I came on first change, my figures were: 4 overs, 2 maidens, 2 wickets for 8 runs. Pretty pleased with tonight.
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Having a crap season so far. can't buy a run for love nor money. On for an Audi on saturday!
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Having a crap season so far. can't buy a run for love nor money. On for an Audi on saturday!
Join the club mate, I bought up my Audi badge when I completed my king pair for the weekend, I hate cricket!
I did get 3 on Monday so average 1 for my last three knocks :(
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Made myself a new bat as a solution to my problems, but I doubt I'll have it knocked in in time for nets tomorrow, let alone saturday! I'd say it's about half ready at the moment.
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Join the club mate, I bought up my Audi badge when I completed my king pair for the weekend, I hate cricket!
I did get 3 on Monday so average 1 for my last three knocks :(
Just because you get low scores doesn't mean you should hate cricket. Look on the bright side. Last season I averaged 3 with a highest score of 1. At least I only got out once! And I improved my overall average from 1.25 to 1.6! This is one reason why I chose my name accordingly.
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Just because you get low scores doesn't mean you should hate cricket. Look on the bright side. Last season I averaged 3 with a highest score of 1. At least I only got out once! And I improved my overall average from 1.25 to 1.6! This is one reason why I chose my name accordingly.
With a batting average of about 0.5 on the league I'm glad I bowl!
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Are you enjoying playing ?? As long as the answer is yes it doesn't matter the results, level etc.
As it happens, this season appears to be a write off for me as well given the lack of pace in this league and wet wickets we keep getting. Sloggers are prospering though so good on them.
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Are you enjoying playing ?? As long as the answer is yes it doesn't matter the results, level etc.
As it happens, this season appears to be a write off for me as well given the lack of pace in this league and wet wickets we keep getting. Sloggers are prospering though so good on them.
Yeah but no is the honest answer.
Doing okay with the ball but we're in a relegation dog fight. Natural rally tensions are high which isn't great.
I've got an eye on the bowling award though being the selfish creature I am ;)
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With a batting average of about 0.5 on the league I'm glad I bowl!
I bowled about 4 balls last season.
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Bowling awards not to be sniffed at :)
53* today which was nice! tomorrow is national civil service vs navy day so it'll be a good game.
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Just when the 2014 season couldn't get any less enjoyable- just received an email BOMBSHELL!!!
The side we are playing on Saturday do not provide any TEAS!! due to lack of preparation facilities. We have been told to bring our own pack lunch.
Could things get any worse!! :o
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Just when the 2014 season couldn't get any less enjoyable- just received an email BOMBSHELL!!!
The side we are playing on Saturday do not provide any TEAS!! due to lack of preparation facilities. We have been told to bring our own pack lunch.
Could things get any worse!! :o
Yes they could get worse, they could neglect to mention there's no teas and you get to a pile of poo ground with no facilities, only to find there won't be a drinks break or any food at the interval!
Worse game of cricket I've played in my life! :(
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Yes they could get worse, they could neglect to mention there's no teas and you get to a pile of poo ground with no facilities, only to find there won't be a drinks break or any food at the interval!
Worse game of cricket I've played in my life! :(
It's deffo a pile of poo ground, but I suppose at least we've been forewarned.
Will have to stock up on a Greggs saturday morning!
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Awful lms game this evening. We bowled badly conceding 20 runs over par. Then we batted like planks. 4 wickets down inside 6 overs and these are supposed to be the batsmen... Lost by about 120 runs.
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Just when the 2014 season couldn't get any less enjoyable- just received an email BOMBSHELL!!!
The side we are playing on Saturday do not provide any TEAS!! due to lack of preparation facilities. We have been told to bring our own pack lunch.
Could things get any worse!! :o
Our 3s were massively unimpressed by this
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Dreadful mate!!
Best of luck on your return
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how can they not provide teas. ive been to grounds with just a shed and they have still provided teas.
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They said they couldn't afford to pay the extra rent money for the room to prepare them in.
Poor effort for me
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Absolute load of Pony!
We never had tea making facilities at a lot of the grounds we playedf at (bottom division London cricket...hyperdermic needle on a good length territory) but we always managed to provide a tea! One player prepares it the night before and it's brought along and stored in cool boxes with ice packs!!!
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Crap crap crap.
Due to my aggressive manor. Midweek has been my favourite games.
A 51 40 and 37 got back to top run scorer and feeling good for this year finally.
But no. Last week a 1st ball caught and bowled. And this week a half tracker that pee rolled on to the stumps first ball!!.
Good job I got 50 Sunday or a may have retired......again.
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They said they couldn't afford to pay the extra rent money for the room to prepare them in.
Poor effort for me
Tis a pile of bull-we're not exactly overloaded with cratering facilities in our shed.
We simply brew up on a calor gas stove and each player takes it in turns to do teas( brought to our but fully prepared)
Simples( and edible)
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Or use a BBQ??
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Just lazy in my opinion and probably a sign of a club that won't be around in a few years
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Well, wasted day today watching a poor navy side thrash a civil service side that included none of the champions players and way too many over 40's. Wasn't happy at all.
About 130 ish all out in reply and apparently have not done well in recent years... cHANGE the old guard and get a load of new blood in. It's not bloody rocket science.
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I've taken 12 wickets in 12 matches this season with my best figures of 6-2-6-4, pretty happy with my season so far :)
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scored a quick 30 retired tonight had an absolutely shocking season with the bat. then engaged in some friendly banter with players from both sides. i came on to bowl last change and luckily got 2 wickets for a couple of runs so nobody sledged me. a really enjoyable night though.
just gutted i have to work the next 3 days and miss all the games
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Decided against playing today as its a 70 mile round journey for me to get changed in a community centre football dressing room field on a football pitch and bat against the new ball on a parks pitch wicket and pay 10.00 match fee.
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Decided against playing today as its a 70 mile round journey for me to get changed in a community centre football dressing room field on a football pitch and bat against the new ball on a parks pitch wicket and pay 10.00 match fee.
Fair enough, bet you'll be the first name on the team sheet when you're playing at the ground with a road of a track, plush changing rooms and a great tea and probably expect your team to drop the bloke who put the effort in to accommodate your lack of will. What a terrible attitude.
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Our lack of batting bites us on the (No Swearing Please) again, our bowling attack is rather good. I came on first change as I wanted the particular end but our other opener wanted that end too, so I didn't mind. I came on and bowled 24 dot balls and on the 18th taking a wicket. I went on to bowl 7-4-1-9, very pleased with that as we bowled out the other team for 138 before being bowled out ourselves for 47. That's the third week in a row that we've score under 50 and we've won one of those games by scoring 49 mind.
Worst thing was I was getting my eye in taking it slow when one of my team mates triggered me LBW, I was outside leg and it hit me in the hip, I was fuming.
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Palyed in top division today for the first time with firsts!
Usually play in bottom division with seconds!
Batted 8 and made a steady 8 got out playing big shot in last over.
Kept wicket against quality attack who could get paid and got 3 victims!
To be honest stuff dreams are made of and I am so happy tonight!
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Cricket is a rubbish game and I don't know why I play it!! :(
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Cricket is a rubbish game and I don't know why I play it!! :(
Feel the exact same!
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Fair enough, bet you'll be the first name on the team sheet when you're playing at the ground with a road of a track, plush changing rooms and a great tea and probably expect your team to drop the bloke who put the effort in to accommodate your lack of will. What a terrible attitude.
In fairness, it is pretty grim playing at dumps
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In fairness, it is pretty grim playing at dumps
It is, but why should he only get to play at the decent grounds while his mates go represent his club in the various holes around the country? Stinks of diva to me and if I was his skipper he'd be getting dropped for a few weeks until he decided he appreciated playing for the team wherever it takes him.
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I misread the original post and thought it was 70 miles one way. It's only 35. Less than an hours drive. I'm with tango on this one.
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Not my best couple of weeks. Last game before I was away for work was rained off, missed two whilst working at Lords and Trent Bridge. Last week got thrown back into the seconds without having bowled in the best part of a month, went for 24 off 4 overs, damp wicket that seemed to sit up from back of a length, perfectly into the arc of the opposition's sloggers. Managed to win that one by 4 wickets, didn't get a bat as I was at 9. This week batted at 7, and went in pretty early, got 10 and felt really good and like I had loads of time, with a pair of boundaries over mid off, new bowler came on and I mistimed turning the ball to leg, and a leading edge carried to a reasonably deep mid on who had to backpedal as well. Bowled 4 overs, went for 18 but was on a hiding to nothing because of our collapse, of 93 all out, lost by 9 wickets before tea. Opposition's main bat finished us off with a rapid 48*, took my 4th for 13, and said to me after the game that with my technique I am wasted down at 7, and I should just sort out the mental aspect and I will get loads of runs. Tbh, it could have gone better in my first game since being made Sunday captain!
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We were rubbish with the bat, again! Bowled and fielded really well and gave ourselves 55 overs to get 116. 11 overs later we are 37-7 and pretty much game over. Myself included terrible shots from all, ended up 99 all out and can almost write off promotion
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In fairness, it is pretty grim playing at dumps
The solution is to throw them out of the league unless they improve the facilities. Draw up a list of "issues" and get them passed at a league agm as rules for entering/staying in the league. If any league wants to attract decent clubs then collecting a large number of holes isn't the way.
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The solution is to throw them out of the league unless they improve the facilities. Draw up a list of "issues" and get them passed at a league agm as rules for entering/staying in the league. If any league wants to attract decent clubs then collecting a large number of holes isn't the way.
I agree but clubs just cry and are usually let off year after year. Playing at a dump has to be the most dispiriting thing in cricket, I know I personally just don't give a crap if I ever turn up and it's crap. Makes me just think 'pfft, what's the point in even trying'
Sad I know but it's really not hard to have relatively good facilities.
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Groundsman presented us with a hard grassy deck with a the odd tinge of green. Could of easily batted or bowled first on it. We opted to bat and at 23-3 things didn't look to clever. My contribution a 4 ball duck, got one that jagged back and cut me in half. However, the ball got older and the bowling poorer. We amassed 259-7 in 45, thanks mainly to 85 extras - 6 overs of wides and a huge number of byes. To say the keeper/captain had a shocker is an understatement and the bowling wasn't to clever at certain points. We showed them it wasn't a 260 deck by bowling them out for 66. Our long suffering opening bowler was very happy seeing the ball fly through at waist/shoulder height instead of on the bounce to the keeper.
