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General Cricket => Your Cricket => Topic started by: qasim_aziz99 on April 05, 2015, 07:26:41 PM
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Soo we had our friendly today and what a glorious day to play cricket sunshining all day. Didn't need the thermals after all.
We got the other team out for 174 and we knocked it off in the 26th over and only lost 4 wickets.
I finished the match in style hitting the Oppos captain for 3 sixesin a row; 1 over midwicket that nearly hit my brother on the head 1 over square leg then finished it by dancing down the ground and hitting it over cover.
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Just setting this topic for people to post about their games for the forthcoming 2015 season.
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Long story cut short - we had our boundary extended over the winter. This includes removing some trees and flattening the ground where they were. The grass had just grown back and it was looking like a cricket pitch when the contractors came to do something about the drainage. We now have a sandpit at one end of the ground, starting at mid on, round to mid off and going back to the boundary!
2 weeks until the first game and our ground looks like this:
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first outdoor nets on wednesday first game on the 19th getting super excited about it
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T20 friendly game that we lost by 1 run. Pulled off an awesome paddle sweep but that was the highlight of my batting that summed up to 10 runs.
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Had an inter club friendly today...
Bowled atrociously, but that is leg-spin and indoor nets for you!
Top scored with 30 (after batting for a long, long time) before being told hit out or get out, took a pretty good catch running around and jumping on the boundary, and also took a sharp stumping. I'm super happy- I don't know about you all, but isn't it great to be back on a cricket field!!!
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First game, oppos had a quality fast bowler, quicker than 99% of what I'll see in my league. Was good fun though, isn't make a single error and had Mr angry cursing. Unfortunately in his last over i toed a ball onto my toe and onto my stumps :(
Would say gutted but it was pre season and I'd had a good bat. Wouldn't have minded a easier First game to get into it but hey ho shame the rest were dire so others tucked into half trackers twice an over :( boo
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Played my first game, had an absolute mare.
Bowled 1-42 off 8, which wasn't to bad but
Batting got a 4th baller to one that I muddled onto my pads and was given out lbw but
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Drove 2 hours, lbw on my 3rd ball when I was batting a foot outside the crease, it was going down leg(it honestly was, other players said so) oh and it was actually the 7th ball of the over!!!!!!!!!!!
Have to say I had a great time though. We were 9 for 4 or something silly and then managed to end up with 181. I even had a bowl for the first time in 5 years... Managed to pick up the tricky final wicket!
Big thanks to @RF, it was a very fun and enjoyable day out.
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Had 2 friendlies this weekend.
The first against Newport CC in Wales, batting first saw off the openers but managed to spank a ball straight to midwicket on 31.
Went 1 better yesterday and scored 32 against Wellington CC in Somerset, hit a big straight six followed by 2 fours in successive balls, then the bowler bowled a decent yorker that clipped the bottom of off pole!
Dropped an easy catch and took a difficult one, typical.
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First proper training session done.
Batted okay, starting to find some rhythm with my bowling and took a few catches.
Took a one handed overhead effort then dropped a skyer and a diving one handed effort, my hand now feels very sore! Roll on the first game on Saturday :D
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We don't start until next weekend so my first game is going to be Last Man Stands on Wednesday.
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our university 2nd team started the season today in a friendly against a touring side from cambridge which was quite shocking tbf... t20 match and we skittled them all out for 61 and we chased that in 9 overs without even losing a wicket.... Was going in at 3 didn't even get the chance... bowled 1 ball and smack the top of middle to finish their innings off....
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Well mind as got off to not a great start as i have had to drop out today and tomorrow injured my hip by banging against the corner of a table moving a settee for a new carpet yesterday bruised and sore this morning rang the captain he was not pleased.
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Friendly today against a team 2 divs above us.was asked to open as we were bowler heavy.Bear in mind I'm normally5/ 6/7.A not so pleasant 4 ball duck. Quack quack quack.
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Golden duck and got smacked for 12RPO
£7 please, thanks for coming!
I hate cricket!
On a totally unrelated note does anyone want to buy my kit before it goes in a skip?
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40 over friendly today
Opened and got a quick ish 30 and had to retire,,,new bats way too good for me,(cheers pal)
One of the oppo had a very very nice GM that was one big sweet spot, while his fellow opener had possibly the worst bat I've ever seen,,a dead old slazenger.
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Picked up 3 wickets for 10 runs but was then bowled for just 1 run and we lost. We did get 75% thanks to a pair of juniors putting on over 40 for the 9th wicket so not a total blank.
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Friendly against a fairly weak side. We scored 230 in 40 overs. I got 7* batting no. 7. Dropped a catch at slip. Dropped a catch at mid off, disappointing as my fielding Is usually good. Caught a catch at mid off.
Play poorly in friendlies, save the good stuff for the league. Fingers crossed.
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Got a very mediocre 5.batting at 3. Toed one to mid off. Horrible feeling is I wasnt bothered when I was out. Which doesnt bode well. Playdd straight enough while I was there to be settled, but shocked at my lack of displeasure.
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Took a wicket in my 2 over spell then out stumped by one of our win I thought I was in but he gave me a indifferent day we hit a draw in the end
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Bowled 15 on the bounce 1-40, had 3 dropped catches. Played against a bunch of cheats essentially as well! They put on 123-9 off 45, we chased it down in 29 overs
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Batted so poorly today it was unreal, still couldn't get me out. Then I walked past one inexplicably..random
Bulldog on show for an oppo, went well too
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Not good this week, only 8 runs, hopefully should be able to score some runs in league matches.
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First friendly for new club tomorrow. Looking forward to it.
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Friendly today and we won. We got a par/under par 149-8 off 40 overs, having been 76-1 off 20. Chris (Maverick) scored 11 and Redders 24, I chipped in with 4*. They lost 2 wickets in the first over and never really recovered, bowling them out for 97. Redders picked up a wicket and I picked 3.
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From a team view not a great weekend, coming in with 2 losses, one friday for my college side against clifton college, and then one saturday and inter club friendly (1s vs 2s basically). Skippering my college side it would have been nice to get preseason off to a winning start however there were many positives and it was a good days cricket, Today was just a bit of fun, playing against our 1s, and in the end we ran them pretty close but couldnt close it out. However on a personal note, I have hit 125 runs in my first 2 innings, 68 friday and 57 saturday, felt awesome timed the ball really nicely, and found the middle with pretty much every shot. Pretty pleased with an average of 62.5 for the season so far!
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Practice 20-20 match, opened and hit clean but got run out cheaply. Running between the wicket and calls is very rusty. Shot timing was fine.
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im still at uni :(
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Made 42 today came in at 3 after our opener was out first ball. Felt great hit 2 big 6s old faithful m&h solution still going strong (new H4L will have to wait I think) got out by playing on which was frustrating- but still only preseason
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Lost by 25 runs :( Happy enough with my bowling yesterday, taking 3/38 from 11 overs. Was feeling good with the bat scoring 9 off 6 before a half tracker decided not to bounce!
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First game of the season was a cracker, we got 198 and had them about 170 for 6 with 7/8 overs to go - all out for 176
Got 32 myself, hit a pair of 6s back over the openers' head and then pretty much misjudged a straight one before clattering my pads. Debatable LBW but should've hit it in the first place!
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Inter club game yesterday, I didn't fair so well. 3 overs 0 for about 18 and lbw on 11. Think I need to bat with glasses on now which is a bummer but we'll see how well that goes today! Wish me luck
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Played Graveney CC yesterday.
Bowled them out for 51.
My figures, 3-2-1-3
Batted 3 and got 2*
Game was finished by 4pm... Bit of a waste of an afternoon.
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Cricket is never a waste..
We here in Finland die for matches..... only 12 games each year from May to August praying laways about the weather favors:)
Played Graveney CC yesterday.
Bowled them out for 51.
My figures, 3-2-1-3
Batted 3 and got 2*
Game was finished by 4pm... Bit of a waste of an afternoon.
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Today was our first friendly...
40runs not out.....missed the last two balls for the winning run so the game was a draw.
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Great first game of the season, despite only having 7 players. Batting first our opener was run out from a mix up and then our star bat soon followed leaving us 7-2, effectively 7-6. Then our other opener and me put on 163. Finished on 195, I was run out trying to get back on strike in the last over for 94. My new H4L NV is great, very pleased. Our opening bowler then bowled just about the best ball of his life - seamed away and knocked the off bail off without hitting the stumps, only to be signalled no ball! Had them 40-3 but then a 50 and a century from two of their players saw them home with 1 over to spare. All played in great spirit.
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Scored a 48 ball 32 on Saturday opening the batting before getting out trying to smash their opening bowler. Then the rest of the team went nuts and smashed 341 in 45 overs.
We then dropped 10 catches in the field and still bowled the oppo out for 222.
Just happy to spend some time in the middle. Apparently I've developed a paddle sweep over the winter? God knows how, I didn't practice it at all in the winter but middled 3 of them off their medium pacers for four! :)
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We played Surrey Uni 1st XI on Saturday, we had a very weak team out. They scored 196-9 off of 40 overs, we chased them down in 23 overs, I think the boys wanted to watch the football!!
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Not great personally only made about 3 before leaving one that nipped back to clip off stump!
We were bowled out for a measley 81 after having a much stronger batting line up than last year.
But we ended up bowling them out for 37 so a good escape first up.
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Due to work taking me away from the family for 4 nights a week i have decided cricket is going to be thin on the ground for me this year but on Sunday i supported the team and played in a cup game.. always a challenge to put a side out twice at the weekend.
Lots of new playerss this year after we got promoted last year and as a fill in i didn't expect higher than 9/10 but after being put into bat i ended up batting at 7, heading out to the middle with 10 overs to go. I ended on 17 no and probably had a 50+ partnership so all in all not too bad. We ended up on 227 but the oppo knocked them off with about 7 overs to spare.
We played on a wicked that scored nearly 600 runs on the sat and 450 not he sunday. the boundary was rediculasly short though. I think all in we lost 7 balls to the local surrounding gardens.
It was good to get a few runs though, it might have been a bit agricultural at time but i did my bit, hit the bad ball an rotated the strike to get the inform man facing.
Needless to say the cricketing gremlin on my left shoulder that didn't agree with family being the priority has found his voice again.
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Busy week this week, playing University of Gloucestershire 1st's at Tewekesbury on Wednesday, followed by Bristol CC 1st's on Sunday. The following week, playing another Uni game in Cardiff, then back to West Somerset to play for my club, a lot of travelling!
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2 games, 6 runs, 1 duck, 1 monster hangover and 8 lots of toilet hugging.
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Bugger all runs but took 2-15 and 3-12 from a combined 11 overs this weekend, so a good start with the ball at least, was happy to see I've finally regained the ability to nip the ball back in as well as move it away!
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2 games, 6 runs, 1 duck, 1 monster hangover and 8 lots of toilet hugging.
Second best quote i have heard in 24 hours..
First one being... what would be the point of cricket without a bit of on field banter.
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Evening match tonight against a university staff side. Picked up a wicket with my 2 overs going for just 6 runs. Some generous bowling changes then allowed the staff to get 112 in 18 overs which we then knocked off in around 14 overs for the loss of just 1 wicket. Not sure I've ever played an evening match so early in the season before but remarkably the light held (it was nice evening up here) and everyone seemed to enjoy the game.
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Got humped on Sunday on the flatest pitch and fastest outfield I have ever played on in April. We scored 181, I scored a DNB. Bowled 4 overs for 30, didn't bowl terrible but it felt like one four ball an over. Oppo chased them down in 24 overs!
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Played on sunday, we scored 353 off 40 batting first, I chipped in with a horrible 38. They then scored 176 off 40, i got 2 wickets and took a blinder at slips
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First game Saturday 1st team - Scored 6 batting at 7, got us past the 175 mark for maximum batting points then top edged an off-spinner taking advatage of the tennis ball bounce on our track... Didn't bowl... took two catches one of which was the best thing I've ever done in any sport and more than made up for the numerous catches I dropped last year. We were 212 for 8 dec. Opposition got to 112 for 7 and the game was a draw.
Sunday - bowled for the first time since early last season when an Aussie hit me for about 24 in one over. faired better this time 5 for 30 off 8 overs. Hit a quickfire 29 then got given a very dubious LBW (We had 5 LBW's to their 0.) Ran out my best mate who was going along nicely and trying to make an impression. Opposition scored 224 for 8 we were all out for 126.
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Played first game of T20 tournament on Saturday Scored 147 all out from 19.5. 147 is below our average score from last season but a good total considering early wickets.
Fall Of Wickets: 1-9 (1.3), 2-14 (2.1), 3-51 (7.4), 4-60 (8.4), 5-63 (9.2), 6-65 (10.4), 7-132 (17.2), 8-142 (18.1), 9-147 (19.4), 10-147 (19.5)
Very bad start to our bowling with 2nd over going for 12 and 4th over going for 22 with 25 of them being extras in wide/byes as both the bowler and keeper were struggling due to lack of practice and outrageous early swing.
We were able slow them down due to frequent wickets. The opposition needed 30 from last six overs. it came down to 6 from last over with opposition 9 wickets down.
Dramatic last over:
Single, single, no-ball, free-hit (Bowled), now 3 from 3 needed to win and batsman got enough width to cut it over point fielder for 4.
Opposition wins by 1 wicket with 2 balls to spare with (Extras - 52, being their top scorer). So it hurts as it was our game to lose and we lost it by the way of extras.
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I had my first outdoor cricket of the season in form of a game of Last Man Stands. It did not go well.
I felt very good with the bat, was feeling very comfortable but I stupidly got carried away and skied one after facing about 6 balls. Need to remember that I have more time than I think, even in T20.
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I had my pre season net session today but it went alright not great but alright.. not bad for a few months of no cricket i guess
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No Cricket for me this Weekend opposition rang our Captain on Tuesday evening stating he could not raise a side but I do wonder whats going on when matches are cancelled due to lack of players on a Tuesday also this means unless our clubs players have individually netted with other clubs indoor or outdoor they will go into next Saturdays first league match without any practice.
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Well that sucks, i always look forward to the weekend matches and when i find out that its cancelled its always sad
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Well that sucks, i always look forward to the weekend matches and when i find out that its cancelled its always sad
Really? I'm hoping we get called off after 5 over this Saturday!
Playing against a team who we always have a laugh with so I'm hoping for beers, booze and banter, or better yet a a full scale piss up ;)
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No Cricket for me this Weekend opposition rang our Captain on Tuesday evening stating he could not raise a side but I do wonder whats going on when matches are cancelled due to lack of players on a Tuesday also this means unless our clubs players have individually netted with other clubs indoor or outdoor they will go into next Saturdays first league match without any practice.
In friendlies, I don't get why teams don't say they can't raise teams so early. They can keep,searching until Thursday and then, maybe the oppos can dig up,some players or give them fielders etc.
Just get a friendly on
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Really? I'm hoping we get called off after 5 over this Saturday!
Think you may get your wish Cam as the forecast I have seen is pretty crappy for Saturday.
I was expecting to play and had confirmed my availability, but a mix up with names meant that the captain thought I had pulled out so wasn't selected. He is now in a bit of a fix as needs my bowling, but doesn't want to drop one of the other guys having told them they are playing. So now I am stuck with waiting to see if anyone can't make it :(
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Think you may get your wish Cam as the forecast I have seen is pretty crappy for Saturday.
From what I've been told by our grounds man we'll be lucky to get a game at all! Forecast crap from tomorrow night apparently.
As I posted the other week our outfield is a sandpit at the moment, so he's been doing a rain dance non stop! We could do with some rain to help wash it in.
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I will be fuming if its called off for so many reasons. LMS don't call games off unless they have to have to. But it takes me an hour to get there so if it is called off I probably won't know until I am there because of the tube. And it starts at 9 so I would have got up for no reason!! All very stupid!
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In friendlies, I don't get why teams don't say they can't raise teams so early. They can keep,searching until Thursday and then, maybe the oppos can dig up,some players or give them fielders etc.
Just get a friendly on
Couldn't agree more Thursday is ample time to call a Saturday match off or turn up with eight split into two teams And have a game.
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First game of the year. A massive win. And an innings that @ProCricketer1982 would shudder at.
Oppo were 36 for 6 at rain. And scrapped to 115 all out. With 11 overs left. Leaving us 57 overs yo chase.
I opened and departed after 8 overs on 68(31 balls 11 4s and 2 6s). We eventually won by 7 wickets in 17 overs.
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Well we bowled first today
The opposition finished 271-8 off their 45 overs.
Our opening bowler had 2-14 off their 9 overs.
I personally took 2-43 off my 9, including getting their overseas out and bowling at the death (a job I love!)
In reply we were 190-6 off 30. The match was then abandoned as the heavens opened.
We needed just over 6 runs an over, about what we'd been going at, for the last 15 overs, but with only 4 wickets in hand we're not sure where we were on the Duckworth Lewis method.
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13 and run out in a very similar fashion to the ian bell situation against india, i ran to the non strikers end turned round for some reason assumed assumed the ball had gone for 4 wandered back with no intention of a run to the strikers end only to see a fielder asking the umpire if the wall was live followed by him running me out. Now i know i was a compete idiot in this situation but am i unrealistic in thinking its a bit unsporting as it was a clear mistake with no intention of going for another run?
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Batted first and were 4/4. Ended on a paltry 121/9 off our 40. We got them 60/7 off of 25 before it was rained off. Definitely a bowlers day.
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My first league game today, we batted first and got 198. I got 54* from 72 balls.
They didn't bother to chase and managed 98-6 from 45 overs, we bowled well though.
Happy to start with a win
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PS - my new bat is amazing, love it
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Batted first and were 4/4. Ended on a paltry 121/9 off our 40. We got them 60/7 off of 25 before it was rained off. Definitely a bowlers day.
So how did you personally do?
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Intra-mural game today but only managed to get 18 players with 4 guest players from our supposedly oversubscribed club membership :o
Posted 239 runs in 40 overs and managed to skittle them for 180 odd... captained and played keeper which i haven't done for a while... beautiful warm sunny day in prague compared to last weekend where we froze thanks to cold overcast and windswept day...
Great friendly banter so all who played enjoyed themselves if only our league games were played the same way...
However managed to play onto my stumps 2nd game in a row from wideish balls so need to learn to leave or am playing through my shots too early with my new bat.. >:(
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Easy win today, we got about 275 all out off 41 overs and bowled them out for 50 odd.
43 for me which I'm really pleased with as I've only had two nets pre season so thought I'd struggle. Batted better as well than usual, more proper cricket shots and off side boundaries instead of everything leg side. Few nice straight drives which went for 4 before I played cross line and got bowled.
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My first league game today, we batted first and got 198. I got 54* from 72 balls.
They didn't bother to chase and managed 98-6 from 45 overs, we bowled well though.
Happy to start with a win
98 off 45 overs 💤💤💤💤💤💤💤
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Friendly game today, batted first and scored 196 which included 5 ducks! I managed to get a good nut, offcutter that pitched on off and hit leg. 4 ball duck.
Bowled well, finished with figures of 2 for 32 off 8. Content with my bowling considering I bowled up hill into a strong wind.
First league game tomorrow!
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It was really boring, they didn't even get a batting point as they start at 120.
We put our spinners on so we got through the overs before it rained.
To be honest we don't normally get that negative cricket in our league
How did you get on Andy? Any wickets?
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Personally did not score many but took a good catch when fielding.
As a team we played well in almost constant drizzle. The weather was poor and we stuck it out fielding first. Finally got the reward winning with just over 1 over to spare.
Our young bowlers stuck to it despite enduring a wet ball.
Close game played in good spirit, what Saturdays are for apart from the weather.
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It was really boring, they didn't even get a batting point as they start at 120.
We put our spinners on so we got through the overs before it rained.
To be honest we don't normally get that negative cricket in our league
How did you get on Andy? Any wickets?
Hate games like that - appreciate bonus points etc but if a side has no aspirations in April there is something seriously wrong!
Of course 😉
To be fair it was the first time I've bowled on grass since last season so took a couple of overs to get into it but took 2 for 30 odd and did get it going both ways off the pitch.
Was in Mansfield bowled them out for 180 ish but was off for rain twice (had tea at 6.15pm) so it became a timed game we were 113 for 4 off 22 overs by 8pm in the gloom. Took the decision to drop down the order & send a couple of the young lads in so didn't bat (padded up just in case but wanted to keep 2 jumpers and a woolly hat on! The benefit of being skipper lol).
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That sounds like a long day mate.
Could have been a good game in the making too
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That sounds like a long day mate.
Could have been a good game in the making too
Long long 40 odd overs (we play 46 but bowled them out). Yeah could have been, had a weakened side but I'd have fancied knocking it off as was a decent track / quick outfield for April.
Sounds as though a well batted is in order @RF !
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Opposition only had 9 players including a couple of young lads who had not even entered their teenage years.
We won toss on a green top so invited the opposition to bat first which was a sensible decision given the weather forecast. Our hopes of knocking them over quickly seemed on course until one of these youngsters had other ideas and played an innings of great maturity (less said about the some of the previous batting the better). I bowled first change and my first 5 overs were maidens although the little bugger ruined my spell as he splendidly pulled a long hop of mine to the boundary then followed this up with straight drive for a couple. I couldn't get him out in my 6 overs and he must have scored around 15-20 runs (not bad for 12 year old playing adult cricket) before he finally succumbed to a ball which kept low. The opposition posted just 72-7 in their 40 overs and we knocked this off in 14.1 overs for the loss of just 1 wicket. Should add their keeper had a match to forget getting out first ball to dreadful shot before then dropping 3 catches in our innings.
We were very lucky with weather as it started raining during the tail-end of our innings and 10 minutes more would have probably seen the game at least halted if not abandoned.
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First game of the year and a collision with a fellow team mate and this is the result
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In homage to @FattusCattus i also had a first yesterday.
We bowled first at corley and they smashed/bullied/annhilated our attack for 307-3 in 39 overs declared.
We got to 238 all out in the 54th over of the game. I opened and was last man out for 125. Flicked one off my legs and got caught at short fine leg. My first ton, mixed with annoyance at not being able to see through the last portion of the game. Broken man this morning, although hopefully a full run down of the cats exploits will perk me up a bit.
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125, great score.
Brilliant start to the season
Well done mate
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Bowled 11 overs yesterday, took 2-56, should of gone for less but out fielding was horrific in the deep! Scored 4, and then played the stupidest shot I have ever played, was batting by numbers and went to hit inside out on a ball on leg stump
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So how did you personally do?
Poorly. LBW for 3 to make it 4/4 in the 5th over. Damn the umpire, bowlers Union.
it's alright though, get all the bad innings out in the friendlies.
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First game of the year and a collision with a fellow team mate and this is the result
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Mate, I'm not even sure how to respond to this one. I really feel for you.
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Won today. We ground out 140-7 in 40 overs. My innings was a turgid,yawn fest of 55* batting the whole innings. Combination of factors, rust, lost the strike at the wrong times, slow wicket despite looking hard, also a green top meant nobody was driving much. Losing wickets at the wrong time didn't help either. To be fair after loads of extras I did score half the runs off the bat so nobody else was setting the world alight either. Anyway, thought we were 30 below par but the oppo folded for 65, having been 42-9 at one point (and we gifted then 30 odd extras).I guess you never know what a good score is!
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Bowled around 13/14 overs straight.Finished with 4/50.Golden duck with the bat.( that's 2 ducks in my last 2 innings) I don't know what's going on with my batting at the moment.Pre season nets I was picking up length immediately whereas now I'm really struggling to pick it up.
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Finally the runs are flowing
89 yesterday and 104 today. Most pleasing thing was the two main things I've learnt this winter are really working out well and making a huge difference
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I top scored with 70 off 68 out of 231, took two catches and a stumping and still managed to snare the dick of the day title. I was going along very nicely, hadn't offered a chance all day apart from a nick that didn't carry early on. The bowler was about three overs into his spell when one got stuck in his hand as he went to release it, resulting in a very wide double bouncer which I should have just left, but for some inexplicable reason I decided to chase it off the square and give it a heave. Of course I edged it straight up to backward point. What a (No Swearing Please).
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Any one else had this issue? Training on indoor surfaces and getting used to the regular bounce to only then get caught on the crease lbw playing a back foot defensive shot which hit half way up my shin during the first outdoor game of the season. Yes I should have known the slow and low nature of April pitches in the UK but those winter nets might not have helped for the first game.
Oh well time to learn from my mistake and onto the next game.
(Note to self, GET ON THE FRONT FOOT!!!)
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Finally the runs are flowing
89 yesterday and 104 today. Most pleasing thing was the two main things I've learnt this winter are really working out well and making a huge difference
That is a great start, do you mind sharing what you worked on that's helping
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Batted well on Saturday, came in on a hatrick ball first innings of the season :( (thankfully it was full and straight so I was able to put it away!) got going fairly quickly, made 32 off of 30 balls before I didn't get my head to the ball and dollied one up to cover! Just need to work on getting my head to it and also getting across when trying to cut it, any tips for this?
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That is a great start, do you mind sharing what you worked on that's helping
Having only been playing for 4 seasons (2011-2014), I've been learning while i play. So, this winter I have worked on playing spin properly ( ie, moving my feet properly both to the pitch and right back etc) and playing proper leg side shots. So. Previously pn the legs I've progressed from simply only ever blocking to simply nudging, now I've got the proper leg side stuff.
From the games so far the spin has meant I've rotated the strike far more as well as being able to pick them off for 4's. He leg side stuff has seen me get far more 2/4's rather than 0's and 1's. Tbh, I've spent some time watching smith and Clarke play spin, tried to learn from them and then have been facing 2-3 hours of decent spinners per week to learn etc. I expecting to mess up this season with the spin as I'll need to learn, first game against a spinner I went down the track to defend and forgot to bring the bat down,, oops.. It'll happen though, won't do it again and as long as it's your own error it's fixable. Plus, we learn from mistakes.
Basic stuff really but i am still very early into my personal batting career
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I had an average start to the season. It was a pretty nasty Sunday to be playing but we soldiered on. I bowled well and picked up 2-35 which in t20 isn't too bad. Then opened the batting and hit 22 of 20 balls, but got bored of the wet outfield and long grass and tried to smack a good ball and got bowled. I couldn't complain really, because I probably could have hit 50 as I didn't really see myself getting out but its t20 and I had to try. My brother on the other hand batted all 20 overs for 43 and it was some of the most boring t20 I have ever seen. We took a megaphone along and started to boo when he played a defensive shot it was that dull. All in all it was a good laugh!
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First match of the season yesterday at the very pleasent setting of the DeVere Hotel, New Place, Shedfield, Hampshire.
Pitch had been covered so no danger from the rain and managed to play a complete 40 over game. Lost the toss and were inserted by the oppo. Managed a patient 28 opening the innings seeing off their openers and then wasted all the good work by heaving across the line to their off spinner. Managed a pretty decent 161 all out which they got for 5 down and 20 odd balls to spare. Great fun and good to be out on the grass.
Blooming freezing though!
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I got 23! Well chuffed with it.
I missed our first game and was dying to test out my newly learned technique, got a chance this Saturday and it went really well! This is my third season, I averaged 5.2 with the bat my first season, and 4 last year, which prompted me to get some professional coaching and start lifting weights. My top score was 23 (first season, and top scored 18 last season) and wanted to score at least a few 30s this year, hoping for a 50.
I was put in to open with another usual non-performer on the grounds that neither of us had bowled and we had some decent batsman at 3/4/5 and were only chasing 200. The longest I've ever stayed at the crease before was 17 overs and this time I got out in the 32nd. 23 in 32 overs is horrendously slow, I know, but I had some quick scorers bat around me and the team was all out for 190 in the 46th over so it's not like I was too slow for the game. They didn't record the balls but guessing I had about half the strike, which I think is roughly right, that's a strike rate of about 25. lol!
Most importantly I played technically correct shots and all my runs came from drives and clips off my legs, shots I'd never played a single one of until this winter in coaching, also I played a lot of drives that were TOO checked which found the infield, so it's not a massive adjustment and not a huge increase in risk to start looking for runs much earlier and score a few more. I've been playing much more fluently than that in the nets without giving my wicket away, so I think I can safely get some attacking shots into my next few innings. The first 4 overs I was just desperately trying to remember everything I'd learned, I'd built the start of this season up so much with my months of preperation and anticipation, I was literally having to force my breathing to slow down in between balls I was so tense.
AND my pride and joy H4L is being rehandled so I used my nasty old GM Icon 303 with no ping and a uselessly high middle. Big bat coming back next week, less nerves, more positivity, more runs.
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New bat should get you nearer a 50
Well done on the 23
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Played this evening, got in 3 hours ago and still haven't defrosted. Temperature gauge in my car said 5 degrees and that's was without the chill factor !!!!
Match itself was very good and came down to the final over with the opposition needing 14 to win but with only 1 wicket remaining. A 6 off the 2nd ball and couple more next ball seemed to have swung the match firmly in their favour only for our bowler to uproot the middle stump with his 4th ball and clinch a very narrow victory.
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Little glove down the leg side 3rd ball to start the season of the with a big fat 0!!
Still last year was my best ever and I also stared with a duck so lets hope history repeats itself!
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I umpired all 40 overs of my side's innings on Saturday - i'm a much better umpire than a batsman.
Sunday we played on a quick, hard, bouncy deck which is rare for this time of year. Didn't keep, scored 3 opening up when i played back instead of forward to a full swinging ball and got bowled.
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Started season with a win on saturday. Surprised myself after not really holding a bat since last season due to uni commitments but got bowled by a pie chucker on 26 trying to hit him in to orbit.
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Liscon, that's what I did Saturday. Second over of the match didn't get forward and ball kept low and bang in from lbw for 0. Gutted too say the least and last night went back to a off spinner and played on to my stumps! In a depression now, I love the game but by god she enjoys putting the boot in!!!!
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2 pre-season games so far, opened both at 1 and got 32 both times, hopefully should be able to build on that for the first league game this weekend.
Played a team 2 leagues above us on Saturday and only lost on the penultimate over so that's a good boost in confidence, should walk the league if we all play to our best!
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WEPL league KO for us tomorrow, forecast looking iffy but hopefully stays dry so we get a game in.
Playing against my old team where I first started playing the game, they were relegated last season from the div above after winning our league unbeaten the season before. Looking forward to what should be a good game.
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WEPL league KO for us tomorrow, forecast looking iffy but hopefully stays dry so we get a game in.
Playing against my old team where I first started playing the game, they were relegated last season from the div above after winning our league unbeaten the season before. Looking forward to what should be a good game.
Wepl ko cup?? Is that just a Bristol thing?
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Kick off rather than knock out I guess.
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hit the dizzy heights of 50 ( years old) injured over winter nets, new kit ( BAS from pete hosk, players pads and the BAS sausage gloves)... result? 108 and first ton since 1994
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well done, there is hope for all us over 50's. Sounds like the secret is a full set of new kit.
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always wooly, new kit always the answer :-)
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Not playing today. Anyone who has had the pleasure of lyndworth away (warks league) on a cold day will understand the joy im feeling. On the other hand im going down the villa, which will probably mean at 5pm id rather be at lyndworth.
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Played at lyndworth on a cold day in a friendly.
Weather not great in Worcestershire Worcesteshire today temp around 53 mid afternoon overcast showers getting heavier after 5 pm win the toss bat first in the best of the conditions inc the wicket or lose the toss and get asked to bat.
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First league game has been cancelled due to a slight drizzle
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Rained off.
Despite constant rain from ball one. The umpires removed us from the field after 28 overs due to the new bowler bowling to beamers.
We then never got back on.
Personally I made my second 50 in a row. 66 from 47 balls. Team was 151 for 2 with 18 overs remaining.
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Easy win today and early finish bowled the opposition out for 77 runs knocked off quickly in case of rain batted at 4 scored I not out.
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Rock hard track at home so played through the drizzle, bowled them out for 98 (6 for 9 for me) and our openers knocked it off in quick time. Considering last season we went up and they came down I can only think they've lost players as were pants!
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6 for 9, good effort mate
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Rain, Rain, Rain >:(
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2nd game for new club today and my second shocking lbw decision and this was made worse as being from a league appointed umpire. Scored 3 and we lost by 4 wickets on one of the coldest days I can remember playing cricket in, had 4 layers on.
I have a game tomorrow and Monday so hopefully my season will get going with the bat soon. Keeping is going well though so be thankful for something
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2nd game for new club today and my second shocking lbw decision and this was made worse as being from a league appointed umpire. Scored 3 and we lost by 4 wickets on one of the coldest days I can remember playing cricket in, had 4 layers on.
I have a game tomorrow and Monday so hopefully my season will get going with the bat soon. Keeping is going well though so be thankful for something
Try using a different bat pal! ;)
As far as bad form with the bat goes I've not got a run yet this season (and may not get a game tomorrow due to lack of interest :( )
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I hear you on the poor form. I was caught for 9. Never had such a bad start to the season. We were bowled out for 134 on a terrible pitch. their bowling was genuinely woeful. First change bowler opened with 3 consecutive wides.
We then bowled them out for 61. 9 of them were bowled 1 LBW. Says it all about the pitch. To compound matters the tea was awful. It was cold too.
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Coldest day I've ever played today, first league game, first win
60 odd with the bat, missed a straight one and bowled
New bats still too good for me
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Freezing here in Sheffield, base layer, two shirts, jumper, hand warmers in pockets and I was still cold. Probably the coldest day I think I've played in recent years.
Won easily though, bowled the opposition out for 58 in a wet and cold 40 overs then knocked them off for one down in 8 overs.
Didn't bat but bowled 3 fairly tidy overs, long way off how I used to be able to bowl but it's a start.
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38 not out against moseley today. Good result seconds won on there first outing as well. Very cold but good day allround
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Bowl first
Bloody cold
138 ao
Chased it down in 32 overs, 4 down. I got 67* opening so just plodded really.
No rain which was nice, sticky track though
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Very cold, we lost the toss and were put into bat.
We steadily lost wickets but posted a total of 172 all out off 44, I came in at 11 and ended up 10 not out off 8 balls.
I opened the bowling - only got a 6 over spell, conceded just 10 runs no wickets.
They were struggling at 46 for 4 after 20 but then they started steadily picking up runs until they were within 10 of winning and 2 wickets in hand, fortunately we finished them off for 167.
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Played against @edge side today. Stuck in in the wind and rain. We got 209-7 and I ground out a streaky 53. Will take that!
Bowled them out for 159 in the 39th so a good start to the season.
On a lower note I had to leave the field halfway through their innings with an allergic reaction to something, very strange
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Played against @edge side today. Stuck in in the wind and rain. We got 209-7 and I ground out a streaky 53. Will take that!