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We used to play at a dump. Was awful ground, awful view, and dark nasty changin rooms with spiders that would eat you if you ventured in on your own.
But everyone was available that week year on year without fail!
They had the best teas in the league hands down!
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Made 21 yesterday opening as is the norm this season. My first double figures in 5 league innings! After scoring 99 I've had 0 (fired) 6,1 and 0 where the ball hit my pads and rolled onto of stump...
Frustrating to get in and out but it was good ball from a young left armer. Went to drive it and it straightened and took off peg out.
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With regard to T.W.comments they are a little harsh for the following reasons
The main reason for not playing was that I do not want to risk getting injured as it was bowling on this type of pitch when landing in my delivery stride that tore my knee cartridge this time last year which has finished me as a bowler also forcing me to take 3 months of work. .Following injury i am also nowhere near full cricket fitness. Also I do not expect or wish my club to drop anyone to allow me to play and in any case it is the policy of the club to give the players who who have played the previous week the 1st oppotunity to play next Saturday. With regard to the cricket teas comment I do not eat them just a cup of tea between innings will suffice but always pay my tea money. As for plush dressing rooms I am grateful if there is facilities to take a shower after the match..
Doesn't wash with me mate. I'm as injury prone as anyone, my knee is in tatters at the minute to the point when I yesterday decided I had to call it a day for this season. You're just as likely to tear your knee cartilage stepping off a kerb, getting injured is a risk you take playing sport.
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Turned out with 9 players yesterday and a bit frustrated to be batting 6 again because we had no-one else capable of scoring. Got a peach of a delivery first ball but thought my luck was in as I didn't edge it. Anyhow survived that and within a couple of overs my feet were starting to move then our skipper got a good one which exposed the tail. 2 more wickets fell same over but last batsman is a beligerant blocker. Had moved to 18 rotating the strike with 3 nice boundaries when I got an absolute stinker of an LBW decision.
In reality this decision had precious little effect on the result because opposition went on to win by 10 wickets. Also if I only get 1 of these a season, better getting it when you are basically fulfilling a fixture than with 5 to win and 1 wicket remaining.
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Doesn't wash with me mate. I'm as injury prone as anyone, my knee is in tatters at the minute to the point when I yesterday decided I had to call it a day for this season. You're just as likely to tear your knee cartilage stepping off a kerb, getting injured is a risk you take playing sport.
Bit harsh mate - 3 months off work is no laughing matter. :(
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Got my second golden of the season, got a genuinely good ball from a bowler who didn't know where he was putting it, he celebrated it like he had just got joe root out!
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Absolute shocker for me today.Almost felt like I wasn't even there (as if I was in a dream on the pitch) Seriously need to lose some timber and get fit,especially after losing 8 months due to surgery.Made 19 with the bat.Bowled the worst I think ive ever bowled.I was to scared to look at my figures at the end
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Needed 70 off about 5 overs, was nice to go in pressure free and have a swing after scoring f'all this season. Had nice 20, felt a lot more confident afterwards.
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Out for a 3 ball duck. Lbw. Ball pitched outside leg but umpire had a shocker and gave it. (1 of 3 dubious lbw's given ). Bowled 4 overs for 11 runs taking 1 wicket ( half tracker that didn't bounce and had the opener plumb in front ). Only plus on a personal note was taking a decent pressure catch that changed the match back in our direction. Won the game and that put us clear in front as league leaders. :D
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Played my first full game of the season yesterday, it's been a long summer! Got 62 before melting in the heat
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Got 36 before getting run out on Saturday. However, more interestingly, we managed to win the game needing 7 off the last ball... :)
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First ever game as captain and we won!
Won the toss on a pitch that became more uneven as the game progressed, we scored 170 with opening bats 80 and 60. Opened the bowling and picked up the first 3 wickets with a couple of jaffa's. After my opening spell, we kept up the pressure and the oppo finally were bowled out in the 39th over 50 short.
Overall, loved the responsibility and achievement of success. Will be interested to see how it goes on a bad day.
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Got a call late Saturday night from my son asking if I could play for his Sunday league side as they only had 8 men, which would have meant a fine etc.
300 mile round trip for me, but more than worth it to play cricket with my son in the middle of beautiful Exmoor.
Oppos batted first,,we fielded and bowled well to limit them to 192, on a lovely looking deck.
My bowling was poor,,not bowled at all this year,, managed a coupla easy catches at mid wicket tho
Highlight was watching my son off his full Saturday run up,,keeper 30 yds back taking it under his chin!
I was in at 3, as one lad had about 15 mins to bat before he had to go to work!
My son at 4,,, openers lasted about 5mins!!
So got to bat with my son against a half decent attack, and we shared a 150 partnership before he got a straight one that kept low ,plumb lbw. ,nice knock of 50
I managed to knock the runs off with 4 off the toe! Of my Affinity Toro
Finished on 108 not out
Was so good to play cricket with my son,, to watch his bowling and especially how far his batting has come on
Top day,, apart from the 150 me drive home
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saturday i came in and hit a boring 38 to seal the draw for our seconds, boring but its the way youve got to play sometimes.
sunday however was the highlight of my season so far. Past two seasons i have played for cheshire however this year i was dropped from the squad. Sunday i was recalled as the first choice keeper was away . I came in and hit 70 not out. We finished on 190. It went down to the last 2 overs but derbyshire managed to get the runs. A good catch down legside stood up aswell. On a personal note a good day however a bit dissapointed as a team.
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Interesting game on Sunday.
The oppo was skippered by a chap who was asked to leave our club last year. There was the potential for some fireworks. Fortunately he was on hi best behavior save a few bitchy and snide remarks.
The took 53 overs, declared, and left us 233. Around 50 short on our wicket.
We happily went in and knocked them off with my son getting the winning runs.
Oh, I went in at 3 and the first ball this chap bowled me went 1 bounce for four. He shut his mouth after that.
Fastereddie, bowling with real pace, pinned him a beauty on his left breast (man boobs). A few titters where heard. He also tore the middle stump out and finished with 14 overs 2 for 36. His best spell of the season.
A cracking game, good oppo, wonderful weather, drop dead gorgeous track.
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How fast does fastereddie bowl?
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No idea.
I've never put him on the gun. He is getting quicker all the time. I train with him a lot and we net a lot. He's a big unit now. 6 ft 3 inches.
Our keeper stands 18 yards or so back and takes them waist high.
He can certainly hit me at will.
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Sounds very promising
Is he cutting it off the pitch or just relying on pure pace
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Seam and swing.
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Played pickwick on saturday.
We racked up 288 on a nice deck, bit up and down as the ball got older. Got 40 in the first 13 overs opening, went back to something I shouldve got forward to and chopped on. Number 3 got 79, number 4 got 94, then we stumbled in the last 10 overs.
They came out and blitzed us.we did well to make it last 46 overs. Long session in the field.
Atherstone this week so should be another batting day.
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Lost again Saturday, Thornbury hit 261-7 and we were left on 235 from 50 overs.
I managed to hit 62, the highlight smashing a Gloucestershire spinner for 30 odd from his 3 overs. Was tricky at the other end though, as they had a guy who's just been signed for Surrey bowling left arm spin, his name is Sayeem Waliullah, he turned it absolutely miles and looks a real prospect!
I also bowled my first real spell in first team cricket, and got 1-40 from ten overs :)
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To say I'm hacked off about my season would be an understatement. Just had tonight's game called off as opposition can't get a team. This is the 3rd game in a row called off, so not played for 2 weeks now. I was just finding some form and set leave the house to go on tour to Liverpool 2 weeks ago when the misses got herself rushed into hospital with an appendicitis. Just about sums up the season. My village team have been a joke this season. We only play Wednesdays and Sundays and have played just 14, with 4 rained off and 11 conceded, 7 of which by us. I've been the one trying to get a team out each week as the chairman who was doing it quit the roll 3 weeks into the season. I now know why as we've only had 11 players out 3 times this season. Nets were very well attended before the start of the season but it's all gone pear shaped since. I've played for the club for 26 years but finally feel enough is enough. I'll see the season out but will be looking to play elsewhere next year. Very sad but I just want to actually play cricket during the cricket season.
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My season is over due to the knee injury I picked up a few weeks ago and haven't been able to shake. Went to the Doctors this morning and I have meniscus damage and the likelihood is going to be an op. Every cloud though as my knee has been bad for years, so hopefully I'll get a new lease of life and be back in time for next season fully fit and raring to go.
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My season is over due to the knee injury I picked up a few weeks ago and haven't been able to shake. Went to the Doctors this morning and I have meniscus damage and the likelihood is going to be an op. Every cloud though as my knee has been bad for years, so hopefully I'll get a new lease of life and be back in time for next season fully fit and raring to go.
On the nhs? Good luck getting that done before Xmas.
Glad you've got it looked at and assessed though.
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On the nhs? Good luck getting that done before Xmas.
Glad you've got it looked at and assessed though.
Nah I'm blessed with Health insurance. Aviva are very good to be fair to them!
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Aviva are very good to be fair to them!
From my dealings with them at work I'll be the first to disagree lol
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They've treated me fine so far, I've only paid £200 excess on about £10k worth of diagnostics/treatment this year alone!
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Played my first game in nearly a month tonight.. I Bowled very poorly and dropped two catches although they ended up on a very chase able 115 off their 20 overs. In reply we started slowly, I got in and was on 5 runs off 3 balls when I received a ball which pitched outside leg and hit the top of middle.. Even if I was playing every week I'd still have struggled to keep a ball like that out! My wicket sparked the collapse and we ended up all out for 63.. Disappointing to perform so poorly especially as due to work this could be my penultimate game of the season..
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Well end of my winter LMS season.
Been pretty productive I suppose, 14 matches, 431 runs at 47.89 with a 148 strike rate. Bowling has been less effective, people seem to enjoy my very average off spin, 12 wickets at 24.
Hoping to do a little better in longer games coming up - means I'll def be needing a new bat - new bat more runs as far as I'm concerned haha.
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Just received a message it's stopped rain inning in Worcester the groundsman as taken the covers off we are playing there will be a delay to allow the bowlers runup and outfield to dry.
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In terms of sat cricket 2014 can not end soon enough.
Another crap day personally and 4 the team. After losing to top last week after a poor allround performance(and losing our last chance to catch them), we today played our rivals for 2nd, decent fielding and bowling performance, but then we failed miserably with the bat. And lost by 20 runs, when we had set up a good win. And will probably struggle to finish higher than 3rd now.