Bowled them out for 159 in the 39th so a good start to the season.
On a lower note I had to leave the field halfway through their innings with an allergic reaction to something, very strange
To the cold ?? Good thinking tbf 😜
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I decided to play cricket rather then go to the football and very glad I did,
Batted first we posted 230 I made 39 coming in at number 5 very happy slightly dissapointed but good to be out in the middle for a period of time,
And bowling wise we dismissed them for 160 ish I think I took 3 for 24
So good all round in my book
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Villa won 3-2. My team got beat before the villa started. 102 played 104-2. Nil points
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Utterly p***ed off. 3 games in with my new club, my average is 2 (two!). Yesterday played on an awful pitch, got one that stopped and popped up a leading edge. Not even sure if I'm in such bad form, don't seem to be sticking around long enough to know. Never in 35 years have I felt more like packing it all in :(
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Utterly p***ed off. 3 games in with my new club, my average is 2 (two!). Yesterday played on an awful pitch, got one that stopped and popped up a leading edge. Not even sure if I'm in such bad form, don't seem to be sticking around long enough to know. Never in 35 years have I felt more like packing it all in.
Understand how you feel on awful wickets years of experience count for nothing also on poor pitches you can only judge your form by the the balls that that you hit in the middle of the bat.
Get yourself on a good pitch with true bounce on a warm sunny day and the runs will come.
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2 wkts, a catch and 37 runs. We were rolled for 90
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Lost today. Its not often you lose when two batsman score 86* and 75, but our 193-4 wasn't enough with our weakened bowling attack. The inexperience showed as the seamers bowled too many 4 balls and we dropped a dozen catches. Picked up a wicket, had two dropped. Matters weren't helped by the oppo key batsman being stumped and not being given and going on to make 80 odd.
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Understand how you feel on awful wickets years of experience count for nothing also on poor pitches you can only judge your form by the the balls that that you hit in the middle of the bat.
Get yourself on a good pitch with true bounce on a warm sunny day and the runs will come.
Hope you're right! Unfortunately my 2 other failures were on flat tracks tho both felt a bit unlucky. It's going to be hard to banish the nerves next time out associated with trying to get out of this rut. i start to wonder whether this is temporary or age creeping up on me
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Hope you're right! Unfortunately my 2 other failures were on flat tracks tho both felt a bit unlucky. It's going to be hard to banish the nerves next time out associated with trying to get out of this rut. i start to wonder whether this is temporary or age creeping up on me
Yes you are right all batsmen need a bit of luck with regard to batting wouldn't worry about age creeping as that's more to do with fielding most of my club are aged 45 plus.
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Where are you playing Felix?
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Today's intra club (not inter club game as a pedantic member always points out to us) game has been cancelled due to lack of interest.
I'm missing next weekend due to a hospital appointment so that's at least 2, possibly 3 weeks of no cricket for me :(
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Where are you playing Felix?
Kempton following an invite from @Warneymonster . Good bunch of guys tho fear they must think i'm a total muppet, not exactly given them the best 1st impression :-[
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Today's match called off before 9am and Tuesdays T20 looking doubtful a well.
Quite handy actually as nursing a Twickenham induced Hanover this morning. :(
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Today's intra club (not inter club game as a pedantic member always points out to us) game has been cancelled due to lack of interest.
I'm missing next weekend due to a hospital appointment so that's at least 2, possibly 3 weeks of no cricket for me :(
No midweek to appease the need of cricket?
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Game called off before 10am the suns been out since and the ground will be bone dry by 2pm.
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No midweek to appease the need of cricket?
We don't have a midweek side this year as raising a full side became a near impossible task last year.
I could go to training on Thursday night, but it's just not the same :(
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We don't have a midweek side this year as raising a full side became a near impossible task last year.
I could go to training on Thursday night, but it's just not the same :(
Is there no other club you can play for midweek??
We are lucky as our club is quite up for midweek. Tis only sunday and I've got 19 players already. And haven't text everyone yet.
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Today's game called off at 11am pouring in suffolk so no suprise really. We have a re-arranged league game tomorrow so hope weather is better
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Cup game at home today. Really don't think I'm up for playing.3 nights of heavy drinking have played their part due to 1, passing driving test on Thurs.2, birthday yesterday.And 3, purchasing first car yesterday. Rough is not the word
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Kempton following an invite from @Warneymonster . Good bunch of guys tho fear they must think i'm a total muppet, not exactly given them the best 1st impression :-[
Really! Which XI - I'm pretty sure Chertsey played them last week. Should've been our second XI, but don't know how PlayCricket works.
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Kempton following an invite from @Warneymonster . Good bunch of guys tho fear they must think i'm a total muppet, not exactly given them the best 1st impression :-[
Wouldn't worry about it, you were pretty unlucky last week
Where did you play yesterday?
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Wouldn't worry about it, you were pretty unlucky last week
Where did you play yesterday?
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Cheers mate, wasn't the greatest shot but if it's your day you chinese cut those for 4. We played Byfleet 3s on a rec they'd never played on before and imagine they might never want to again. Slowest track you ever saw with biizarre up and down tennis ball bounce. They got 120 which was over par TBH. Hard to bat on for anyone but for me, awful - need a bit of pace on the ball.
You get many? Saw you guys won
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Played yesterday, bowled pretty poorly IMO, took 2 wickets, had a dropped catch and a plumb LBW turned down by a 'neutral' umpire who the previous year had played for the club we played against!
Batted horrific, leading edge of my bat took some damage!
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Really! Which XI - I'm pretty sure Chertsey played them last week. Should've been our second XI, but don't know how PlayCricket works.
Yep I played for the 2s against Chertsey last week, expected to see you opening the batting after your recent exploits :D but in the 3s now unsurprisingly
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Came in to bat needing 35 off the last 6 overs with 5 wickets to spare. Left stranded at 2* still requiring 32. Batting practice for the tail end in nets this week.
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Yep I played for the 2s against Chertsey last week, expected to see you opening the batting after your recent exploits :D but in the 3s now unsurprisingly
How did you go last week?
I saw my little mate Duffy scored a slow 70 against you - however, he is only 15!
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How did you go last week?
I saw my little mate Duffy scored a slow 70 against you - however, he is only 15!
Chopped on for a laboured 1, you had a pretty decent opening attack. Your little mate done good, fair play to the lad he played out of his skin, though the skipper sure gave him a hard time for not running hard enough ???
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Yup, the skipper is a loony to run with - I hate running with him, but the little lad is his prodigy and he pushes him hard.
Painful as it may be, can you remember the bowler who got you?
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Yup, the skipper is a loony to run with - I hate running with him, but the little lad is his prodigy and he pushes him hard.
Painful as it may be, can you remember the bowler who got you?
Cade Skelton according to play cricket, picked up a cheap 4-fer. Not a bad young bowler
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Game called off before 10am the suns been out since and the ground will be bone dry by 2pm.
Same for my game, and it was dry by 2pm.
Sounds like your groundsman is like ours and hates anyone playing on his pitch
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Yup, pretty raw, but pretty brisk.
Don't worry Felix, I've seen you bat, you'll be alright - and I know a bit about batting, as everyone on here will tell you!
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Don't worry Felix, I've seen you bat, you'll be alright - and I know a bit about batting, as everyone on here will tell you!
Cheers matey, need to keep reminding myself form is temporary, class is permanent, tho that may be raising my opinion of my ability a bit far ;)
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Same for my game, and it was dry by 2pm.
Sounds like your groundsman is like ours and hates anyone playing on his pitch
Yh we nearly had our game called off at 10am but we all turned up at the ground. Groundsman gave in eventually
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67* saturday and then today batted 11 to give others a go.. I think I touched teh ball 6 times in the game fielding.. over £1 per touch :) Still, team lost to a bunch of kids which was amusing as we batted teh bowlers and bowled the batters.. It's what sundays are about though and was actually more fun than doing it properly and destroying them.
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Cheers mate, wasn't the greatest shot but if it's your day you chinese cut those for 4. We played Byfleet 3s on a rec they'd never played on before and imagine they might never want to again. Slowest track you ever saw with biizarre up and down tennis ball bounce. They got 120 which was over par TBH. Hard to bat on for anyone but for me, awful - need a bit of pace on the ball.
You get many? Saw you guys won
We made victory look difficult, went from 0-1 to 130-1 and then 145-7 chasing 195. Got there in the end but the middle order is too weak at the moment.
I got 50 odd again but gave it away when we started losing wickets, feel in decent nick tho.
You playing again this week?
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Going alright this year, room for improvement but pretty happy so far.
Scored 242 runs in 5 knocks, 31, 32, 86, 16, 77. @ 48.40
Only bowled once which was yesterday in a league game, cleaned up the oppo's overseas first ball when he was on 60 odd, and got a couple more too :)
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We made victory look difficult, went from 0-1 to 130-1 and then 145-7 chasing 195. Got there in the end but the middle order is too weak at the moment.
I got 50 odd again but gave it away when we started losing wickets, feel in decent nick tho.
You playing again this week?
Well done, good runs ahead of the league campaign... Yep I don't give up that easily!
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Managed 61 on Saturday batting at 3. Also go 1-17 from a few overs. Lost the game by 29 runs. Our opening batsman didn't run at all. Scary when I can outrun my partner. Could have won if we pushed some of those early singles and turned some 1's to 2's
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Complete waste of my day, got a proper tfc. Fielded at gully for 43 overs, didn't bat and didn't ball. Touched the ball about 3 times; problem with playing on a bank holiday when a few first teamers drop down to help the team!
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Complete waste of my day, got a proper tfc. Fielded at gully for 43 overs, didn't bat and didn't ball. Touched the ball about 3 times; problem with playing on a bank holiday when a few first teamers drop down to help the team!
Sounds like a 'not available' next time
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Sounds like a 'not available' next time
Would be, but I'm a clubman at end of day! And I got to witness Soulman in full action keeping!
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Lost in the cup today, we were 200 all out with 5 overs left chasing 251.
We let the get too many and dropped their lad that got 100 on about 12, complete game changer, catches win matches.
I got 42 but was out slogging at the end so a little disappointed.
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Played against @edge side today. Stuck in in the wind and rain. We got 209-7 and I ground out a streaky 53. Will take that!
Bowled them out for 159 in the 39th so a good start to the season.
On a lower note I had to leave the field halfway through their innings with an allergic reaction to something, very strange
Well played mate, made the most of my awful early season hard hands! Has Mason calmed down yet?
I had a shocker of an first game, didn't have much to contribute apart from one decent grab low down at slip, and replaced a weather-cancelled uni old boys' game on the Sunday with lots of beer. Hoping for improvement next weekend!
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Well played mate, made the most of my awful early season hard hands! Has Mason calmed down yet?
I had a shocker of an first game, didn't have much to contribute apart from one decent grab low down at slip, and replaced a weather-cancelled uni old boys' game on the Sunday with lots of beer. Hoping for improvement next weekend!
You'll notice I was kind and didn't reference the "helping hand" you gave me, good to see CBF members sticking together :) I was undoubtedly going to miss the stumping in return but unfortunately the ball hit the stumps!
Shame as I was looking forward to having a nose at your Aldred.
As most who have any experience of Mason will know...he never calms down! Was funny to see him fall flat on his face as he threw his bat in disgust though :D
I'm not around for the return fixture or the T20 we have lined up so all the best for the rest of the season
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I had a bit of a stinker this weekend, followed up my 70 last week with a 4 ball duck (three LBW appeals, given out on the third). I seem to have developed into a Shane Watson LBW candidate, anything full and straight on middle and leg and I end up playing around my front pad. Desperately need to get on the bowling machine to work out how to get my leg out the way. Also kept like a drain on a difficult pitch, completely wrong footed myself on a regulation snick and didn't even make an effort to get to it.
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I had a bit of a stinker this weekend, followed up my 70 last week with a 4 ball duck (three LBW appeals, given out on the third). I seem to have developed into a Shane Watson LBW candidate, anything full and straight on middle and leg and I end up playing around my front pad. Desperately need to get on the bowling machine to work out how to get my leg out the way. Also kept like a drain on a difficult pitch, completely wrong footed myself on a regulation snick and didn't even make an effort to get to it.
I think I can top that 16 runs from three games this weekend including 2 golden ducks
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Would be, but I'm a clubman at end of day! And I got to witness Soulman in full action keeping!
Same position as Tommo was told I was opening and found myself at 7 DNB so far this season faces about 15 balls had 2 shocking decisions and scored 10 runs. Still the keeping is going well. Took 4 catches yesterday and 3 were beauties the last was rather special full length took Infront of 1st slip.
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Got a game in of 20slog20 just, batted first and posted 156 off 20 for 7, I got a sloggy 72 off 61 balls. 3rd 50 from 6 digs so going well so far. New bat is firing too, all middle.
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Finally have my first game this Thursday and Saturday just need the rain to stay away
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Got a game in of 20slog20 just, batted first and posted 156 off 20 for 7, I got a sloggy 72 off 61 balls. 3rd 50 from 6 digs so going well so far. New bat is firing too, all middle.
Different tempo down here in Hampshire tonight.
Oppo scored 58-8 in 20 overs, which we chased down in 8 overs for 3 wickets lost. Happy with a 26 not out opening the innings.
Absolutely freezing and blowing a Hooley - coldest I have ever been playing cricket. Finished, showered and home from the pub by 9pm. Wife thinks I'm having an affair. ;)
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Different tempo down here in Hampshire tonight.
Oppo scored 58-8 in 20 overs, which we chased down in 8 overs for 3 wickets lost. Happy with a 26 not out opening the innings.
Absolutely freezing and blowing a Hooley - coldest I have ever been playing cricket. Finished, showered and home from the pub by 9pm. Wife thinks I'm having an affair. ;)
Different tempo but same weather... It was also windy and cold
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Suppose my first post on the forum should be about my successful weekend!
Last friendly before the league starts on Saturday. I opened the batting (my first game as Vice-Captain) with the captain, put on 113 together. He got out first for 61, I kept going and top scored with 75. We ended up getting 244-7 after 40 overs.
I then got 3 wickets as we bowled them out for 85. Shame it wasn't a league game!
Oh and continuing the theme, it was pretty cold in Kent.
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I opened the batting in the pissing rain at LMS Regent's Park. Did OK in difficult conditions but only got 15 odd. Kept like a drain but it didn't help that I could barely stand up as it was so slippery. Big win for the team and looking forward to the weekend, just hope the weather plays ball.
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First evening league game for me tonight.
We only got 117, one our openers batted the full 20 overs for 32 not out, not great to watch. We bowled tight and managed to defend it, they got 96 I think.
The wicket was very wet and so was the outfield, didn't make for a great game.
I didn't bat or bowl but kind of enjoyed it anyway, nice to get out of the house (I'm very old)
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I'm now missing this weekend and next :(
I'd just found some rhythm in the last pre season game, to then not get any cricket for 3 weeks
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Why are you missing 3 weeks?
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Why are you missing 3 weeks?
No game last week, and now told I'm unable to play for 2 weeks as I've got stitches in :(
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Playing away tomorrow ground with very poor facilities park on a busy road one toilet between everyone change in a shed with no windows no seating inside or out no tables no kitchen no hot water no showers tea is brought in last season we had pasta no forks spoons or plates served outside on a wallpaper table.
Taking my own tea and chair tomorrow.
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Playing away tomorrow ground with very poor facilities park on a busy road one toilet between everyone change in a shed with no windows no seating inside or out no tables no kitchen no hot water no showers tea is brought in last season we had pasta no forks spoons or plates served outside on a wallpaper table.
Taking my own tea and chair tomorrow.
Concede the game, get them out your league and play for another club this week at a decent ground :).. Win win
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Playing against the team I train with during the week on Saturday. Always a good game and a good slurp afterwards. Cup game on Sunday, may limit myself to a dozen ales or so just to be safe.
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Concede the game, get them out your league and play for another club this week at a decent ground :).. Win win
Nice idea but league rules state you can only be signed for one club.
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Nice idea but league rules state you can only be signed for one club.
plenty of leagues within 30 mins of you buddy :) That isn't an issue. tongue in cheek of course, however I am surprised that some clubs (whether they have such poor facilities, join leagues at teh bottom just to thrash people or are just very very horrible people to play) aren't just subjected to winning games by walkover and I reckon, within 2-3 seasons after playing zero cricket but being promoted 3 leagues they'd soon sort their acts out
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plenty of leagues within 30 mins of you buddy :) That isn't an issue. tongue in cheek of course, however I am surprised that some clubs (whether they have such poor facilities, join leagues at teh bottom just to thrash people or are just very very horrible people to play) aren't just subjected to winning games by walkover and I reckon, within 2-3 seasons after playing zero cricket but being promoted 3 leagues they'd soon sort their acts out
Not sure but I don't think you can play in a different league when registered with another.
The only other leagues close to Stourbridge that I am aware of is the South Staffs and Birmingham League.
Believe You are right regarding clubs coming into our division to thrash other clubs
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Not sure but I don't think you can play in a different league when registered with another.
The only other leagues close to Stourbridge that I am aware of is the South Staffs and Birmingham League.
Believe You are right regarding clubs coming into our division to thrash other clubs
Of course you can. All the people coming back from Uni can do it, so why can't you? ;)
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Not sure but I don't think you can play in a different league when registered with another.
The only other leagues close to Stourbridge that I am aware of is the South Staffs and Birmingham League.
Where do you play?
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Of course you can. All the people coming back from Uni can do it, so why can't you? ;)
Had a look in the league handbook and it looks as if to move clubs or leagues you would need a transfer.
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Where do you play?
Cutnell Green village cc
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Played at Harborne a couple of years ago (1st team in the Brum League) although their first XI pitch is only junior sized. The pitch next door looked horrific if that's where you are playing?
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Not sure but I don't think you can play in a different league when registered with another.
The only other leagues close to Stourbridge that I am aware of is the South Staffs and Birmingham League.
Believe You are right regarding clubs coming into our division to thrash other clubs
pretty sure if you play in the northants leagues say, then play in the gloucestershire league you are fine. You couldn't go from glos league to wepl etc.. too close. but you could go from worcestershire to gloucestershire for instance.
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Played at Harborne a couple of years ago (1st team in the Brum League) although their first XI pitch is only junior sized. The pitch next door looked horrific if that's where you are playing?
No it's not there
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Playing away tomorrow ground with very poor facilities park on a busy road one toilet between everyone change in a shed with no windows no seating inside or out no tables no kitchen no hot water no showers tea is brought in last season we had pasta no forks spoons or plates served outside on a wallpaper table.
Taking my own tea and chair tomorrow.
Lucky you I have been told we are playing where there is no facilities at all. The home team set up a couple of gazebos and you use the hedge for you know what. Mind you it is pouring down here so it may be our first postponed game of the season. Anxious wait in the morning.
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Coming out of my 1 week retirement tomorrow !!
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Oppo bowled out for 62
We lost a coupla wickets chasing
I got 33, caught at long on off the toe
Bats still too good for me
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Only had 8 players today opposition scored 205 we were all out for 90 if the wicket had been a pudding it would have been a good track got a dodgy lbw hit the ball onto the top of my pads from a right arm around going across me.
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Poor team performance today, we were 102 all out on our minefield wicket. 9 with the bat personally after getting an absolute jaff (frustrating as I felt in good touch).
They ended up chasing it down after 16 overs for 3 wickets. All of which I got! Which I am really chuffed with as I've been working really hard on my leg spin over the winter, I got two wickets in my first two balls and ended up 3.2 - 1 - 18 - 3 which is my best bowling figures since becoming an adult!
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Another early finish - played away lovely ground and track normally but the covers it appeared had only been put on after yesterday's downpour so a damp dog.
We won the toss put them in, bowled them out for 83 and knocked it off 4 down (I'm showing my age but with our number 3 missing the age of our top 6 batting wise were: 16, 25, 18, 15, 20, 18). So 3 games in and still not required to wield the willow, 5 for 31 with the ball though (all caught in the ring with mistimed shots speak volumes about the track).
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Not a great day but, batted at number 9, got a 2nd ball duck- nailed one to the only fielder that could catch! We were all out for 125 which was poor
We then had them 8 down chasing, I bowled 15 overs on the reel for 42 and got two wickets, including a dubious lbw
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Day 1 of not playing - I hate this!
I got updates on the 1st, 2nd and 4th team and found out the 6th team won.
I'm waiting to find out how the 3rds did an will read every team's match reports when they go up.
I'll only miss another 4 training sessions and 3 matches before I can play again... :(
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Another team win, decent display to easily chase 228. Only got 18 as the league umpire decided to give me lbw after hitting it 😂
I'd be angry but that's 4 out of 13 league innings now!! Seriously considering resigning from first team cricket because of league umpires.. They are terrible
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Tomorrow we have a new opposition which is always fun to try to convince them we really are as terrible as we are. Also big F you to Lambeth council who decided to carry out maintenance work so we have to go to Putney instead. Ahh well, I will try to have an okay day with the ball and score more than 22. New bowlers are always a laugh and the river is next door so I think we will loose a ball or two!
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Playing tomorrow against wall cc. We lost again today. Bowled hunningham out for 222, we were rolled for 104. Lost 3 out of 3. I went down the villa again in search of a cup final ticket. West ham were terrible!!"
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I have mentioned it before but I have been supporting the cricketing ambitions of an autistic lad (now is the 4th season of doing this) and yesterday (Saturday) my efforts finally came to fruition.
For quite complicated reasons but mainly because our 2nd XI had a free week, I ended up taking this lad to play for the village side he turned out for last season whilst I didn't have a match. I wasn't intending to stay but as neither team had an umpire, I offered my services which were readily accepted. The village side won the toss and decided to field and the lad in question came on first change. He's always had the ability to bowl OK but up until now, has never bowled with enough consistency that's allowed captain's to give him more 3-4 overs in league matches. Well everything changed yesterday as he bowled on the spot from the very first delivery to the very last of his 12 over spell (the maximum allowed per bowler in our division). He finished with 3 wickets for 41 runs which I think is a marvellous achievement by the lad himself and also shows how open-minded some clubs are when it comes to disabilities.
If your club has someone with autism wanting to get involved, don't shun or ignore him. Instead channel their ambitions constructively, set them both targets and boundaries and hopefully you will be rewarded like I was today.
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I have mentioned it before but I have been supporting the cricketing ambitions of an autistic lad (now is the 4th season of doing this) and yesterday (Saturday) my efforts finally came to fruition.
For quite complicated reasons but mainly because our 2nd XI had a free week, I ended up taking this lad to play for the village side he turned out for last season whilst I didn't have a match. I wasn't intending to stay but as neither team had an umpire, I offered my services which were readily accepted. The village side won the toss and decided to field and the lad in question came on first change. He's always had the ability to bowl OK but up until now, has never bowled with enough consistency that's allowed captain's to give him more 3-4 overs in league matches. Well everything changed yesterday as he bowled on the spot from the very first delivery to the very last of his 12 over spell (the maximum allowed per bowler in our division). He finished with 3 wickets for 41 runs which I think is a marvellous achievement by the lad himself and also shows how open-minded some clubs are when it comes to disabilities.
If your club has someone with autism wanting to get involved, don't shun or ignore him. Instead channel their ambitions constructively, set them both targets and boundaries and hopefully you will be rewarded like I was today.
Great stuff Tim, sounds a great afternoon.
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@Lumsden well done Tim, you deserve a lot of praise for this. It's really good that you are making cricket more inclusive
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Firstly top effort Lumsden. Be proud of yourself.
Me yesterday. We played on a very damp track. Ball stopped literally as soon as it bounced.
There quickie who is seal quick. Was still quick with Yorkers and full tosses. But anything pitched turned into slow grenades.
Me got 9 before I was well through a shot to midweek. And the ball cam of the spine to point.
Amusing second game in a row the spine as got me out.
Must play straight!
We had s good team effort. And got to 185 for 8 of 46.
Oppo were tramping along nicely. Then a disputed lbw decison (player was kicking everything he could after arguing with ump) saw a big collapse to 50 for 6.
Some big hitting got them to about a 100 before we bought our leg spin king on.
In the nets. He's unplayable. On a field he turns into Simon Kerrigan at test level.
First 3 balls pitched and turned beatifully nd produced a stumping as the batsmen over stretched.
He then yips came. Double bouncers. Full toss. Even a wide 3 pitches over.
But with lower order batsmen and there eyes lighting up. He got 2 more caught on the boundary.
And in an anti climax of the oppo only playing ten batsmen (someone had left) we took the full points.
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We played away after a week full of rain, won the toss and stuck them in.
Some great fielding and bowling saw them dismissed for 100 in the 37th. I took two catches at short extra and short mid wicket.
Then we batted... Turns out it wasn't so easy! Only two of our batsmen got into double figures and we were dismissed for 91 in the 33rd over. Their bowlers really exploited the difficult conditions. Personally I top scored with 34 opening the innings - and I was the last man out in over 33!
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I'm still yet to train or play, as you can imagine i'm getting increasingly frustrated by this.
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Made my first team debut yesterday aged 17, didn't go too well. 2-0-18 and 5 runs and a 110 run loss against Miskin Manor CC.
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Very good win yesterday and another 27 points, lost the toss and we were put in first on a shocker, very very muddy, both ends squelched under foot and your bat face looked brown after a couple of hits, made 11 and it was hard going no pace on the ball due to said pitch, we made 123 off of our 46 overs and thought it would be a tough ask and so it proved we bowled them out for 60 odd I took 1-9 off of 3 overs so happy days
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Only a friendly today but it was enjoyable. 83* off 55 balls and got to bat with a young lad who got his highest score ever in adult cricket (25*), although having him in meant we were never going to win its great to see his face post game as he loved it. It's what Sunday's are for.
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Today was a serious case of déjà vu, bowled 2-42 again, and got a 2nd ball duck again! Seems very familiar
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Lost today by 20 odd runs. Took 3-20 and was on a hat trick that probably should of been given. First wicket tickled one to the keeper, next batter edged it to slip. See this little kid coming and gave him a brute of a ball first up. It turned bounced, took his glove, possibly some bat on the way. However by the time it had hit the keeper in the mouth and rebounded into the hands of slip, nobody was entirely quite sure what noise was what! They got 187-6 off 40 and opened the batting getting a nice 20 in a partnership of 69 in 17 overs before playing on. Shame felt really good.
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First ever league game for my village club and we won by 8 wickets. They only had 8 players and hit 105 all out after 39 overs. I opened the batting and got 10 trying to clip one off middle stump rather then play straight
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LBW for 15. Still not got going yet. However, we won by 25 runs and still have 100% league record. Bowling figure were more impressive, 3-0-2-9. Considering I never bowl in league cricket I was pleased. I love tailenders who back to leg and get bowled off of their pads, makes my leg side line look good. 20/20 knock out tonight against a team 5 or 6 divisions above. Can't see my form/luck changing soon.
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Got 59* batting at 3 instead of opening. Was fine to play the new ball on a horrible plugging pitch. The longer the innings progressed the ball got softer and the bowling slower, was hard to get away. Ended 176-7. Ended up losing by 5 wickets due to some horrible bowling. Good to have another hit before getting back to Saturday cricket next week.
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Bowled like a drain in our first game (borderline yips!), and only made 8 in my first attempt at converting myself to an opener, we only made 136 and they got them for 5 down.
Second game I made 73 opening, which is my highest score since moving here and switching to astro wickets, however we shelled a heap of catches and failed to defend 186. :(
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We had our oppo on Saturday 9-5 and somehow managed to go on to lose the game by 71 runs! I personally contributed a GD as we were skittled for 29, which was my second duck in a row. Played on Sunday desperate to avoid a hattrick of ducks and managed a really scratchy 23.
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Had our first league game saturday. Won the toss and batted, even though it was slightly overcast. Managed 227 off our 45 overs. I came in at 8 and promptly went .64W to get us over the 200 mark. The 6 was a well timed punch back over the head that either gives mid on/mid off a catch when I'm not "in form" or goes like a rocket dead straight when I am. The 4 was a trademark slap through the covers and the dot sent short cover to hospital with a busted McNugget (he opened the batting for them before departing 2nd ball!)... Got out charging the bowler and was caught behind.
Bowled them out for 51. After 2 overs, I was wishing we'd have bowled first! Could have been back in the bar by 4 if we had...
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Had a pretty shocking start personally, but in terms of team results 3 from 3.
8 - lbw going over the top, horror decision, 7 - picked out the only man in the deep and 3 on Sat, lbw again, hit it.
Usually have a reasonable attitude towards bad decisions saying they'll balance out etc. But pretty raging if I'm honest!
Bowled a side out for 89 on saturday, opening bowler took all ten wickets. Pretty remarkable to be a part of that.
Will update with a picture of the scorecard when possible but for now...
http://www.cricketscotland.com/news/article/adrian-neill-interview/ (http://www.cricketscotland.com/news/article/adrian-neill-interview/)
http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2015/articles/000033/003303.shtml (http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2015/articles/000033/003303.shtml)
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Got a golden on Saturday >:( made me realise my forward defensive is horrible, what should be my safest shot is my most risky. Debated smashing my bat up and never playing again. Played Sunday and got 52 n.o, including a 6 to get me from 44 to 50 (I didn't realise I was on 44 and the keeper had a missed stumping the ball before) I was probably run out in the 20's I thought I was just in, but the fact I shouted "In" tells you it was a close one.
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Got a golden on Saturday >:( made me realise my forward defensive is horrible, what should be my safest shot is my most risky. Debated smashing my bat up and never playing again. Played Sunday and got 52 n.o, including a 6 to get me from 44 to 50 (I didn't realise I was on 44 and the keeper had a missed stumping the ball before) I was probably run out in the 20's I thought I was just in, but the fact I shouted "In" tells you it was a close one.
I know umpires who'd give you out for such a sin, that sort of behaviour belongs in Under 9s cricket! ;)
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Was a bit nervous about the start of the season as I spent the winter in Australia and failed to get a great deal of runs and spent the last English season nicking off for around 15 almost every game.
Relieved to kick off with 48, 53 retired and 76 though.
Won a couple of friendlies, one against an attack that featured an aussie who won Sydney's grade comp this year and trapped Owais Shah LBW for 0 at the weekend and one against a friendly team who we retired 4 batsmen against and beat by 180 runs. Lost our first league match at the weekend though which was thoroughly disappointing, partially attributable to losing an important toss but also a poor batting performance and a bad first 15 overs with the ball.
Hopefully we'll improve next week
Despite having spent 125 overs practicing the my action whenever a captain has looked at me, no skipper has yet seen fit to allow me to throw (literally) some filthy offies down...gutted!
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Had a bit of a forum match Saturday, it was me @19reading87 @Maverick79 v @kenbriooo . Naturally superior forum numbers and super super willow won out as we triumphed by 60 odd runs. @Maverick79 (Chris) getting us off to a flyer with a quickfire 36 and @19reading87 slogging a 23* at the end of our 203-4 in 45. @kenbriooo holed out for 1 or 2 after being sent in at 7 when the game was all but lost, thanks in part to my 2-26 on a stodgy surface where pace off ruled. They ended up 141-9.
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Got stuck in on a drying pitch on Saturday. Nicked off for 1, umpire later telling me he wouldn't have given it but I always walk so hey ho. We struggled to 131 all out with the oppo bowling well on a testing track and one of the slowest outfields I've every played on!
We kept chipping away with wickets and they got a bit nervy as our spinners found the pitch to their liking. Eventually came down to needing 9 to win with 1 wicket in hand and we ran out their last real batsman with a couple of balls to go giving us a 4 run victory. Great feeling when you win the low scoring matches, even when you contribute precisely zero!
On another note, opposition teamwear was all B3 and one of their lads had a B3 bat too
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Season maybe a complete write-off as dislocated little finger and damaged joint had op last week currently in plaster. Gutted and frustrated is an understatement.
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Had a bit of a forum match Saturday, it was me @19reading87 @Maverick79 v @kenbriooo . Naturally superior forum numbers and super super willow won out as we triumphed by 60 odd runs. @Maverick79 (Chris) getting us off to a flyer with a quickfire 36 and @19reading87 slogging a 23* at the end of our 203-4 in 45. @kenbriooo holed out for 1 or 2 after being sent in at 7 when the game was all but lost, thanks in part to my 2-26 on a stodgy surface where pace off ruled. They ended up 141-9.
Slogging??!?!?!?!?
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Slogging??!?!?!?!?
You certainly weren't nudging, caressing or stroking the ball when you charged the opening bowler and hit him over long on for six!
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You certainly weren't nudging, caressing or stroking the ball when you charged the opening bowler and hit him over long on for six!
Lol true!!! Good hit that one
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Got a good wind behind me and for the first time I've ever seen at our place a pitch with a bit in it for the quicks on Saturday! Came on first change with the openers both still in and bounced out the better one (nice looking Vantage) in my first over, got a steam up and took 4-22 as we bowled them out for 89 in pursuit of our below-par 198. Such a nice change from our usual slow low track to see the keeper standing miles back taking it at shoulder height, I'm praying for midweek rain for the rest of the season.
Unfortunately only made 14 with the bat, felt good before toeing a half volley not quite over mid on.
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I would like to point out that coming in needing 10+ an over I was not going to play for my average as others may have done. I did make sure I didn't get out to you tho @uknsaunders as I'd have not managed to live it down.
Least I did manage to claim one forum scalp with a half decent catch, but you've forgotten to mention @19reading87 three dropped catches! 😜
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I would like to point out that coming in needing 10+ an over I was not going to play for my average as others may have done. I did make sure I didn't get out to you tho @uknsaunders as I'd have not managed to live it down.
Least I did manage to claim one forum scalp with a half decent catch, but you've forgotten to mention @19reading87 three dropped catches! 😜
2 dropped catches actually!! Lol
First one bounced infront of me
Second would have killed me
Third would have been the catch of the century
#justsaying
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I would like to point out that coming in needing 10+ an over I was not going to play for my average as others may have done. I did make sure I didn't get out to you tho @uknsaunders as I'd have not managed to live it down.
Least I did manage to claim one forum scalp with a half decent catch, but you've forgotten to mention @19reading87 three dropped catches! 😜
No idea why you were batting so low Kenny. Given only righton showed any urgency in the top 4, you can't of done any worse. Plus the top 4 had the benefit of some pace on the ball, which we all know was a lot easier to score against on that deck.
Lol - you only just survived against me! Remember missing that first ball that was an inch from off stick :D
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Was a bit nervous about the start of the season as I spent the winter in Australia and failed to get a great deal of runs and spent the last English season nicking off for around 15 almost every game.
Relieved to kick off with 48, 53 retired and 76 though.
Won a couple of friendlies, one against an attack that featured an aussie who won Sydney's grade comp this year and trapped Owais Shah LBW for 0 at the weekend and one against a friendly team who we retired 4 batsmen against and beat by 180 runs. Lost our first league match at the weekend though which was thoroughly disappointing, partially attributable to losing an important toss but also a poor batting performance and a bad first 15 overs with the ball.
Hopefully we'll improve next week
Despite having spent 125 overs practicing the my action whenever a captain has looked at me, no skipper has yet seen fit to allow me to throw (literally) some filthy offies down...gutted!
Take it you play for potters bar mate ?
Always nice to see Welwyn get a drubbing
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Bit of a funny game really. We batted first in strong winds, on a pitch with a large slope. All out for 127, I top scored with 23 before being given out caught behind off my pad. Wasn’t too miffed as it’s something that happens!
In reply they were 52-1 off 10 overs, I came on and took 4/23 from 9 overs. We bowled them all out for 127. So yeah we tied.
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I played my first game for my new club on Saturday. After an all concurring 2014, where the club I helped found won everything. I decided it was time to move on and play at a more relaxing standard. So I went from a side that won division one to the team that came bottom of division ten. I would add that last year I was mainly used as the number 11 and boundary fielder. In total I faced 32 balls all season.
With the pitch a little damp after overnight rain, the opposition put us into bat. I was down to bat a 7. but after 4 overs I found myself walking out to bat with the score at 13 for 5. Soon after we were 23 for 9. A last wicket stand saw us limp to 70 all out. I batted ok for my 38, before lobbing an easy catch to square leg. I have been kicking myself since.
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I played my first game for my new club on Saturday. After an all concurring 2014, where the club I helped found won everything. I decided it was time to move on and play at a more relaxing standard. So I went from a side that won division one to the team that came bottom of division ten. I would add that last year I was mainly used as the number 11 and boundary fielder. In total I faced 32 balls all season.
With the pitch a little damp after overnight rain, the opposition put us into bat. I was down to bat a 7. but after 4 overs I found myself walking out to bat with the score at 13 for 5. Soon after we were 23 for 9. A last wicket stand saw us limp to 70 all out. I batted ok for my 38, before lobbing an easy catch to square leg. I have been kicking myself since.
And I reckon you found a it lfar more rewarding than batting at 11 and fielding on the boundary.
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I played my first game for my new club on Saturday. After an all concurring 2014, where the club I helped found won everything. I decided it was time to move on and play at a more relaxing standard. So I went from a side that won division one to the team that came bottom of division ten. I would add that last year I was mainly used as the number 11 and boundary fielder. In total I faced 32 balls all season.
With the pitch a little damp after overnight rain, the opposition put us into bat. I was down to bat a 7. but after 4 overs I found myself walking out to bat with the score at 13 for 5. Soon after we were 23 for 9. A last wicket stand saw us limp to 70 all out. I batted ok for my 38, before lobbing an easy catch to square leg. I have been kicking myself since.
You scored more runs in one knock this year than your total balls faced last season, seems a worthwhile move to me
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Yep, really enjoyed the game. Also no off the pitch hassle of running a club. My first game last season I spent waiting to 3.00 for one of the first team to finish work, so I could drive him to the game, got to my game in the seconds as the last over of our innings was being bowled.
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Yep, really enjoyed the game. Also no off the pitch hassle of running a club. My first game last season I spent waiting to 3.00 for one of the first team to finish work, so I could drive him to the game, got to my game in the seconds as the last over of our innings was being bowled.
Not good that's the sort of thing that wears you down.
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I have been trying to develop myself as a proper batsman from a bowler who can bat a little. Scores of 17, 3 and 1 so far. Walked in at no 4 in the first game and a few minutes after I walked in it became 30/6 or so. Played without taking too many risks against a good bowling attack and got the top score for the team. So I thought my season as a proper batsman was on. Second game I threw away my wicket by playing an uppish square drive. Got an excellent bouncer in the third game (astroturf on top of concrete) and in an attempt to keep my face intact, I lobbed a catch to the wicket keeper. My weakness against good pacy bowling on bouncy wickets remain unsorted. Looks like I will be asked to move down the order since team manager is prone to knee jerk reactions. Guess I just need to work harder on my batting.
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If the problem is in defence get into line and head and body over the bounce with soft hands drop the ball by your feet.
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50 retired slap an tickle
Bats still too good for me
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Havent posted on this yet due to dissertation deadlines, all sorted now! So far played 6, won two and lost 4.
In order, loss to Brighton Uni by 80 runs chasing 188 (not good when its a rematch of Varsity which the team won!) Figures of 0/40 off 7, and last man out for 3, got a catch.
Loss by four wickets to Brighton College in a t20 friendly. Bit embarrasing to lose to the sixth formers! Another catch and 0/14 off 3 opening up with my leg breaks.
Loss to Christ Church Canterbury Uni, all out for about 120 chasing 220. 0* from number 11, and figures of 10/3/15/2.
Win vs Pinner CC 1st XI, they are new to the Morrant Chilterns League so we didn't know what to expect. We got 269/6 declared in 47 overs, personally got 9, but one of our batters set a new club record at 175*, then only got two overs for 1 run as the seamers skittled the opposition for 61 inside 28 overs.
Win vs Chalfont St Peter CC Academy on Sunday (I didn't play on Saturday as my dissertation was in Monday and I'd committed to captain our Academy team). We got 235/8 off 40, got caught for 4 cutting a left arm seamer to mid off, he must have been all of 14 years old so not the quickest! Took 6/2/11/5, made sure everyone had a decent bowl but the opposition were getting ahead of the run rate so I had a go, bowled them out for 126.
Loss vs Chichester Uni yesterday. Another humiliation to be honest. They got 260 having been 70/6 after 25, of which I got 3/44 off 10. We then lost wickets in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th overs. I went in at 26/7 during the 14th over, and myself and our number 11 ended up as top two scorers with 13 for me and 12* for him in our 55 all out. So just the small matter of a 204 run defeat when we were in control of the match after half their innings. Oops.
So far then only 29 runs in 5 innings, and 10 wickets in often unhelpful conditions, along with two catches, but I feel like I'm hitting the ball well and just need some luck to go my way.
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First t20 game. Love hit and giggle. Batted myself 3.
Went out in the 3rd over.
Took guard.
Left first ball
It hit off stump.
Glad I rushed to that game from work!
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So, I found out this evening I'm not in the top 12 selected to face probably the strongest team in our league this Saturday, after not making the 11 to play one of the weakest teams in our league last week, who we played a few weeks ago with a less than par team full of newbies/part-time players and won quite convincingly. Our 'new' team destroyed them last week within 13 overs knocking off the 84 runs we needed in a 40 over league game.
After having been left out of the t20 final we got to last year, I guess I knew what was probably going to happen this year with a new President, who originally joined our club a few seasons ago because of how we played the game for enjoyment and competed at the same time. I believe I encouraged him to join us after we won the t20 or 40 over league final that year...Yes.. we used to struggle some weeks to get 11 in those days and past years and yes we've had an influx of good, new players but I feel like a dagger has been put through my heart after recent disappointments with non-selection.
I've been playing for my team for 7 years being a co vice-captain last year and vice-captain the year before and am now a zero looking at best with the new philosophy of our selectors to play for our 2nd/social team to prove myself because of all the new players with beginners and others like me who can't even get a game after the pre-season friendlies and intra-club games, where I felt I was playing solidly without scoring a lot of runs myself e.g 57 run opening partnership.
I'm a player who's always worn his heart on his sleeve, coached new and existing players in nets, one of the first to training and last to leave, sold numerous bats mainly off this forum to new players so they can get the most from their bat with the quality and skill they possess so they can do well for our team. I even sold him his current bat...
What was it all for? How do I hold my head up in training with both my friends I've played with for years and the new players who all know me? What do I do with a text sent to me this evening by the new President to meet for a few beers, a chat and game of pool received before the team selection was announced via e-mail?
I'm devastated, upset and angry.....
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So, I found out this evening I'm not in the top 12 selected to face probably the strongest team in our league this Saturday, after not making the 11 to play one of the weakest teams in our league last week, who we played a few weeks ago with a less than par team full of newbies/part-time players and won quite convincingly. Our 'new' team destroyed them last week within 13 overs knocking off the 84 runs we needed in a 40 over league game.
After having been left out of the t20 final we got to last year, I guess I knew what was probably going to happen this year with a new President, who originally joined our club a few seasons ago because of how we played the game for enjoyment and competed at the same time. I believe I encouraged him to join us after we won the t20 or 40 over league final that year...Yes.. we used to struggle some weeks to get 11 in those days and past years and yes we've had an influx of good, new players but I feel like a dagger has been put through my heart after recent disappointments with non-selection.
I've been playing for my team for 7 years being a co vice-captain last year and vice-captain the year before and am now a zero looking at best with the new philosophy of our selectors to play for our 2nd/social team to prove myself because of all the new players with beginners and others like me who can't even get a game after the pre-season friendlies and intra-club games, where I felt I was playing solidly without scoring a lot of runs myself e.g 57 run opening partnership.
I'm a player who's always worn his heart on his sleeve, coached new and existing players in nets, one of the first to training and last to leave, sold numerous bats mainly off this forum to new players so they can get the most from their bat with the quality and skill they possess so they can do well for our team. I even sold him his current bat...
What was it all for? How do I hold my head up in training with both my friends I've played with for years and the new players who all know me? What do I do with a text sent to me this evening by the new President to meet for a few beers, a chat and game of pool received before the team selection was announced via e-mail?
I'm devastated, upset and angry.....
quit and move to a club where you will get a regular game without having to jump through all the hoops. Participation levels are down, there are more clubs than players.. no player needs to be mistreated by any club. Clubs need to realise they are nothing without players. Players hold the power now.
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Game called off today so, gonna net all afternoon!
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Game on so far today - we are taking on the mighty Farnham CC 3rd XI.
Some young pup is gonna cop it from one of my swingers :)
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Played our 4th game of the LMS season on Wednesday versus the strongest team in the league. After restricting them to 50 less than anyone else had managed, we contrived to bat like plonkers and I, coming in at number 8 in the 12th over, scored a third of our teams runs with 24. We lost. Heavily.
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Played our 4th game of the LMS season on Wednesday versus the strongest team in the league. After restricting them to 50 less than anyone else had managed, we contrived to bat like plonkers and I, coming in at number 8 in the 12th over, scored a third of our teams runs with 24. We lost. Heavily.
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@tim2000s Well it certainly sounds like your having a great time!!!
Not wanting to miss out on a public spanking I'm often around wed Thursday if you ever need a player. I obviously won't have any kit with me but happy to make up the numbers if I can.
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3rd ball duck and it seems like I don't get to bowl any more what a crap day
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Lost today opposition scored 160 one of our guys bowled the last 4 overs and went for 36 we made 117 all out our usual number 10 and 11 had to go early so they opened the innings consequently we were 2 wickets down for no runs after 4 overs went into bat at 4 when the oppositions tail was up batted for 25 overs hit on both thighs wrist and shoulder but pleased with the way I hooked and pulled the quicks as they tried to bounce me out we had one run out given which wasn't and one LBW which clearly hit the bat first no wonder we struggle to get players with decisions like that.
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That's it. I've had it.
Standing in the field in freezing temps with the rain lashing down isn't what I signed up for and as a result, I'm going on strike until the sun shines. Then, after 50 overs fielding, it's called before I bat! :( doesn't help when the rack up 240 in 40 overs either and you, despite being a constant deliverer last year, are left alone at cover or mid wicket! 😭
So, as this was my return to cricket for the season it could just well be the end as I really don't enjoy days like this and the negative effect they have on me and life I'm generally.
Therefore, cricket could be finished for me :-[
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Played my first game of the season in an under strength second team against the league leaders. Despite only having 2 of our main bowlers and one part time spinner we got the oppo all out for 150, then made a pig's ear of the batting and got all out for 87. I came in at 10 (not happy about it either) and made 4 from 5 balls, all 4 coming from the most bizarre boundary i've ever seen get hit. How the hell I managed to miss time a cut so badly that it came off the side of the bat (not the edge, the actual side), i'll never know.
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Our first win in 4 games today. We finished 180 all out with 2 balls remaining I finished on 9 not out.Opened the bowling got 2/37. Should/could've had a 5fer.2 drops, one at cover one in the slips and had one that hit the bat then both pads hit the stumps but the bails didn't budge.we won in the end by 87 runs.a few beers tonight to celebrate
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Another 50+ score. Nicked off and walked to find out the umpire wouldn't have given it. Oppos said thanks but it's the right thing to do.
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That's it. I've had it.
Standing in the field in freezing temps with the rain lashing down isn't what I signed up for and as a result, I'm going on strike until the sun shines. Then, after 50 overs fielding, it's called before I bat! :( doesn't help when the rack up 240 in 40 overs either and you, despite being a constant deliverer last year, are left alone at cover or mid wicket! 😭
So, as this was my return to cricket for the season it could just well be the end as I really don't enjoy days like this and the negative effect they have on me and life
Therefore, cricket could be finished for me :-[
Understand where you are coming from its the sort of thing that makes you want to pack cricket in I used to let it get me down but then you go out next match the sun is out life feels good you score a few runs and start enjoying your cricket.
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Another 50+ score. Nicked off and walked to find out the umpire wouldn't have given it. Oppos said thanks but it's the right thing to do.
Without a doubt it's the right thing to do Adi but I see it less and less
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Another 50+ score. Nicked off and walked to find out the umpire wouldn't have given it. Oppos said thanks but it's the right thing to do.
How did your team do adi ?
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Close game today but managed to hold on for a winning draw with a lot of young lads called up from the 3rds due to some absentees in both the 1sts plus 2nds you really can't ask for much more. We got 193 for 5 and chasing they ended on 180 odd for 7. Decent day for me personally - first bat of the season and got 71* tweaking my hamstring in the process then reeled off / hobbled through 13-4-38-2. I'm in bits and feel my age!
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How did your team do adi ?
won easily, 291 off 50 and they were ao for 186. Good team win
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A team mate was looking for a bat but didn't want to spend much money so during our last training match I said he could use my old Warrior if he wanted. I wouldn't sell it to him because it was looking a little worse for wear but he could use it.
He used it in the nets and loved it.
He used it in today's game and this happened.
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They were chasing a modest total and got it with one ball to spare btw.
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Yesssssssss! Won by 101 runs, Farnham falling way short and yours truly bowling 3 guys with his sexy swingers!
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Yesssssssss! Won by 101 runs, Farnham falling way short and yours truly bowling 3 guys with his sexy swingers!
flourish runs?
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Yesssssssss! Won by 101 runs, Farnham falling way short and yours truly bowling 3 guys with his sexy swingers!
Inswingers should be an automatic no ball!
My season started and could've finished in 5 balls today.
Damaged knee ligaments 4 weeks ago and thought I was fit enough to play today. Felt ok running/jogging.
Was batting at 3 going went in after a century opening partnership. Creamed a cover drive first ball that was reluctantly stopped by cover. 5th ball, when on 5 went back to play a cut and knee went again, collapsed in a heap costing me two runs. Retired hurt for the first time in my life then hobbled around the field for 36 overs.
Fortunately we won by 50 runs so not all bad.
Knee on ice and hammering the vodka for pain relief of course.....
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Put the oppo in to bat and we had a reasonable start with them 2 for 40 off 15, but then several dropped catches off my bowling (a couple pretty tough ones, but 2 absolute dollies) saw their number 2 get 80 and number 4 get a ton. They ended up with 282 for 5 off 42 overs declared. My figures were ok compared to our other bowlers but gutted those catches didn't stick.
We started badly with 2 down in first 5 overs but a resilient knock by our number 3 and a few other partners meant we saw out our overs with wickets to spare for a hard earned draw. I was next man in so didn't get a chance to use my new bat which is now fully knocked in, so will just have to wait for the next game.
The weather was beautiful, needed sun cream and lots of drink - all in all a great days cricket.
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Back playing this Saturday, well barely as our match was over in 90 minutes. Opposition only had 9 players and were all out for 48 in less than an hour then we knocked that off for 2 wickets. I did wonder at the rate wickets were falling (and lack of opposition players) that I might not get a bowl but sneaked on to pick up the final wicket.
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Surgery a putting me out for 6 weeks :(operated on trapped nerves yesterday and around 6 weeks out now
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Surgery a putting me out for 6 weeks :(operated on trapped nerves yesterday and around 6 weeks out now
ouch, not good news Tom
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Got my season back on track after my crisis of confidence a couple of weeks ago - thanks for the positive vibes here that helped keep me going! After a few green shoots of recovery last weekend (24 & 16, and 3 cheap wickets with my dibbly-dobblies), got a nice solid 39 yesterday. Felt really good against the seamers save for a very close lbw shout, but sadly predictably got bogged down against a very slow offie and self-destructed against him with a filthy hack - i still can't find a way of keeping my score ticking over against that kind of bowling :( Finally capped my day by taking a knee trembling skyer to remove the oppo's best batsman which helped seal victory. Unbelievably the first winning side I've been in since last july!
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30 yesterday
Holed out to a full toss again
Toro,s being brought out of retirement today, gonna see how that goes
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well we lost a stinker yesterday by one wicket,
we batted first and made a good 171 off our 46 some wayward bowling b y them and not as many wides as we could have awarded,
we had them in trouble early on and they one young lad who batted all the way almost and made a very good ton, however next best scorer was extras with 33, now we dont bowl very many wides or no balls however two of their umpires were how should we say, dubious to say the least, so not a happy camper at all
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Got my season back on track after my crisis of confidence a couple of weeks ago - thanks for the positive vibes here that helped keep me going! After a few green shoots of recovery last weekend (24 & 16, and 3 cheap wickets with my dibbly-dobblies), got a nice solid 39 yesterday. Felt really good against the seamers save for a very close lbw shout, but sadly predictably got bogged down against a very slow offie and self-destructed against him with a filthy hack - i still can't find a way of keeping my score ticking over against that kind of bowling :( Finally capped my day by taking a knee trembling skyer to remove the oppo's best batsman which helped seal victory. Unbelievably the first winning side I've been in since last july!
Pleased to read your post and that you are back on track easy to get bogged down against slow bowlers particularly this time of the season it happens to me all the time but the key is to hang in there treat being bog down as a mindset just think its better for me to be at the crease being well set rather than a new batsman and me not give the opposition a lift by throwing my wicket away as having scored a solid 39 you have done the hard work look to push for a single take the pressure off get to the other end if you can't just continue to do what you works for you.
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Pleased to read your post and that you are back on track easy to get bogged down against slow bowlers particularly this time of the season it happens to me all the time but the key is to hang in there treat being bog down as a mindset just think its better for me to be at the crease being well set rather than a new batsman and me not give the opposition a lift by throwing my wicket away as having scored a solid 39 you have done the hard work look to push for a single take the pressure off get to the other end if you can't just continue to do what you works for you.
You're right I'm sure, I felt myself getting very anxious in that situation and the oppo knew it. As it so happened getting out when I did didn't work out badly for the team as we had a nice acceleration towards the end to set up a good total, though perhaps i should have been a bit more selfish...?
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Hey Felix, you better not end up in the 3rd XI next week - we've got you at our place I think, and my filthy slow swingers might make your eyes light up!!!
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Hey Felix, you better not end up in the 3rd XI next week - we've got you at our place I think, and my filthy slow swingers might make your eyes light up!!!
Noooo!!! I doubt I've done enough to get into the 2s, so my date with destiny is fixed :o
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Don't worry - I will probably crumble under the pressure of bowling to another forum legend.
This is all, of course, pending my selection into the mighty 3's!!!!
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Don't worry - I will probably crumble under the pressure of bowling to another forum legend.
This is all, of course, pending my selection into the mighty 3's!!!!
A CBF contest within a contest - bring it on :)
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You're right I'm sure, I felt myself getting very anxious in that situation and the oppo knew it. As it so happened getting out when I did didn't work out badly for the team as we had a nice acceleration towards the end to set up a good total, though perhaps i should have been a bit more selfish...?
Here's the key although it's your nature to get anxious give the impression you are relaxed step away from your stance between balls switch off relax your mind don't give the opposition a sniff and yes all batsman need to be selfish on this occasion it worked out but it still could have done so with yourself at the crease your team could have had a batting collaspe and then you would be thinking i could have prevented that i as i was well set or i gave the opposition inroads into our batting. When I started playing an ex county professional advised to be selfish when batting I've never forgotten it.
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Played at a beautiful ground with superb facilities. They put up 194 in 45 overs. We batted them off with an over to spare. Finally made some runs (46) before holing out to extra cover towards the end of the innings.
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You're right I'm sure, I felt myself getting very anxious in that situation and the oppo knew it. As it so happened getting out when I did didn't work out badly for the team as we had a nice acceleration towards the end to set up a good total, though perhaps i should have been a bit more selfish...?
Here's the key although it's your nature to get anxious give the impression you are relaxed step away from your stance between balls switch off relax your mind don't give the opposition a sniff and yes all batsman need to be selfish on this occasion it worked out but it still could have done so with yourself at the crease your team could have had a batting collaspe and then you would be thinking i could have prevented that i as i was well set or i gave the opposition inroads into our batting. When I started playing an ex county professional advised to be selfish when batting I've never forgotten it.
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55 retired,,,nice bit of biffing with the Affinity toro
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Played my 4th game of the season today and got my 3rd awful LBW decision. Starting to really hate people standing at the umpires end when they have no idea what they are doing. Managed to bat for a bit if time today which was good even if I didn't make a great score. We chased 166 for the loss of just myself with my opening partner making 103 no. Also faced probably the sharpest bowler if faced in the last 3 season. He was quick in a very dead and flat track but manger to see him off. On a positive keeping going well took my 10th catch in 4 games and also my first stumping of the season.
Let's hope fortune is on my side in 2 weekends time.
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51*odd 35 balls, Retired not out in a dinky game today. Not the greatest test but it was at least a game. Better than nothing.
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I see plenty of comments about getting another dodgy umpire decision, in the fairness of balance I expect you all to post when you are given not out. Don't usually find many batsman who say they were definitely out.
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Took my first 5 wicket haul of the season today, including a stumping which is always a satisfying way to get a wicket! Watched two blokes lump sixes for a little while and chased down 166 at a jog
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I see plenty of comments about getting another dodgy umpire decision, in the fairness of balance I expect you all to post when you are given not out. Don't usually find many batsman who say they were definitely out.
4 lbws and 2 'snick' offs on saturday. I can safely say 3 were god aweful decisions and one lbw was plumb. Both snicks (including my own), we walked and the umpire wouldn't have given it. so yeah, there is a fair bit of poor umpiring around. Sadly, in my experience, it's not a rare thing either.
oh, and one of the lbws that wasn't out but was given was an oppo player.. terrible decision. So it's not even team bias
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Some great umpiring going on here as I'm doing it whilst injured 3 Lbw's. So frustrating as May miss season with broken finger.
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In regards the umpiring comments for me as I've moved clubs it's been made aware to me who is a good umpire and who isn't when playing teams that umpire their own batsman, even if your as fair as possible it's fully dependant on the opposition being the same,
As proved on Saturday when losing by one wicket that wasn't the issue what was, was how we supposedly conceded so many extras 33 in total, this being their second top scorer and we had one young 16 yr old lad who took it very hard to concede so many wides and no balls, the same lad who with a different umpire didn't concede any,
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55 retired,,,nice bit of biffing with the Affinity toro
Change of bat, change of luck then mate
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2 of mine have been given by kids sent out and they have no idea about umpiring or LBW decisions and are not able to say no when a man is screaming at them whilst appealing. And I can see I know when I'm out LBW I have smashed 1 into my pad, one was going so far down leg and today's just hit the bat and nothing elsa hell it went to backward square leg with the keeper who was standing up down the leg side to take it
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In regards the umpiring comments for me as I've moved clubs it's been made aware to me who is a good umpire and who isn't when playing teams that umpire their own batsman, even if your as fair as possible it's fully dependant on the opposition being the same,
As proved on Saturday when losing by one wicket that wasn't the issue what was, was how we supposedly conceded so many extras 33 in total, this being their second top scorer and we had one young 16 yr old lad who took it very hard to concede so many wides and no balls, the same lad who with a different umpire didn't concede any,
You expect dodgy calls from player/club umpires. I've only ever has board ones, so you expect better
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You expect dodgy calls from player/club umpires. I've only ever has board ones, so you expect better
I fully expect dodgy calls from all umpires in my league regardless of whether the umpire's association has managed to send down two umpires or we've had to use a player as the square leg umpire as only one league appointed umpire has been sent down. Even the league umpires seem to have difficulty with LBWs, and wides for some reason.
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In our game last week we had several LBW shouts turned down and a caught behind of the glove also turned down. I thought I'd give the umpire a chance, as long as he consistently gives the benefit of the doubt to the batsmen. He then proceeded to give 5 of our lads out. 4 LBW's and 1 caught behind! I got a huge inside edge on mine. I'm not saying that none of the shouts were out but the more disappointing thing was the speed in which he shot our batsmen out, no hesitation whatsoever.
Luckily, despite his best efforts, we managed to knock our target off for 7 wickets.
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I was invited a few weeks back to turn out for a Leeds friendly side but first 2 matches were rained off but we finally kicked off our Sunday season this afternoon. Turned up to find myself asked to skipper the side as the organiser had never captained before and promptly lost the toss. Fortunately opposition wanted to bat first which suited me perfectly as I wanted to bowl. I gave everyone (who wanted to bowl) a 4 over spell including the autistic lad (that I mentioned last week) who took another couple of wickets. I also took 2 wickets and was on a hat-trick for the 2nd time within a week. Bowled opposition out for 146 which I pleased with as I wanted to chase around 150. After tea I sent in to bat everyone who had not bowled and we overhauled their total with around 2 overs to spare. A friend of mine who I had brought along scored 66 not out which was the backbone of our innings. Unfortunately my innings was somewhat shorter as I failed to keep out a rather good yorker and departed for just 7.
Everyone on our side contributed and the opposition seemed relatively contented in defeat so it was one of those afternoons when cricket was the winner.
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We got bailed on by our opposition late on Sat morning, I ended up helping out our 3s after they had a late pullout. Bagged a couple of wickets and came in down the order to see us home in partnership with the skipper, we both managed the game and the jug avoidance well, 47* for me.
Sunday a solid 1* from two balls and a bit of a mixed bag keeping. Got 2 catches standing up, a stumping and a runout though so happy with that! One lovely take down the legside off the face of their firsts players' lovely grainy B&S.
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First game of the season for me Saturday, took 1 catch from 1. Got 41 with the bat and we won with 8 or 9 overs spare, and the famous won at Wembley yesterday so a good weekend.
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after reading a recent article about backlifts ( tapping bat rather than an high back lift - can't remember where I read it but an Aussie I think) I thought I'd give it try as it was how I used to bat. totally liberating! A ton and a fifty in 4 innings ( 17 years sunce last 100) timing the ball and not chasing anything outside off.
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after reading a recent article about backlifts ( tapping bat rather than an high back lift - can't remember where I read it but an Aussie I think) I thought I'd give it try as it was how I used to bat. totally liberating! A ton and a fifty in 4 innings ( 17 years sunce last 100) timing the ball and not chasing anything outside off.
Congrats on the ton. And the 50 back in the 3rds
Shame you wasn't in the thirds in our wet encounter with hallam. Would have been good to see a fellow forumite
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cheers Chris, coldest start to a season and baltic up at Hallam. just under 1000ft. roll on summer!
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2 of mine have been given by kids sent out and they have no idea about umpiring or LBW decisions and are not able to say no when a man is screaming at them whilst appealing. And I can see I know when I'm out LBW I have smashed 1 into my pad, one was going so far down leg and today's just hit the bat and nothing elsa hell it went to backward square leg with the keeper who was standing up down the leg side to take it
Agree with this Chris exactly the same thing happened to me two weeks ago a round the wicket bowler to a left hander on the front foot I flicked the ball onto my pad the opposition who were shouting how's that to almost ball all screamed at the kid who wasumpiring he bottled it on the strength of the appeal and gave me out LBW.
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Did a bit of umpiring at the weekend. Got called an effing cheat for turning down an lbw. By the fielder at point.
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In regards to LBWs and LBW appeals, a week ago I was umpiring and we had a off-spinner bowling to a right-handed batsman (so turning from off to leg). The bowler appealed for LBW for a delivery that brushed pads before missing leg stump by a good 6 inches so I was somewhat bemused by the actual appeal. I pointed out that the ball had missed leg stump to which the bowler replied "yes but it hit the pads first". The bowler in question was not just some plucky village cricketer trying his luck but a former England ladies international cricketer wearing an MCC cap !!!
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In regards to LBWs and LBW appeals, a week ago I was umpiring and we had a off-spinner bowling to a right-handed batsman (so turning from off to leg). The bowler appealed for LBW for a delivery that brushed pads before missing leg stump by a good 6 inches so I was somewhat bemused by the actual appeal. I pointed out that the ball had missed leg stump to which the bowler replied "yes but it hit the pads first". The bowler in question was not just some plucky village cricketer trying his luck but a former England ladies international cricketer wearing an MCC cap !!!
There in probably lays the issue with LBW's. Players simply appeal now regardless as soon as it hits teh pads.. then use the excuse 'it creates pressure' 'why not' 'worth a shot'.. Rather than actually only appealing when they genuinely think it's out. It's just people taking it way too seriously and not playing in the spirit of the game. win at all costs. pile pressure on the umpires and they'll give one eventually due to pressure rather than it actually being out
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In regards to LBWs and LBW appeals, a week ago I was umpiring and we had a off-spinner bowling to a right-handed batsman (so turning from off to leg). The bowler appealed for LBW for a delivery that brushed pads before missing leg stump by a good 6 inches so I was somewhat bemused by the actual appeal. I pointed out that the ball had missed leg stump to which the bowler replied "yes but it hit the pads first". The bowler in question was not just some plucky village cricketer trying his luck but a former England ladies international cricketer wearing an MCC cap !!!
Just goes to show.. doesn't matter who you are or how good, wearing a cap while bowling is village! ;)
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I normally do a fair bit of umpiring (normally cause I'm out quickly!), I'm also a level 1 umpire and I always find the more people appeal for silly LBWs the less likely I am to give one when it's plum. I also think that really good bowlers only appeal when they are actually dead sure it's plum, when they don't appeal for close ones it makes me think 'well they will really have to think it's out to appeal' so I'm more confident when they finally do appeal.
Finally how many times have you bowled and he batsman has missed it and you think 'how did that miss' get some bowlers to bowl at the stumps with no batsman there and you'll be amazed how many times they don't hit the stumps.
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109* over two games this weekend, starting to feel a bit better about my game again. Season currently reads: 70, 0, 0GD, 23, 24*, 85* at 50.5.
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After 185 in two knocks, the world came crashing down. Chopped on for 0 trying to cut through point rather than back foot driving through extra cover.
Curios incident in the game. One of our batters was on 50, he charged, when the bowler picked up and threw the ball at the strikers end our chap has drilled it through mid wicket!!. Cue obstructing the field shouts and a lot of barracking. Good game though 276 played 240-4.
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After 185 in two knocks, the world came crashing down. Chopped on for 0 trying to cut through point rather than back foot driving through extra cover.
Curios incident in the game. One of our batters was on 50, he charged, when the bowler picked up and threw the ball at the strikers end our chap has drilled it through mid wicket!!. Cue obstructing the field shouts and a lot of barracking. Good game though 276 played 240-4.
To be fair, if it was a shy at the stumps from an already played shot, those shouts of obstructing the field should have been appeals and he should have been given out!
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To be fair, if it was a shy at the stumps from an already played shot, those shouts of obstructing the field should have been appeals and he should have been given out!
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Totally correct tim, it was the strangest thing ive seen. I think the umpires just signalled dead ball and tried to carry the game on. Usually you get the bowlers throw and then the batsman stands his ground, but it was a full blown swipe. Well timed considering the proximitynof the original throw!!.
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Depends, if the ball was going to hit him or close then it's play on as you're allowed to defend yourself from the throw! Damien Martyn did it once in a test match, 4 runs.
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Don't worry - I will probably crumble under the pressure of bowling to another forum legend.
This is all, of course, pending my selection into the mighty 3's!!!!
Darn, our head to head will have to wait for another day... Unexpectedly found myself in the 2s! Shame, I was kind of looking forward to it though sure it was going to end badly for me, i remember what you did to me at the Oval. Still there's always the return fixture...
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Had my first net of the season tonight, found a major flaw in my batting technique and managed to damage my bat in it's first proper use. Saying that i'm not happy would be a major understatement.
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Ugly slogging tonight in a 2020, got 30 and loved every slog of it. Quite nice to just throw the bat for once and not care about the outcome. Oppos took it very seriously and we're trying to sledge.. Not sure they found it amusing that I couldn't care less and just kept switching from left to right handed on them.
Good fun though, team were all out for 102 and we got smashed.
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LMS last night, notched up another win. Personally scored 20 off 19, two catches and a stumping. On a more pleasing note, I've scored 127 runs since I last gave away my wicket, good for the average and long may it continue!
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Opposition have conceded last night, which is extremely frustrating considering the weather forecast and that we're on a bit of a winning streak at the moment.. >:(
They wouldn't travel with 9 men even after we offered 2 of our reserves to field for them which is really poor if you ask me. League rules say they should travel with a minimum of 7 so will be interesting to see what happens there.
Resorted to a practice game and nets instead today. Better than sitting on the couch all day.
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Hmmm. Interesting game today. Playing for our thirds against Hayes thirds and opening the batting for them was Alex Blackwell, the current Australian Women's vice captain, preparing for the Ashes. She was a very technically good batsman who scored an almost chance less 118 until being caught in the last over of the innings off my bowling. That brought an odd end to the innings as I then bowled two wides before getting the next two batsmen out caught behind and stumped. 9-0-4-40 for me in that. All four wickets that we took in 46 overs.
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I hate cricket flat track fast outfield and I drill the first ball I face straight at mid wicket - great!!!
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I fancy one of these for fielding... ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEaDP_nsag0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEaDP_nsag0)
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Another 50 in 1st xi cricket, team posted 299 and oppo all out 124. Oppo were shocking, just trying to hit every ball rather than bat properly. Sad advert for win/lose cricket
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32 caught
Good win tho
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Oppo were 8 down with 10 runs to get, then the leg umpire blatantly cheated a run-out which the batsman was out by a yard , they would have been 9 down with ten runs to get.
They won in the end with 8 down.
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We won today, got 220 and they got 180-9 chasing.