Personally I got 6 runs, not a great innings, obviously, but I just seem to not do the simple things easily. I look a mug the way I'm getting out.
And despite winning avg for 1sts in 2011 and 12. I cant even get a bowl 6th change this year. As was unfit first half of season, and without any form of practice, I'm not gonna get back to match fitness.
Bring on the winter nets and 2015 I say!
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I had an awful day, out for 2, bowled 3 overs for 19 and possibly cost the club an umpire.
Not sure if I should retire from the game now or wait to be banned...
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I had an awful day, out for 2, bowled 3 overs for 19 and possibly cost the club an umpire.
Not sure if I should retire from the game now or wait to be banned...
Uh oh :(
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Best day of the season so far for me. Brought on as 5th bowler, opener got 4 wickets but deserved more, other spinner deserved more than his 1, and our captain got a run out. My figures were 3.4-0-4-4, with a cheeky hat-trick to finish the innings off. First wicket was their opener in the 43rd over, bowled by one that kept horribly low, sufficiently low that I apologized for it! First of the hat-trick was caught long on, skipper took a great catch, second was a stumping and third was caught behind, which was good for our keeper as it was a horrific pitch to keep on. With the bat got 24* in our chase of 132, myself and the other spinner put on more than 60 for the 5th wicket, and I got to hit the winning runs with a square/cover drive for four, finished up with 5 4s and a few singles. Excellent win for us after the oppo chose to bat, so I believe we get the full 30 points and have bounced back from losing our unbeaten record so spectacularly last week!
Debut as Sunday captain tomorrow, a young team so not sure what to expect tbh but hopefully a good match all round!
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Spotted a very nice Gray Nicolls Oblivion bat on Ebay earlier in the week and won with a bid of just £42. Arrived yesterday morning so stuck it in the kit bag and off I went. Nice facilities at our hosts so nipped off for a quick bit of net practice which was curtailed before the end of the first over as a wicket fell and I was in at No.3.
Opposition were using a new ball and one of the opening bowlers was getting bounce and late away swing that I found him almost unplayable. I found myself having to play at nearly everything as he was pitching the ball middle and middle/off but I simply didn't have an answer to that late movement. However the opposition's slip cordon were in somewhat benevolent mood and finally hung on to an edge at the 4th time of asking. Perhaps I should batted 2-3 yards out of my crease and actually did this very effectively in a match a few years ago but that was when trying to bat out for a draw. Anyhow he got a total of 4 wickets in his 2 spells, the last 2 both hit top of off-stump with absolute magic deliveries so at least I did get a bat on it !!
At the end of his 1st spell, he was replaced by an equally impressive 15 year old leg-spinner who bowled with superb control. I was now performing square leg umpiring duties and this young lad didn't bowl one bad ball in his 12 over spell and also picked up 4 wickets.
Opposition knocked it off relatively easily although none of our bowlers managed to put the ball in the right areas consistently. However I did take an absolute skier of a catch at wide mid off, it went up so far that I had time to get my apology in early (for dropping it) before it descended somehow into my clasp. Shocked silence all around and the departing batsman should consider himself the unluckiest man in Yorkshire this weekend.
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Only our second loss of the season with a depleted squad. 112 in 35/45 of our overs is never enough. Second top scored with 22, dubious catch at gully but took the fielders word on that it carried. Pretty sure if it went for a tv review I'd have been given the benefit of the doubt! Two lovely straight drives over the bowlers head for 4 and a nice cover drive off of a decent chucker were included. Nearly bowled them out, 8 down when they eventually passed us. 3-18 off 9 overs and best figures for our side so shall take the positives where I can on a personal level.
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Comfortable win yesterday put into bat by the opposition with plenty of cloud cover around and from right arm over the wicket the new ball swinging away from me and with one of the slips telling the bowler every over that's where to bowl to him after having heard it for the 6Th time I drove the ball back past the bowler to the boundary then turned around and said that's right skip that's where to bowl to me much to the amusement of the wicket keeper and slips.
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Played for my new club in Devon for the first time yesterday. Played for the 2nd XI and we were put into bat on a pitch that looked half decent and dry at least. Went in at number 3 and scratched around for possibly the worst 44 runs I have ever scored. Put on over 100 partnership but it was rather slow going, their bowlers bowled very well to be fair to them but I just couldn't get my timing right , ended up walking past a straight one and getting bowled. We ended up on 217-5 and unfortunately bowled very poorly and the oppo got off to a flyer (65 off 10overs) and they ended up chasing it down with a few overs to spare. I Took 1-36 but I did enjoy my first game for my new club.
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Well I've not been banned after yesterday so thats a positive haha!
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Well I've not been banned after yesterday so thats a positive haha!
So what did you do Cam to possibly merit a ban?
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So what did you do Cam to possibly merit a ban?
Don't think I should post online as it may breech out clubs social media/public domain policy, best avoid getting myself in any more trouble.
(Read I'll PM you!)
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Don't think I should post online as it may breech out clubs social media/public domain policy, best avoid getting myself in any more trouble.
(Read I'll PM you!)
You can send the same to me too mate lol! Couldnt have been that bad surely?
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You can send the same to me too mate lol! Couldnt have been that bad surely?
PM sent, hope you have a good laugh about it! :D
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PM sent, hope you have a good laugh about it! :D
Sounds interesting :)
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To save the hassle. Just copy every member of the forum into the pm? Lol
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To save the hassle. Just copy every member of the forum into the pm? Lol
Would save a lot of time and I wouldn't have posted it in public so can't possibly get in trouble for that haha ;)
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I want to know too!
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Captained the marlow vets team today. Had not only 14 players but 12 were genuine over 35 as well. We played 11 field/11 bat and lent 2 players to take shifts as umpires and had a player as a rolling sub off the pitch. Our opening bowler was pretty happy when he bowled 7 on the bounce and could wander off for a lie down with the family. Likewise another vet had 10 overs to relax with his kids. Worked out pretty well as nobody was keen to play to much of a part lol. Anyway we bowled first and having got to 100-6 off 28 on a lightening outfield/flat deck, decided to toss them a few to get the score to something worth chasing. Having had to leave the field due to a pulled calf my vc overcooked things and let them get 44 off the last 2 and instead of a nice 180 chase we had 201 off 40. Despite a decent start we stalled mid innings and needed 70 off 8. Lucky for us we have a few expert sloggers and sneaked home by 2 wickets in the last over. Favourite moment was when they wheeled out the first team opening bowler for the last 3 overs at one end, only to see him go for 27 off 2.3 overs and being smacked into the corn field. Lovely ground, superb teas and good company. Beating a load of fit youngsters is always nice[emoji3]
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i didnt play saturday as i was working but turned up and watched. my team were bowling and had a good fightback to keep the score respectable. couldn't stay for long so saw them lose their first wicket and then left. only just seen the scorecard tonight it ridiculous
http://bridgetown.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11899650 (http://bridgetown.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11899650)
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Over 35 is a vet? Seriously? There's a lot of us on the forum that qualify then..
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A good weekend for the club
Won the league on Saturday with a few games remaining and won the cup Sunday
Tried to pull a straight one Saturday and was bowled for a few runs
And Sunday,,batting against,by far the worst cricket balls I've ever seen (league supply balls for cup finals?)
I managed to fish at a wide one and edge it to the keeper for twenty
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Over 35 is a vet? Seriously? There's a lot of us on the forum that qualify then..
Yep, it's the only way we get a team out is to have an age where they might still be playing and good enough to take an active role. Helps when your vets can still smack 6's and bowl quick enough to hurry up the average clubbie. Cookham Dean Vets have an ex-berks player in their ranks.
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Yep, it's the only way we get a team out is to have an age where they might still be playing and good enough to take an active role. Helps when your vets can still smack 6's and bowl quick enough to hurry up the average clubbie. Cookham Dean Vets have an ex-berks player in their ranks.
Makes me laugh when you consider how many over 35s are still playing league cricket!
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Yes - as a whole. Take any club and it's very difficult to get:-
1. 11 players over 40/45/50
2. To be fit enough play a Saturday and then a Sunday
We find we either have guys in their 40s/50s/60s who play only for us or a couple at the lower end who can still play both, within a club. It's rare to get a team of over 40/50s all from the same club who play league cricket regularly. Our aim is to expand the current 5 fixtures a season to 8/9 next season due to demand. Hopefully we will be able to attract a few more players from outside the club as well. Playing at ground like these, it's worth it.
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First game of my official Sunday captaincy yesterday, friendly vs Ley Hill up at my club. Lost the toss, and had a young team stuck in the field. They got 285/5 from their 40, opener got 114 before being run out. I got 2/35 from my 8 overs. Opened the batting as the lad I wanted to decided he didn't want to last minute. His dad had a go at me for not bowling him, but as far as I have seen he is a keeper batsman, and also ripped into my decision not to have a deep fine leg or third man with a lightning outfield which apparently cost us 'about 150 runs', which is ridiculous as most runs went in front of square. Other opener hit 81 from 59, then two wickets fell in 2 balls. I set out to anchor the innings, and brought up 50 with a straight drive for 4 off a reasonably quick seamer whilst walking up the wicket. Later on hit their captain over his head for 4, and as I followed through cramped up and hit the deck pretty hard, but turned down the runner sent out as I didn't want a runner, and brought up my maiden ton a few overs later with a single to long on. Was out after 38.5 overs, bowled by one that kept low for 112. Youngsters batting gave it a go to get the 20 needed from the last 7 balls, but we finished 270-7. Game was played in fantastic spirit and was great fun to be involved in. Also my first innings with my Blade, so that is now number 1 bat, and also batted without a helmet after drinks as it was too hot with one on and sweat was getting in my eyes.
Innings was 112 from 86, 15 4s and no 6s, strike rate 130. Suprised how few balls I faced in nearly 39 overs! Ridiculous weekend with the ton going with the hat-trick in the league on Saturday, which is apparently my clubs first ever league hat-trick.