I contributed 12 not out at the end, don't care as long as we won and I play in first team.
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Darn, our head to head will have to wait for another day... Unexpectedly found myself in the 2s! Shame, I was kind of looking forward to it though sure it was going to end badly for me, i remember what you did to me at the Oval. Still there's always the return fixture...
How did you get on? I picked up 5-19 against your 3XI - and that is despite some appalling umpiring by your boys!! I hope you got runs in the 2XI
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Cobbled together a team of sorts opposition won the toss and batted all out for 160 in 42 overs opened the batting saw off the openings bowlers before being run out for an hard fought 20 team scored 161 for 5 off 43 overs.
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So , further to my earlier post, we ended up losing. They scored 237 -4 and we scraps to 172 so. Our opener and number 4 manage to score 75 between them and our numbers 8, 9, and 10 put on 70 odd between them too, much to the chagrin of the opposition. I was last man out on 18 trying to hit the bowler over the top, only to realise that the fielder was Alex. Damn it, caught by the Aussie international in a full length diving catch.
Fun game though. This is Alex.
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So , further to my earlier post, we ended up losing. They scored 237 -4 and we scraps to 172 so. Our opener and number 4 manage to score 75 between them and our numbers 8, 9, and 10 put on 70 odd between them too, much to the chagrin of the opposition. I was last man out on 18 trying to hit the bowler over the top, only to realise that the fielder was Alex. Damn it, caught by the Aussie international in a full length diving catch.
Fun game though. This is Alex.
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Which is you?
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Which is you?
;)
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How did you get on? I picked up 5-19 against your 3XI - and that is despite some appalling umpiring by your boys!! I hope you got runs in the 2XI
Very impressive! So you're saying it might have been better? Haven't seen the scores yet but usually when someone gets those figures they win...
EDIT... Ah just seen the scorecard, you just squeaked home by 10 wickets ;)
I only got 13 but felt comfortable and saw off the new ball in an all CBF opening partnership with @Warneymonster until I dragged on for the 3rd time this season >:( Hopefully done enough to get a bit of a run at the job though my fielding was even more arthritic than usual. We had our share of umpiring controversies too but ended up defending just short of 200 quite easily.
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finally got to bowl in the league this year. opened up the hill bowled 8 overs straight 5 maidens 8 runs unfortunately 0 wickets. wew restricted them to 103 off their 40 overs we chased them down to win by 7 wickets
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Weird match yesterday. Pitch was used so slow, but anything on a length rather stayed low or popped. We struggled to 107-9 of our 40.
Went out to bowl and immediately got one opener for 2 chopping on from one that kept low and cut back in. Then a run out gpt rid of the number 3 but after 10 they were 40 for 2. Few more no crowing covers and one hits it straight up and I manage to take the catch getting the other opener. I then came on bowling 8 overdose straight through 8-4-3-11 they only just managed to get the score 7 down in the end with a couple of Overs left.
Low scoring matches I argue are the best
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Agree - Low scoring matches tend to be the best and set up tense finishes.
Can't beat winning by 2 or 3 runs
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@RF you should have seen some of the fields we was setting with only 3 needed
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Lost by 3 wickets yesterday.
Posted 203 from 45. I got 44 before getting out. I was starved of the strike for 10 overs by the other lad. Funny how he can count the last ball for a single each time... .
Bowled 9-2-22-1 with my off spin. We were looking like we were going to win until our skipper was hit for 30 from an over which put the oppo in prime position. Was a good game though.
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Of course - the one that went under the radar was 'stumped off your bowling' - care to elaborate Tim? :)
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Of course - the one that went under the radar was 'stumped off your bowling' - care to elaborate Tim? :)
The keeper was standing a couple paces back in the last over to stop any charging. The guy charged anyway, missed, and the keeper was able to take the bails off.
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The keeper was standing a couple paces back in the last over to stop any charging. The guy charged anyway, missed, and the keeper was able to take the bails off.
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I thought you'd turned to the dark side for a minute there. ;)
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Fielding first, did ok. Stopped a few while having to dive at short third man and got a nice catch with the ball looping, running in and across from third man diving forward into the sun. Got brought in when the big hitters arrived. A tight quick on one side and me (leggie) on the other. Beat the bat enough and most of the balls that were hit were skied, they just fell into the wrong places. Consistency was ok, got a wicket with a slider. Noticed my standard leggie was more topspin (have to work on that) so mostly replied on a 'front of the hand scrambled ball' that I can make turn or skid straight on.
The oppo where a few bowlers weak so batsmen 3&4 were able to chase 181 using a H4L Hattori Monster and the HH Mojo. Game was won by a reverse sweep that went for 6 with the HH that was sourced by Chris (Soulman).
And a good few beers in the sun with the oppo made a great day all-round.
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Forgot to mention the full blooded drive into my toe I managed yesterday as well. I suspect my toenail is likely to fall off....
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Southern softies!
You've got another toe
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Lost by seven wickets.
Made 12, batted a long time to ensure we used overs. Still playing firsts so only a tiny fish in a big pond!
Positive only one bye in 24 overs keeping.
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Forgot to mention the full blooded drive into my toe I managed yesterday as well. I suspect my toenail is likely to fall off....
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Thanks for sharing, but thank goodness you didn't edge it into your box... :D
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Forgot to mention the full blooded drive into my toe I managed yesterday as well. I suspect my toenail is likely to fall off....
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Lovely grim picture there mate!
I did that against a sidearm at the start of last season. My toe went a similarly spectacular colour and the nail did eventually drop off. I suspect yours is likely to do the same.
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Forgot to mention the full blooded drive into my toe I managed yesterday as well. I suspect my toenail is likely to fall off....
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Oooft :(
Poked it yet? :-[
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Oooft :(
Poked it yet? :-[
One of the dogs stood on it :(
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One of the dogs stood on it :(
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Haha oh dear, id watch out for them pesky sofas...
But on a serious note was asking if you've let the blood out to release the pressure.. Too late now anyway I guess :/
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Easy win today, we bowled Normanby Park out for 70 odd and knocked them off for none in 12 overs.
They were rubbish, bit of a waste of time really.
Tea was good and it's a nice ground as well, day out I suppose
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first outing for my new bowling.. spin
6-2-27-0 Got properly slogged in my last over for 17 :( Didn't really have an answer when someone just stood there and slogged tbh.. I'll learn over the winter though. Was enjoyable once a few started spinning. team thrashed the oppos who batted first and two of their batsmen took a friendly way to seriously and got themselves 79 and 69 but very slowly. cost their team a decent total as they only posted 210. Our team chased it down inside 30 overs with 3 people retiring on 50 to at least give others a bat. Not that their bowling was bad, just that it lacked that little something to take a wicket other than relying on the batsmen messing up which only one person did. I spent the innings scoring, so not sure about this bowling lark as I'd prefer the runs :)
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Good day today.
74 runs, 3 wickets, a catch and most importantly our 2nd win of the season in 7 matches.
Captained by my lad today for the first time. Great experience and he did very well. Even better when he's umpiring and says well played Dad. Chuffed to blazes. :)
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Less talk about cricket , won one lost one, but more about umpiring. You can go games without having to make a decision but this weekend has been a nightmare. Did first stint Saturday and had to give our opener out first ball of the game. It was a leg side full toss than swung away straightened back onto middle, hitting the back pad. Nothing I could do. The same bowler had 3 appeals in the next 6 balls to our leftie, all mighty close and swinging in a lot. Eventually after an inside edge for 4 our number 3 was bowled and I had to get my pads on. Sunday I did 10-12 overseas and had 4 more lbw shouts that were probably just about sliding down leg and benefit going to the batter. Normally when you umpire you get a few rubbish shouts and the odd close one but this weekend they were all 50/50 .If that wasn't bad enough one bowler bowled a slower ball which lobbed up, the batsman went to duck it and it hit the stumps mid way up. Since square was a colt who wasn't paying attention I had to make the decision and gave him out. I reasoned if it hit mid stump then even with a dropping trajectory it wasn't above waist height had he been in his normal stance. A bit of a Chris Read job. Didn't go down well with my him but the batter my end agreed.
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Less talk about cricket , won one lost one, but more about umpiring. You can go games without having to make a decision but this weekend has been a nightmare. Did first stint Saturday and had to give our opener out first ball of the game. It was a leg side full toss than swung away straightened back onto middle, hitting the back pad. Nothing I could do. The same bowler had 3 appeals in the next 6 balls to our leftie, all mighty close and swinging in a lot. Eventually after an inside edge for 4 our number 3 was bowled and I had to get my pads on. Sunday I did 10-12 overseas and had 4 more lbw shouts that were probably just about sliding down leg and benefit going to the batter. Normally when you umpire you get a few rubbish shouts and the odd close one but this weekend they were all 50/50 .If that wasn't bad enough one bowler bowled a slower ball which lobbed up, the batsman went to duck it and it hit the stumps mid way up. Since square was a colt who wasn't paying attention I had to make the decision and gave him out. I reasoned if it hit mid stump then even with a dropping trajectory it wasn't above waist height had he been in his normal stance. A bit of a Chris Read job. Didn't go down well with my him but the batter my end agreed.
I've had 5! Yes 5 slower balls hit the stumps, and be given as no balls by league umpires because "the batsmen ducked must be over waist height". One pitched an inch before the stumps for chuffs sake. Dam umps.
I did 10 overs of umpiring yesterday, only decision to make was hood up or down, as it was freezing!
I didn't plays sat, so filled a spot for Sunday side, 1st team opener to sunday side 7. Mismatched game, we put on 262 for 3. Scores of 43, 40, 97*, 0 and 47* meant I didn't get a bat. Dude on 97 would have got a ton,but shin splints prevented him from anything more than walking ones.
Oppo were then bowled out for 117 in 32 overs. They never once tried to dig in thankfully,
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They never once tried to dig in thankfully,
Always bat your overs
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Had a run out for the 3rd XI yesterday, opened the bowling with my 7 over spell that I'm allowed being 17. First over I had a blatant robbery of a wicket by their umpire ball bounced to be around the guys ribs in which he edged clearly down leg side to our keeper, but the umpire ruled it hit his pad. Two overs later, this was worse - same batsman again on the backfoot trying to play defensive hits him on the back pad on middle stump, guess what? Not out. To which I responded I'm going to have to take the stumps out to get a decision to which a fully grown man told me to f**k off with my sarcastic comment. Anyways I finished off with 7.3-1-2-17, and we bowled the oppo out for 82 which we chased in 20 overs.
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Touring side came to our place today.
35 overs a side. We batted first and put on 195-2 (retire at 50 game) with an one opener out for 9, number 3 and 4 both retired on 53. The number 5 was run out for 19 and number 4 was left 44*
We then restricted them to 135 in reply. I took 2-21 off 6 (and didn't appeal for a plumb LBW because we wanted to make a game for it.
It's just nice to be playing cricket again!
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Called into the 1sts this weekend to cover our regular wk who had to work. Our skipper stuck us in on a grassy green deck and we collapsed to 20/3 early doors. A mini revival got us to 100/4 and I came in at 9 to score 9*.
My keeping is known as "part magic, part mongo" and so this was the case. I had a part in all three wickets we took - two catches stood up and a leg side stumping off our opening seamer. However there was a lot of seam movement and variable bounce which contributed to 10 byes, disappointingly. I'm covered in bruises!
Back in the 2s this week...!
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Playing friendly cricket we had the full range this weekend. Saturday we were greeted by a very weak oppo side who could only muster ten. I batted at first drop and made 70 without breaking a sweat until I drove one back at the bowler hard at around shin height who somehow managed to get down low and take it which was amusing as it was the only thing he and his team mates had caught all afternoon including returning the ball back to the bowler. We beat them by the best part of 200 runs.
Sunday we played at Long Marston which is a really lovely place to play cricket. Restricted them to 230 on a road but our stand in skipper focused on getting the youngsters a bat so we struggled to about 150ish all out of which I scored 37 at four. The 37 was infinitely more enjoyable than the 70 the day before though I gave my wicket away just as I was starting to cut loose with a loose shot at cover. Still, a good weekend's cricket for me going into a weekend's break next week.
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tango who do you play for LongMarston just down the road. Lovely ground
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tango who do you play for LongMarston just down the road. Lovely ground
I play for Aldenham which is near Watford. What about you? There is a few excellent grounds in that area, I also like Tring but Long Marston is certainly one of my favourites!
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Opened the batting for the first time in a league game and got 82. Then kept wicket for 20 overs and now can barely walk!! We won by 50 odd runs.
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Anybody play in Birmingham Prem here ?
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Anybody play in Birmingham Prem here ?
Used to pal, @dilscoop who are you with?
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Season has started a bit iffy, after a winter of netting as often as I could trying to master the drive, I can pick off the bad balls I was hoping to get some early season runs. It didnt really come together in my first 2 innings, out both times for 4 to lbw. After playing with my guard standing much more leg side and on a nice wicket I managed 33 yesterday. It may not sound a lot, but after being out of the game so long I have really struggled to bat.
Last years top score was 6! So this was a breath of fresh air, hopefully some confidence can push me on. I just need to work on balls coming at my pads and scoring quicker, but taking the positives into the weekend.
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Bowled Worcester Park out for 86 in 32 and a bit overs. 6 wickets were taken by 14 year old bowlers...
Knocked them off in 26 overs 3 down. Didn't bat, didn't bowl and barely had a stop to make in the field!
Good thing I'm captain, or I'd be a bit annoyed at doing nothing!
That's 3 in 3 and put us top of the league!
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Less talk about cricket , won one lost one, but more about umpiring. You can go games without having to make a decision but this weekend has been a nightmare. Did first stint Saturday and had to give our opener out first ball of the game. It was a leg side full toss than swung away straightened back onto middle, hitting the back pad. Nothing I could do. The same bowler had 3 appeals in the next 6 balls to our leftie, all mighty close and swinging in a lot. Eventually after an inside edge for 4 our number 3 was bowled and I had to get my pads on. Sunday I did 10-12 overseas and had 4 more lbw shouts that were probably just about sliding down leg and benefit going to the batter. Normally when you umpire you get a few rubbish shouts and the odd close one but this weekend they were all 50/50 .If that wasn't bad enough one bowler bowled a slower ball which lobbed up, the batsman went to duck it and it hit the stumps mid way up. Since square was a colt who wasn't paying attention I had to make the decision and gave him out. I reasoned if it hit mid stump then even with a dropping trajectory it wasn't above waist height had he been in his normal stance. A bit of a Chris Read job. Didn't go down well with my him but the batter my end agreed.
I wonder what the ruling is on this? It happened to me in winter nets. A leg spinner flighted one toward my head, I leaned back to avoid it, he apologised but the ball dropped onto the stumps. I wondered if that was actually out or not in a game situation. I asked my buddies who didn't know the answer and I couldn't find anything in the laws of the game. How can it be a waist high no ball if it hits the stumps? Does it depend what height it is as it passes the crease line?
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It is it relation to the batsmens normal stance when waiting for the ball.
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Had an extended net session, made some improvements on my batting as far as getting in line with the ball goes. My bowling is still all over the place though. Funny moments of the night: myself nearly doing an Ian Botham "leg over" incident after getting into all kinds of trouble trying to hit down the leg side from a left armer (ball was going a mile down leg so I figured i'd have a slog), myself calling the groundman for a foot fault no ball then getting stick about my bowling in return only to put the next ball straight through the middle stump (complete with James Anderson arms out wide and "shush" motion), 1st team left arm spinner being hit for certain boundaries off nearly every ball he bowled, 1st team opening bowler throwing his toys out of the pram over a complete non-issue.
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3rd 50 in 5 sat games today. 85 from 66 balls in a one sided game.
Us 337 for 7. One guy got 102, and our skip hit 77* of 33 balls, his last 53runs came in just 15balls!
The oppo were 83 all out in 20 overs and 10 and 11 decided not to bat. Bizarre!
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@smilley792 Sounds like you're having a good season Chris
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We won today, full 20 points. Scored 182 and bowled them all out for 112.
I was poor, got bogged down and scored a slow 22 before being run out (bad umpiring decision).
Worst I've batted this year but at least we won so I'm happy
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Finally found a little bit of form today, seem to be finding myself batting at 7 for new club which is a bit different as always been an opener bat Gavin g changed the way I net now to be a bit more care free when batting and now not facing a new ball today game off ok. Scored 27 before getting my 4th LBW in 4 innings but this was out, put on 50 odd with number 6 after we were 35-4 we managed to get up to 155-8 off 45 overs.
Our bowling was poor today and despite getting my tenth catch of the season behind the stumps in the 4th over they were already on 35 odd. Oppo No 3 nicked off time and again to slips who dropped it and despite taking a few more wickets they knocked it off in 30 overs.
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@smilley792 Sounds like you're having a good season Chris
Half and half, 67 and 66, followed by 10 and a duck on sat and then another duck Wednesday, seemed I was going backwards, but a holiday last sat, with wed game rained off seemed to given me a break to get my head back, and got a nice 85 today.
Sat average is 45 at a healthy strike rate of 148!!
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Opposition won the toss and elected to bat they went from 60 for 1 to 91 all out which included 21 extras one of our bowlers took 4 consecutive wickets in 4 balls and they were all out in 32 overs which meant we had 57 overs to score the runs so decided to have batting practice in the middle and batted for 28 overs leaving 33 runs to be scored when out we scored them with 21 overs to spare.
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First played second. They (first) were put in and scored 229 all out. we were 2 bowlers down so it was not a bad result. However, one of their players scored a very streaky ton and was dropped 5 times in his innings. We got 200/9 in our 45 overs. I got 41 and was out to a ripper of a one handed catch at deep mid off. Could have sworn it was going all the way. So first stay first and we stay second. I bowled poorly but took a catch at point and threw the stumps down from point to get a run out. So, getting better week on week.
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First failure of the league season, only got 8. Still avg 50+ and the team won so all good
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Losing draw today sadly, we lost the toss and got sent out to field on what looked to be a batting track. However a great start saw us have them at 24-4, a very well batted partnership then came and steadied the ship getting them to 144 before getting out. We then starved the guy of strike and out of frustration allowed me to proceed to demolish his off stump. Guys came in a swang like fools and got the to 204 before I came back in to clean up and take the remaining wickets. Finished 10-1-39-3, which I was happy with after bowling 5 overs and not looking like taking a wicket at all. Taking me up to 8 wickets in 4 games this season so far.
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Both squads at my club lost today, I didn't play despite being the only 2nd team player besides the captain to bother training for the last fortnite. Not happy, not happy at all.
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We lost as well against a team second bottom were second top and they made 186 after only making 46 last weekend,
Reason 6 second team players dropped into their team, spirit of the game and everything,
As for me I hot a Jaffa first ball full i swinging Yorker from one of their second team out for a golden we lost by about 90 runs
But hey ho onto next week to set the record straight
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A rare game for me yesterday based on how this season is panning out. Helped our second team to their first win of the season which was a good effort. Our opening bat was 100no, really made the difference. Then is 15 year old son took a 5for. Was some of the best bowling from a junior at this level that I have seen for a while. He was smiling ear to ear! The first won as well so all in all a good club day.
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48 and run out, guy didn't reply to my call.... We were up with the rate but wheels came off and had to bat out a draw.
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Good team win yesterday; we were invited to bowl first on a grassy track and had a great time for the first 20 overs. Leaving the opposition 45/6. They rallied to 160/9 by the end, and we knocked it off in the 33rd over. 5 wickets down.
Personally some tidy keeping and a long, grinding 25 batting 3.
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Good cup win yesterday , team bowled well on a horrendous wicket, restricted oppos to 140, we knocked em off eventually
Made hard work of it really,,I'm still struggling putting poor bowling away, 34 caught. Disappointing really
And the handles gone on my bat
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Today's game called off. Playing 1 day every 2 weekends at the moment with bloody weather or teams cancelling at at last minute.
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Today's game called off. Playing 1 day every 2 weekends at the moment with bloody weather or teams cancelling at at last minute.
If you moved to us in Warwickshire you would of played every single game this season. [emoji2]
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If you moved to us in Warwickshire you would of played every single game this season. [emoji2]
You best not have cursed the weather again saying that!!!
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Won by 111 runs today. Ground out 169-6. Once the ball lost its hardness it was difficult to force the pace. Chris got sawn off for 11, redders got bored and holed out for 9, I nudged and cowed 16. Didn't think it was quite enough but they collapsed in a heap to 58 ao. I took 2-12 off 7. Nice to have a comfortable win.
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Won again yesterday, chased down 173 in 27 overs. 3 wins from 3 for me and the 3rd sunny Saturday afternoon in a row.
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Up and down season so far really, broke my ring finger on my right hand 2 weeks ago so missed a game or two.
150 runs in the league from 4 knocks @ 37.50, and took 6 wickets @19.50.
However, we are sat on the bottom of the league staring down the barrel of a gun!
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Losing draw today sadly, we lost the toss and got sent out to field on what looked to be a batting track. However a great start saw us have them at 24-4, a very well batted partnership then came and steadied the ship getting them to 144 before getting out. We then starved the guy of strike and out of frustration allowed me to proceed to demolish his off stump. Guys came in a swang like fools and got the to 204 before I came back in to clean up and take the remaining wickets. Finished 10-1-39-3, which I was happy with after bowling 5 overs and not looking like taking a wicket at all. Taking me up to 8 wickets in 4 games this season so far.
@calcurtis98 seen the scorecard, looks like you bowled well. i'd be looking forward to playing you on Saturday but unfortunately drafted into the 1sts again.
Tata's ground has been really tough to score runs on this season, is it always like that?
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Decided to finally sign up after lurking for a while. Not a bad start to the season, started off with 3 wickets in 3 games for the 4th XI at about 15, moved up to opening the bowling for the 3rd XI on Saturday, taking 3-33 off 8. Pretty decent from a team perspective as well, won 3 out of the four league games I've played (neither 3rds or 4ths have won without me, I must be good ???)
Good to see a couple of guys playing in the same league as us as well (Surrey 3rd XI West), look forward to playing against them later this season.
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Beat top of the League on Saturday. Bowled them out for 160 odd, i came on to hoover up at the end and got a couple. Then opened the batting for the first time (normally bat 4 or 5, but no other options, so took it up myself) and got 107*, with us chasing down the 160 in 22 overs.
Excellent days cricket, being skipper makes it all the sweeter too!
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Decided to finally sign up after lurking for a while. Not a bad start to the season, started off with 3 wickets in 3 games for the 4th XI at about 15, moved up to opening the bowling for the 3rd XI on Saturday, taking 3-33 off 8. Pretty decent from a team perspective as well, won 3 out of the four league games I've played (neither 3rds or 4ths have won without me, I must be good ???)
Good to see a couple of guys playing in the same league as us as well (Surrey 3rd XI West), look forward to playing against them later this season.
@Combinho - what team are you playing for?
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Egham 3rd/ 4th XI (VC of the 4s). Beat Esher on Saturday, which was awesome. They've got two properly quick openers.
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Yup - just worked it out actually!
Aha! well, Egham are our arch-rivals so you are now my deadly enemy.
Felix on here plays for Kempton - I'm not sure who else on here is in the same league. I must see when we play you.
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Yeah, I think we're playing you at the Rec in July. Should be interesting. I hate that pitch (though not as bad as our home ground for this season). We've been playing at Heathervale in New Haw, and it has ridiculous up and down bounce.
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Played 2 matches there last week. First one was a t20 and bowled really well at the death. Then I bowled horrendously yesterday and I don't known what went wrong. Have another match this week so we'll see how it goes
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@calcurtis98 seen the scorecard, looks like you bowled well. i'd be looking forward to playing you on Saturday but unfortunately drafted into the 1sts again.
Tata's ground has been really tough to score runs on this season, is it always like that?
No last year runs were quite easy to come by I suppose, that's a shame didn't realise there was another forumite in my leauge - what team are you playing for?
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Played 2 matches there last week. First one was a t20 and bowled really well at the death. Then I bowled horrendously yesterday and I don't known what went wrong. Have another match this week so we'll see how it goes
@noelfitz99 - do you play locally to New Haw?
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Due to other commitments I played only my second game of the season last Saturday. And it my have been my last for a few weeks. Injured my arm at nets the Wednesday and it flared up when I was batting. So I retired hurt for 7.
We also lost by 6 runs, so a bad day all round.
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No last year runs were quite easy to come by I suppose, that's a shame didn't realise there was another forumite in my leauge - what team are you playing for?
Panteg matey. I played at Tata a few weeks ago for the firsts and it was an unbelievably difficult deck to score runs on. We got 120ao and you took about 42 overs to chase it down.
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So, it seems the Sheriff of Nottingham is turning out for my old pub team tomorrow. Sounds like he's a great laugh.
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I'm yet to play my first game of the season as I live overseas and won't be back in the UK till mid July, I'm very envious of all the reports and success from the early season. I'll probably only get to play 6/7 games (fingers crossed) this summer so going to take a new approach when batting of just sticking around and not playing anything attacking....not sure how that will go down with my team mates :)
Keep up the good work everyone!!!
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Not playing today due to transport problems if the sun comes out will take a bike ride along the canals and watch ex club mates in Oldswinford 3rd team.
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4th 50 in 6 Saturday games for me today.
75 from 59 balls to add to my 67 66 10 0 and 85 I've already got.
Shame I aren't 1) converting to tons. And 2 I pulled my groin muscle in ten today. And am in alot of agony. Could now be out for a few weeks.
Gutted!!!
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70 odd against poor bowling
Cheers Mr Kelsall for sorting the bat
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Scored 29 on a horrid slow track then bowled 16 overs straight for 16-5-32-1
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Bad day, we were 119 all out chasing 155, poor batting performance against a pretty average team.
It was really windy and freezing cold all day.
I got 1, dragged a ball on that was about 2 foot outside off stump, awful, unlucky or just plain rubbish.
First failure of the season, very disappointing.
Tea was amazing though :)
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Another win for the mighty Chertsey 3XI machine - we chased down 203 in 38 overs to vanquish the Camberley 3XI.
Another 3 wkts for yours truly with my cheeky swingers - taking out the top 3!!!!!
I'm really enjoying this season, thats 14 - 160 so far in the 3's.
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Thrashed another team, too easy. Top of the new league 6 out of 6 and the nearest two clubs both lost.. Could be another promotion for the second year running on the cards
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4th 50 in 6 Saturday games for me today.
75 from 59 balls to add to my 67 66 10 0 and 85 I've already got.
Shame I aren't 1) converting to tons. And 2 I pulled my groin muscle in ten today. And am in alot of agony. Could now be out for a few weeks.
Gutted!!!
unlucky Chris, groins are absolute buggers. let me know if you need a decent physio. he's brutal but effective and speeds up the rehab no end.
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Another win for the mighty Chertsey 3XI machine - we chased down 203 in 38 overs to vanquish the Camberley 3XI.
Another 3 wkts for yours truly with my cheeky swingers - taking out the top 3!!!!!
I'm really enjoying this season, thats 14 - 160 so far in the 3's.
Very impressive! Was talking to one of my clubmates who spoke very highly of your bowling against us the other week. I was back in the 3s again this week, we fell about 20 short chasing 180-odd against kingstonian. For the 6th time in a row i got a start and was feeling in decent nick before getting yorked a bit lazily for 24. Time and again I'm getting starts but not cashing in.
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What? Did you ask him if he remembered a plump slow left-armer?
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What? Did you ask him if he remembered a plump slow left-armer?
Your words not mine! He was admiring the sideways movement, you must have been doing sonething right... I see the return fixture's in 2 weeks time. Bring it on!
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Thrashed another team, too easy. Top of the new league 6 out of 6 and the nearest two clubs both lost.. Could be another promotion for the second year running on the cards
I take it you didn't score any adie ?
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We all out 165 chasing 184 opening bowlers gave 107 between them but one positive I got to bowl today as our main spinner wasn't playing got 10-1-18-0.
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although i didnt play we scored 212. last i heard they were 85 for 8 from 80 overs.
i think that puts us second in the league in our debut season
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Had the pleasure to play at a marvellous ground, Panteg, home of @richthekeeper. However it was a shame about the opposition, totally unsportsmanlike to say the least, sorry to say rich. It ended in a tie 216-8 to 216-8, with me coming on to bowl the last over with 6 needed, two wickets in the last over and their number 10 came in a slapped me for 4 straight back over my head. 3 lbws that hit back pad or toe not given but you can take that with opposition umpires, but for a fully grown man to hit the leather off the ball in the 8th over off my bowling and not too walk and the umpire not to acknowledge my question of why he didn't give it was a joke. The guy on 8 at the time went on to score 34, costing us some points at the end of the day. Anyway I bowled a great first two overs swinging it both ways, but found it tricky with the left and right hand batting partnership, 4th over I was robbed, wicket not given and four wides, 1 undoubtedly a leg side wide but the other three were deliberately out of spite after my spat with the umpire. Ended with 9-1-40-2, not my best performance to say the least.
Oh well boys wait until you come to us!!
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I wasn't there but considering you batted first and set the tone with your own umpiring I can only echo the sentiments of my teammate who stated "you reap what you sow".
He's one of the most placid characters I've ever met and he told me today that your team was the worst he's ever encountered for cheating umpiring and poor behaviour on the field. If you umpire first and give a load of poor decisions and dubious wides then incredibly the same is going to happen 2nd dig. No team is going to take the moral high ground in that situation and umpire fairly.
I find your tone arrogant and your only concern is to talk about how well you personally bowled and how you personally feel robbed. I was at the club after the game and would have encouraged you to discuss your game incidents in person with the team who were sat in the same room as your team, rather than chatting in your own group and then moaning on here.
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I wasn't there but considering you batted first and set the tone with your own umpiring I can only echo the sentiments of my teammate who stated "you reap what you sow".
He's one of the most placid characters I've ever met and he told me today that your team was the worst he's ever encountered for cheating umpiring and poor behaviour on the field. If you umpire first and give a load of poor decisions and dubious wides then incredibly the same is going to happen 2nd dig. No team is going to take the moral high ground in that situation and umpire fairly.
I find your tone arrogant and your only concern is to talk about how well you personally bowled and how you personally feel robbed. I was at the club after the game and would have encouraged you to discuss your game incidents in person with the team who were sat in the same room as your team, rather than chatting in your own group and then moaning on here.
Well if that's that how they feel then so be it no skin off my nose, then for you to call me arrogant on a forum - where I talk about myself, who else am I going to talk about? How can I vent other peoples frustrations. It was made clear at the end of the game there would be no discussion when your captain refused to shake my hand, I find that disgraceful. Despite my dissapiontment which you get in cricket I offered to shake everybody's hand to be refused by a full grown man!
Also, 3 decisions that were out were given by our players umpiring, how do you lot expect to get decisions appealing every ball whether it's blocked, hit for four or skimmed of the pads. More than I can say for your boys. I did not umpire so can not tell if all the 'appeals' were valid as it is a trek from the scorebox to the wicket. See you later in the season, hopefully you bat first and you lot can "reap what you sow".
But also I see you avoided about the edge to the keeper, go and ask the bloke if he hit it, because he didn't look me in the eye for the rest of the day after not walking. @richthekeeper
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apparently its been 343 days since our last Saturday league win but today we finally bagged one!
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Had a really fun match despite ending up on the losing side.
As my side didn't have a game today, my autistic friend plus myself joined our league's player pool and both of us quickly got snapped up by a team in the same division that we play in. Anyhow when we turned up, they somehow had now accumulated 12 players but fortunately the opposition only had 10 so I offered to play them instead.
My new team batted first and I top scored with 40 batting at No.7 and was out off the penultimate ball of our innings. I started off really well but I'm afraid the last few overs were painful to watch as I got bogged down when they took the pace off the ball. Still I would have snapped your hand off if you had offered me 40 runs before the start of the match because I've only batted 4x this season of which I've been cleaned up twice by yorkers, given out last Sunday caught behind when I had got nowhere near the ball and I failed to score the 4 runs needed for victory off the last 3 balls of a match. My mate picked up a wicket (not mine or he would have been walking home) and again bowled consistently.
Anyhow our total of 145 (off 40 overs) wasn't defendable but at least it gave our skipper the opportunity to give all the juniors in the side a bowl. I bowled tidily enough with 8 overs for 18 runs but never really looked getting a wicket and disappointingly we only got 1 in the 35 overs it took them to knock it off. A couple of chances went begging but the opposition did actually bat well and took full advantage of anything wayward.
Match played in a great spirit and I think everyone enjoyed the game regardless of what side they ended up on.
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Lost for the second time in 2 weeks. Scored 201 in 45. I got 29 before thick edging a cut to point. Disappointed as it was a poor ball and should have been 4. they biffed off the runs in 34 overs. we are not used to that as we consider ourselves more of a bowling side.
at least it was played in good spirits unlike one of the games above. I never understand why some people take it so seriously.
they had a bowler who threw it. it is the second bowler I have seen do this this season. anyone else seen more 'throwers' recently? most of them seem younger players.
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Your words not mine! He was admiring the sideways movement, you must have been doing sonething right... I see the return fixture's in 2 weeks time. Bring it on!
Must of been referring to his girth!
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Won today, expected a tough game but got a big bomus when the oppo turned up with 9 and half there first team players missing . Got stuck in on an improving wicket and managed 236-7 off 45. Should of been a lot more but we lost wickets at the wrong time. They started off well and at one stage we 150-2, however with 9 men we were never far from the tale and they subsided to 165 ao. Had an OK day 28 with the bat, 3-28 off 9 with the ball.
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Dropped back down into the 4th XI, to skipper my first ever game in the absence of our captain. We lost the toss and were put in to bat on a dodgy Heathervale pitch. We made 118 all-out, the highlights being a wonderfully fluent innings of 32 from a 14-year-old who looks one of the most talented youngsters I have ever seen and an U13 making 8 in a 17-run partnership with myself (6*), to get us towards a competitive score on a tricky pitch.
I took the wicket of one of their openers, two balls after having him dropped at slip off a peach of an outswinger. After having bowled 4.5 overs, 1-13, my knee lost all stability and I had to leave the field. Their number 1 and 3 built an excellent partnership, to take them within touching distance of the win before we took a couple of late wickets.
All in all, a disappointing day, but the opposition were top of the league and we were fielding a very weakened team. Sadly, I've woken up this morning unable to put any weight on my leg, and I fear I may not be able to bowl for weeks-months. :(
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Horrendous day yesterday, we played top of the league and they scored 311, I took 1-111 off 15, had one of them days were everything they hit in the air fell in a gap, had there opener dropped twice once on 80+99. We batted and scored 170, I didn't bat so essentially a bad day at office
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Must of been referring to his girth!
Ooooo!!!! Get 'slimmer of the year' here!
Listen, bellies are sexy - everybody knows that. Besides, I can lose weight - you'll never get any taller!!! :D
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Ooooo!!!! Get 'slimmer of the year' here!
Listen, bellies are sexy - everybody knows that. Besides, I can lose weight - you'll never get any taller!!! :D
Gives a whole new meaning to "wobble" ball lol
Got to play a game with you again, could have hours of banter! After the bledlow game today, Next vets game is at Hurley on Thames if you fancy it?
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PM me the dates, Mrs Fattus is away for a couple of weekends soon, so I may be up for the challenge!
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Although not playing yesterday Learnt last night that the opposition the club were due to play had dropped out which means my clubs division as just 16 matches to play this season.
Anyway as I wasn't playing decided to inspect my match bat as I had noticed that some of grains on the face were starting to rise up (not a fan of scuff sheets) also the bat looked dry so gave the face a light sand with the sander using 320 grit paper ( always concerned when Using a sander that I keep the face even) also removed all red marks and gave the face a light coat of raw linseed oil and cleaned the stickers with nail vanish remover. Cleaned the toe and applied water resistant boat vanish.
The bat now looks like nearly new and the face has a nice silky smooth finish.
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Played my second Sunday game this season today.
We got 182 all out and bowled them out for about 120.
Had one of those games when everything went well.
39 not out
4-12 with the ball including a hat trick with my first 3 balls.
Also took an absolute blinder at gully.
Tea was a success too
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Evidently wins are like buses and we won in the cup today against a side from Glos....3 wins in 5 days has finished off my week in fine style.
Keeping to Simon Jones and managing to put Matthew Hoggard back over his head for 4 highlights of my week both overshadowed by ydays win still :D
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Played my second Sunday game this season today.
We got 182 all out and bowled them out for about 120.
Had one of those games when everything went well.
39 not out
4-12 with the ball including a hat trick with my first 3 balls.
Also took an absolute blinder at gully.
Tea was a success too
Were you at home mate? Drove passed about 6 but couldn't see any white shirt sour so kept going. Sounds like you had a great day!
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Spitting feathers... who on earth thinks it's a good idea to let 13 year old kids umpire when they have no clue about the rules? Fielded for 40 overs this afternoon in a Sunday friendly just so I could open the batting then was given out LBW when only the bloke at mid-on appealed. To make matters worse, I had to hold my tongue when I left the field because I was guesting for a church team and didn't know if his father was one of the players.
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@Boondougal we were away at Misterton mate.
Let me know the next time you're round this way, we can have a beer or a net, or both.
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@Boondougal we were away at Misterton mate.
Let me know the next time you're round this way, we can have a beer or a net, or both.
Perfect!
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Batted first, I made 72 and we reached a total of 200 from 40 overs. After teas we took regular wickets and bowled them out for 48. Brilliant day out, but boy was it windy!
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Spitting feathers... who on earth thinks it's a good idea to let 13 year old kids umpire when they have no clue about the rules? Fielded for 40 overs this afternoon in a Sunday friendly just so I could open the batting then was given out LBW when only the bloke at mid-on appealed. To make matters worse, I had to hold my tongue when I left the field because I was guesting for a church team and didn't know if his father was one of the players.
I VE had a similar expierence it's really frustrating.
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Had a rare sunday appearance guesting for @uknsaunders ' Marlow Vets side at Bledlow, an absolutely gorgeous ground at the foot of the chilterns, with a steam railway next door for added character.- thanks Nick. Opened up, felt in good touch and yet again got a start (27) before inexplicably missing a straight one. We got a sound hiding, they cruised to their 200 target with some impressive batting.
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Had a rare sunday appearance guesting for @uknsaunders ' Marlow Vets side at Bledlow, an absolutely gorgeous ground at the foot of the chilterns, with a steam railway next door for added character.- thanks Nick. Opened up, felt in good touch and yet again got a start (27) before inexplicably missing a straight one. We got a sound hiding, they cruised to their 200 target with some impressive batting.
Glad you enjoyed it. We came second but it was a lovely day. Only ruined by me forgetting to bring my kit home, so a return journey in the next few days for me :-(
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What you need Nick, is a proper all-rounder! :)
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didnt play again today due to work but caught the end of the game. we won by over 100 runs. it has been a successful weekend 630 runs in 130 overs with some lovely cake so we cant complain
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I had an average weekend. Kept like a drain on Saturday and then only scored two. Scored 36 on Sunday but I can't seem to hit it off the square at the minute.
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What you need Nick, is a proper all-rounder! :)
Given our mid order collapse you could be the man!
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Spitting feathers... who on earth thinks it's a good idea to let 13 year old kids umpire when they have no clue about the rules? Fielded for 40 overs this afternoon in a Sunday friendly just so I could open the batting then was given out LBW when only the bloke at mid-on appealed. To make matters worse, I had to hold my tongue when I left the field because I was guesting for a church team and didn't know if his father was one of the players.
I had the same yesterday , but given out by a teammate!
A little peeved would be an understatement
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Red Inca for me on Saturday. Went in on 175/4 chasing 176. One ball left in the over, wanted to finish with a 6 naturally but the non-striker informed me they needed one more wicket for an extra point so a forward defensive was the order of the day. 1 ball faced 0no.
Better fortune on Sunday 57 opening the bat my 2nd consecutive 50 for the Sunday team. Giving me a Sunday XI average of 69... and a First XI average of 6.
Possibly reflective of the difference in levels but probably more reflective of my confidence/attitude in the respective teams...
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Well if that's that how they feel then so be it no skin off my nose, then for you to call me arrogant on a forum - where I talk about myself, who else am I going to talk about? How can I vent other peoples frustrations. It was made clear at the end of the game there would be no discussion when your captain refused to shake my hand, I find that disgraceful. Despite my dissapiontment which you get in cricket I offered to shake everybody's hand to be refused by a full grown man!
Also, 3 decisions that were out were given by our players umpiring, how do you lot expect to get decisions appealing every ball whether it's blocked, hit for four or skimmed of the pads. More than I can say for your boys. I did not umpire so can not tell if all the 'appeals' were valid as it is a trek from the scorebox to the wicket. See you later in the season, hopefully you bat first and you lot can "reap what you sow".
But also I see you avoided about the edge to the keeper, go and ask the bloke if he hit it, because he didn't look me in the eye for the rest of the day after not walking. @richthekeeper
To be fair our captain is a (No Swearing Please). As for the lad in question, he is a 100% walker and he insists he didn't feel anything on his bat. Luckily cricket is a game of opinions - at least it gives us something to discuss. Proper conduct on the field works both ways and you have to respect the decision of the umpire even if you think it's wrong. People are also human and make mistakes, it happens.
You genuinely can't win when umpiring your own games, it's really difficult. Speaking generally now; if you umpire first, set a harsh standard with wides and don't give blatant lbw decisions then you're setting yourself up for retribution by the opposition. Then again if you bat first and umpire fairly there's always a chance of the oppo screwing you over in the 2nd knock. I find the fairest thing to do is be as fair as possible on everything and only give the "stone dead" lbw decisions, but even that upsets my moral compass as I'm a level 1 umpire.
What I don't agree with is sending youngsters out to umpire who don't know the rules, but then again if you have a young team there's often little option. The amount of stumpings I miss out on due to the lad at square leg not paying attention is criminal.
If it's any consolation I played first team Saturday and the neutral umpires were just as awful, giving some of the worst decisions I've ever seen including a catch behind that I didn't even appeal for because the batsman was nowhere near it.
So yes, I will hopefully see you later in the season, and if I nick it I'll walk. @calcurtis98
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To be fair our captain is a (No Swearing Please). As for the lad in question, he is a 100% walker and he insists he didn't feel anything on his bat. Luckily cricket is a game of opinions - at least it gives us something to discuss. Proper conduct on the field works both ways and you have to respect the decision of the umpire even if you think it's wrong. People are also human and make mistakes, it happens.
You genuinely can't win when umpiring your own games, it's really difficult. Speaking generally now; if you umpire first, set a harsh standard with wides and don't give blatant lbw decisions then you're setting yourself up for retribution by the opposition. Then again if you bat first and umpire fairly there's always a chance of the oppo screwing you over in the 2nd knock. I find the fairest thing to do is be as fair as possible on everything and only give the "stone dead" lbw decisions, but even that upsets my moral compass as I'm a level 1 umpire.
What I don't agree with is sending youngsters out to umpire who don't know the rules, but then again if you have a young team there's often little option. The amount of stumpings I miss out on due to the lad at square leg not paying attention is criminal.
If it's any consolation I played first team Saturday and the neutral umpires were just as awful, giving some of the worst decisions I've ever seen including a catch behind that I didn't even appeal for because the batsman was nowhere near it.
So yes, I will hopefully see you later in the season, and if I nick it I'll walk. @calcurtis98
Nice one @richthekeeper, was way to worked up on Saturday to make any sense, but you've summed it up nicely on the umpire there. Hopefully see you down for a more fair view from both sides. I'll pass on the compliments to our umpires aged 53 and 45 for thier youthfulness. They umpired for 40 overs and were replaced only to bat lol, all the best with the rest of your games.
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Haha I never said your team sent kids out to umpire - I wasn't there - but a lot of teams do!
I hope you're not swinging it both ways when I face you... :D
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Haha I never said your team sent kids out to umpire - I wasn't there - but a lot of teams do!
I hope you're not swinging it both ways when I face you... :D
I hope I am, only time ever ever got it to move both ways on Saturday.
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Played against forum member @joeljonno tonight in York's T20 league. He clipped some nice crisp shots off his legs before succumbing to a full delivery (not from me I hasten to add). I bowled a couple of reasonable overs which managed to convince the skipper to give me another but unfortunately I repaid his faith by bowling some right old filth. I then umpired to see our side chase down the opposition's total but not without a few scares. Joel's team have some fine colts in their side, one in particular who bowled from my end was a left arm wrist spinner who could turn the ball both ways. He was too good for one of our batsman and I didn't need to refer any rulebook to adjudge him LBW.
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Solid 50rtd on Sunday this week and a couple of catches keeping, coming into some needed form with the bat in the past few weeks. Was taking the bowling apart at nets too, until one reared up and smashed me in the helmet... still got a headache 36 hours on, fingers crossed I'm recovered from the concussion for Saturday.
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Due to make my debut for new clubs 1st team today in the East Anglian prem, arrived at 9:15am and pouring hind around until 2pm but couldn't dry out in time so rained off. My season has t really started yet had 3 games rained off now. Never rained this much in Kent
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My club's match was called off at 10am this morning so played as a pool player with my former club. We started off well as had opposition 30-6 at one stage before their No.7 then took control of the tail scoring 67 which meant they ended up on 130. The same lad then took 5 wickets for virtually nothing and somewhat embarrassingly, we were skittled out for just 22. My contribution was 0 with bat (inside edge onto pads then stumps), didn't take a wicket and to make matters worse, I could only get my finger tips on a caught and bowled chance not realising it's was going straight to mid off.
I've had better days :o
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Finally got my first league win of the season to my name!
Opposition batted first and mate 278-9 off 50. Their opener made a chanceless hundred before perishing near the end trying to give it a bit of long handle. I personally took 2-56 off 10 overs.
We then chased it down for 2 wickets in 40 overs, with numbers 3 and 4 making unbeaten centuries.
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We managed a game today for the 2nds, we got put into field whilst the outfield was still sopping wet and such, we contained them to 200, when they were 100-1 at drinks, I took 3-42 off 13. We then chased it down in 39 overs, our opener scored a 127, and our skip scored a solid 57*. Big win for us as well
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Another win for the mighty Chertsey 3XI steam-roller. We posted 230 off 35 overs in a friendly against a Middlesex side called Mucca-Pucca or Maxi-Pad or something and they fell 45 runs short in the chase.
0-30 off 7 for yours truly, with my regulation 2 plumb LBW's turned down and 2 dropped catches. Ho hum :)
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Due to make my debut for new clubs 1st team today in the East Anglian prem, arrived at 9:15am and pouring hind around until 2pm but couldn't dry out in time so rained off. My season has t really started yet had 3 games rained off now. Never rained this much in Kent
@SOULMAN1012 you've been rather unlucky. Have had all 6 sat games this year with no rain delays or anything and im in Kent.
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Biffed off 297/5 in our 45 overs. I personally achieved.70 using my new Aldred Supreme Butterfly. We then bowled them out for 140. Good result as I work with one of their players (who got a duck).
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We hit 231 off our 40 overs bowled them out for 90. I managed to score 16 and not Bowl. Still took over 5 hours to play 65 overs
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Rained off again today, means I won't have played for a month
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If it rains next weekend I'm going to jump off a bridge
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Saturday was rained off for us but we had a great friendly game against Harrow Wayfarers on the Sunday who are a great bunch of lads.
We posted 255 declaring just before tea, skipper scored his maiden ton and I got 61. Wayfarers then made a real go of trying to get the runs, only shutting up shop in the final few overs as it proved just out of reach and were in danger of losing the game by being bowled out so ended in a draw.
Oddly though there were about 12 catches put down between the two sides, at least 6 of them were absolute dollies. I had one looped straight at me at mid off and didn't even manage to get a hand on it! Very bizarre, it was a bit gloomy but I haven't seen much else like it!
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My game was called off on Saturday so I went to watch the firsts and ended up filling in as a substitute fielder.
I've never in all my years of cricket encountered a team who gave so much verbal abuse on the field, it was absolutely disgusting. Even the umpires were amazed at how personal and aggressive they got, particularly to one of our lads who's an ex-pro and one of the nicest guys in cricket. The main protagonist was greeted with total silence during his shortish innings, which was pretty much the best thing we could have done in response to the verbals.
Anyway we batted first and scored 254/4 in our 40 overs. they got 180/7 in reply. It rained pretty much all the way through their innings and they moaned like hell about the conditions. I'm quite sure that the umpires kept them out there deliberately to teach them a lesson for their poor behaviour.
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Name and shame Rich, who were they?
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For the third season in a row they've made me do the teas and dropped me for the next game, I wasn't surprised by it this time but it's irritating they do this to me every season!
The last two occasions I did the teas I was only given 2 overs in the game and knew the drop was coming (and only giving me 2 overs was a way of justifying it "give him more of a game in a lower side"). This time I had my full allocation of 10 and got a couple of wickets (and wasn't even the worst bowler on the day) so am feeling hard done by as I did nothing to warrant being dropped (and more to warrant selection than some teammates who are still in the side this week!)
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Cam,
Have they dropped you to a level where you will excel? or will you be able to hold your own within the team and be a good member to have?
Also how have you done this year? As a previous first team captain I know all about dropping people and having them complain and argue that it was unjust. If you haven't been scoring runs or taking wickets with a good economy rate then perhaps that is justifying the reason?
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Cam, RoCo :)
Have they dropped you to a level where you will excel? or will you be able to hold your own within the team and be a good member to have? Last time I played in the team I was picking up wickets for fun and was the "waggy one" in the tail, hopefully I can repeat that this time around. Last season I averaged 27 with the bat and about 18 with the ball from a handful of games at this level. Not bad returns with the willow for a number 10/11
Also how have you done this year? Since coming back form an operation (having missed the first couple of league games) I've performed consistently, if not spectacularly As a previous first team captain I know all about dropping people and having them complain and argue that it was unjust. If you haven't been scoring runs or taking wickets with a good economy rate then perhaps that is justifying the reason? I've been taking wickets since I came back into the side and have an economy rate of less than 4 for the season! The skipper even said I was our best bowler a couple of weeks ago and that I'd done well last week. Teammates have said I've out bowled the other offie since coming back into the side (including said offie who in good mates with and we talk openly), and he's still playing ahead of me. If it's down to performance that I've been dropped I'm fine with that, but I've been told the opposite!
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The captains viewpoint could be he thinks he has better players available this week. It's not saying you aren't good enough but there is a difference between having a top player available and a reasonable player. It's brave to stick by loyal players and each circumstance can be different, but the captain first and foremost wants to win the game.
Not saying it's right and you seem to have copped it a number of times, maybe you should move club?
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but I've been told the opposite!
Read your posts a few times, can't seem to see it. What is the reason you have been told??
Was your tea that bad?
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Read your posts a few times, can't seem to see it. What is the reason you have been told??
I wasn't really given a reason, just that I wasn't in the side this week. I've gone from being "our best bowler a couple of weeks ago" and doing well to dropped. The other offie told me himself he should've gone before me.
Was your tea that bad?
They can't be that horrific because they get me to do them at least twice every season, I just happen to be dropped for the next every time! ???
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The captains viewpoint could be he thinks he has better players available this week. It's not saying you aren't good enough but there is a difference between having a top player available and a reasonable player. It's brave to stick by loyal players and each circumstance can be different, but the captain first and foremost wants to win the game.
Not saying it's right and you seem to have copped it a number of times, maybe you should move club?
That is a thought that has crossed my mind several times to be honest.
It is however my boyhood (and to date only) club, I have good mates there and am involved in other ways (bar & ground work where I can help) so leaving would feel like throwing 11 years away and sticking 2 fingers up to everyone who's helped me develop as a player over the years.
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That is a thought that has crossed my mind several times to be honest.
It is however my boyhood (and to date only) club, I have good mates there and am involved in other ways (bar & ground work where I can help) so leaving would feel like throwing 11 years away and sticking 2 fingers up to everyone who's helped me develop as a player over the years.
If you aren't playing enough then why play at all? I sat out most of my teens and 20s batting 8/9 as the last recognised batter and 5th choice bowler, getting 5/6 overs here and there. The one season I batted in the top 6, I scored 1000 runs in all cricket. Then went back down the order while the "big names" got the easy runs. Lucky for me I moved away and helped my next club win the 2nd XI league, batting and bowling plenty. Changed my perspective on just being a good "club man". If you aren't getting opportunities then don't waste the best cricketing years being a makeweight.
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Decent start to the season so far, started off very nervously as this is the first season in three years I am out on the field without my knee brace and was worried about hurting it again but have had no issues other than bit of soreness and ache after the game. I feel like I am moving well on the field (nice not to carry the extra 2 or 3 pounds of metal on your knee). Bowling wise I am at half the pace I was at 2 seasons ago, still have my out-swing but not as potent as it used to be without the speed so have had to improvise with a lot of variety in speed and cutters and got wickets in every game except for one bad game where 3 overs went for 33 and no wickets. Hoping to keep improving.
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That is a thought that has crossed my mind several times to be honest.
It is however my boyhood (and to date only) club, I have good mates there and am involved in other ways (bar & ground work where I can help) so leaving would feel like throwing 11 years away and sticking 2 fingers up to everyone who's helped me develop as a player over the years.
If I was in your shoes I'd feel pretty gutted. Think you need to politely but firmly ask the club captain/chairman of selectors what was behind the decision since it doesn't exactly sound performance related. If you genuinely can't buy the explanation, find a club that appreciates you, plenty will. Similar thing happened to me several years ago and I ended up walking away with a heavy heart from a club I'd been happy at with some good mates, however the committee ****ed me around no end. It was upsetting at the time but I didn't regret it in the long run.
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All I am going to say is as a player you look after number one.
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That is a thought that has crossed my mind several times to be honest.
It is however my boyhood (and to date only) club, I have good mates there and am involved in other ways (bar & ground work where I can help) so leaving would feel like throwing 11 years away and sticking 2 fingers up to everyone who's helped me develop as a player over the years.
Move clubs fella, that club is just taking the mick. Look after your own game and that means getting a full game. There are so many clubs needing players that you shouldn't let a capt/club dictate to you.
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I was in your position couple of years. I was part of a dominant team who finished runner up in the T20 league. I got dropped multiple times just for no reason (5 out of 10 games). Sometimes the reason would be to offer a chance for another player. After a while i realized the captain is favoring his friends & family. Quit the team and joined a weaker team. Now i get to bat up the order (No 5) and bowl quota of 4 overs (medium pace) in every T20 game. Some people mentioned that i am selfish, however my age is catching up with me and i am not sure how long i can keep playing. So when there is time, i want to make good use of it ... It so turns out, i was able to push my current team to finish third after 4 trying seasons.
Moral of the story - move on and find a new club. Have fun and play as much as you can. :D
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I find myself in Cam's position (although without having to do the teas) and not for the first time either. 7th week in a row i've been out of the side, no reason given. Both XIs haven't had a win in as many weeks and the 2nds only got 47 in their innings on sunday (a lot of ducks and only 1 double figure score). Groundman spent the entire training session tonight giving me abuse then flopped like a freshly caught fish the second he had to go put his money where his mouth is (he hit 3 out of 90 bowling machine balls), yet he's playing this weekend. If they phone me up this weekend expecting me to go make up the numbers then they're getting told where to go, they either pick me at the selection meeting or not at all (even 12th man would be acceptable). Seriously considering a move next season.
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Guys, if you aren't getting the cricket you want then move! The lvl is irrelevant! Better to play lower league but get a game than high league and watch the same 2-3 play do everything each week.. Teams just take the mick and abuse people.
Quit and Join lesser clubs where you can make a difference and play in a relaxed manner
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Well said mate. Couldn't agree more.
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I had the same issues last year as you guys this season,
I played 4ths and 3rd and then just Sunday's and it did my head in,
In the team one week and out the next so I moved this season,
And it's the best thing I did, top score of 39 better teams better level, and a lot more professional with better training.
If your not happy I think you can move in the season and I would do so for sure
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Guys, if you aren't getting the cricket you want then move! The lvl is irrelevant! Better to play lower league but get a game than high league and watch the same 2-3 play do everything each week.. Teams just take the mick and abuse people.
Quit and Join lesser clubs where you can make a difference and play in a relaxed manner
Good Lord Eeyore!! That's the most sensible thing you've ever said on here!
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Guys, if you aren't getting the cricket you want then move! The lvl is irrelevant! Better to play lower league but get a game than high league and watch the same 2-3 play do everything each week.. Teams just take the mick and abuse people.
Quit and Join lesser clubs where you can make a difference and play in a relaxed manner
Couldn't agree more also when clubs treat players like cin88 as discribed and the player stills stays with the club nothing will ever change for the player whilst he is at the club. When I was starting my cricket career an ex county professional said to me always look after yourself 1st never forgotten it.
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Move and come play for us cam!
As mentioned elsewhere we have the opposite problem. 9 first trainers and nobody wanting to step up to fill the other two spots(despite promises they won't be just fillers)
At our club, if your willing to play first team cricket your in for life and we will just develop you to the level. I can honestly say, due to holidays injuries work, not once in the last 7 years has anyone who wants to play 1st xi been dropped!
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I will most likely be moving clubs next season. I have had the fall from grace of playing 1XI Cricket last year to playing 2XI cricket.
I was skipper last year for the 1's and chose to not do it this year due to work commitments. New skipper and I don't really get on so I am now scoring runs for fun and taking wickets. However I still feel that I should be in the 1's.
I have just moved to Wokingham also which means I have a bit of a drive to get to games and play cricket when it is away days. So I will be looking local around here. However I want to find a club that is a decent set up and have a good group of lads.
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Good Lord Eeyore!! That's the most sensible thing you've ever said on here!
its rare but happens from time to time :)
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Lost by 1 run tonight 1 run!
Chasing 80 in 12 8 ball overs.
8 need from last over.
Dot
1 to put me on strike
2 through cover
2 through cover
Then a pee roller bye bye stumps, cheers shocking artificial
Next guy bowled trying to flick it to fine leg.
1 run to cover.
2runs needed to win 1 for a tie........ And another pee roller onto the stumps.
Lost by 1, artificial played awful, no bounce one end, erratic the other. Grrrrr
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If you aren't playing enough then why play at all? I sat out most of my teens and 20s batting 8/9 as the last recognised batter and 5th choice bowler, getting 5/6 overs here and there. The one season I batted in the top 6, I scored 1000 runs in all cricket. Then went back down the order while the "big names" got the easy runs. Lucky for me I moved away and helped my next club win the 2nd XI league, batting and bowling plenty. Changed my perspective on just being a good "club man". If you aren't getting opportunities then don't waste the best cricketing years being a makeweight.
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Summed up my thoughts perfectly and at the moment Nick...
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Bowled like a drain in our first game (borderline yips!), and only made 8 in my first attempt at converting myself to an opener, we only made 136 and they got them for 5 down.
Second game I made 73 opening, which is my highest score since moving here and switching to astro wickets, however we shelled a heap of catches and failed to defend 186. :(
Have since made 24, 35 and 77 leaving me with the average of a proper batsman so far, still bowling like a drain though.
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Not playing tomorrow which means I will have missed 3 consecutive Saturdays 1st week team dropped out of the division last week rained off and tomorrow no transport so disappointing.
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Well our game was called off due to the wicket being unfit / damp at 12.20 - as I live 10-12 miles from the ground and there's been no rain I read it as we've had drop outs and can't field a team. One of out lads was already on his way so took photos of the track to raise a complaint to the league (we won't hold out breath).
@RF we should have been at Gainsborough
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Played with a massive hangover after a very boozy Friday night.
We fielded first, tea was nice, and I was out for a golden for the first time ever!!
Never drinking again!
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Covers vandalised over night.
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Wheels kicked off of the sight screens.
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With a raised blood pressure we batted first.
244 all out, a 14 year old top scored for us with 60. I was last out for 5 (dick shot trying to put a full toss into the next county!)
The opposition cased it down for 4 inside 40 overs, their opener got a 50 (dropped 3 times) and their number 3 got an unbeaten 120odd (dropped on 0!) I bowled okay, 6 overs 1-28.
I hate cricket...
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Lost the toss today and fielded first, we bowled them out for 108, I took 3-31 off 10, pitch was turning nicely for me today. and we chased it down inside 20!
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Like a few others, i'm feeling i might need to leave my current team aswell. Captain tells me every week that i'll be bowling and batting higher but it never materializes. I've been batting most of the last 2 seasons at 8 bar the first game of last season when i batted at 6 and made 48 then found my way to 8 for the next game with the team being the exact same. Our team seems to be mainly picked on who kisses up to the captain the most with a specific player only opening the bowling and batting in the top order because his father threatened to pull him out of our team and take him somewhere else. I've been at the club since i was 13 (23 now) and i feel like its just a waste of my time playing matches now because of this. I haven't bowled a single over this season and have only batted once where i was involved in an unbroken 35 run partnership to win the game with the so called big guns failing to show up as per usual. I'm currently at the stage where i think if im not being used properly what is even the point of me playing.
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Finally back playing for the team I am actually registered for and pleased to say we beat the team who at start of play were top of our division. We fielded first and for the first match this season (and perhaps a number of seasons), I didn't get called upon to bowl. Not too disappointed as it was testament to how well the first 4 bowlers performed and we knocked over the opposition for 133. They were also backed up in the field with some smart fielding including a bizarre run out as a straight drive hit the stumps then deflected to our best fielder who then ran out what looked like the visitor's best batsman.
Our reply didn't start too well as the opposition matched us in the field and at one stage we were 13-3 before some steady batting took us to around 70 when I came at No.7. Another wicket fell soon afterwards but then a young lad came to the crease who flailed the ball to all parts so I just held up an end and let him get on with it. Finally I started to time the ball and pulled a short ball for a boundary but very next delivery I got another shocker of a LBW decision. This time I was attempting to flick the ball to square leg but only succeeded in middling it into my pads and I'm afraid I could not contain my anger regarding the decision (it was one of our own players who was umpiring). I had only scored 15 but had taken us to 112 so in my mind the game was very much still in the balance and I was sat in the changing room with steam coming out my ears. However we overhauled their total without further alarms and with 7 overs to spare.
I did apologise for my outburst after the game but I have batted less than 10x this season and this is now the 3rd time I have erroneously been given out.
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They got 202/9 in their 45 overs. We conceded 62 extras!!!!!!! We were bowled out for 150. We are ashamed and appalled at our performance. I ran myself uut for 21. Their bowling was terrible and we all got ourselves out stupidly. We are second in the division (still). They are bottom (still). very poor.
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Ended up with a vital win today by chasing down 231.
Opened the bowling and saw the first 3 balls pitched up and despatched for 4.
Thought I'd try back of a length, but ended up bowling a rank half tracker, which was spooned to gulley ;)
Took a couple more wickets with legitimate balls as well.
In chase wasn't required with the runs knocked off for 3.
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Had what I shall refer to as an "interesting" day yesterday.
We spent 50 overs in the field as both their openers scored 154 and 157 between them closing on 339-0.....ive personally never had so many runs scored past us without taking a single wicket.
Im taking credit for what happened next after my inspirational team talk at the half way mark. We were 23/4 when i was still getting my pads on in the changing room at #6 and heard the death rattle from outside.
We chased them down with 2 overs and 2 wickets to spare after our #7 smashed 122 off of just 69 balls to see us all but home. I chipped in with a few in the process and the boys were jubilant to say the least after chasing down that monster total and spending 50 overs in the dirt 1st half of the game. Fair to say their lads were a little shell shocked!
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Had what I shall refer to as an "interesting" day yesterday.
We spent 50 overs in the field as both their openers scored 154 and 157 between them closing on 339-0.....ive personally never had so many runs scored past us without taking a single wicket.
Im taking credit for what happened next after my inspirational team talk at the half way mark. We were 23/4 when i was still getting my pads on in the changing room at #6 and heard the death rattle from outside.
We chased them down with 2 overs and 2 wickets to spare after our #7 smashed 122 off of just 69 balls to see us all but home. I chipped in with a few in the process and the boys were jubilant to say the least after chasing down that monster total and spending 50 overs in the dirt 1st half of the game. Fair to say their lads were a little shell shocked!
Nice one mate, always a good deck down there and a quick outfield.
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Played a great game yesterday given the weather in Burton,
Fielding first we were going well at drinks they were 50 ish for none, then the weather came and killed all our momentum on three occasions, even an early tea didn't help us they ended up 212-8.
Given the damp pitch and very wet outfield it was going to take some batting, and that's what happened our openers saw us home in 33 overs 215-0 winning with a driven four, one opener finished 103 the other 94 and guess who was down to bat three
Yep your truly so pad rash for 33 overs but well worth it for such a great win
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Had an absolute shocker yesterday:
Turned up an hour late
Dropped a catch
Got a duck
Forgot to bring match fee
and to cap it all
Blocked the toilet
We did win though.
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We bowled. Had the oppo 117-6 off 23. Combination of good balls mixed with some terrible stuff. At one stage they scored 50 and lost two wickets in 17 balls!!
Great tea though, couple of ciders and then me and our Aussie cleaned up on the pool table.
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Was taught as lesson in cricket yesterday, Cardiff CC lost the toss and were put into bat where they went on to score 360-3 with their left handed opener scoring an unbeaten 169 and they proceeded to bowl us out for a poor 56 meaning a 304 run loss. Wasn't a fun day to say the least.
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Team got hammered yesterday 😢
I nearly saw off their opening bowler who is somewhere between 82 and 80 mph (I did a load of bowling machine pre game so can sort of judge him compared to it)... I tried to hook him twice and was about 3 days too mate! Safe to say I'm not good enough to pull/hook that pace.. Was good fun and to get kind words from him and wepl's top umpire makes the training worth while.
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Returned to action in the 4th XI this week after being unfit to play, but spending the match standing at slip and hobbling between ends. We won the toss and batted first on a dodgy pitch in overcast conditions, causing me to express surprise at the skipper's decision.
I was proved wrong as our 14-year-old number three made an elegant eighty, with useful 10-20s from the rest of the middle order, taking us to 163-6 when I came in to bat. Along with our number seven, we managed a 51-run partnership. I made 25 before getting out to a length ball that didn't bounce from their spinner, leaving us to declare at 214-7 off 45.4 overs. I'm very pleased with my contribution, scoring my highest ever score for the team, and hopefully securing myself the opportunity to bat a bit more this season.
I opened the bowling, bowling pretty quick (for the level) and making life uncomfortable for the batsmen with pace and bounce, hitting the gloves and edges several times, without luck. At the other end, my opening partner took three early wickets, as we looked to wrap them up early. Unfortunately, we were plagued by rain throughout the opposition's innings, and eventually they finished 121-5 off 29 overs, as the ground had deteriorated to the point where it was unplayable (and the groundsman was not a happy man). We got the winning draw and four bonus points, giving us 6 in total. I ended up with 0-36 off 9 overs despite one of my best and quickest bowling performances of the season.
All in all, a good day for the team, and I'm very happy with my own performance.
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Was taught as lesson in cricket yesterday, Cardiff CC lost the toss and were put into bat where they went on to score 360-3 with their left handed opener scoring an unbeaten 169 and they proceeded to bowl us out for a poor 56 meaning a 304 run loss. Wasn't a fun day to say the least.
that left handed opener (Dewi Preece) is a really good player - he's hit league tons in the first team. not entirely sure why he's now playing 2s if I'm honest, he's far too good for our level. looks like their spinners caused you all sorts of problems - the lad who took 5fer is a left arm spinner I think? chucks it :D
we got beat by bridgend - lost the toss and got stuck in to bat in the rain. their 15 year old quick bowler took a 5fer and bowled brilliantly to restrict us to 193ao. they got it 6 down, but we dropped their match winning number 3 (70*) five times!
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that left handed opener (Dewi Preece) is a really good player - he's hit league tons in the first team. not entirely sure why he's now playing 2s if I'm honest, he's far too good for our level. looks like their spinners caused you all sorts of problems - the lad who took 5fer is a left arm spinner I think? chucks it :D
we got beat by bridgend - lost the toss and got stuck in to bat in the rain. their 15 year old quick bowler took a 5fer and bowled brilliantly to restrict us to 193ao. they got it 6 down, but we dropped their match winning number 3 (70*) five times!
What a sublime player he is Rich, that left arm spinner ripped us a part but if we had proper umpires he'd be going to be tested for that action. They brought their own umpire with them and gave a few lbw's off the left armers bowling, and he said that Preece dropped out of the 1st XI because he was batting 5 and doesn't like the pressure of it. Surely he'll be back up there next week after that.
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I'm currently averaging 12 after batting 8 times and a high score of 28! To say I'm disappointed is an understatement as felt good pre-season, hit a couple of 50's and retired but can't buy a run in the league. We've been stuck in on a few wet decks that hasn't helped but it's a bit soul destroying when you're scratching around for form but see team mates swinging from the hip and missing, or getting leading edges that drop between fielders and still going on and getting a score while I seem to get punished for the first bad shot every time. Our skipper was dropped 4 times last week in the same game!
Any advice?