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Sounds like an excellent knock, Mohawk, bit concerned that you 'followed through' at one point though ;)
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Well I've been dropped from 2nds to 3rds, doesn't look like I got away totally without ramifications for my actions last Saturday haha :D
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Saturday we had an absolute belter of a game,
We batted first and scored 161 on a rum old track, they set about chasing it down we took 2 early wickets, and they then had a good partnership in the middle order taking them up to needing about 9 off 5 overs, then down to 5 off 4, then 3 off 3, then 3 off 2 and 2 was then needed off 3 balls, and they didn't manage to do it, we all went absolutely nuts as it's more or less wrapped us up the league title
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i got a 55 not out in the lms tonight and we lost by 15 runs chasing 144. last game of the tournamet as we didnt win
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Bit of a farce on Saturday. Travelled in the rain, but died down and the sun came out eventually. Delayed start, 35 overs with both umpires and oppo captain agreeing wicket and ground was fit, which it was. We won the toss and to the amazement of some of my players I opted to bat first on a normally good wicket. I opened up, good wicket despite the dampness. There opener got one to kick up on my, dropped my hands and hit me flush on the biceps with a lovely perfectly round bruise as a result. Next ball he banged it in shorter and I smashed it miles over square leg for 6. Negotiated the rest of over well and easily, next over my teammate took another 6 off the other opener. 12-0, a little meeting between captain and 2 of their bowlers, next ball he runs in at me and performs a massive slip, looked pretty convincing as he was sprawled on the floor. Umpires get together, call me and skipper together, suggest ground is unfit, lack of sawdust or effort from oppo to make it fit, so have to abandon game, in bright blue skies an sunshine as apparently the pitch won't get any better. It proceeded to stay dry and warm for the rest of the day, whilst our 2 rivals played and won, leaving us further adrift and pretty peed off
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Needed about 10 an over yesterday when I went in.. Slooooow pie on.. God I'm crap against that.. Gave up going for singles with proper shots, decided to moo with predictable results... A walk back to the hutch :(
Still, was great fun overall. Jake and his guys are a fun bunch
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Pre season starts tomorrow. First indoor net. Which will mean only one thing...come Thursday I'll be as stiff as a board!
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Exploits this weekend have got me back into the club firsts, which probably means batting down the order and not bowling a huge amount. 1s captain was watching on Sunday though, and in his message was full of praise. Cumbrian Pete, no need to be concerned, not 'that' sort of follow through, but that really would have added a bit of extra humour to the situation! Also, discovered last night that my brother, who opens the bowling at Firle in Sussex, was on a hat-trick on Saturday, and a catch was dropped off his hat-trick ball! Would have been incredible if we had both got a hat-trick on the same day. My average for the season, according to play-cricket, is now in the 40s, but it doesn't include a knock of 60 and one of 4.
Scorecard from Saturday: http://chalfontstgiles.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11880552 (http://chalfontstgiles.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11880552)
Scorecard from Sunday: http://chalfontstgiles.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11995121 (http://chalfontstgiles.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11995121)
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Loads of my kit sold today on eBay, I wasn't joking when I said I hate cricket!!
In the 3rds this weekend, going to an away game that isn't the nicest area. Let's just say I'll be leaving my iphone and wallet at home...
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Sat age grade game of the season yesterday, it was sadly stopped after our innings in which we scored 134-2 off 20 overs. Went in with 4.3 overs to go and hit 14 off the 6 balls I faced. That was the first time in 2 seasons I've been not out and into double figures. Our thirds captain was there and said I'm promoted Saturday, let's hope I can bag myself some more runs. Really looking forward to it now.
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Umpire I had a disagreement with last Saturday has come out of retirement to play in the 3rds, and I've been dropped to the 3rds #ILoveCricket!!!
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If the thirds umpire your selfs, make sure you're out there when he bats and trigger him!
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If the thirds umpire your selfs, make sure you're out there when he bats and trigger him!
I think that may instigate something with drastic consequences!
Would be hilarious though! ;)
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you might get dropped to the 4th's
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retired, playing rubbish got a few ducks dont have time to train and there are younger better players who im getting a game of instead. Played my last game on sunday won and finally got some runs after a total of 3 so far. So got 23 to knock the average for the year upto 5.
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Slipped on the carpet at outdoor nets last night and damaged my knee it's swollen it could be my meniscus again or arthritis I am giving it the RICE treatment this morning also rang the skipper and told him i am doubtful for Saturday he has told me he only has 11 players available and the opposition have a tasty opening bowler so i have agreed to play if I can its my back leg my plan will be to play most balls of the front foot and leave balls outside off and down the legside. Unless there's improvement cannot see myself being able to run though.
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Anyone in London thinking their game might be cancelled tomorrow?...
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Anyone in London thinking their game might be cancelled tomorrow?...
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I'm on the South Coast and wouldn't be surprised if we get called off tomorrow.
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Praying the oppo put the covers on, Mrs is away sods law its rained off! >:(
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This is what I see outside the back door (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/09/quvypady.jpg)
Not looking great....
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ah, t'will pass!
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I did a pitch inspection on the way to work this morning, I turned up and no jokes there was a heron on the outfield!
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Mostly sunny in Worcester with a clear sky and a breeze showers forcast for 1pm and 3pm maximum temperature 71c at around 3pm.
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Playing at a bog today! A ground that has a marked off bog in the outfield during the heights of summer! Never mind after last nights biblical downpour.
Apparently still on so should be fun!
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Not been called off yet and my lift is here in 5 minutes, could be a wasted journey of the oppo call it late...
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Hammered again! No win since the 10th game of last season! #hatecricket
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Up to the seconds today, which is good to play at that standard but I never get to do anything just bowl. Why call me up if I'm not going to do anything? Anyway we were 83 points clear in first place and we were playing second place. We put them into bat after winning the toss, after 13 overs they were 33-1 but after 23 overs they were all out for 57. We chased it down with just one wicket going down.
Overall, it was a successful day for the club with our 1st and 3rd both recording wins.
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Full game in today, and as predicted didn't bowl at all, and batted 10. Oppo bowled out for 130 in 48. We collapsed to 15/4, our Bucks u17 then got 39 and broke the pavilion door window, lucky it was an away game! Another collapse after he was out, helped by some distinctly suspect umpiring. Went in 10 needing 29 to win, batting with number 9, we put on about 15, and then I got an absolute shocker of a trigger. Went back and across from outside leg to middle and leg, ball angled down leg from r/a over, went to turn to midwicket with my front foot back to the crease line but clearly outside leg, and was triggered LBW for 8. Number 11 then run out by 9, and we lost by about 15. To make matters worse, I got an earful from said 9 when I went to pack my bag, and also as he came in from the middle, he booted the wall around the pavilion, and then booted a plastic chair straight into my chest, so I survived the best fast bowler in the league, who got 7 against us, only to get a chair shaped bruise from our opening bowler!
We should have won, but 3 of us got shockers and that ultimately cost us what was a pretty badly spirited game from start to finish. Personally annoyed that the captain didn't trust me to bat, and also didn't bowl me at all, instead using two defensive 'spinners' who hardly do anything with the ball. Very frustrating day all told, hopefully a game tomorrow if the weather is clear!
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We got beaten again today!
Posted 126 all out (I was one of 5 players to get double figures, 10* batting at 11!)
We lost by 5 wickets in 35 overs, I took 2-48 off 10 and rather enjoyed playing 3rd team cricket.
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Full game in today, and as predicted didn't bowl at all, and batted 10. Oppo bowled out for 130 in 48. We collapsed to 15/4, our Bucks u17 then got 39 and broke the pavilion door window, lucky it was an away game! Another collapse after he was out, helped by some distinctly suspect umpiring. Went in 10 needing 29 to win, batting with number 9, we put on about 15, and then I got an absolute shocker of a trigger. Went back and across from outside leg to middle and leg, ball angled down leg from r/a over, went to turn to midwicket with my front foot back to the crease line but clearly outside leg, and was triggered LBW for 8. Number 11 then run out by 9, and we lost by about 15. To make matters worse, I got an earful from said 9 when I went to pack my bag, and also as he came in from the middle, he booted the wall around the pavilion, and then booted a plastic chair straight into my chest, so I survived the best fast bowler in the league, who got 7 against us, only to get a chair shaped bruise from our opening bowler!
We should have won, but 3 of us got shockers and that ultimately cost us what was a pretty badly spirited game from start to finish. Personally annoyed that the captain didn't trust me to bat, and also didn't bowl me at all, instead using two defensive 'spinners' who hardly do anything with the ball. Very frustrating day all told, hopefully a game tomorrow if the weather is clear!
Jesus, hope he apologised! No room for that!
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Jesus, hope he apologised! No room for that!
Not a chance of it. Everyone else thinks he was bang out of order, but he seems to think he can get away with it. If someone had attitude like that in my Sunday team, they wouldn't keep their place in the side, end of!
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Make a complaint to the committee mate. I'd be having strong words at the least I had managed to restrain myself from swinging a bat at his bonce.
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I can't bat anymore
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I can't bat anymore
I never could!! :(
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Not a chance of it. Everyone else thinks he was bang out of order, but he seems to think he can get away with it. If someone had attitude like that in my Sunday team, they wouldn't keep their place in the side, end of!
Punch him.
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We scored 208 for 6 in our 46. It took nearly 4 hours. Then we bowled them out for about 140, I opened the bowling and took 2 for about 17 of 7. Had their highest scorer dropped off me when he was on not a lot. It took us 3.5 hours to bowl 35 overs. Very slow, and had that catch stuck the game would have finished much earlier.
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So I was given out lbw today after hittin it first. I used to think 'oh well, umpires make errors' etc etc.
However, that's now 3 such errors in 9 league innings and 2 more when I've walked myself when the umpire has then said 'I'd not have given it'. I won't lie, even youth the rest of the season has been good all that matters is league and I'm being seen off and it's really making me question if I want to keep playing league cricket tbh. What's the point In playing of you keep getting seen off as it's ruining my enjoyment. Added to that, the team where nasty pieces of work during the game, face the other opener and I massive send offs (I got treated to abuse, foul language and waving in my face) and when reported to the umpire we got told 'I didn't see it I can't report it and I felt it was competitive in nature'. If that's really what is allowed then again, I really can't see the point in playing as it's just uncalled for and it fun. We have to pay these guys too and have no way to report them as the league don't care, don't listen etc.
Just seems totally pointless,
As for the game, we hammered them very easily so it wasn't like they stood a chance.
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Full game in today - we lost by 1 wicket - we should have won.
However, I saw some village stuff today :
The slip cordon holding out their arms to position themselves by their fingertips - several times!
Their bowler screaming "howzaaaaaaat" as he was creamed through the covers.
Their opening bat in silver pads and blue gloves.
However all, of this was mitigated at the end of the game, by them breaking out bottles of Whiskey and soda on a trestle table at the boundary's edge and trying to hand it out to most of our 15 yr olds. Legends!