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I'm currently averaging 12 after batting 8 times and a high score of 28! To say I'm disappointed is an understatement as felt good pre-season, hit a couple of 50's and retired but can't buy a run in the league. We've been stuck in on a few wet decks that hasn't helped but it's a bit soul destroying when you're scratching around for form but see team mates swinging from the hip and missing, or getting leading edges that drop between fielders and still going on and getting a score while I seem to get punished for the first bad shot every time. Our skipper was dropped 4 times last week in the same game!
Any advice?
Just practice, and stay calm in matches.
Last season i was only averaging 29, this season im averaging 56 atm.....works for me :D
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What a sublime player he is Rich, that left arm spinner ripped us a part but if we had proper umpires he'd be going to be tested for that action. They brought their own umpire with them and gave a few lbw's off the left armers bowling, and he said that Preece dropped out of the 1st XI because he was batting 5 and doesn't like the pressure of it. Surely he'll be back up there next week after that.
Preece is a very good player, his dad is on the committee at Cardiff I think, and used to be league secretary or something along those lines.
more and more teams are bringing their own umpire now, which is interesting. yesterday we had one home and one away umpire for the whole game and it was actually quite good. their leggie bowled three beamers in two overs though - I would have taken him off. unfortunately there's not a lot you can do about suspect actions at 2nd team level. one of our opening bowlers has a weird action which looks like a chuck from front on but from the side you can see it doesn't straighten during the delivery. I'm certainly not going to call anyone for chucking at our level.
the little Asian leggie caused me all sorts of problems - we played there on a wet day and he still got the ball to talk. didn't get me out but I barely scored off him, then he bowled one of my mates with a beaut of a googly. Cardiff definitely setting the standard this year!
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First decent amount of time at the wicket on Saturday and first 50+ score for my new club. Previously asked to move down the order slightly as I took up the role of make-shift keeper but ended up being pushed further down the order due to the match situation for the last 3-4 weeks and therefore getting little to no time to bat. After always opening this was becoming ever so slightly frustrating although it was good to see others batting so well. Hopefully with this and some more decent knocks I can push to get back up in the top order now.
Was really happy with my knock after coming in at 17-3 and then putting on 80+ partnership on a tricky wicket where plenty of people were getting hit on the ribs (myself included), hands etc off sharp rising deliveries. Rode my luck early on but by the end some kind of touch felt like it was coming back. Ended up nicking off to another sharpish bouncer as I didn't drop my hands in time so not too disappointed to get out in that way after the way others had got themselves out.
We ended up losing in the end as we could only post 165 as the tail all fell cheaply and the deck flattened out considerably after tea but hopefully the runs will continue to flow now! :)
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Preece is a very good player, his dad is on the committee at Cardiff I think, and used to be league secretary or something along those lines.
more and more teams are bringing their own umpire now, which is interesting. yesterday we had one home and one away umpire for the whole game and it was actually quite good. their leggie bowled three beamers in two overs though - I would have taken him off. unfortunately there's not a lot you can do about suspect actions at 2nd team level. one of our opening bowlers has a weird action which looks like a chuck from front on but from the side you can see it doesn't straighten during the delivery. I'm certainly not going to call anyone for chucking at our level.
the little Asian leggie caused me all sorts of problems - we played there on a wet day and he still got the ball to talk. didn't get me out but I barely scored off him, then he bowled one of my mates with a beaut of a googly. Cardiff definitely setting the standard this year!
The little Asian guy had me caught at slip, your opening bowler Jack Farrant? He does have a strange action and bowled an 11 ball over against us, poor lad had a mare.
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this is how my season is going! might as well pack in lol
http://sycl.play-cricket.com/website/player_stats_widget/batting_stats/3291479?rule_type_id=179 (http://sycl.play-cricket.com/website/player_stats_widget/batting_stats/3291479?rule_type_id=179)
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this is how my season is going! might as well pack in lol
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Have you taken a step in in standard or are you just struggling to get anything going?
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Have you taken a step in in standard or are you just struggling to get anything going?
both really mate.
massive step up in standard but i am also struggling to get going as well.
most weeks iv'e been batting 8-9 but then on the od occasion i have been asked to open the batting lol.
i have had 3 golden ducks this year don't think ive ever had 3 in a season before.
some of the balls im getting out to tho are not good enough to be getting me out this is what is frustrating me.
I'm usually really confident when i am batting and i'm not feeling it at the moment so i think this is effecting my game.
had an ok knock in last man stands last night and got t20 2night so hopefully i can pull some form back. But LMS and t20 games are usually poor standard.
i dont think that helps facing 80mph on a sat rarely getting bad balls then on a Monday and Tuesday batting against farmer giles and his 50mph lolly pops
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Don't knock the lollypops - they're what made English Club cricket great!!!!
I don't think I even register on the speed-gun.
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this is how my season is going! might as well pack in lol
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You need a transfer to the CHL in warwickshire and play for Ashorne, I'm sure we can get your average up.
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Don't knock the lollypops - they're what made English Club cricket great!!!!
I don't think I even register on the speed-gun.
I want to see my rev count thingy like they have on sky.
I must be pushing about 3-4 RPM with my non-turning offies!
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You need a transfer to the CHL in warwickshire and play for Ashorne, I'm sure we can get your average up.
bit far for me to travel nick!
is it a blank cheque ?
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I'd be your captain @Simmy - surely that should be enough in itself. I'd even shower with you after the game
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sorry mate not sure i can do a 5 hour trip every weekend
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sorry mate not sure i can do a 5 hour trip every weekend
Stop over!! Sunday snuggles??
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I think im playing at too much of a high standard when wasim jaffer gets out for 4 :(
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I think im playing at too much of a high standard when wasim jaffer gets out for 4 :(
Against my home town club that was @dilscoop
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Against my home town club that was @dilscoop
They Were just too good
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What number was you??
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What number was you??
11
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I think im playing at too much of a high standard when wasim jaffer gets out for 4 :(
Maybe he got a Jaffa!
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Ah you got bails out. Good lad he is
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both really mate.
massive step up in standard but i am also struggling to get going as well.
most weeks iv'e been batting 8-9 but then on the od occasion i have been asked to open the batting lol.
i have had 3 golden ducks this year don't think ive ever had 3 in a season before.
some of the balls im getting out to tho are not good enough to be getting me out this is what is frustrating me.
I'm usually really confident when i am batting and i'm not feeling it at the moment so i think this is effecting my game.
had an ok knock in last man stands last night and got t20 2night so hopefully i can pull some form back. But LMS and t20 games are usually poor standard.
i dont think that helps facing 80mph on a sat rarely getting bad balls then on a Monday and Tuesday batting against farmer giles and his 50mph lolly pops
Good to see you tonight
Added to this he has taken up bowling leg spin, bowled a few at me last night!!!
Looked like a loss of confidence with the bat...... Usually top notch aggressor on a Tues. I was waiting to see what Ryans bat went like.
Puts into perspective the standard of a weakening Ponte League
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Evening league tonight, at a decent ground, small and batsman friendly and got the number 3 berth.
Rock up to find we only have 9, at least the away team always bats first.
Pad up with newly acquired B3 bat and wearing a pair of strippers for the first time.
12 overs in, score on 110 and first wicket falls. Crossed so at non-strikers end.
Two balls later quick single and pop, hamstring goes. Run out without facing. Spend 2.5 hours in A&E and now on crutches. Probably a partially torn hamstring but referred to physio.
Season over.
Can't risk injury as running marathon in October.
We get 152 in 20 overs and manage to defend it with 8 players (I didn't field). They got 150 after their 20.
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First LMS 50 of the season for me last night but I kept like an absolute drain. Going to jack in the keeping for a few weeks as my body is really starting to struggle and after an injury plagued year last season my main objective was to get through this one unscathed.
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Very angry/gutted/frustrated with my cricket club this week.
I haven't had the best season so far with the bat, but currently averaging about 25 and hit 170 odd runs opening up, which makes me the 2nd top run scorer, and I'm currently the top wicket taker for the 1st team bowling leggies.
This week I've been told I've been dropped to the 2's, with a number of young/inexperienced players in the 1st team. Not sure what to make of this, haven't had a real reason why I've been dropped!
Especially frustrating as I turned down 2 offers to be paid to play this year, and even travelled over 100 miles back from Uni for the first 4 games of the season, I chose to stay loyal to my club and this is how they repay me!
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Yeah that sounds like bullshit to me mate.
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Very angry/gutted/frustrated with my cricket club this week.
I haven't had the best season so far with the bat, but currently averaging about 25 and hit 170 odd runs opening up, which makes me the 2nd top run scorer, and I'm currently the top wicket taker for the 1st team bowling leggies.
This week I've been told I've been dropped to the 2's, with a number of young/inexperienced players in the 1st team. Not sure what to make of this, haven't had a real reason why I've been dropped!
Especially frustrating as I turned down 2 offers to be paid to play this year, and even travelled over 100 miles back from Uni for the first 4 games of the season, I chose to stay loyal to my club and this is how they repay me!
i would be angry as well mate.
seems bit harsh.
worth chatting to the selection commity why you have been dropped.
Surely if they feel your not batting well enough you get dropped down the order to maybe 4-5? not dropped to the 2nd team
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I would ask if there is a reason behind it. Especially if there isn't a system of if an opener in the 2's are scoring runs then they get promoted to the 1's. So it is a like for like replacement.
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Make a 100
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Very angry/gutted/frustrated with my cricket club this week.
I haven't had the best season so far with the bat, but currently averaging about 25 and hit 170 odd runs opening up, which makes me the 2nd top run scorer, and I'm currently the top wicket taker for the 1st team bowling leggies.
This week I've been told I've been dropped to the 2's, with a number of young/inexperienced players in the 1st team. Not sure what to make of this, haven't had a real reason why I've been dropped!
Especially frustrating as I turned down 2 offers to be paid to play this year, and even travelled over 100 miles back from Uni for the first 4 games of the season, I chose to stay loyal to my club and this is how they repay me!
FAVORITISM SNM FAMALAM
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Score big
Take your catches
No one can drop you then
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The first reason they kind of gave me was that I hadn't scored the big runs that they expected me to hit before the season, which is fair enough- but only 1 person in the side has hit more than me! Besides that, I said I'm happy to bat 7,8,9,10 or even 11, and play as a bowler as I've been taking wickets recently...
Anyway, hopefully get a big'un in the 2's and be back for next week and it will all be forgotten about
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I feel your pain Ian, I've been up and down with no real reason for some years now! A couple of seasons ago I took a 5fer in the 1sts and was back in the 2s the next week. I don't mind moving about really, but I never seem to get a reasonable chance to nail down a position in the order. Already this season I have batted everywhere but 4 (1 and 5 for Sunday team, 2, 6 and 7 for my club 2xi at home, 3, 6 and 8 for club at uni 1xi, 9-11 for uni 1xi and 10 for home club 1xi) This is particularly frustrating because I am feeling great with the bat, as well as already having taken 25 wickets this season but I am not being given a chance to show my batting form.
Since my last post I've had a good time with a couple of hundred runs overall including 47 from 26 in a match that my Academy side (all 14/15 and me aged 21) were up against a side with 7 adults, 3 15/16 year olds and a lad who looked about 12. Unsuprisingly our 238ao from 40 was overhauled in under 29 overs just 4 wickets down.
Made the Sussex honours board a couple of weeks ago playing for Firle vs Gilderidge. Finished with figures of 13.4/5/42/7, having had 4/0 from 4, 5/4 from 5 and 6/12 from 7. Took a few hits as I tired, but came back and bowled the oppo keeper round his legs to finish the game off. Four of my wickets were clean bowled, one caught behind from a top spinner, one at gully from a regulation leggie and another leggie caught sweeping at short fine leg. Particular pleasure from my 6th wicket, because the guy had dismissed both me and my brother, and on dismissing my brother had run down the wicket with a few choice words directed at him (some of which rhymed with duck) so to bowl him through his legs as he tried to heave a wrong un was rather satisfying.
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If your at home batting on that lovely track at Minehead, get your head down and score big
Batting on that wicket is worth the drive alone!
Looks like your 1sts need all the runs they can get!
And try and hold on to catches from my little lad when he's bowling please
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Very angry/gutted/frustrated with my cricket club this week.
I haven't had the best season so far with the bat, but currently averaging about 25 and hit 170 odd runs opening up, which makes me the 2nd top run scorer, and I'm currently the top wicket taker for the 1st team bowling leggies.
This week I've been told I've been dropped to the 2's, with a number of young/inexperienced players in the 1st team. Not sure what to make of this, haven't had a real reason why I've been dropped!
Especially frustrating as I turned down 2 offers to be paid to play this year, and even travelled over 100 miles back from Uni for the first 4 games of the season, I chose to stay loyal to my club and this is how they repay me!
Clubs don't recognise loyalty unfortunately
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Very angry/gutted/frustrated with my cricket club this week.
I haven't had the best season so far with the bat, but currently averaging about 25 and hit 170 odd runs opening up, which makes me the 2nd top run scorer, and I'm currently the top wicket taker for the 1st team bowling leggies.
This week I've been told I've been dropped to the 2's, with a number of young/inexperienced players in the 1st team. Not sure what to make of this, haven't had a real reason why I've been dropped!
Especially frustrating as I turned down 2 offers to be paid to play this year, and even travelled over 100 miles back from Uni for the first 4 games of the season, I chose to stay loyal to my club and this is how they repay me!
thats ridiculous mate. its not like minehead have got many good players this season. cant be just your fault that they are struggling.
i know its not the same as ive been playing the saturday games when i can but i wasnt even picked for our midweek game initially and only played because some people dropped out obviously they dont care about the amount of work ive put in for the club been tempted to quit and go back to timby
i have had a crap season with the bat top score has been 24 i think so really wanted a confidence boast then i get out first ball of the innings
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If your at home batting on that lovely track at Minehead, get your head down and score big
Batting on that wicket is worth the drive alone!
Looks like your 1sts need all the runs they can get!
And try and hold on to catches from my little lad when he's bowling please
We're at Taunton CC which is probably the best club track in Somerset!
Haha, I did put one down off his bowling a couple weeks ago at 1st slip (was raining, wet ball ;) ) But taken a couple off him this year too so he wont complain!
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thats ridiculous mate. its not like minehead have got many good players this season. cant be just your fault that they are struggling.
i know its not the same as ive been playing the saturday games when i can but i wasnt even picked for our midweek game initially and only played because some people dropped out obviously they dont care about the amount of work ive put in for the club been tempted to quit and go back to timby
i have had a crap season with the bat top score has been 24 i think so really wanted a confidence boast then i get out first ball of the innings
That's also true, hopefully it will just be the one week!
Stick to it mate, it's good to see Dunster playing in the league on the new ground- and you can take a lot of credit for it after all the work you've put it over the years! Seems very strange you not being in the side initially, I myself and many others would definitely have you down as Dunster's best player- no question!
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I hate cricket!
Got hit on the thigh (no thigh pad coz I'm 'ard) and then the bone on my wrist batting last night, and I've been a bit spazzy so far today. :(
Moral of the story, use the big bit of wood in your hand to hit the ball, don't let it hit you!
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We're at Taunton CC which is probably the best club track in Somerset!
Haha, I did put one down off his bowling a couple weeks ago at 1st slip (was raining, wet ball ;) ) But taken a couple off him this year too so he wont complain!
If it's any consolation, little lad rates you very highly so stick at it
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So far this week I have managed 2 diamond ducks. I know today im batting at 5 as I have to open the bowling up the hill
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Weather is excellent for Worcestershire to day we are at home to a promoted team if we win and depending on other results could be top of our division by tonight don't know if we will get 11 players to turn out though.
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Another away game and it looks like I'm driving again!
Wish my lift share from last year hasn't moved out of the area :(
If we win today we'll be 6-2 and definitely looking at the right end of the table at the halfway stage. Bad news, half the team have gone on holiday! We only have a 17 week season, surely Magaluf will still be there come the end of August! >:(
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Seems a similar thing in Witney, though Menorca has called.
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Hotter in Witney today than menorca!
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Just been sold down the river by my opening partner 😡 cheers mate
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Just been sold down the river by my opening partner 😡 cheers mate
Would ask how the season is going but obviously not that well
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Would ask how the season is going but obviously not that well
Season is fine as it happens
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Manage to get 11players Won by 4 wickets today on a track with plenty of pace and bounce batted for 22overs before nicking one to the keeper waiting for the other results to see if we have gone top of the division.
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Lost the toss and asked to field first on the hottest day of the year.
3 and a half hours later they had 277-5 from their 50 overs.
I took 2-35 off my 10 (the last over of my spell, 49th of the innings went for 13 which ruined my figures)
We were then 135 all out after 31 overs in reply. I made a solid 0* having a blocking session
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Hard deck and fast outfield but we restricted the oppo to 186ao.
Lost a wicket in the first over of the reply, so had to pad up. Was next in when we got there comfortably, our no3 scoring a good 100*. So, Pad rash, home early, bit bored now.
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Played away today, we won a toss which is only the 2nd in 11 games. We batted first and scored 243, which was always enough. We bowled them out for 160, I got 3-43 off 10, short straight boundaries ruined it for me really. But at halfway stage of Saturday season, and having made the step up to the two's I've taken 17 wickets!
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Played for my new clubs first team today in East Anglia Prem started really well e son the toss and at lunch had them 125-8 took a lovely diving catch to dismiss No3 bat and then another. Ore regulation catch to dismiss oversea's player. After lunch it all went wrong, shelled a couple of catches that would have finished the innings off nice and quickly and they went on to post 224 from there 64 overs.
Batting wise we got off to a bad start losing both openers inside 5 overs then out 3rd wicket and 4th wicket quite quickly to find ourselves 40 odd for 4. But a great partnership between our skipper and No 6 high scoring 50's put us in a great place to owe out the game but we lost a wicket but had 17 overs and 4 wickets to get 40 odd runs. I came in at 9 with us still needing 30 odd and managed to face about 8 balls nicked to slip and was dropped then out next ball LBW for the 5th time in 5 innings this season. Not a great way to start my prem career for new club.
Meet a lad for the oppo (Norwich) who visits the forum, can't remember his name but he opened and batted well for 50.
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35 runs off 34 balls. First time my strike rate has ever been over 100. Its usually sub-50 as well!
Absolute run fest to be had out there, but unfortunately top edged and caught, too eager trying to smash a full toss.
Lost as well to make matters worse. >:(
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Lost the toss and were asked to bowl first. The visitors amassed 174 all out, I bowled slow off spinners and got 1-30 from 9 overs. Usually bowl 1st change seam up so a bit of a change for me today. After being my clubs top run scorer for the past 6 seasons I have been getting quite down of late with a top score of only 15 and two first ball ducks already. Anyway, it all came good today as I managed to score 93no as we knocked them off for 5 wickets. Unfortunately I will now miss the next 3 games through shift work! :-(. Tonight we have gone back top of our league. :D
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First ball the guy tried to leave it with hands up...the ball nipped in n he started walking. We were on on Top 14/1 8overs and skipper asked me to warm up for bowling. Unfotunately there was heavy showers for half an hour n the ground is like a little pond. Pity was that we waited two weeks for the game and it washed out although rain was not prognostigated:(
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Got 4 with the bat yesterday. Bowled 18-4-72-6 18 overs straight. Fair to say the body is feeling it this morning.
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Good win yesterday playing 2s at home. Lost toss and were asked to field, restricted them to 169ao in 40. Got 2/41 from 9 and my spin twin got 5/43 from 8.1, and we had tea needing about 140 from 48 with 10 wickets left. Captain then caught for 43, then a few quick wickets meant I went in with 60ish still needed in 30 overs. Opener then got bowled so so finished the innings batting with one of the lads I've coached for the last five years which was nice. We put on 50ish in not very long to finish it off, I got 37* and he had 12*, extra cover had a lot of running to do as I kept driving it past him on a rapid outfield. Pity about the wicket though, quite fast but very little bounce or carry, I suspect due to the lack of grass on it. Our wicket for using the cage is actually the best on the square at the moment!
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First league duck In a few years but the team won easily so no worries. I'm sure the standard last year in the division below was better.
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Pulled our fingers out today and smashed the top of the table team. We made 177ao thanks @Maverick79 scoring a quick 46 upfront and then @19reading87 providing the late innings charge with 68. Got 1 before I received one that bounced a bit and nicked off. The wicket was dry but slow and starting to dust. Fancied our chances and I was licking my lips at a nice turner. However, wasn't needed as our seam attack knocked them over for 68. Return match next week and we would love to do the double over them.
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Pulled our fingers out today and smashed the top of the table team. We made 177ao thanks @Maverick79 scoring a quick 46 upfront and then @19reading87 providing the late innings charge with 68. Got 1 before I received one that bounced a bit and nicked off. The wicket was dry but slow and starting to dust. Fancied our chances and I was licking my lips at a nice turner. However, wasn't needed as our seam attack knocked them over for 68. Return match next week and we would love to do the double over them.
Late charge?? I was in, in the 7th over till the 41st... Slow comes to mind rather than charge lol
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Tied t20 game yesterday, batted first and posted 139, got my first six of the season with the RS bat [emoji4]. We were looking comfortable while bowling as the other team needed 50 in 4 overs but then had 2 good overs and came down to 9 off 2 overs. Last over they needed 4 runs with 2 wickets in hand. First ball they scored a double so 2 off 5 balls, I was the bowler [emoji16]. Couple of dots a wicket and a single made it 1 needed of the last ball. Managed to squeeze in a good Yorker and bowled the guy. Very satisfying
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Had a late call to help out a team today,,set off on the 320 mile round trip, to be told, when I was only 30 mins away from the ground, that the oppos had called it off, due to it looking like it could rain???
I'd seriously peed the missus off by saying I would help the team out in the first place, and now I've wasted a Sunday due to non existent rain. >:(
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Had a late call to help out a team today,,set off on the 320 mile round trip, to be told, when I was only 30 mins away from the ground, that the oppos had called it off, due to it looking like it could rain???
I'd seriously peed the missus off by saying I would help the team out in the first place, and now I've wasted a Sunday due to non existent rain. >:(
Sounds like abuse of your good will
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And the Chertsey Juggernaut continues!! This week we were playing 2nd in the table (we are 3rd) with a much weakened team from last week.
Predictably, we batted poo, and struggled to 130 all out off 40 overs.
We then bowled and fielded superbly to knock over the oppo for 90 with yours truly picking up his regulation 3 wickets - 10-4-24-3 I think.
We are now 3rd in the table by 1 point, but crucially we have 2 games in hand on both the top 2 sides.
But sod the team - it's all about me!! I've now taken 15 league wickets at 8.80 each in 5 league games. Coming from the last 2 seasons where I've barely been able to land it - I can't tell you how happy I am to be contributing!!
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Had a late call to help out a team today,,set off on the 320 mile round trip, to be told, when I was only 30 mins away from the ground, that the oppos had called it off, due to it looking like it could rain???
I'd seriously peed the missus off by saying I would help the team out in the first place, and now I've wasted a Sunday due to non existent rain. >:(
Noooo mate you could off happy played for me today mate you know your always welcome mate anytime and you need to test the new bat out ;)
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Yeah I know Simon
totally peed me off, the way they did it
One minute they were all up for playing whatever the weather, the next minute,it looks like rain and it's off?
And I was looking forward to using your phantom
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Yeah I know Simon
totally peed me off, the way they did it
One minute they were all up for playing whatever the weather, the next minute,it looks like rain and it's off?
And I was looking forward to using your phantom
Shame mate mine went well today till I played a awful shot lol
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Great day for Chalfont St Giles CC today. We passed clubmark inspection this morning :) then it started raining. Ended up with a delayed start against a team from our league's Sunday XI, and a soft pitch as it had been rained on a fair bit between the groundsman and I deciding that we wouldn't need the covers out as the rain would be there for 20 minutes and blow over and that the square needed some water for the new seed bed, and mother nagging me incessantly to put the covers on an hour later. I'm pretty sure mum, who is Sunday manager, wanted me to call it off!
Ended up losing the toss and batting first, pitch was a bit soft from the rain but looked like it should have some zip to it. It didnt, was the most difficult wicket I have played on for a long time. We ended up all out for 147 from 31.4, of which I chipped in a captain's knock of 50* from number 6. Accelerated when number 9 joined me and ended up with 4x4s and a big straight six. We then bowled the oppo out in 21 overs for 76, with the youngsters doing most of the bowling. Got a run out in the first over of their innings, and from then on we were in control, and it seemed every bowling change I made brought results. Some of my team could have been more accomodating/complained a lot less, but that is an issue for another topic.
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Did OK for the 2's on Saturday, we batted first and racked up a mammoth 282. After getting dropped I wanted to ensure I got a half decent score! So opening up I was more cautious than ever and took a lengthy 31 overs to hit 85 before snicking the leg spinner behind to the keeper. Gutted to miss out on a ton, but will be back in the 1st's I hope.
Anyway, the other team knocked off our 282 with one guy getting 124*, gutted!
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Bowled for the first time in 3-4 years for the 2nds on Saturday and got 5-15 off my full 9 overs. Made my day much more enjoyable because I wasn't happy having only got 15 with the bat beforehand....
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Finally in the runs with a 43 ball 54 against Epsom batting 10 on Sat!
Then 2nd game as captain of our Surrey Trust League (mix of colts and adults) and we won by 9 wickets! Certainly a relief after losing by 300 runs the week before.
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Just seen the score card from that Epsom game Joe, bonkers with Andy scoring 160.
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Played on a 'pitch' (field) on saturday that will be reported to the league.
so much loose dried grass all over that they needed a bailer in and you couldn't tell where the strip started and the outfield ended. Unseen holes in the outfield due to the mass of unraked grass and the boundary backed onto dense shrubs and hedges - lost 8 balls!
Unsurprisingly batting was an absolute lottery - I scored 22 off about 60 balls, hit three times on the chest, shoulder and grill off a length. Three batsman were bowled by grubbers. Hated almost every minute of batting, save for a lovely flick of my legs for a one-bounce four and hitting the gobby opening bowler into the next field.
We were all out for 101 and thought we were done for - as the home side at least they play on it regularly. Luckily, save for their Aussie opener hitting 40-odd, we held some great catches and our opening bowler took 6-40 and we skittled them for 86.
Great win. Did I enjoy it? Absolutely not!
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Had an enjoyable friendly yesterday, alongside @RoCo Da Pixie, against Shackleford. My criminally under-used medium paced left arm dobbers (6 wickets at 4 apiece this season!) lopped off the tail with 3-11, and we chased down 130-odd on a slightly tricky pitch. I had a rare appearance at number 7, but managed to share a 60-odd 7th wicket partnership to dig us out of a hole and get us over the line, ended up 28 not out. Shackleford has one of those grounds whose pitch aligns with the setting sun, and this is something they use to their advantage; as soon as the sun came out late in our chase, they brought on their specialist lob bowler who flighted it perfectly out of the sun, all I could do was poke blindly at the ball as my retinas burned out. I managed to scramble to the other end, at which point the sun promptly disappeared behind a cloud and my partner dispatched his next ball for 6. Quite surreal really.
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Had an enjoyable game yesterday, playing for our third team. Been out of form with the ball so was looking to get some confidence back, had 5-0-14-1 which I was pleased with no wides either. Then asked if I could bat up the order with no pressure on me, so I ended up going in at number 4 and being at the crease after 9 overs. Usually I bat 8/9/10 and am pressured by the score line and spinners and haven't scored more than 11 batting there all season. I went and scored 34 yesterday before the drinks break caused a lapse in concentration and top edged one trying to flick it down leg. Me and the other opening batsman put on a 64 partnership and he went on to scored 78 and we won! Chasing down 170 for 6.
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Just seen the score card from that Epsom game Joe, bonkers with Andy scoring 160.
Was a very good knock! Only offering 1/4 chance when in mid 80s.
Would've been more but he was out of steam.
Sadly we had a understrength bowling attack, not the first time this season we've had oppo 2 down for less than 10 (they were 41-4 after 20) and yet been set close to 300 thanks to a lower order century.
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Ended up losing the toss and batting first, pitch was a bit soft from the rain but looked like it should have some zip to it. It didnt, was the most difficult wicket I have played on for a long time.
I think I can give you a run for your money on the difficult pitch front. We turned up yesterday a wet grassy deck with some added loam/grass cuttings placed in mounds in certain areas of the pitch, then rolled. It was cracking up in places so they filled it in before it rained apparently. They kindly rolled it before the start to bring some more moisture up while we were batting! and then rolled it at tea to flatten the divots. The outfield was pretty long as well. Very very village. Now if you have played a fair amount of cricket or are old enough to remember a typical wet sticky dog then you know how to play on it. ie. very soft hands, drop your hands when it pops, wait for the slow short one and drive under your eyes. My first 3 colleagues looked like they had been put on another planet. Universal grumble of "how on earth do you bat on this", as another ball pops off a length or they are through the shot barely after it's pitched. Track started wet and was popping, starting to dry and was stopping, then the divots caused some irregular bounce. If you could hit the ball, going along the ground was pretty difficult with the long outfield. Does make me wonder whether some of the youngsters of today are a little bit spoilt by nice hard decks they play on where they can hit through the line off a length, and thanks to a fast outfield push it for 4. It was a good education for them, whether they enjoyed it or not! We won, unsurprisingly defending 124 in 35 overs by bowling the oppo out for 89 in 32. Had the novelty of bowling a delivery on a good length pitching middle and leg and watching it turn off the pitch to 3rd slip! Just thankful the oppo had no bowlers of genuine pace or decent spinners! Not the most dangerous pitch I have played on but certainly one of the most interesting!
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Played on a few of those - always entertaining ;) - and surprisingly enjoyable.
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Played on a few of those - always entertaining ;) - and surprisingly enjoyable.
Our skipper won "bottler of the day award" for hiding down at 6 instead of opening like he does on most flat decks! Sent me in again to do his dirty work but he only got 3 overs to bat at the end. Serves him right ;)
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Unlike most of my side I actually relished the opportunity to play on a sticky wicket, something I haven't done for a few years and a decent way to test myself and my adaptability! Took a few balls, and being dropped on 0 popping it back to the bowler, to remember how to bat on it! Hardest I have had to work for runs for a long time despite being in really good touch at the moment!
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We had a great day in a Saturday friendly against Ruislip Victoria, good, clean, hard fought game and an even better bunch of lads to boot, would love to play them more often.
Same can't be said about the bunch from Chearsley CC who pulled out of our Sunday game at nearly 8pm Saturday with an email meaning it was too late to find a replacement. Has left a very bad taste in the mouth and knowing our fixture secretary I can't imagine our paths will ever cross again. Very disappointing conduct.
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We had a great day in a Saturday friendly against Ruislip Victoria, good, clean, hard fought game and an even better bunch of lads to boot, would love to play them more often.
Same can't be said about the bunch from Chearsley CC who pulled out of our Sunday game at nearly 8pm Saturday with an email meaning it was too late to find a replacement. Has left a very bad taste in the mouth and knowing our fixture secretary I can't imagine our paths will ever cross again. Very disappointing conduct.
Agree, I think good etiquette is to let the oppo know as early as possible you are having problems. I typically try not to let it drag on much after Thursday lunchtime if I'm missing 3 or 4 and know the chances of scraping up a couple of bodies is low. Normally I drop the oppo an email first, telling them our situation and explaining we will do our best to fulfil the fixture but I would advise them to start looking around. If they find something, I ask for a heads up first just to make sure we absolutely cannot get a team together, before letting them take up the other fixture. If they absolutely cannot get another game, I would offer to bring out 6/7/8 on the condition they lend us 1 or 2 players to make it 9 v 9 or something similar. At least then everyone is still getting a game. It also keeps the oppo on side when you ask for a fixture the following season, if you have cried off.
Unless a Sunday team is so badly organised they don't know a number of people couldn't play or they had a load of dropouts, there should be no way a cry off should happen that late.
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Playing the team that's 3rd in the division tomorrow we are 2nd whoever wins could go top don't know if we will have 11 players on Saturday.
Also if the forcast is correct heavy storms during tonight and possible flash flooding for parts of Worcestershire.
Nice day tomorrow though.
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Had a good mid-table clash in LMS on Wednesday evening. We had only 7 players and won the toss, so elected to bat first. We made 199 off our 20 overs and I had a good smash at the end, when the oppo captain had said bowl outside the off stump to his bowlers, I took an off stump guard and proceeded to swing through the line for a couple of straight sixes. That was a lot of fun.
We then had to bowl to a plan in the field, as with only two fielders on one side, there was a lot of space. The offside plan worked reasonably well, and we bowled them all out and kept a big enough margin of victory to get the bonus points. I took three wickets, which was pleasing.
A good win for us after a season where we've underperformed!
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Our club now puts out two civil seri e sides in the national cup. Both won. 1's had a low scoring game on a wet wicket and 2's won their game. Third semi final in a row, hope to make it 3 finals and then 3 wins in a row. Would be great to meet the 2's in the final
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We had a T20 semi final last night and got pumped. It was not fun. They racked up 209 and we could only muster 140 odd in reply. I was run out backing up at the non strikers end by a deflected straight drive.
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Today we had 9 players 2 who had not played cricket previously
Won the toss put the opposition in to bat they scored 189 the last pair put on 50 as we ran out of bowlers
We scored 190 for 4 off 28 overs
Could be top of the division won't know till tomorrow.
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My team lost the toss and bowled first today.
Opposition posted 238-7 off their 50 overs. The number 5 making an unbeaten 100.
I personally went 10 overs - 0 maidens - 2-28
We chased them down after 37 overs, our opener getting 84 and number 4 making 45 off 29 balls.
We won, I was home by 7.30 and I still found myself not enjoying my cricket today. I don't know what it is, but I've fallen out of love with cricket a bit this season and am playing because I feel I have to, rather than because I want to.
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After getting 5 wickets with the 2nds last week, I got to bowl for the 1st team today. Managed 6-30 off my 9 overs. Unfortunately, my batting wasn't up to par again this week, managing only 13 runs. We lost... :(
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Chug, chug, chug - another Chertsey 3XI win today, captained by yours truly Fattus Brearlus.
We bowled the oppo out for 151 and got them for 6 down. Yours truly burgled another 4.
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Playing my first game in ages tomorrow.
My boy (aged 5) was on form this evening
"daddy I am going to do lots of bowling at you tomorrow as practice before the game".
Me "thanks Isaac"
boy "yes daddy you don't want to be out first ball again"
Thanks for that. !!
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Shocking day on a shocking pitch(our own)
We was put in to bat. I got a golden first ball off game. One jumped off a length and shouldered it to a spectacular diving catch from the stumper!
We was 118 all out in 39 overs. Amusingly our no.11, a u17 )that probably had concusion to go with his two black eyes after being beat up the night before) top scored on 25!(he can't bat when fit)
The oppo knock them off 5 down with 3 overs left. Closer than it seems. As there no3 who finished 46* got dropped 5 times. 4 while he was still in single figures.
Plus we also bowled 24 wides!!!
We was atrocious....... Thankfully it was a cup game and not the league.
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Tied game today. All my fault - I dropped their only batsman twice.
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299/9 in 45, our opener with a dodgy hip got 102. I got 52 and happy with that. We bowled them out for 140. Good day at the office. 2 of our players got golden ducks though.
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Lovely day for cricket, but needed plenty of drinks breaks. Pitch was rock hard and fielding on an uneven outfield was 'challenging'.
We won the toss and bowled. Oppo all out for 189 off 41 overs, I ended up with 2 for 45 off 10, not great but had at least 2 catches dropped and those 2 wickets were their top scoring bats.
I had to leave early as out at friends 50th so went in at 6, swung at every ball I faced (which wasn't many!) and missed a straight one that I would normally play sensibly. Fortunately the lads after me did the business and we won with 10 overs to spare.
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Finally got that elusive second century yesterday and a personal best as well. Also took two catches keeping so overall a very good day :)
We lost the toss and got put in on what looked like a really tacky green wicket after Friday's storm but after the first 5 overs it didn't misbehave at all and we posted our highest total of the season (299). We then rolled them for 118 and were in the pub for 7. These are the days you play for!
And to add it was the first game using one of my B3 butterflies and it is a cannon already!. Thanks @The Doctor
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Won our fourth game in a row yesterday, after a horrid start to the season things are getting back on track. We batted first, had an early collpase to 30-3, our skipper rebuilt the innings and a young 15 year old came in an slapped a quick 50 at the end, leaving us on 174.
The oppo got off to an absolute flyer, 50-0 off 8, and we thought we was in lots of trouble. Our left arm spinner and myself then procedded to slow the run rate up, himself taking 5-26 off 15, and me 2-40 off 13, and we then won by 20 runs
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Played a Sunday friendly today, with two late drop outs meaning we only had 9 men. After 15 overs of fielding with 9, one of the oppo swapped sides so we had 10 for 25 overs. Thanks to the Sunday skip giving everyone a bowl, we conceded 247. Our innings got off slowly and we eventually lost, 20 runs short. The 15 overs with 2 men down basically cost us.
Of more note was the white trash scum that walked around the boundary and was missed by an aerial four by about 3 feet. He took great offence that no-one had shouted to warn him (they had, three or four people as it happens) and took particular offence to the two players on the boundary of Indian origin. He didn't seem to think he had any responsibility to look out for a cricket ball as he was walking past.
At tea, he came out of the social club bar and stated to have a very loud go at the skipper, making threats to cut people up, to quote, " That ain't a threat, it's a promise". He was also racist towards our skipper and a couple of others in the team. I've never heard someone make so much unpleasant noise after not being hit by a cricket ball. The joys of playing on a public ground.
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Could ' White trash scum ' not be seen as a slightly racist remark?! :-[
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Could ' White trash scum ' not be seen as a slightly racist remark?! :-[
if I wasn't white and disappointed by the bell-end, then maybe.
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Playing my first game in ages tomorrow.
My boy (aged 5) was on form this evening
"daddy I am going to do lots of bowling at you tomorrow as practice before the game".
Me "thanks Isaac"
boy "yes daddy you don't want to be out first ball again"
Thanks for that. !!
They boy was as good as his word!
We got 241-5 in 35 overs and lost though. Boo.
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And I assume you didn't get a first-baller?
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A nice Sunday game against Tomteks lot today, it was a bit wet early on but cleared up into a lovely cricket day.. Tom was smashing it to all parts and I assumed he was using a affinity/arytek gun... Apparently it was a Brucie £40 special!! Bargin
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Top game mate, some talent at the top of your line up.
Sorry I didnt catch you for a beer afterwards, us Proper Batsmen need proper bats and as Brucey had used it it obv falls under that category :D
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And I assume you didn't get a first-baller?
Fortunately not this time. Managed to get enough runs to impress the young master. And my Dad, so can't have been all bad.
Mrs Buzz is showing no signs of being impressed.
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Had an interesting weekend of contrasts.
Played our local rivals who seem to have lost some players from when we played them at the beginning of the season and yesterday had a lot of juniors amongst their ranks. Our openers batted the entire innings scoring 208 with the only wicket falling on the very final ball of the 40 overs. In reply the opposition went for it but lacked batting in depth so 2 wickets down and we were into their juniors. Fortunately we have some juniors too so us senior bowlers stood aside and let kids battle it out between themselves. Got myself finally in the game when I took a catch at gully which sealed a victory by 100 runs. Still all the opposition juniors got both a bat and bowl and our juniors got a bowl so cricket in general was the winner yesterday.
Today drove over to Leeds and played on a minefield !! We made 92 all out which I thought might be a competitive total and the opposition had stumbled somewhat to 18-2 but then the heavens opened. Shame as we had some good bowlers in our ranks.
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Another late pull out for our game on Saturday which meant we ended up with a slightly mismatched game through the Conference. Our skip asked me to bat at 7 instead of my usual 3-4 spot on the promise that I'd get a few overs, I agreed and sure enough found myself batting within a couple of hours with us on 140-5. Made 73 off 46 as we posted 270.
We then proceeded to bowl them all out for 39, I nearly didn't get a bowl as the skipper said 'well you had a decent bat'. I wasn't particularly impressed by that, the only reason I got a decent bat was because the other wasters in my team couldn't score any runs against a bunch of kids. I was particularly unimpressed when our Sunday skipper threw his toys out of the pram because he was sent in to open but barely got double figures and then wasn't supposed to bowl until he complained so much.
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Lost Saturday in our return fixture. Soured somewhat by their antics umpiring in the 2nd innings. I'll get onto that in a minute. We decided to bat and they bowled very well. We mustered 146-7 in 45, redders got 40 odd, chris 17, me 25. Wasn't really enough but we made them work for it, they did it in 37 overs for 2 down. Had 2/3 drop catches which didn't help but as with all village cricket you are onto a hiding when the oppo decide to play french cricket with the LBW laws. One lad who got 77* was LBW twice to me but was allowed go on his way, given he was on 20 odd at the time that's a huge difference to the game. Happens too much but what can you do when your mates umpire? Another guy was plumb LBW sweeping off middle and the worst offence of all was a guy run out backing up by a yard not given. Umpire kindly called our bowler a c**t for his questioning of the appeal - charming. It transpires that one of our ex players overheard their skipper say "if they appeal, count to 6 and then give it not out. They haven't given us an LBW in 6 games.". Can't comment on the last bit but most of our team will give a decision if it's plumb and like most teams the benefit of any doubt goes with the batsman. Stupid at Div3 of the CHL that teams do this but having an umpire is worth it's weight in gold.
Even worse, pulled my hammy quite badly and had to miss out playing on the Sunday :-(. Anybody got a quick fixes for hamstrings?
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another failure with the bat on Saturday! caught low down at gully cutting one that was maybe not quite wide enough to cut. our skipper has been urging the top 3 to be more aggressive and put us in a good position early on, which translates to us being 30/3 after 10 overs every week without fail. next week I'm not going to listen to him and just play sensibly - as soon as the shine went off the ball (15 overs) it was an absolute road!
still, we won the game and I got 2 catches and 2 stumpings so not a total waste of time :)
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Stupid at Div3 of the CHL that teams do this but having an umpire is worth it's weight in gold.
Not so sure that's true Nick. Watched a game on Saturday with an "Independent" opposition umpire who didn't give a single LBW decision (although as an observer I couldn't comment). I could comment on the wides though. My side conceded 44 wides, all of them singles, out of their total score of 150 odd. I took up a position lying on the floor directly in line with the stumps. He was giving wides to balls that the batsmen were missing 3 inches outside off stump. Totally crazy umpiring in anyone's book, and he is a "qualified" ump. Turns out that every other team in the league has also complained about this umpire, and there seems to be a very good reason why the team is sitting on the top of the league...
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Plenty of rubbish umpires around but not seen many in Warwickshire. Some shockers in Yorkshire though, use to get plumb lbw turned down and then another given when it's missing the next set lol. I think it's more about consistency than anything, if the guy applies the same rules to both teams then that's a start in the right direction.
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Played down in Brighton on Saturday vs Isfield. Their keeper wears a go-pro so I will find a link when it comes online, but he'd run out of memory before I got a go! Batted first Saturday, we got 270/6 off 46, only one failure but that was to a good ball and good catch. Batted 6, got 47* before my brother declared on me... Opened up the bowling with a wicket maiden, but in our 47 overs we couldn't quite get the oppo out, ended on 200/8.
Sunday played at home vs local rivals (again, 5th time in two seasons) and unusually they didn't have several adults. We set 300/8 from 40, one of my lads in his first match in two months due to gcses got 87*, I chipped in a quick 52. We then bowled them out for 158. Oppo umpire was getting tetchy at the end as it was getting a bit dark, partly because our batting innings had lasted 3 1/2 hours, so I brought myself on and ran through them. Everyone else who wanted to had bowled except the keeper, and I was just hoping to get through some overs quickly to end it, not take 5/4 in 3.4 overs.
Was very glad I played down south Saturday as I had a 1s call up at home, but the openers put on 270/0 and one of them added a 5fer to his 150 as the oppo were all out for 68. Most of the team did literally nothing, and I certainly wouldn't have batted and would probs not have got much of a bowl.
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Played down in Brighton on Saturday vs Isfield. Their keeper wears a go-pro so I will find a link when it comes online, but he'd run out of memory before I got a go! Batted first Saturday, we got 270/6 off 46, only one failure but that was to a good ball and good catch.
Find the youtube channel for the w/k who go-pro's matches below.
I know a couple of their players and they link this up on Facebook as well. Hopefully your game is there.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnNNl0xrHOQNrUhuB_kbwPQ (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnNNl0xrHOQNrUhuB_kbwPQ)
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Played in a T20 tonight, opened the batting and scored a classy looking 36 off 15! We set the oppo 160, I the. Kept wicket and only let 4 byes through! And we won by 1 run
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Find the youtube channel for the w/k who go-pro's matches below.
I know a couple of their players and they link this up on Facebook as well. Hopefully your game is there.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnNNl0xrHOQNrUhuB_kbwPQ (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnNNl0xrHOQNrUhuB_kbwPQ)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEHlZnBbCjk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEHlZnBbCjk)
Cheers! This is the trailer for my match, I'm umpiring in both shots, square leg first up and standing in the second one
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Playing the team that are 3rd in the division tomorrow we are top we lost to these guys 2nd match of the season we only had 8 players inc 2 who didn't play cricket should get 11 tomorrow though as we are at home.
So far this season all clubs have been much stronger at home mabe it is because the division is spread across Worcestershire Herefordshire Shropshire and Birmingham.
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Got tomorrows team email, and looks like it is in batting order. As a result I am somewhat unhappy, looks like finishing a game off in style in the last match a couple of weeks ago has earned me a relegation in the order to 8. Absolutely champing at the bit for a chance, but not being given one despite being probably the most in form player in the side :(
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Got tomorrows team email, and looks like it is in batting order. As a result I am somewhat unhappy, looks like finishing a game off in style in the last match a couple of weeks ago has earned me a relegation in the order to 8. Absolutely champing at the bit for a chance, but not being given one despite being probably the most in form player in the side :(
We have a guy who continually wants to be up the order, and tbf could do a job there (no better or even worse than those there potentially). However, he makes a much better 7 than those above him so for team balance he bats at 7, now he hates it and goes on about moving up the order and you can see his point but why don't some people look at the batting unit balance, not just runs/avg etc.
Not saying you are buddy, just that sometimes it actually does make genuine sense to keep people in certain positions rather than chop and change on form
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I think my positivity with the bat goes against me here, as the captain has said he prefers me in the middle/lower order to either counter attack or finish an innings off, but my main frustration is that I'm not getting a consistent shot up the order. Our top 3 have had success in the last few weeks, but that isn't where I'm aiming to get a place, and they are one paced so I have to go out hitting and have often had to sacrifice myself going for quick runs at the end of the innings. I just hope that I can get a chance to prove what I can do without it meaning that as a team we are in a bad situation. Last weekend I didn't care when my brother declared when I was on 47 as the team should come first!
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I think my positivity with the bat goes against me here, as the captain has said he prefers me in the middle/lower order to either counter attack or finish an innings off, but my main frustration is that I'm not getting a consistent shot up the order. Our top 3 have had success in the last few weeks, but that isn't where I'm aiming to get a place, and they are one paced so I have to go out hitting and have often had to sacrifice myself going for quick runs at the end of the innings. I just hope that I can get a chance to prove what I can do without it meaning that as a team we are in a bad situation. Last weekend I didn't care when my brother declared when I was on 47 as the team should come first!
Just for arguments sake, so you go up the order and a plodder drops down... You then being all positive get done by a newer ball, fresher bowlers... Said plodder comes in with the team needing 10 an over to set/chase a target but it's not his game to hit out... Team will lose more often. It is hard and I have no doubt in your car it's not that easy but just going off what I've seen, a lot of the time it's just stuffiness/Cliques preventing people moving but there are times like in our team when it's about the balance and having the right player in the right position but each one knowing their role. So I'd love to think I could bat for 50 overs and core 100, however it's not my role. Assuming I've batted for 20 overs and we've lost only one wicket or less.. My job is to just start going for it, get the middle order in who are just as good only more attacking. That way we set 300+ instead of 250 ish . Does stop me generally getting ' big' scores etc but hey ho, it's a role within the order
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I think my positivity with the bat goes against me here, as the captain has said he prefers me in the middle/lower order to either counter attack or finish an innings off, but my main frustration is that I'm not getting a consistent shot up the order. Our top 3 have had success in the last few weeks, but that isn't where I'm aiming to get a place, and they are one paced so I have to go out hitting and have often had to sacrifice myself going for quick runs at the end of the innings. I just hope that I can get a chance to prove what I can do without it meaning that as a team we are in a bad situation. Last weekend I didn't care when my brother declared when I was on 47 as the team should come first!
If I were you I would have a word in the Captains ear
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Good luck today everyone - it's a beautiful sunny day down here today.
I've got a challenge today - travelling a long way with a very weak team, looking to win, to keep up our charge at the top of the table.The crap availability this week means I have 3 x 4th XI players, and 2 x U15's in my side.
However - nil desperandum, I'm feeling good about today and I can scent victory on the breeze!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll see you all on gere tonight, to see how you have done.
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Good luck today everyone - it's a beautiful sunny day down here today.
I've got a challenge today - travelling a long way with a very weak team, looking to win, to keep up our charge at the top of the table.The crap availability this week means I have 3 x 4th XI players, and 2 x U15's in my side.
However - nil desperandum, I'm feeling good about today and I can scent victory on the breeze!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll see you all on gere tonight, to see how you have done.
Must be a unavailability week or something, we literally have 4 normal first teamers today 😢
So weak today it's unreal, least we are home so can bat first, get skittled and watch the test hopefully.
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There I am having a free weekend with no game today. Went to look at some local clubs to see what the standard is like in the TVL
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Lost by 3 runs today, absolutely distraught.
Umpire gave me out LBW after I middled it, was batting well too and felt I would have knocked them off.
I hope the incompetent old fool loses every game at bingo tonight and loses his bus pass.
Unbelievable he's allowed to umpire, he has a hearing aid and can't hear you if talk to him from behind.
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I hate cricket!
We didn't get enough runs.
They battered us in less than 40 overs.
I think there were 9 dropped catches (2 of them being me!)
And to top off my day I took the end of one of my fingers off in the field.
Fully expecting to be dropped next week now.
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11 of 13 balls befor edging one to keeper.
Wicket looked like it had been cut with a flymo. Longest I've every seen on a pitch. Odd spot acted like a trampoline. Was cutting both ways for the quickies!
We was 152 all out. And the last 50 came from two under 17s batting 9 and 10.
We then had them 45 for 5 before they though back abit but ended up 128 all out with 10 left.
Full points without being a great day!
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Had a shocker of a decision today bat raised vertical to let the ball go through to the keeper ball clips my pad outside off stump given out caught behind for one team managed to win scoring 195 off 33 overs to win batting second.
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Got beat by 6 wickets against Ryans team!
We posted 230 and they knocked them off with a couple of overs left!
Still not won a game and disappointed having posted 230 to not pull off the win today.
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Good luck today everyone - it's a beautiful sunny day down here today.
I've got a challenge today - travelling a long way with a very weak team, looking to win, to keep up our charge at the top of the table.The crap availability this week means I have 3 x 4th XI players, and 2 x U15's in my side.
However - nil desperandum, I'm feeling good about today and I can scent victory on the breeze!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll see you all on gere tonight, to see how you have done.
So - we bowl the oppo out for 123 on a dicey pitch. A good result as they were a good batting team - yours truly sneaking 5-25. We then manage 124-9 in the chase, losing 2 wickets on 122 and 1 on 123!!!! Poopy-pants time!
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We won last night by 2 wickets I came in at 10 with 30 needed for victory had 5 balls left. Massive win today by 7 wickets with 11 overs to spare. I bowled 9 overs 0-37 and didn't bat.
Tomorrow is against our arch rivals who usually beat us forecast is a bit wet do hopefully we Bowl first and skittle them
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Won today and finally getting through crease with some action on my off-spinners. Got the opposition's best batsman out with quite easily the best ball I have delivered all season but slightly disappointed to end up with only his wicket. Less said about my batting the better as I forced into opening and I just don't seem to be able to bat higher up the order. Stick me at No.7 and generally I will stay in all day so hopefully this has finally convinced the skipper I am not an opener.
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Batted first yesterday on a road, only lost two wickets so didn't get a shot at 8. Openers started well until I gave one out lbw, but it was plumb, and his 28 was the only score below 50. Skipper batted through for 133*, 3 had a moment of madness on 50, and 4 smacked a quick 50odd as well in 276/2d from 44.
Took the old ball, bowled the opener round his legs first ball, and ended with 12/6/22/5 from my spell. Between me and my off spinning spin twin, we have taken 19/26 wickets to fall in our run of 3 home matches. Oppo were 99ao, and in our games against them this season we have got 60 points to their one. Hopefully club day today goes as well!
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Went back to Kent for a game this having been not selected for either team where I'm living in Suffolk now. Iv not had a great season with the bat highest score being 27 but been batting 7,8,9 when iv always been an opener or No3.
We won the toss and decided to bowl on a pitch that had a hint of green but was evident after first ball that the pitch was dead, they managed to score 240 with the kiwi oversea making a good 120 odd dropped in the slips on about 20 mind. I bowled 5overs 1-23 bowling at the death so happy with that being my first bowl of the year.
Opened the batting and made 36, just didn't really get the pace or timing on the pitch and none of our lads did really they bowled spin from both ends most of the match and knew they home track we made 160 odd losing last few wickets quickly trying to chase it down. Not a great result but for the first time in a while I actually enjoyed the game and was great to catch up with my mates again.
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I actually have a game today, only my third this year... I'm actually looking forward to it!
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Cup semi today, if it doesnt rain
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Bowled them out for 184 on a good track. They were missing both their opening bowlers (two of the best in the division) so we're were confident as we have a strong batting line up. However, we were bowled out 25 runs short. Some woeful shot selection from our younger players inparticular. Can someone please teach youngsters how to push easy safe singles. Personally scored 42 bu again out caught in the covers having chased a full wide one.
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Our home ground is a batsman's paradise. Yesterday was a rock hard track on a sunny July day, so of course our captain won the toss and elected to field. We've had a lot of issues with his captaincy this season but he was truly awful yesterday.
Long story short, par was about 240 and they got 280. We were 204 all out due to the run rate always being against us. Personally I got 25 opening before being caught and bowled to one that just popped on me.
Really frustrating innings actually - I took a single off the first ball then sat on my bat for 5 as my opening partner patted them back. He's awful at running singles and it really frustrates me! Still, I'd hit 4 consecutive boundaries when I got out so was annoyed to lose my wicket just as I was starting to score freely.
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A great game for the Egham 4th XI against Kempton yesterday. Playing at St. George's College on a flat pitch with small boundaries, we put Kempton in to bat feeling confident of restricting them and chasing a target. We started off bowling tight, but they started getting away from us in the second half, eventually setting an imposing chase of 274 off 45 overs.
We batted brilliantly, with a new player scoring 96, as well as a 30 from one of our openers, 63 from our number three and a useful 20 from the skipper, before we stumbled to 9-down, with 10 runs needed, bringing yours truly out to bat. We scored a few more, including a gorgeous 2-not-out from myself, and I was left facing with 4 needed to win. Cue the bowler sending it down leg for four byes, giving us the win by one wicket. Cue celebrations, despite a little disappointment at not getting the winning runs off my bat.
I bowled okay, taking 1-32 off 8, but am struggling badly for fitness thanks to a knee injury, stuck bowling in the late fifties rather than approaching 70mph, which is more than a little frustrating (although I was able to crank it up after my captain decided to take me off due to fitness concerns, just to show him, cue me overhearing, "Do you think Ed's annoyed that I'm taking him off?").
All in all, a very memorable cricket match played in excellent spirits. I look forward to a high-scoring return at Kempton's football cricket ground.
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We won today, beat Grimsby Town. Bowled them out for 139 and knocked them off for 1.
Good day personally too, 4-18 with the ball and 15 not out with the bat.
Broke my bat though so not all good
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You get to buy a new one.
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Played yesterday, we won the toss and bowled. and they scored 164, which was a good score considering the ground/ pitch! I bowled 11 overs 0-31, they just wouldnt go after me. we batted well, needed 24 off 18, when one of our uni boys took there opener for 22 off an over leaving us 2 off 12 balls and then made it look easy! Our youngsters batted very well in the middle overs putting on 100 between a 16&18 year old. Means we've now won 5 in a row, and managed 96 out of 100 potential points!
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Got beat today by 6 runs chasing 130 ish.Bowled absolutely appallingly getting 2-50.Don't think it helped being on the beer until 4am last night.Batting wise had the worst lbw call I've ever had.Taking a leg stump guard batting a foot outside the crease got hit on my thigh pad(I'm 6'1). 1 guy appealed from mid on and to my disgust it was given. Even the bowler after the game was laughing about it and the square leg umpire although he said to me "it was too highbut I couldn't say anything " ( that baffled me the most) Ah well,onto next week
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We won by 70 odd runs, batting first and posting 245. Amazingly I got the second highest score of our innings. You'd expect that to be a decent score but it was only 23 which was 110 less than our top scorer, can't be many other times this arson there will be 100 plus runs between the two top scorers!
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We won by 70 odd runs, batting first and posting 245. Amazingly I got the second highest score of our innings. You'd expect that to be a decent score but it was only 23 which was 110 less than our top scorer, can't be many other times this arson there will be 100 plus runs between the two top scorers!
Assuming that was the big lad who opens, he's normally your banker? Think we are over at your place next week.
We beat Cookhill Saturday who were massively village in every way. Turned up and started practise bowling on the square and the wicket, their umpire upset our groundsman, hacked their way to a below par 129, in the process giving us an extra 10 overs and then for the most part bowled like drains. Had it not been for our own rubbish brand of cricket - 41 extras in 129, and a few average shots we would of romped home but had to settle for a 4 wicket win. In our defence the deck got significantly worse second innings and started keeping very low, but I dread to think of what we might of scored batting first.
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Cup semi won yesterday
Many many thanks to Simon May for the lend of one of his lovely Phantom bats, whilst mine are being repaired
We chose to bat on what looked a half decent track, but which prooved to be anything but
The wicket was very dry, and caused us quite a few problems
But, we managed 190 ish all out,,,,I got 40ish
In return, we had them out for 140
A good win on a dire wicket, that still has two more important games to be played on it!
I do miss the northern clay wickets!
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A great game for the Egham 4th XI against Kempton yesterday. Playing at St. George's College on a flat pitch with small boundaries, we put Kempton in to bat feeling confident of restricting them and chasing a target. We started off bowling tight, but they started getting away from us in the second half, eventually setting an imposing chase of 274 off 45 overs.
We batted brilliantly, with a new player scoring 96, as well as a 30 from one of our openers, 63 from our number three and a useful 20 from the skipper, before we stumbled to 9-down, with 10 runs needed, bringing yours truly out to bat. We scored a few more, including a gorgeous 2-not-out from myself, and I was left facing with 4 needed to win. Cue the bowler sending it down leg for four byes, giving us the win by one wicket. Cue celebrations, despite a little disappointment at not getting the winning runs off my bat.
I bowled okay, taking 1-32 off 8, but am struggling badly for fitness thanks to a knee injury, stuck bowling in the late fifties rather than approaching 70mph, which is more than a little frustrating (although I was able to crank it up after my captain decided to take me off due to fitness concerns, just to show him, cue me overhearing, "Do you think Ed's annoyed that I'm taking him off?").
All in all, a very memorable cricket match played in excellent spirits. I look forward to a high-scoring return at Kempton's football cricket ground.
are you actually bowling at 70mph in the 4th XI, or is there some giant irony in this story that I'm not getting?
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Assuming that was the big lad who opens, he's normally your banker? Think we are over at your place next week.
We beat Cookhill Saturday who were massively village in every way. Turned up and started practise bowling on the square and the wicket, their umpire upset our groundsman, hacked their way to a below par 129, in the process giving us an extra 10 overs and then for the most part bowled like drains. Had it not been for our own rubbish brand of cricket - 41 extras in 129, and a few average shots we would of romped home but had to settle for a 4 wicket win. In our defence the deck got significantly worse second innings and started keeping very low, but I dread to think of what we might of scored batting first.
We were 17 players down this weekend thanks to a stag do! Nick was in the 1s and didn't score many for them, it was one of our old timers that got the runs. It was very kind of you to help make a game of it at the weekend, I know they have called of their 2s for the rest of the season and were mixing up the first team to give everyone a game for the rest of the season.
Fingers crossed for a dry Saturday and a good game.
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are you actually bowling at 70mph in the 4th XI, or is there some giant irony in this story that I'm not getting?
No irony. I average mid-high sixties, and can bowl at around seventy for about an over (source: Hawkeye session at Lord's), but am held back by concerns over my bowling action and colts getting promoted over me as I only started playing at 16-18, and am now 25, but didn't find any sort of consistency in line and length until about two years ago. I am the quickest bowler any of my team has ever seen at fours level, but the thirds captain has never fancied me for the aforementioned reasons.
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Hmm. I used to play with someone who could bowl at 70 or so but had bowling action issues. Once those were sorted he was nowhere near the same pace.
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Hmm. I used to play with someone who could bowl at 70 or so but had bowling action issues. Once those were sorted he was nowhere near the same pace.
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Strangely, I've been called in the past, but have spoken to the other coaches and senior players at my club, and I think that I've finally sorted out the issues, and am bowling as quick as I ever have. But once those concerns have been raised, the label is very hard to shrug off. I don't mind really, I enjoy playing fours, and coach colts as well, so can help the youngsters coming up as vice-captain. The only annoying thing is that few fours players can edge my best deliveries, and we don't have any slips able to hold anything off my bowling. :)
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Came in at 72-4 on Saturday on a good but worn track, top scored with 65 to get us up to 190. Sadly got out having a go with a few overs left but was happy to get us up to a defendable score. Then took 2-15 from seven, one bowled nipping back and one c&b, plus a slip catch. Good game, especially as it was against the team behind us in 2nd place in the league! Over 90 points clear with 7 games left now, title is ours to lose.
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Strangely, I've been called in the past, but have spoken to the other coaches and senior players at my club, and I think that I've finally sorted out the issues, and am bowling as quick as I ever have. But once those concerns have been raised, the label is very hard to shrug off. I don't mind really, I enjoy playing fours, and coach colts as well, so can help the youngsters coming up as vice-captain. The only annoying thing is that few fours players can edge my best deliveries, and we don't have any slips able to hold anything off my bowling. :)
Bowl at the stumps!
It ain't rocket
They miss you hit
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It was very kind of you to help make a game of it at the weekend, I know they have called of their 2s for the rest of the season and were mixing up the first team to give everyone a game for the rest of the season.
I think they said they were missing 3 batsman but we were also missing 7 batsman!, so it was one of those games where ball would probably dominate bat as both teams were well under full strength.
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Bowl at the stumps!
It ain't rocket
They miss you hit
Remember a story I was told about an overseas Saffa called John During. He had play first class cricket in SA and came over as Marlow's overseas. He bowled well in the first few games but didn't get anybody out. They pointed out the same thing, he was bowling a good first class channel that was far to quick for club cricketers to nick off. He had to bowl at the stumps - problem solved. Even the talented experienced cricketers can make the same mistake!
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As a club we had 27 people unavailable for selection due to TITP, Noel Gallagher, Injuries and a few poor excuses. Still managed to field two teams to fulfill the league fixtures. Neither went great, The ones suffered defeat, 223-2 plays 74 a.o with opposition pro claiming 8-13 and The Twos also suffering a defeat, 234-4 plays 57 a.o in 33 ovs. Still a great result managing to field both teams with such a large number unavailable.
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As a club we had 27 people unavailable for selection due to TITP, Noel Gallagher, Injuries and a few poor excuses. Still managed to field two teams to fulfill the league fixtures. Neither went great, The ones suffered defeat, 223-2 plays 74 a.o with opposition pro claiming 8-13 and The Twos also suffering a defeat, 234-4 plays 57 a.o in 33 ovs. Still a great result managing to field both teams with such a large number unavailable.
Yes, look at the bigger picture. However, I would be letting some people know they aren't going to automatically walk back into teams. Doesn't look like you had many stand out performers but if anybody did well with the ball (can't see much on the batting!) then a week on the sidelines for some of those missing (with poor excuses/ generally rubbish availability) might make them think again.
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Bowl at the stumps!
It ain't rocket
They miss you hit
thing is i have notice at the level i am playing at anything on the stumps other than off stump is hit through midwicket lol and they dont miss very oftern
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Small boundaries?
Cover where they are hitting, make em hit over?
Vary the pace, get the keeper to stand up
Vary the line, whilst still pitching it up
In most cricket, unless your proper sharp,, bowling too short and not on a stumps length is basically a free hit and your gonna struggle to first of all put pressure on the batter and secondly to actually take wickets
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No irony. I average mid-high sixties, and can bowl at around seventy for about an over (source: Hawkeye session at Lord's), but am held back by concerns over my bowling action and colts getting promoted over me as I only started playing at 16-18, and am now 25, but didn't find any sort of consistency in line and length until about two years ago. I am the quickest bowler any of my team has ever seen at fours level, but the thirds captain has never fancied me for the aforementioned reasons.
70mph would make you the 2nd quickest bowler at my club, and we have two ex-county pros... I'm amazed that you aren't playing at a higher standard.
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thing is i have notice at the level i am playing at anything on the stumps other than off stump is hit through midwicket lol and they dont miss very oftern
If you don't move it off the seam, then yes, I'd agree that this is often a problem.
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thing is i have notice at the level i am playing at anything on the stumps other than off stump is hit through midwicket lol and they dont miss very oftern
This, you bowl 70 and at middle stump and you'll probably get pulled if slightly short or driven through mid on/midwicke.. Go nearer the legs and it's easy for any decent batsmen.
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Boom! Back in the runs. 5 th fifty of the season.
Oppo put 119 for 8 in 14 overs. Mainly due to there overseas who came in at 7 hitting A quick 49 of the last 4 overs.
Despite 3 failures on trott in all cricket I promoted myself to open once again. And it paid off.
We chased them down in 9 overs. I hit 81* from 34 balls.
A good day!
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Boom! Back in the runs. 5 th fifty of the season.
Oppo put 119 for 8 in 14 overs. Mainly due to there overseas who came in at 7 hitting A quick 49 of the last 4 overs.
Despite 3 failures on trott in all cricket I promoted myself to open once again. And it paid off.
We chased them down in 9 overs. I hit 81* from 34 balls.
A good day!
Hopefully used them all up for the week then chris!
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Hopefully used them all up for the week then chris!
Apparently the pitch we are on is a road! So hoping to take the form into that game I'm afraid.
You playing??
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no captaincy duties this week, hopefully with our 12 year wunderkid making his adult debut. class player with a hundred and nine 50s at county level. about 4ft 5 but its like watching a mini Tendulkar in nets. technically faultless
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Won first bit of silverware of the season tonight, if indeed there is a trophy for winning Div 3 of the local T20 league. Now picked up 12 wickets too which is more than Saturdays but that's mainly due to our Saturday 2nd XI having so many free weeks (another this weekend !!).
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Having looked on our league stats yesterday (for the first time in about 3 years!!) it would appear that I am leading wicket taker for my league, and also for my club.
This is a startling indictment either on the improvement in my bowling, or in the woeful standard of gullible batsmen in my league :)
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Having looked on our league stats yesterday (for the first time in about 3 years!!) it would appear that I am leading wicket taker for my league, and also for my club.
This is a startling indictment either on the improvement in my bowling, or in the woeful standard of gullible batsmen in my league :)
Get the big swish sorted and you can top bowling and batting !
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Big LMS game last night versus top of the league who have been racking up 200+ and bowling teams out very cheaply. I came in at 4 and rattled off a good 50 as we posted 145 before restricting them to 142.
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Big LMS game last night versus top of the league who have been racking up 200+ and bowling teams out very cheaply. I came in at 4 and rattled off a good 50 as we posted 145 before restricting them to 142.
Well done. We had a nightmare against the bottom of the league team, mostly caused by it not getting taken seriously from the off and we then conceded far too many runs.
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Yeah it is tough to keep everyone motivated sometimes, particularly as everyone is fielding so far away from each other.
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Due to family commitments I have only managed to play 5 time this season. But compared to last season when I faced 32 balls in 18 games, I seem to be batting ok
first game in May on a wet track I scored 37 out of 69 all out
then a 7 retired hurt in the next game
I then got 24 out of 70 all out
but in the past two weeks I have scored 46 and 42
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No game for me tomorrow. I am in the process of looking at switching clubs mid season and didn't fany a drive to South London for an away game from Wokingham
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First team are missing four of their normal top six tomorrow, so our seconds batting is depleted. I am hopefully going to get a chance at last as if like last week the email is in batting order I'm at 5. We do however have four seamers and 2 spinners, plus some part timers so we are bowling heavy for sure, but if I'm getting a bat I'm happy to let other people turn their arm over :)
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finally got out in the middle in a 16 over game.
forgot my whites and forgot my bat ......... so i grabbed a half made unknocked in long handle bat out of my boot, wrappped the untwined handle with elastoplast tape rocked up to the crease in my work shirt and someones whites.
fortunately i wasnt subject to any abuse and got 70 off 34 balls with what was described as "a plank" until i cleared the pavillion with a BACKFOOT drive ..... by the end of i managed to have 5 orders for bats!!!
think my love for batting has returned :)
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@GarrettJ that has to be the most wonderfully village post in this thread, top effort fella!