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Village - I've literally got the T shirt...
http://www.punkcricket.com/Village-Cricketer---Keep-it-Agricultural-t-shirt-details.aspx?ID=33 (http://www.punkcricket.com/Village-Cricketer---Keep-it-Agricultural-t-shirt-details.aspx?ID=33)
;) ;) ;)
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Punch him.
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Not sure that would help! Tango, I actually am on the committee at the moment, although in a limited role as Sunday captain. My mother is on committee and has been informed and shown the marks, another of the committee was not impressed, and the chairman was umpiring and I voiced my displeasure to him! Our 2s don't have a match next week and one of our 'spinners' is away, so I should actually get a bowl next week so I have to be in the same side as him. Chairman will back me up, in my current job I cleaned his carpets on Monday and apparently they came up amazingly, so I am in good favour!
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Their bowler screaming "howzaaaaaaat" as he was creamed through the covers.
One of our bowlers did this today, off a ball that was properly clipped off the legs.
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Close game today. Opened bowling and got wicket on 2nd
ball, and then kept them tied up for remainder of my overs with their overseas pro dropped late on in my spell.
They ended posting 185 for 6. In reply we were always up with the run rate, but kept losing wickets. Had to bat with about 31 needed, and managed to get triggered from the leg spinner pitching outside the line.
As a team ended on 181 when we probably deserved more out of the game.
Edit. Forgot about 1 issue, where one of bowlers was called for a no-ball where the ball hit the stumps half-way up. Turns out the square leg umpire called it when he let go of the ball, rather than when it pass the bat. The guy went on to hit 30odd and swung the game in their favour.
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Chased leather yesterday. The oppo got 273 in 50.
Me and our othe3 opener put on 60 for the first wicket, in 12 overs, before (for the second timeina row) I went back instead of forward and got cleared out for 32. We limped to 85 - 5 off 25 and 165 - 8 off 50. One lad came in and timed it beautifully for an aggressive 64, while at the othe end the chap was 6* in 27 overs!!!.
We have little bowling at the moment and only a top 4 who can score and rotate the bowling. Frustrating
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So I was given out lbw today after hittin it first. I used to think 'oh well, umpires make errors' etc etc.
However, that's now 3 such errors in 9 league innings and 2 more when I've walked myself when the umpire has then said 'I'd not have given it'. I won't lie, even youth the rest of the season has been good all that matters is league and I'm being seen off and it's really making me question if I want to keep playing league cricket tbh. What's the point In playing of you keep getting seen off as it's ruining my enjoyment. Added to that, the team where nasty pieces of work during the game, face the other opener and I massive send offs (I got treated to abuse, foul language and waving in my face) and when reported to the umpire we got told 'I didn't see it I can't report it and I felt it was competitive in nature'. If that's really what is allowed then again, I really can't see the point in playing as it's just uncalled for and it fun. We have to pay these guys too and have no way to report them as the league don't care, don't listen etc.
Just seems totally pointless,
As for the game, we hammered them very easily so it wasn't like they stood a chance.
Understand your frustration at the moment and why it's you feel it's no longer fun to play made worse by poor decisions by not interested gutless umpires who refuse to get involved.But don't let any of it get to you or allow it to ruin your enjoyment rise above the morons we have to play against think about what's good and why you play and continue to play the game in the right spirit.
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Good win yesterday bowled the opposition out for 123 opened the batting and had batting practice for 18 overs then gave away my wicket with the score 40 for 1to give team mates a bat who had not had a bowl. Knee hurts this morning though.
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Today was supposed to be the biggest game of our year.
The MCC. They always send down a gun team, so the HAC respond in kind with the core of our best plus a handful of bells.
Sadly, this is not the most democratic process, but this year there has been a very positive change. Us (older) members got a look.
All week I've been on holiday, surfing and sunning myself in mid 20's blazing sun, all for today. What happens? It absolutely throws it down!
My first game for the HAC against the MCC, washed out. Never mind. It's the gym and working for me this afternoon.
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Good win for us yesterday against Chard, Keiron (BulldogCricket) opened the bowling against me and I was stumped off a wide from his 2nd ball! We hit 208 and bowled them out for 154, I took a pretty sharp catch at slip which I was happy with. Didn't bowl great, 5-1-25-0 but a crucial win for us
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One of our bowlers did this today, off a ball that was properly clipped off the legs.
That said, we had one of these given a few weeks back - the ball apparently brushed the front pad on the way to the middle of the bat and was in line with middle. Bowler and umpire the only two who saw it, batsman walked without complaint...
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We threw a game away yesterday. Chasing 149, all out for 103. What a waste of a day!
Got bowled 4th ball of the innings from a left armer who made it pitch leg and hit off.
Cricket is a crap game and I hate it!
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Our oppo threw it away yesterday - 145-2 chasing 219 they only managed 178.
Admittedly there was some blatant cheating behind them only being two down. In one of the strangest incidents of my 24 years I was deemed "a cheat"...I was surprised to hear this because I didn't recall anything happening - turned out that mid knock I'd had a big swing at a wide one and missed it by a mile - no one appealed, but the keeper later swore blind that there had been a noise, so I was told I should have walked, despite a) not hitting it and b) there being no appeal!
To say that we were happy to get the win would be an understatement.
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Square leg umpire Saturday called a no ball on height to a bouncer that went past the batsmans shoulder - I asked what he had given the no ball for and he said that it was for height.
The Non Strikers end umpire then asked for a chat with the square leg umpire.
Proceed Square leg umpire apologising and I quote " Sorry Gents didn't see it bounce, Thought it was a beamer"
And we pay forty quid for that !!
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It must have got to that time in the season when every batsman is now totting up how many bad LBW calls they've had against them this season, I am about to do the same as I got my 2nd stinker in 3 weeks being 2 yards down the track. However having now viewed the Test Match highlights from Saturday, it wasn't as bad Rod Tucker's decision against Pujara or the one I got 2 weeks prior.
I suppose what really frustrated me was that I had missed out on at least 6 rank half volleys outside offstump which I would normally despatch into orbit and out of the ground but the wicket was so slow that it was a struggle to time anything. I also don't think it helped that I had been down to the bowling machine the previous night (Friday) and been whacking those Bola balls to all parts of the virtual cricket field, albeit on a much faster, bouncier surface. Anyhow I'm pleased to say the afternoon was not a total disaster as I successfully executed my first ever reverse sweep !!
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It must have got to that time in the season when every batsman is now totting up how many bad LBW calls they've had against them this season
3 bad LBWs, a dodgy run out and a caught behind I hadn't hit.
Without those my average might have even made double figures this year!!
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In 9 league games.. 3 lbws that I've hit and twice I've walked when I've nicked it and both times the umpire said he wouldn't have given me out!!. So a) I don't cheat and if I say I've hit it I've hit it.. B) 5 bad calls in 9 innings is a shocking indication of how bad umpiring is, regardless of what people say.
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Learn to play to the whistle or you will go nuts.
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I have to admit the standard of "neutral" umpiring this season has been shocking. I think bad decisions across our team and oppo is pretty level so there is no bitterness on my part. I think i've only had one stinker (my opinion of course) but there has been some really poor umpiring decisions!
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I have to admit the standard of "neutral" umpiring this season has been shocking. I think bad decisions across our team and oppo is pretty level so there is no bitterness on my part. I think i've only had one stinker (my opinion of course) but there has been some really poor umpiring decisions!
This is only my fourth season and I've played wih paid umpires the whole time and this season they are shocking. However this is the lowest league I've ever played in too so I suspect I've had to have the dregs doing it. It's ok though, next year we've got the team promoted and should be starting the climb in to better umpires again.
Thank god. I thought it be easier to score going down divisions.. It's been harder!! Lack of pace, no leg side wides and crap umpiring :(
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The problem with umpires in league cricket, I find, is that the majority tend to be from the older generation. And whilst they tend to harp on about their experience, they tend to forget what leaves them with age. The senses of sight and sound.
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The problem with umpires in league cricket, I find, is that the majority tend to be from the older generation. And whilst they tend to harp on about their experience, they tend to forget what leaves them with age. The senses of sight and sound.
I'm coming around to the theory of them just wanting to justify being there and get involved.
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I really only found fell across my first point when I (very occasional umpire) stood with a relatively high level umpire in a Sunday game, for him to comment that he couldn't see our rather large tv screen in the club from about 10ft
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Had an experience this week where going into the last over we need 6 to win with 2 wickets left. I hit the first ball for 4 then next ball triggered LBW by their umpire despite only 1 appeal from the keeper as everyone else heard the wooden noise. Luckily didn't cost us the game as the next ball went through the keeper for byes but still not happy
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Jebus - game cancelled for sat already!
Only got 7 players due to holidays and bloody football!
First team are struggling as well so 2nds get gubbed!
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Football season starts far too early, pros should start in sept and amateur october! We had 38 players missing last week and not much better this week.
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Playing against a club on Saturday who dropped there 2ND team at the end of last season league rules then dropped them this season 3 divisions lower no wonder they are top.
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played tonight the rain stopped at 545 so on the astro hit 30 got a tight calf so didnt run much. bowled off 2 paces and took 1 wicket so overall a good game
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Interesting midweek games this week on Wednesday and Thursday night. Played on same pitch, indeed same wicket both evenings and lost by 2 runs last night but managed to win with 2 balls to spare tonight. Both matches were incredibly similar as team batting first last night successfully defended 51 while tonight another failed with 55. Definitely a bowler friendly wicket.
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Anyone in Hampshire, tonight is the SEPL T20 final at the Ageas Bowl - Lymington vs South Wilts. Its a floodlit night game starting at 7pm; free entry and parking and the bar is open!
And yes, I have been selected! :)
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Anyone in Hampshire, tonight is the SEPL T20 final at the Ageas Bowl - Lymington vs South Wilts. Its a floodlit night game starting at 7pm; free entry and parking and the bar is open!
And yes, I have been selected! :)
I'll get to watch you carry the drinks play tonight then!
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£4.20 a pint, just cost me a small fortune at the bar!!
Anyway South Wilts 184 off their 20
Lymington 18-1 from 3 overs
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Lymo 55-5 off 10
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Lymington 78 all out
South wilts win by 106 runs
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Ouch, which side does pieman play for?
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Ouch, which side does pieman play for?
Lymington :-[
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Lymington 78 all out
South wilts win by 106 runs
Close game then :(
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Nightmare. At least he can console himself with a beer. Mind you they aren't much more expensive than I pay where I live!
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Playing against top of the division today inspected the pitch it's a green top with grass dew and the forcast for Worcester is cloud cover till 6pm its going to a test against the new ball as it will pitch swing dip hit the seam and fly around so foot to the pitch of the ball play late with the full face let the ball come to me etc all the joys of opening the batting.
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Home already
Bowled the oppo out for 136 in 30 overs (I took 3-45 off 10, a 13 Year Old took a 4 fer, 2 for our opener and a run out)
Chased them down for 4 in 35 overs.
Good days cricket, my foot is held together with kenisio tape but I won't complain ;)
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Forgot to mention, got a stumping off one that turned and beat the inside edge, then clean bowled someone with a doosra that beat the outside edge! Was happy with that! :D
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Forgot to mention, got a stumping off one that turned and beat the inside edge, then clean bowled someone with a doosra that beat the outside edge! Was happy with that! :D
Thought you was a leg spinner???
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Forgot to mention, got a stumping off one that turned and beat the inside edge, then clean bowled someone with a doosra that beat the outside edge! Was happy with that! :D
Don't tell me you've started throwing mate! LOL (it's irony tha knaws - I'll get me coat :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D).
Don't forget I'm proper village! ;)
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Thought you was a leg spinner???
No mate, always been an off spinner. I've got a bit of a leg spinney action apparently (think tight handed Paul Adams lol!) :)
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Another rubbish day. Pretty much every factor that contributes me not enjoy playing for my clubs 2nd XI came to light today.
People blaming each other for stuff when it's their fault. Awkward silence at tea. Crap shot selection. Boring openers. Playing teams that are better than us. Having to fetch a ball in a pile of old grass trimmings full of mud and bacteria too. Soiling a whole boot as a result of aforementioned pile. Failing with the bat due to higher standard of bowling.
Can't wait for this season to be over!!! Definitely finding a new club over the winter!
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Conned out of my wicket today the ball hit me in my batting box and carried to the wicket keeper who along with the slips appealed for a caught behind as I was remarking my guard the keeper said to me the umpire has given you out so i took his word for it and walked off. At the end of the match the umpire said to me I did not give you out as I knew you had not hit it.
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Played 2nd bottom of the league and they had covers etc.. However, the wicket was very very very wet and it's just not been that wet in the last 2 days :( No way they'd moved the covers either as the grass hadn't been disturbed so they did do a tactic that a few of us had mused about.. create a dog track, win the toss (hopefully) and insert and stand a chance..
They did all 3
their bowling is very plod but in fairness they do bowl accurately and with swing, so on a dog track, popping and staying low etc it's a nightmare. I finally got one that popped, caught the very shoulder of the bat an looped to close gully :( still, least I wasn't given out LBW when hitting it again :)
Their reply was laughable, openers came out like a lot of players in the modern league.. just looking to mash it and no real ability to actually play each ball on its merits.. sure enough, one came off and got 40 ish.. the rest failed completely. one guy at 5 lost them the game though as he blocked and blocked and just allowed the rate to rise to 20+ an over... and still he blocked..
Overall, easy win. You don't really have to try to take wickets against the modern batsmen I've found as all they want to do is hit everything and it goes in the air a lot.. aka.. catch time. then they look all unlucky and crest fallen when they've got out... no fellas.. it's crap batting.
overall, good day for team.. 10 out of 10 and the league wrapped up. Two games left and we've decided to mess around for the last two games.. so as an opener.. it looks like i'll be opening the bowling for 2 weeks!! oh boy, this will be amusing and not go well.
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had a great game today, scored my first century with my B&S gear and it also happens to be my highest score. We were playing against Hurley CC, we won the toss and batted on a really nice batting track, however there was still a bit in it if you bowled well. Myself and the other opener put on a 165 opening stand and batted really well, he then fell for 94 - holed out in the deep. then our youngest player came to the crease, at just 13 he is a great prospect. however today was not his day and he fell to an incredible diving catch at gully. at this stage we were 166 -2, again, in walked another junior player, who batted really well and made 34*. We finished on 280-3 with me falling on the last ball for 132.
In reply the oppo made just 186-5 and therefore we won, it was a successful game all round and to top it off i took a catch. Oh and the beer after the game was lovely :P marlow brewery IPA.
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Played against IJC Paul's team in a friendly on saturday. They scored 243 from their 45 overs, we knocked it off 3 down in about 32 overs.
I didn't bat, bowled a few pies and managed to bowl one of Paul's teammates out with a double bouncing offie...
Paul had 15 or so overs of Pad rash before being out first ball
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Not a good weekend for me!
10 overs 3-45 on Saturday and a DNB
Yesterday 18* off 22 balls and 1 wicket (no idea how many runs or overs, but certain I went at less than a run a ball!)
I also shat myself repeatedly fielding at suicidal cover under a lid!
To top it off I chased a ball to the boundary and threw the ball in, but as I released the throw my left foot got stuck in the ground (it had rained heavily so was soft). The result, I saved 1 run, ended up with a rolled ankle and a job to walk!
At least we won both games I guess... :(
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We struggled again on Saturday, batting first hit only 159 all out in 49 overs. I hit 36 from 40 opening the batting against a couple of Hampshire 2nd XI bowlers.
In reply, the oppo knocked them off fairly easily, 3 down in 35 overs. Somerset's (or ex Somerset should I say) Chris Jones hit a steady 65* to get them across the line.
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ive only got 2 games left in the season this wednesday night and our sunday tour game on the 31st august. cant wait for next season hopefully i will get a many more saturdays off so i can play in our new league side
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Tour this weekend to Devon, I can hardly wait! I'm still injured but I'm going to try get a game in anyway.
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Did not put myself down for selection today for the penultimate match of the season due to going on holiday.Skipper rang this morning down to 8 players overnight disappointing as the club as a slim chance of winning the division but more likely to finish third not a bad return when the club as played most of the matches this season with 8 9 & 10 players and lost by just a few runs or a wicket.
Still win the toss today and field 1st then shower and leave for holiday at the end of the match hopefully following an early finish.
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Time to go get hammered again then!
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Time to go get hammered again then!
Likewise, we are bottom and playing top and as luck would have it their Durham player has been made available for them, brilliant.
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We came a distant 2nd today!
Opposition 315 all out from 45.
Skipper took 4-61 off his 10.
I went 7 overs, 1 maiden 2-56 (over 8 an over I know!) :(
Batting we were 158 all out
Skipper scored 115 (not a bad day for him!)
And I was 2nd top scorer with 12* - not our best display!
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Didn't play last week as lost interest and decided to do other things.
Got convinced to play today, so had a net wed to get me in the mood, it went well.
Ended up opening today, and got 70 of 91balls, putting on a 136run opening partnership.
We made 267for 6 of 46overs.
They made 212 for 9 in reply. Took a decent gully catch too.
Happier today with my cricket, but still looking forward to next year!
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Played for the 2nd XI yesterday in a top of the table clash, and played against this guy
http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/47520.html (http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/47520.html)
At one point he had a 9-0 field, just everything was on the spot. We ended up getting 168 for 9 off our 50 overs which we thought was about 20 runs short, but we bowled them out for 102
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Played for the twos on the weekend, managed to get a bowl this week and took a wicket with my first ball, ended with 3-1-4-1.
We ended up bowling them out for 78 with our opening bowler taking 7-13, and then our two openers both my age (16) went out and chased it without loss scoring 41 and 29.
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Says file not found.
Edit - in reply to Matt
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Says file not found.
Edit - in reply to Matt
Strange, see if it works now.
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Lost by 68 runs on saturday as their skipper came in and swung at everything, and pretty much middled everything (Should be in his clubs 1sts not 2nds if you ask me!!) Opened the batting, scored 9 with 2 4s over the top until I played a very lazy block and gated myself off the inside edge. Fuming!!
Sunday we played Standard Athletic Cricket Club from France as they were touring us this year! SACC won the toss and scored 243 all out from 54 overs. We chased it down with roughly 15 overs to go after our opener smashed 56 inside the first 10 overs! I came in at number 5 hobbling on pretty much one leg (struggling with shin splint at the moment) and myself and the no.7 put on 104, mostly thanks to his whirlwind 71 whilst I couldn't get it off the square I nudged the ball into gaps for 1s and 2s. Ended up seeing us home on 26* off 63 balls (Should have been 27 as my first run was off the glove and given as a leg bye!) Didn't hit a single boundary but didn't need to as my parters were doing the hard work!
Really enjoyed the challenge
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We got a bit of a leathering on Saturday.Took 3 wickets in 4 balls but had a stinker with the bat scoring 5 getting caught at long on.The end of the season cant come quick enough then get fitter and look forward to indoor nets.Missing the first half of the season has messed me up a bit >:(
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Saturday - Was 1-50 off 25 overs then 1-76 off 26 overs. Not great. We got the points we needed as a team for promotion though and got promoted!
Sunday - Played for the league rep side. Was bowled third ball with a yorker by a kid I teach (Will never hear the end of it) but took 3-20 off 12 so made up for it a bit.
2 league games left... Hopefully (Weather dependent)!
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God bless the rain....we scored 218 for 8 in 52 about 50 below par on a green but rock hard deck. Oppo were cruising at 150 for 1 going into the last 20 overs when the rain came down. They ended up needing needing 69 off 6 overs they lost a couple of wickets, the game was drawn but somehow we walked away with more points. Usually this would be a little embarrassing, but as a few in their team had been very verbal, especially 2nd slip who had called everyone of our batsman a c*nt and their young Essex bowler shoulder barged me when taking a single, the fact we took more points than them felt like a moral victory :D They were mostly a decent team, but for a few idiots .
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So I have just finished my first season in 12 years (since I was a kid), and I have to say it was a baptism of fire.
I was roped into playing for a small village seconds team by my boss at work. As I hadn't played for quite a few years I expected absolutely nothing, and delivered just that. First game, out for a first ball duck and a dropped catch for the lads to remember me by I started thinking this was all a massive mistake.
Fast forward to now and I have played my last game, I scored some runs, I kept wicket and I really started enjoying the game again. So much so to the fact, I am genuinely gutted that the season is over.
I am really looking forward to the winter and improving my game, so if anybody in Cornwall fancies doing a regular twice a month net in Truro until Christmas please let me know.
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Today is the clubs last game of 2014 not sure if we have 11 players but the club needs 17 points from a maximum of 24 available from todays away match to be certain of 3rd place in the division.
The forcast for Worcestershire is sunny and cloudy with a top temperature of 65 degrees.
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Last league game of the season and it's called off due to stupidity.
I've now got a cricket tea to get rid of and no game...
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We are due to play at a notoriously bad ground for drainage.After yesterdays and this mornings rain I would be very surprised if we get on at all.
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Doesn't seem that long ago that I started this thread and now it's passed 1000 posts. Last league game of our season today and lost by 4 wickets to the team in 2nd place. We batted first and made 179 from 46 overs on a low/slow track. Played an Asian side today and they had good slow bowlers and in addition a fairly sharp opening bowler. Managed to get to 39 before being bowled in silly fashion. I was looking at the ground when the bowler ran in and as I looked up ball was looping towards me managed to miss it in blind panic. Umpire said he hadn't seen me looking down so said on your way.
They started at a quick rate and were 80-1 off 10 but then our spinners came on and did a great job keeping it very tight and picking up wickets along the way. Our openers were quality of bowling too short on a track not offering much. Anyway they hit the winning run in the 41st over.
So my league season finished with me as the the top league run scorer at our club and 4th in the league overall with 516 league runs at a touch above 35 which as an opener I'll take in a season which in my view favoured the bowlers as a lot of pitches were very green start of the year and very dry in the middle of the season.
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Well we got on about a hour late.To be honest I don't think the pitch was playable.We easily won in the end.After skittling them out for 73 we chasrd it down from 9 overs.Had my first taste of opening the batting today as the skip put me up to try getting a quick start.I must say I didn't mind it althouth got out trying to pull one and top edged it straight up and caught behind.Ive asked can I have another crack at it next week in our final game
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Good end to the season today, me and another forum member had an 80 partnership with the bat and then a shootout at the end for the leading wicket takers title!
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Scored 62 on 1 leg after my hamstring went while fielding. I've felt in such good form the last few weeks that I'm opening up irrelevant of my fitness. Seeing it like a beach ball from ball one
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Won the league today :)
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Won the league today :)
Congrats Jake. Not a bad start for the new club!
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That's my season done. 277 runs, well pleased, my best prior to that was around 160. Ended up with about 14-15 wickets too I believe. We got beaten badly yesterday, lost the toss and inserted on a very sticky dog. Was swinging a lot in cloudy conditions and going off the seam, got off the mark with a nice straight/off drive for 4 and a pull to long leg too. Got to 15 before one stuck in the pitch on a full length and I didn't go through with the shot and it went straight up. In the end 3 of us got to double figures...15...30 and 18. 91 all out. Had worse days though.
Then proceeded to sweat my tits off at the pub as they put on a hot chilli and nachos, which I drowned with a few pints of stowfords, so today I am feeling rather fragile!
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Promoted yesterday and need 6 points from 20 to be definite champions!
I have chance a great couple of weeks and I feel I have a great chance of achieving personal goals, qualifying for league batting award though I am short of winning this. And qualifying for the keeping award which I feel I have a chance of winning!
Problem, my aim has been getting the seconds up, now were promoted the firsts want me! Big step up and I do love a challenge!
Do I go and play firsts or chase my personal goals????
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23* off 11 balls today including a slog sweep that went miles!
Typical, struggled with the bat all season, when I finally do find some form it's when theres 3 games left!
On the bright side my last 3 innings have been 10*, 18*, 12* & 23* so my average should be join in the right direction (sadly it's too little too late when you've already collected your olympic rings for the season!)
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Finished the season on a high note for myself yesterday, scoring my first ever hundred for the 1st XI. 108 from 120 balls wasn't enough for us to win the game, but I was still pretty pleased to finally convert a 50 into 3 figures. A month or so ago I was really doubting my own ability and wondered whether i should just play 2nd team cricket, but since then I've got 62,36,14,108 which is a good feeling!
Also managed to snick off a batsman who's played first class cricket this year for a duck, with my part time legspin which was a bonus!
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Finished the season on a high note for myself yesterday, scoring my first ever hundred for the 1st XI. 108 from 120 balls wasn't enough for us to win the game, but I was still pretty pleased to finally convert a 50 into 3 figures. A month or so ago I was really doubting my own ability and wondered whether i should just play 2nd team cricket, but since then I've got 62,36,14,108 which is a good feeling!
Also managed to snick off a batsman who's played first class cricket this year for a duck, with my part time legspin which was a bonus!
Nice one dude. Played at yours today, my god it's tiny!! Way to easy to hit 4/6's :(
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We were promoted yesterday in a festival of high quality cricket... We bowled them out for 131 and we knocked it off 9 down with one ball left. We need to win two out of the last four games to secure the title.
I can't believe some of you have already finished your seasons!
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We were promoted yesterday in a festival of high quality cricket... We bowled them out for 131 and we knocked it off 9 down with one ball left. We need to win two out of the last four games to secure the title.
I can't believe some of you have already finished your seasons!
Crap isn't it, west of England and glos in particular suck. Should play all apr and sept too tbh. I've asked our club to put forward the league starts in apr, then any cancelled games get tagged on at the end.. So hopefully all games get played and it makes the leagues much better for a start and means more games get played. Im sure some who want to play other sports might moan but their team can just get another player in, no biggie.. Of anything, might find who has the better squads rather than good bare 11's etc
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Crap isn't it, west of England and glos in particular suck. Should play all apr and sept too tbh.
Well in my league we traditionally play from the 2 week in April to the 2nd week in September... Saying that, we do have 28 league games plus cup and inter-league games, so it's a lot of cricket to fit in.
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Well in my league we traditionally play from the 2 week in April to the 2nd week in September... Saying that, we do have 28 league games plus cup and inter-league games, so it's a lot of cricket to fit in.
Yes same as I did in northants but down here they seem a bit backward.. Plus, a few clubs seem to pander to football a bit too much
I was talking to the skipper of the Sunday side we played and we got chatting about draw cricket, I said I liked it for various reasons and me he said he hated it as it's boring.. Then preceded to slog everything.. I then knew why he found draw crixket boring :(
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Well in my league we traditionally play from the 2 week in April to the 2nd week in September... Saying that, we do have 28 league games plus cup and inter-league games, so it's a lot of cricket to fit in.
Wow , I would love to be in this league, we only play 17-19 league games , plus two or three friendlies prior to the league games. Now our season is over and it's going to be a long winder till next season starts.
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Got our last league game coming up this weekend, we threw away promotion a couple of weeks ago, due to lack of availability. Youngsters going to festivals and numerous holidays, no commitment! >:(
Strange to see some leagues have already finished.
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Nice one dude. Played at yours today, my god it's tiny!! Way to easy to hit 4/6's :(
At Minehead?! Definitely not tiny down here, maybe mistaking me for someone else lol
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Played a game last week just a few hours after an 11 hour flight from Malaysia for the 2s, scored a magnificent 1* off 2 balls, but I fielded like a bit of a don, if I daresay so myself...
Was then so stiff all week that I could barely walk (I imagine because mountain hiking and rainforest work require different muscle sets!)...
Ended up in the 1s against Nuneaton on Saturday, actually ended in a tie! More interestingly, however, was a certain Ashley Giles playing for them. First Ex-England player I've played against. In other news, I fielded decently, but did nothing useful otherwise whatsoever.
End of my season :(.
Back in Cornwall now...
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More interestingly, however, was a certain Ashley Giles playing for them. First Ex-England player I've played against.
And how did the King of Spain perform?
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I've finally been seen by the specialist regarding my knee injury I picked up at the end of June which effectively ended my season, turns out I tore the Posterior Cruciate Ligament in my left knee. The race is on to get fit for next season.
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http://nuneaton.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11952998 (http://nuneaton.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11952998)
Mr Giles. 0 runs and worst bowling figures in the side...
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[url]http://nuneaton.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11952998[/url] ([url]http://nuneaton.play-cricket.com/view_results_details?id=11952998[/url])
Mr Giles. 0 runs and worst bowling figures in the side...
No change there then ;)
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I hope Giles isn't playing as a paid pro!
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Seems to have been going pretty well with the ball in previous games.
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At Minehead?! Definitely not tiny down here, maybe mistaking me for someone else lol
Ah yes, I do appologise
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He bowled well at the end of the innings, frustratingly! It was a more a single bad shot than anything, an awkward skewed cut low to point, but he hit the ball more than me anyway! Just gutted that I've only played 2 games all season :(
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My first "Tour" tomorrow, leaving at 7.20am
Isle of Wight look out!! ;)
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My last net tonight.
Last league game sat, and then a friendly in York Sunday, and that's 2014 done. Thank god and good riddance,
Bring on 2015
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My last net tonight.
Last league game sat, and then a friendly in York Sunday, and that's 2014 done. Thank god and good riddance,
Bring on 2015
We got some netting to do now mate from october onwards ????
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We got some netting to do now mate from october onwards ????
Last team net, happy to attend many over winter.
Tonight's was at dotball!
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Won the league today :)
(http://www.srsn.co.uk/_assets/Managed/Images/NewsSlideShow/Ketton%20Lions%20celebration.jpg)
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The bloke sitting next to the dark fella on the end was a top laugh on tour!
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Jake, that is some BRAVE kit!!!!
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Jake, that is some BRAVE kit!!!!
Always a bit out there with our pink kits.
(http://i.imgur.com/I1KEloql.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/mttz7WEl.jpg)
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Last home game of the season today, got confirmed as champions of the league during the week!
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Well last game of the season today,unfotunately ended in defeat.Had my second crack at opening which I must say I love.Only made 25 today with a few good drives and cuts but got bowled pre meditating a single to cover.Not enjoyed this season as much as last mainly due to missing all of indoor nets and up to mid june due to the surgery I had last October.Main goal now is to shed a few stone and get fit.Roll on Jan/Feb for indoor nets
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Still 6 friendlies to go, close defeat in the last over yesterday in a cracking game where everyone on the pitch contributed something. Wicket was bloody wet though for some reason :(
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Won yesterday which more or less has us runners up in the league. 2 games to go. Cup final today against the team who is leading the league, must win game for us!!
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My last net tonight.
Last league game sat, and then a friendly in York Sunday, and that's 2014 done. Thank god and good riddance,
Bring on 2015
Where you playing today?
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Is 1st team Kent premier league a decent standard?
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Last game of the league season yesterday. Got 50 opening the batting (should have got more but got over confident) then took 5-34 including 3 caught and bowled from my 10 overs. Incidentally that was the 2nd time I bowled all season
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So the season is over. And im kinda glad in terms of my cricket. And looking forward to 2015. Make a fresh start.
The league season finished with a whimper. Rain in the morning meant a damp pitch. And the oppo doing as much as hey could to ensure it was off. Despite the umps trying. The oppo refusal to play on the artificial meant season over.
So off we went to york early, watched our sunday oppo play in the rain. And then asked to come off the pitch while the air ambulance landed!
Cricketing first for me.
We then went out in to town and got rather drunk.
Sunday came with both sides pretty hungover. Mine last longer when I ran myself out after 5 balls. Woohoo. Half expected it this year.
We end up on 258 for 9 off 40. And the oppo all out 170. Good game played in good spirit.
As I ended up umpiring. I filmed while I was out there. So highlights here.
Hmm vs ycscc 175 partnership highlights: http://youtu.be/oO-o0JaqQUc (http://youtu.be/oO-o0JaqQUc)
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Played a friendly yesterday , despite my back locking up Saturday morning,,
Was not too bad batting,think I got 70ish,, weird how the pain subsided once I put some pads on?
But fielding was a little comical, as I couldn't even walk? Let alone bend down to pick the ball up.
Got the last league game Saturday and a six a side comp Sunday so a chiropractor gotta be visited ASAP
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Played my last LMS game tonight
And we won by 3 runs in the almost pitch black, on a personal note I bowled 4 overs for jot many and took 2 wickets
Batting wise I opened and made 50 not out using my BB hulk bat sounded immense and lent it to another batsman who made 49 and out.
Good night had by all
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My season came to an end nearly three weeks ago, was just about to get my big break and play as a full time bowler, rather than the team playing me as a middle order batsman.
First off, had a collision in the field and landed on my left shoulder and back. Struggled to get up, felt as if I was winded, and a lot of pain in the shoulder and back, played through it as it didn't feel bad.
Next up, I was fielding at third man, and the ball was going to fine leg, but I had to go and chase it as my team mate was slow to pick it up, dived for it, once I got up, my leg went inside, then outside, and then cracked. Couldn't put weight on the right foot and was out of the game.
Went to A&E, after a long 6 hour wait, was told nothing was wrong and that it should be fine after 2 weeks. Went back to the doctors yesterday since it's been more than two weeks and not healed, they I've torn a ligament in the foot along with a fracture, and ligament damage on the shoulder.
Out for 2 months now, but seasons near an end, but missed three games! :(
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My season came to an end nearly three weeks ago, was just about to get my big break and play as a full time bowler, rather than the team playing me as a middle order batsman.
First off, had a collision in the field and landed on my left shoulder and back. Struggled to get up, felt as if I was winded, and a lot of pain in the shoulder and back, played through it as it didn't feel bad.
Next up, I was fielding at third man, and the ball was going to fine leg, but I had to go and chase it as my team mate was slow to pick it up, dived for it, once I got up, my leg went inside, then outside, and then cracked. Couldn't put weight on the right foot and was out of the game.
Went to A&E, after a long 6 hour wait, was told nothing was wrong and that it should be fine after 2 weeks. Went back to the doctors yesterday since it's been more than two weeks and not healed, they I've torn a ligament in the foot along with a fracture, and ligament damage on the shoulder.
Out for 2 months now, but seasons near an end, but missed three games! :(
Yeah in my experience, A&E is a waste of time unless you require something for the pain/have an obvious break or dislocation. I have been twice this season, both have given me wrong diagnosis' after 4+ hour waits and required a visit to the GP to get seen to properly. You are much better off getting an emergency appointment with your doctor.
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Yeah in my experience, A&E is a waste of time unless you require something for the pain/have an obvious break or dislocation. I have been twice this season, both have given me wrong diagnosis' after 4+ hour waits and required a visit to the GP to get seen to properly. You are much better off getting an emergency appointment with your doctor.
First time I've been to A&E since I was four when half of my ear was hanging off!
Funny thing is, there was a middle aged man maybe a bit older who came in got his x ray in 5 minutes, and then results soon after despite not looking as if he had no problem.
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Just like to say thanks to forum members ProCricketer1982 and qasim_aziz99 for guesting for us today in our last match of the season. I suspect it was an experience they'll remember for many years to come, especially our 3rd change bowler who is somewhat unique to the game of cricket.
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First Saturday of the off season, missing it already! :(
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Promoted today and broken the 40 wicket barrier for the league season - strange game! Bowled them out for 109 on a green strip, then collapsed to 22 for 5. Put a few on for the 8th wicket to leave 20 to get until another collapse putting us on 91 for 9, smacked a 4 to tie the scores only for our number 11 to decide to attempt a single next ball which I pushed firmly to mid wicket and run himself out! Enough points to go up with a game to spare but very hollow feeling not to win the match.
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Got three Saturday's off until all starts again for me. With a side strain for the past 3 weeks, hoping that it'll all clear up by then and be fit enough ready to bowl.
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Lost today they got 256-9 we got 246 all out lost by 8 runs but we only had 10 players. Our two openers got 104 and 43 respectively and one of bowlers got four wickets in one over including a hattrick.
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Played my first proper Sat league game yesterday. Was last game of season, promotion secured already.
Against top, winner takes league title.
As a lad that used to open for the team, I batted 10, that's how strong our line up was.
We got bowled out for 98 (me 5 red). They won by 8 wickets.
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Season over now, unfortunately we lost our last game which was a cup final yesterday. We did better than expected really as we beat two sides above us in the league to get to the final. In the final we played Hallam 3rd team who have just won the division above us so we were expected to have no chance.
Bowled well to restrict them to 170 all out off 45, aside from me as I gave away 31 off my 4.1 overs. Really disappointing even if it was the last few overs as I just didn't bowl anything decent. Hadn't Bowled for about 5 weeks but still rubbish, add to that a dropped catch and a generally poor fielding and I was seriously considering retirement at tea.
We were our usual over aggressive selves when batting and ended up about 90 all out. I batted OK and got 33 which has just about convinced me to keep playing.
Overall not too bad a season, 349 runs at just under 22 but very poor with the ball again. After playing at Hallam on a far better track than our ground and feeling comfortable batting against higher division bowlers I'm now tempted to swap club's. Whilst I like playing for my current side I'm tempted to move to Hallam as I think playing on a better track will help my batting and netting each week instead of playing a midweek game may finally help me bowl properly again. I'm not expecting to play at anything above their 3rd team but I think I'm capable of playing for them.
Big decision so if anyone on here plays for Hallam in Sheffield or knows what they're like please let me know.
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I played golf yesterday & today.
As I was going round I thought what nice weather for cricket it would've been...
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Penultimate game today and as usual after a lovely week of hot sun by lunch time during the week today was damp, humid and no sun and by 12:30 last nights rain was still on the outfield as a thin layer. Playing local side. Hartley country club who had 2 first team county prem players (one is about to be coach at Hong Kong CC) and. 3-4 county prem div 2 players we elected to play 2xT20 games.
They batted first and there was some of the best hitting iv seen all year for said mentioned players was in the 8th over a ball finally beat the bat and came to me keeping. Was honestly great to watch but bowlers didn't think so. Any way long story short we got hammered in both but everybody got a decent game and I managed a few more runs. Used my new GN vortex and the thing just rockets balls to the boundary so pleased there.
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Had the Bucks Challenge Cup final last weekend, came back from uni to play. Batted on a seemingly flat wicket, but because of the rain the night before it was anything but! I went in at 8, 115 on the board with 9 overs left of our 45. Injured my back/shoulder getting my head out the way of a bouncer, got caught for 7 shortly after. We lost inside 22 overs, I got 0-26 off 5, whilst our opening bowler went for 58 from 5.5, as we lost by 10 wickets. Bit of a waste of time and petrol heading back really, as I could have been helping out at my uni sports teams fresher taster session.
Weekend before I played a couple of friendlies, first one got 1 wicket and 23, including two sixes over the pavilion. On the Sunday I opened up, got 90 before being caught going inside out against a leg spinner. Kept when we fielded (it was against the team that I had concerns against a while back), and we won by 38 defending 278. Only let 1 bye in 37 overs so I was pretty pleased, and everyone got a decent game so I was a happy captain with a happy team :)
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Had my first game of the season yesterday (missed round one). I don't normally bowl but I came on just before tea to try something different and maybe pick up a wicket. Managed to grab a wicket and because it was part way through the over and tea I finished the over after and continued on. Ended up bowling 15 straight, 3 wickets for 33 runs. Decent return. My back and shoulder are stiff now tho. The oppo ended up on 250ish 9 down off their 80 overs. If we bat well next week we can get them. The ground is small and a good batting deck.
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Had my first game of the season yesterday (missed round one). I don't normally bowl but I came on just before tea to try something different and maybe pick up a wicket. Managed to grab a wicket and because it was part way through the over and tea I finished the over after and continued on. Ended up bowling 15 straight, 3 wickets for 33 runs. Decent return. My back and shoulder are stiff now tho. The oppo ended up on 250ish 9 down off their 80 overs. If we bat well next week we can get them. The ground is small and a good batting deck.
You play the game over two weekends?
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Think that is depending on state of league. When I was in perth we played 90 overs each over 2 weekends. More patient batting and bowling and a hell of a lot longer in the field!!
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Not sure if I had a great or a total C**p season.
On the plus side.
As the club I helped found two years ago, the first team won Division one of the OCA, the Airey Cup and the OCA's T20 (first side ever to win all three), the First team has also been nominated for the team of the year in the Oxfordshire Sports Awards. On top of that the second team won Division 8 of the OCA.
The Down side
I faced 30 BALLS and Score a miserable 17 runs all season. I bowled 3.2 overs for 15 Runs and 3 wickets.
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You play the game over two weekends?
Yes. Essentially its 160 overs, split between 2 Saturday's. Team batting first can only bat for 80 of those. In theory its a 2 innings per side game. But it very rarely gets to a 4th innings, sometimes 3rd. You can get a win (winning 1st innings) and then also get an outright win (win first and second innings) or reverse outright (lose first innings win 2nd).
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I had a great season! 24 wickets in the season and won Sunday player of the Year at my club! :D
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Scored my first duck of the season yesterday :-[. Made up for it in bowling taking 2-29
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Weekend went well, 229no in a forty over game, all with a full kit of H4l, some shameless self promotion here
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/63483732/Club-cricketer-Brendon-Laughton-hits-229-not-out (http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/63483732/Club-cricketer-Brendon-Laughton-hits-229-not-out)
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Well done buddy that's bloody well played
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Congrats! thats awesome stuff
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Fantastic knock!
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good effort