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Our oppo have cancelled tomorrow's game due to it being Eid.
Obviously haven't let the wife know this, but have said that I've decided to not play this Saturday, so we can spend some quality family time together👍
All in all a bit of a result- I get some serious brownie points and our team get max points( whilst the oppo get -20 and who we now leapfrog)
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@GarrettJ that has to be the most wonderfully village post in this thread, top effort fella!
My work shirt was white and purple stripes :)
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Good win today
Bowled oppos out for 91
Knocked em off for the loss of my wicket only
49 doh!
Phantom shadow I'm borrowing off Simon May continues to impress
Hit a straight six 80m, felt effortless
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Good win today
Bowled oppos out for 91
Knocked em off for the loss of my wicket only
49 doh!
Phantom shadow I'm borrowing off Simon May continues to impress
Hit a straight six 80m, felt effortless
Pleased for you mate your have the laver early next week mate pleased the phantom is going well it's got a fantastic middle
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Gotta be honest Simon, I think the Phantom is gonna get better and better
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Gotta be honest Simon, I think the Phantom is gonna get better and better
To be honest it not even played in yet mate so will get better and better pleased you like it mate
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First game back after a 10 week absence, we lost by 44 runs. I finally took my first catch but managed to get an 11 ball duck as the last wicket to fall. No doubt i'm getting dropped again for next week after that batting shambles.
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I hate cricket! It's the most ridiculous sport in the world
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I hate cricket! It's the most ridiculous sport in the world
Couldn't agree more!
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Couldn't agree more!
X2
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X2
X3, what kind of game is it that is effectively over for you in the 2nd over, given out caught behind when you didn't even b****y hit it? >:(
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Cricket is great, we absolutely hammered Cleethorpes today, got 309 and they only managed 140.
They made it even more enjoyable by being a complete bunch of d**ks, very mouthy despite the fact they didn't even come 2nd today
Managed to snaffle a Double Decker at tea too, great day out!
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We hit 276/6 in 45. Bowled them out for 70. Only scored 16 but it was great to see a former Trull CC player get peppered by short deliveries on a bouncy track. .
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Another big win today. Oppo firsts game was off so they had a few firsts players. We won the toss and batted, 248/6 from 52. Got 15 at 5, went in to change up the run rate and did, managed to then charge what o expected to be a length ball but was in fact a horrible long hop that I mis-slapped to mid off.
More of the same from the last few weeks from me and my fellow spinner, sharing 8 wickets again this week, him with 5 and me 3, and I also got a direct hit run out from mid wicket. Another 30 point win for us, and our firsts got another 30 with the captain making his maiden 1st team ton.
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Oppo pulled out today so no game and maximum points. Just more time to get drunk
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Put my name in the Wetherby League player pool this week (free week due to teams dropping out of our division) and ended up playing for the team we beat last week. The lad who I bowled out last week got 140 today and we ended up with 262 off 40 overs. In fairness the opposition were seriously weakened due to Eid celebrations and only managed about 40 in reply. Managed to get on to bowl at the end and picked up the final wicket.
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Played for our 2nd's against Adie @ProCricketer1982 yesterday. Bowled some gash, just couldn't get a length. Chasing 266 ,Batted 3 and got 58, my 2nd ever fifty and first one for the 2nd XI. We finished 30 odd short in the end, a good enjoyable game, one of our lads smashed 20 off 4 balls then got out. Including one of the biggest 6s ever seen at our club!
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Well yesterday showed to me cricket is a Wierd sport and day to day things go differently.
Not caught a scoring all season. Yet took two slip catches yesterday. One a low down stunner in my wrong hand!
Batting.
5 fifties this year(including the 81 on wed) and when I've failed it's been short or stupidity from myself.
Yesterday I felt like a no 11 who's innings would not end.
Two top edges through gully. A missed full toss that even I thought was plum(umps was shocking), dropped at slip before finally being given lbw.
Didn't middle a thing and don't think I ever was going to.
Thankfully we won. Oppo 121 all out, we knocked them off in 19overs for 3 wickets down. And in the bar by 6.
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7am yesterday, got a text from the 2s skipper saying his daughter was ill, and if asked if I was still available.
Took his spot, and the captaincy. Had a word with a couple of players and they agreed to be swapped into the third team to get more balance.
Opposition were late due to an accident so claimed the toss and batted first on a worn track.
Struggled to 150-9 in 45.
Listened to the players who normally play and then took my own decision, swapped it around a bit and had the opposition at 15-5 in 17 overs.
Went down to 10 men and the opposition dug in but eventually blew through them for about 115.
30 points, first win of the season and a lot of happy faces.
Next week the usual captain is back and I'll be back in to retirement for the season.
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91 on Saturday in a club record total of 311/5 from 46. Threw away my chance for a second ton in 3 weeks with a poor shot to gully but would take that score starting each week!
Was a decent track and a good toss to lose as we got put in. Oppo were chirpy for about the first 15 overs but then it was like batting in a graveyard after we'd scored about 100 by that point (perfect!) :D
Also kept a lot better this week as they finished up 194/6 and never really gave it a good go and just wanted some bonus points in the end.
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This is my third season of playing cricket (I'm 27), and at the start of it I averaged 4.3 and my top score was an all-slogged and edged 18. Got some professional coaching at the start of the year, hell 4 leather G1 and even lifted some weights (balls did I keep that up), came into this season with the aim of scoring a 50, which I realised was aiming high but I thought was possible. I scored a 26 and a 34 at the start of the season and then my instinct for defense left me and I went back to my old ways and scored 5, 4, duck, 2, then two weekends ago my girlfriend came to watch me for the first time, having heard me on about cricket for years but having never even seen a cricket match before, scored 8 and then missed a misjudged sweep off middle and off and got bowled.
This week the gf came again along with both parents and was determind to score and I got 35, new high score. Came off annoyed I hadn't made it a 50 but come Monday morning I'm really pleased with it. Last week I was thinking - maybe that's it, my little flash in the pan off the back of the coaching and I'm back to being a bunny, but this has proved it's not, I can actually scored again and again with a bit of application, and there's about 7 games left to get that 50, I'm determined to get it.
It was that sweep I shouldn't have played off the stumps the week before that made me realise what I needed to focus on, shot selection. Face a few balls of a new bowler to see what they're doing, and then get one or two options in your mind. If he's medium pace bowling full my options are drive him if he's too wide and put him back over his head if he's too short. To offies it's cut the short ones and sweep the leg-side ones. And if I don't see those balls I'm looking for - defend, and with that attitude I can bat out 12 dots and not feel any pressure from the scoreboard, because I know the balls weren't there, and as soon as they're there, I'll hit them.
I got out after losing concentration and missing a full toss from the leggie I was trying to work to midwicket and should've driven, it's the concentration that's going to stop me if anything. I need to put more energy into focussing intensely on every ball. It feels great to know that's the thing that's holding me back and I can finally know it's not my technique or self-belief.
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'Stick' at it Sticky.
I'm an awful batsman and the only way I get into a rhythm and form is to bat and practice loads, as I just don't seem to have any memory for technique or method - it simply doesn't come naturally.
Stick at it and practice as much as you can, and also as Buzz says, don't overthink it.
Through a variety of factors I have hardly netted this year at all and I find I am regressing rapidly - keep your foot on the pedal man!
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What Fattus said.
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'Stick' at it Sticky.
I'm an awful batsman and the only way I get into a rhythm and form is to bat and practice loads, as I just don't seem to have any memory for technique or method - it simply doesn't come naturally.
Stick at it and practice as much as you can, and also as Buzz says, don't overthink it.
absolutely - also finding a pre game practice that works for you - visualisation, throw downs, tennis ball, a quick net - anything that gets your eye in and you in the right mental place to bat.
Through a variety of factors I have hardly netted this year at all and I find I am regressing rapidly - keep your foot on the pedal man!
Sorry Brucie - I could do with a net too!!
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absolutely - also finding a pre game practice that works for you - visualisation, throw downs, tennis ball, a quick net - anything that gets your eye in and you in the right mental place to bat.
That is another thing I've been doing, the visualisation bit, not that I would've called it that, but getting used to the feel of being out there by sitting and imagining getting into the right positions and the ball coming out of the middle of the bat, I just go out there calmer than I've ever been, can't underestimate the importance of walking out with a clear head.
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Cracking win saturday and now in with a real shout of avoiding relegation.
Bowled first at castle Bromwich (quick outfield true deck, if a touch green). They got 196 ao in 43 overs. We pinched their last 7 overs and knocked off the runs in 55 overs. Ran myself out for 31 in the 27th over after having seen off the new ball in a rather dull fashion. 200 was never in doubt with wickets in hand we just struggled early on (10-2, 20-3etc).
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Don't normal say any thing but changed clubs in winter ie 3 weeks before start of season and haven't had the best of time with the bat the last two season so good to be getting a few runs again and enjoying my cricket on and off the park I have 15 ins sat and Sunday all league cricket and have scored 697 runs with 6 not outs and 2 tons to my name @ avg 77.44 so looking to push to 1000 runs this year been 3 seasons ago I did this so fingers crossed I can get over the line
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Gutted as my game today has been called off. It would have been my first Saturday league game for 5 years and my first game for the club I played for as a kid for 27 years! Only the 3rd's but happy to start at the bottom and work my way up. Can't expect anything else as they not seen me play before. Not available for the next few weeks either as off on holiday, so might not play for them until next season.
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played today, we got put in on a moist green top and scored 100, was horrific. they had a pin puller of a grenade bowler who took 6 for not many, mostly us getting caught including myself. they chased it down at a trot, i got to bowl 5 overs and got 1-4
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Another win opposition all out for 28 in 14 overs clubs opening bowler takes 7 wickets for 4 runs.
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We won today they scored 158 off the 40 overs I didn't Bowl as I was batting 3 even though I've opened the bowling for the last 3 games.
I then get out to a straight ball the I didn't really concentrate against so ended up with 12 off 3 balls which is double my league average for the season
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lost by 46 today chasing 208. Should of had it with the batting we had.. Didn't bowl as I have an ongoing back problem, scored 17 at 3.
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Got put in on a wet wicket (wasn't covered last night). Ball was popping everywhere for the first 10 overs. Luckily when I got in at no. 4 it had settled down. We hit 240/5 after the captain had an initial target of 151. I hit 53 before holing out to mid on. We bowled them out for 151. I bowled 9 overs which is unheard of, and took 2/36. I was pleased with that. Overall a good day. Only disappointment was after one of my wickets the umpire, in a sarcastic tone, said to the new batsmen "right arm over, dibbly Dobblies". apparently he is captain of Somerset over 50's so I would expect better. Oh well.
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Played on what had to be longest grass i've seen on an outfield today. The amount of drives etc i hit perfectly that stopped in the grass was crazy haha. Was bowled for 14 in the end, the cursed grass defeated me today as i'd have easily had 30-40 if it was a normal cut. Bowled for the 1st time in a match since half way through last season and managed to get 2-20 off 8 along with having their opener dropped once in the cover, once in slip and once at square leg. We ultimately lost by 4 wickets as the other sides opener batted until near enough the end and scored most of the runs. Took a beezer of a catch near the end of the innings aswell which i swore broke my finger at the time haha. Being bowled out for 84 probably did us no favors in the end!
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With another weekend of no 2nd XI cricket at the club I am registered to, I put my name in the Player Pool and ended up with the team I got 40 for a month or so ago. This time they were even weaker, had only 2 other adult cricketers and I ended up top scoring with just 23 not out. Given the situation that I was batting with young kids (U13s), I played quite conservatively and used it as a net as my own club are playing against the same opposition in 2 weeks time. Faced one interesting bowler who I could swear was bowling orthodox leg spin but each ball was actually the wrong'un. Nearly did for me first delivery as I stepped back to slap it through extra cover only for it turn into me but thankfully managed to keep it out. When we came to bowling, I was a bit surprised my services were not called upon but can't complain as the skipper was trying to get all the kids involved.
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Really good win yesterday on a very sticky wicket,
We batted first, and got 203,,, I got 29, bowled slogging,(nowt new there)
We bowled them out for 30.
On a side note,,,there youngsters did my head in with the constant chirping,, seems to be getting worse these days?
No thought goes into it, and it's usually repeated every ball?
Annoying,disappointing, and pointless?
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Really good win yesterday on a very sticky wicket,
We batted first, and got 203,,, I got 29, bowled slogging,(nowt new there)
We bowled them out for 30.
On a side note,,,there youngsters did my head in with the constant chirping,, seems to be getting worse these days?
No thought goes into it, and it's usually repeated every ball?
Annoying,disappointing, and pointless?
Your inbox is full mate :)
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hit my first ton of the season yesterday, went in at 23 for one after 16 overs, and scored 117 not out. we scored 247 and bowl them out for 67. best thing was that in the field the other side of the river there was a small music festival, great batting along to the specials and beat covers. might hire them every week
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LUMSDEN your in box is full, tried to PM you regarding info on "Player Pool"
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LUMSDEN your in box is full, tried to PM you regarding info on "Player Pool"
I can't find the topic now, where did you put it and I can give you a quick overview.
I play in the same leagues as Lumsden.
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I can't find the topic now, where did you put it and I can give you a quick overview.
I play in the same leagues as Lumsden.
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In the section called Pavilion. any help would be fantastic or pm me
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Played in a very good close game yesterday, we lost thr toss and were put into bat on a slow/green wicket - it was a strange one! Found myself batting 11 again, but made the most of it and went out and valued my wicket scoring 16* before running out of batting partners on 160 after 49.1 overs. St.Fagans then went out to bat had a marvellous left handed batsman who opened and decided he'd take a liking to my bowling in my first spell! Not sure of my figures atm as play cricket data hasnt been inputed, but i'd guess it was around 9-3-30-0. Sadly, I didnt get a wicket but kept it tight at then end as for the last 8.5 overs we limited them to 14 but thats all they needed. Prehaps another 10-15 runs wouldve won us the game.
EDIT - just been updated,
Callum Curtis 10 2 37 0 0 0
Wasn't a bad estimation, also forgot to add I took two catches!
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hit my first ton of the season yesterday, went in at 23 for one after 16 overs, and scored 117 not out. we scored 247 and bowl them out for 67. best thing was that in the field the other side of the river there was a small music festival, great batting along to the specials and beat covers. might hire them every week
Top effort! How many overs did you get to bat?
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Rained off again today that's the 7th cancelled game of the season for me so far, 6 rain and the other a team pulled out, so far played 5 sat games, 1 Sunday and 3 T20 all year. Been my worst ever season in every way possible. Only got 3 more possible games all season now.
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We won the toss and batted first yesterday. 271-9 off 50 with our number 4 making 88 and our 17 year old number 6 making 60.
I made 3* at the end, and more importantly denied the opposition getting full bowling points.
The opposition were 227 all out in response, our captain got injured batting so we had a sub fielder (a 12 year old!) who took a skyer. Our 17 year old added a 5-fer to his 1st inning 60. Not a bad day for him.
Their overseas had the best tantrum I've seen, with a lot of swearing and repeatedly beating his pads when he got out. He then decided to start giving us verbals from the boundary (which did nothing other than make him look a tit!)
Their captain also went all Ricky Ponting about our use of a sub fielder, even though he saw our captain get injured and saw he could barely walk (having been carried off the pitch!)
On a personal note I took 1-40 from my 10 overs which means I'm likely to retain my place in the side, meaning a trip the the Isle of Wight next week.
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Moved down from my opening spot to bat at three, which I enjoyed as I found I played with more intent to score runs. Came in in the 9th over and felt good at the crease. Batted about 6 overs - one of which I plundered for 13 - before being caught off the back of the bat going through a pull shot too early. It was a rank long hop and fully deserved to be whacked, bit annoying!
Won though, and cemented second place in the league.
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Didn't play any cricket this weekend for two reasons. 1. Our square suffered rather under the rain and water getting through covers and 2. We gained this little fellow:
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He'll be a big un judging by his feet!
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Backs still in agony.
Bowled 8 overs. 0 for 34. Having only bowled 5 overs all season. Wasn't ready for it.
Oppo put on 159 all out.
We collapsed to 28 for 5.
Some middle order fightback got us to 100for 8. And then our skipper hit 51 not out of 27balls.
Unfortunately he left our 11 on strike for 1 ball when we need 3 to win and he lobbed it to short leg for a catch.
Lost by 2 gutted.
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@tim2000s He's lovely! What's his name?
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@tim2000s He's lovely! What's his name?
He's Hugo!
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Absolute stinker this weekend. Playing friendly cricket has it's drawbacks and when the team we were originally due to play pulled out late Wednesday evening, we were subjected to the lottery of the Conference. To make things worse our lovely ground was being hired all weekend, so we even had to contend with a lottery on the facilities we'd get to play on. The best fixture we could get was a 'medium-weak' side playing on 'astro turf'...
We arrived at the ground only to find three 'pitches'. Two looked great, though they had teams already playing on them. The third had a load of kids on it practicing and the pitch wasn't astro turf, it was a roll out matt placed in the middle of a football pitch. That's the one we were on, and those kids practicing were our oppo.
Skipper won the toss and bowled first so we could get it out the way and leave quickly. We bowled them out for 55 and won by 10 wickets.
The murmuring's of discontent swirling around the terrible games friendly cricket is producing on Saturday's for us grew so loud I believe it is inevitable that we join a league for the 2017 season for the first time in our 44 year history as a club.
Village cricket is dead.
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Village cricket is dead.
My recollection (even going back 25 years) is that Village Cricket was very much a Sunday afternoon thing. Saturdays, even then, were for league. I still play what is best considered "Village cricket" on Sundays.
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We've been playing friendly cricket both Saturday and Sunday since the 70's. In the Nineties we even had two teams. When I first joined this club about 5 years ago, we used to have very decent fixtures lined up on Saturdays against other friendly sides. In fact the standard on the Saturday would be higher than Sunday's as the clubs we'd play against would take it more seriously than the league clubs we'd play on Sunday's.
Since then, all the decent teams we used to play have either folded or become really weak to the point where playing Saturday's is more of a chore, so now we are struggling to get a team out as people would rather play against a better league oppo on the Sunday.
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Didn't play any cricket this weekend for two reasons. 1. Our square suffered rather under the rain and water getting through covers and 2. We gained this little fellow:
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Hes a cracker What's the breed Labrador
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Hes a cracker What's the breed Labrador
Yup, he's a little Lab.
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My club is a village in the Worcesterdhire countryside we don't play Sunday village cricket or friendlies anymore as we can't get the players also it became a problem As there are not many clubs that are still playing Frendlies or on a Sunday or midweek.There are also lots of clubs around Worcestershire who don't play Sunday leaque cricket anymore.
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Yup, he's a little Lab.
How many animals on site currently Timbo?
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How many animals on site currently Timbo?
12... So only a small petting zoo...
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12!!!!! I thought you lived in a flat?
How many cats?
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12!!!!! I thought you lived in a flat?
How many cats?
Three cats and definitely not a flat!
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Bad day Saturday! had oppo 43-3, 1 drop catch and 25 overs later they were 175-3. contained them to 204-7 which was good as they were on course for about 240. Bowled well 7ovs 2-13, captain never considered bowling me again, even when I asked being a reasonable thing to do seeing as i'm his VC and was by far the most economical (and senior) bowler on the day. I got my request to move down the order from 3 to 5 however as have been in a bit of a rut recently. However I still came into face the new ball with us stuttering to 5-3 (I came in 6th Over). 43 with the bat and out to a pie being greedy having already taken 12 from the over. we fell well short 135 a.o.
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Lost the toss saturday against atherstone in a relegation scrap. We were inserted at 1pm. Face Wide wide wide no ball and then get a peach that piches on middle and clips off. It was a good nut. Made even more extravagant by the complete trash I had previously been served. We made 267 -6.they ended 237 - 7. I think officially I was out 1st ball of the match but under mitigating circumstances! !.
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I think officially I was out 1st ball of the match but under mitigating circumstances! !.
I think it was the 1st "legal ball" of the match but you'd have faced 2 deliveries in the book.
I believe that a wide is not counted as a ball faced (as by the fact it's a wide, you cannot hit it), but a no-ball, although not a legal
delivery, does go down as a ball faced as you can hit it and score runs.
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Being out off the first legal ball of the match is a Plastic Duck
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@WalkingWicket37 thanks for softening the blow.
Can you hate playing at home? I despise batting on it as its slow and low.
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@WalkingWicket37 thanks for softening the blow.
Can you hate playing at home? I despise batting on it as its slow and low.
Low and slow what's that our club has a professional groundsman the wickets quick most opening bowlers have the ball whistling past my nose.
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Being out off the first legal ball of the match is a Plastic Duck
What about if you scored off the no ball?
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What about if you scored off the no ball?
Then it wouldn't be a duck....
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Odd game this weekend. Groundsman kept the track dry-ish but it was still a bit of greentop. The oppo bowled well but we managed to only lose 3 wickets to the bowlers (I'll come on to the other 2 later), eventually ending up on 136-5 off 45. Reds reckoned we were 50 short and I didn't disagree with that conclusion. Bowled the oppo out for 100. Odd thing was, there was plenty of bounce and carry. It was hard apart from a little bit of moisture from the covers to start with. Outfield was slow and long but wicket seem a decent pace. Oppo bowled well, we bowled ok and they were short of batting. Just think it played alot better than the scores suggested. Some games just happen like that. Forum favourites @Maverick79 got 4 (when it was probably at it's most difficult), @19reading87 ground out 19* without a boundary in the last 15 overs and ran out 2 players ;), bowling I took 2-9 off 7.
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What about if you scored off the no ball?
Either you'd be off a duck with an even number of runs, or you'd be off a duck and stood at the non striker's end ;)
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Either you'd be off a duck with an even number of runs, or you'd be off a duck and stood at the non striker's end ;)
great thread.....just going back to out 1st ball of the match... that is either a platinum duck or a diamond duck...isn't it? :)
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Yes - and if you are out without scoring after an interruption in play due to the weather, then that is a Tupperware Duck.
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Three cats and definitely not a flat!
Sorry, I got it mixed up between yours and the Filipino houseboy's accommodation - how is Ramon by the way?
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Yes - and if you are out without scoring after an interruption in play due to the weather, then that is a Tupperware Duck.
Isn't that the first ball after tea?
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No Nicholas!! That's clearly a Doily Duck!
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Isn't that the first ball after tea?
Depending on where the tea is from, it is sometimes called a Toilet Duck.
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Played down in Brighton last weekend, strange game. Slightly wet pitch, oppo chose to bat and went off as though it was a t20. Took a catch in my brothers first over opening up leaving them 17/1 from 2. They kept going for it like mad, got another catch off our other opening bowler, both of which were from a somewhat unorthodox position, somewhere between an extra cover and a wide mid off but 10/15 yards further back in case of balls sticking in the pitch and going up in the air. First catch was back pedalling and easily in, other one was smashed about 10 yards to my left, just ran round and took it. Got 1 wicket, caught at cow, then didn't bat in our chase of 160 as we won by 7 wickets. Oppo were all out in 29, and we used 30 something overs to chase them down for a 30 point win :) Par was probably about 250, ground was pretty small and pitch played fine as it dried out, so a satisfying win.
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Depending on where the tea is from, it is sometimes called a Toilet Duck.
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That's a duck the morning after two many sherberts and a dodgy Jalfrezi ...
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First game of the season tomorrow. Not played for a year. I hope I remember which end of the bat to hold, I'm assuming the worst!
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No match for me today left myself out as I was going to was going to watch England so probably have an easy day as i need to be up at 5pm tomorrow as selling a few bits at the local car boot if the sun comes out today go and watch some cricket locally as my club are playing 40 miles away.
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Trip to the Isle of Wight
Conceded 300 and off
Went at about 9 an over
I hate cricket, anyone want to buy my kit?
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No match for me today left myself out as I was going to was going to watch England so probably have an easy day as i need to be up at 5pm tomorrow as selling a few bits at the local car boot if the sun comes out today go and watch some cricket locally as my club are playing 40 miles away.
I haven't played today as been at a car boot sale selling a few bits as just bought a new house. On the upside made £150 on the downside another day I can't play the weather is amazing, hope tomorrow is jus as good
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We lost by 200 runs
On the bright side we're on the ferry home, I'm half cut and it's not even 8pm
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Beat top of the league side by 100 runs to keep us in the chase for promotion. We scored 234/5 in 45. I got 42. we bowled them out for 130. Yours truly bowled 3 overs 1 for 6.
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Lost by 8 wickets to top of the league. Our division is littered with 1 or 2 man teams and our oppo proved no different. Opening bowler reduced us to 0-3 after 3 overs. He took 5 wickets as we managed 158 in our 45. He came out and bashed 40/50 odd very quickly and they were pretty much there when redders got him out ( rain reduced total of 135). Rest of the oppo seamers could barely land it on the wicket and their batting wasn't anything special. Never mind always next week!
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Lost today which puts us out the title race (not that we really cared about it). Got 41 but tbh, it's poor as its another failure to get 50+ after a start. Things to work on this winter !!
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Top of the table clash. They have won their first 12 games but we beat them by 53 runs. We batted first ended up on 142 for 9 I top scored with 32 no coming in at 7 my highest league score in this very poor season. We bowled them all out for 89. I managed to get the 9th wicket.
Just a shame I only have 2 more games in August because of work
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Played yesterday and managed to sit for 45 overs whilst our openers put on 200, then watched 3 come in and slap a quick 30 to allow us to set 250, we then bowled them 9 down for 207, I managed to get 4-52 off 12 but had the 5th wicket dropped which I was gutted about. Then got a message about 10pm last night saying our oppo for today had to concede so now I'm very hungover
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Had a great decision given against me yesterday. Caught short leg when it hit my toe. Gone first ball thanks for coming.
Opened the bowling with the old ball. bowled 10 overs and got 2-24 and a nice bowled first ball I bowled. It actually spun....
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2 runs off 19 balls before being bowled by a very skiddy bowler. Just played the wrong line of it. Moved down the order to 4 (usually either open or bat 3 as I'm a slow scorer) for someone who hasn't played in a month. >:(
Really struggling to get a strike rate above 50 lately.
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No league game yesterday due to teams dropping out of the league
Friendly game today on a lovely sunny day in Oxford
Scored a few opening and retired and two overs, two wickets first time bowling this year
Happy days
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Played in the final of The Hare Cup today (teams from Div 2 - Div 5). My team is mid-table in Div 5 and we were playing a team 4th in Div 2 who had won this cup for the previous 3 seasons. Their openers put on around 170 for the first wicket but we fought back a bit and took some great catches so didn't feel too down at tea. Unfortunately we didn't get even get half their total in reply but cheered every run and from first ball to the last, the match was played in a marvellous spirit. Nice when you play a team who are clearly better than you but have no arrogance and simply enjoy the game of cricket. Congratulations to St Chads.
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Played in the final of The Hare Cup today (teams from Div 2 - Div 5). My team is mid-table in Div 5 and we were playing a team 4th in Div 2 who had won this cup for the previous 3 seasons. Their openers put on around 170 for the first wicket but we fought back a bit and took some great catches so didn't feel too down at tea. Unfortunately we didn't get even get half their total in reply but cheered every run and from first ball to the last, the match was played in a marvellous spirit. Nice when you play a team who are clearly better than you but have no arrogance and simply enjoy the game of cricket. Congratulations to St Chads.
Not usually a marvellous spirit when we play Chads!
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Played only my second Sunday game of the season today at Mildenhall CC in Suffolk, lovely ground really stunning set up, track was well used and slow and offered nothing for the seamers. Opened up and we had 73-0 after ten overs when they bought on there spinners and boy did it turn, I got bowled by the leggie who finished with 5-9 from 8 overs and we only managed to make 166 from 40 overs.
They are a strong club and probably thought they would walk the chase but found themselves 43-4 with there Ozzie pro fine for 14 hitting 4,6,4 and then found deep square, they had a 16 yr old open with him who held there innings together making 73no batted so well, lovely to watch a lad that young play so well and so straight they knocked it off for the loss of just the 4 early wickets. Although we lost was a good game played at a cracking ground in a great spirit.
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Saturday made six failures in a row in sat cricket
The 81 I made midweek a few weeks is the only score over 15 in 10 innings. Which is disappointing after making 4 half centuries in my first 5 games this year.
Not even enjoying the cricket anymore. I'm taking a few weeks off, and if I still not got my mojo may switch to Sunday cricket for a season.
I've just loss the will for the over competitiveness in the leagues I play in at mo.
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All I can say about today's game is village. They had 10 which went down to 9 when there opening bowler left the field and I quote as he was too tired to continue after bowling 3 overs. Then went down to 8 as one of their bowlers left the field after taking one on the hand which I can understand but about 10 overs in they gain an extra man as an ex bowler of the club who normally can't play turned up in denim shorts and a blue tshirt and converses and played the rest of the game
Sounds like I played against you yesterday the guy who came off after three overs tired actually has slipped as disc in his back and for the guy who turned up to watch has played for the club for over 17 years but works most weekends to be honest we was so weak after me and Barry got out we had nothing left the guy who has done his back is a top batsman unfortunately we lost a lot off players to the first team we missed our opening bowler who is one off the quickest in the league which would off made it a much better game
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@simonmay5 Sorry mate yes we did play you. I thought he was genuinely tired as I heard a mentioned about him working a lot of jobs . I didn't realise he was injured, I feel quite bad now. I do hope he gets better soon and your bowlers fingers as that ball did get smashed back at him very hard
Sounds like I played against you yesterday the guy who came off after three overs tired actually has slipped as disc in his back and for the guy who turned up to watch has played for the club for over 17 years but works most weekends to be honest we was so weak after me and Barry got out we had nothing left the guy who has done his back is a top batsman unfortunately we lost a lot off players to the first team we missed our opening bowler who is one off the quickest in the league which would off made it a much better game
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@simonmay5 Sorry mate yes we did play you. I thought he was genuinely tired as I heard a mentioned about him working a lot of jobs . I didn't realise he was injured, I feel quite bad now. I do hope he gets better soon and your bowlers fingers as that ball did get smashed back at him very hard
That's fine fella he be out for a little wile I but you was not to know what he had done
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Not usually a marvellous spirit when we play Chads!
I suppose the match situation could have had something to do with it as despite being a final, it was quite one-sided so there wasn't really any tension. What I would say is that the team I play for plays cricket the right way, we're not into sledging (would have sounded pretty stupid at around 150-0 off 20 overs) and generally find opposition teams respond in a positive manner.
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Sounds like I played against you yesterday the guy who came off after three overs tired actually has slipped as disc in his back and for the guy who turned up to watch has played for the club for over 17 years but works most weekends to be honest we was so weak after me and Barry got out we had nothing left the guy who has done his back is a top batsman unfortunately we lost a lot off players to the first team we missed our opening bowler who is one off the quickest in the league which would off made it a much better game
Simon
Give me a shout for Sunday's, if your struggling again,,I've got cup final this coming weekend, but should be ok after that.
Least I can do mate
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First games of the season this weekend and I managed a solid 28 on Saturday plus a worldy catch then I blugened my way to 34 on Sunday, opening both times.
Fingers crossed for the coming weekend.
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Had the last game of lms tonight. I managed 50 runs off 22 balls. The team for our highest score of the season of 144 and we only lost by 20 which is our best performance.
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No match today team we were playing pulled out of the division after the first 3 matches club will still be top of the division tonight as we are 44 points clear of 2 ND placed team with 3 matches left.
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Good luck to everyone today. Once again I am captaining a team of toddlers and foetuses in a league.
Hopefully good news to report tonight!!!
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Played my first game for my old club for nearly 30 years last weekend. Played for the 2's who are having a bad season and not won a game. Had opposition 100-3 after 30, but their only 2 quality batters go them to 205-4 off 45, with a ton for one of them. We batted steadily but slowly and were helped as they had a lack of depth in their bowling wasn't helped by one of their bowlers getting the yips. Think he bowled 10 wides in an over and had to come off. We needed 50 off last 8 when I came in at 6. Got 25 not out and hit 3 fours off their opener to get it so we needed 1 off the last over. I was at the non strikers end as we lost a wicket first ball, followed by 3 played and missed. 2 balls to go I told the batsman we were running next ball whatever. Thankfully scrambled through and got our first win of the season. Great result.
Gutted I'm not playing today to follow it up as wife's working and got 2 young kids to look after! :( Will just have to watch England win the Ashes instead :D
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We won the toss and batted first today, posting 258 all out.
I was the last man the go, making 8 at number 11, but I finally reached a personal milestone of hitting my first 2nd XI boundary, and got us maximum batting points!
We then bowled the other side out for 98 Orr 19.5 overs.
I took 4-20 and our left arm opening bowler took a 4-fer too. Decent day for us :D
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Didn't get selected for today's game so I spent the day down an inspection pit re-calibrating the brakes on a Class 37 locomotive for a heritiage railway.
1st XI lost, 2nd XI probably the same.
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i was working so i couldn't play today. we were all out for 92 and then bowled them out for 75.
it pretty much guarantees us promotion in our first ever league season. next saturday is our last league game of the season so we will certainly be celebrating after
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On holiday in Southern Brittany so missed our crucial game against the team 6 points above us in second. Desperate to find out the result. On the bright side the weather and food are excellent and the beer cold and cheap.
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Didn't go well today, we were put in and got to 60 - 1, then collapsed to 134 all out including a hat trick for one of their bowlers. I went in number 9, hit a four then given out lbw by a team mate umpiring, my partner in the middle said it was a poor decision.
Didn't get to bowl till the game was almost over, managed to get several edges but nothing to a fielder, and a couple through the batsman bouncing over the stumps - just wasn't our day.
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Again I hate cricket, how does someone go for 33 off an over when they need 44 off 4?!
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Opened or been 3 in the 3rd's all season, hit a rough patch of form, and now found myself opening for the 4th's. Today, 6 runs before being yorked. My form is in absolute turmoil, and I've definitely lost my spot in the 3's. Gutting.
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I'm finding batting terrible
Again today made only 5 haven't reached double figures on a Saturday in a month truly dreadful
Again today the opposition were using dukes balls compared to our gm ones and they move a mile, I followed the ball from middle to outside off and edged into my stumps terrible to I know.
In the nets on a Wednesday we use gm balls and they do nothing off the pitch come Saturday were are all guilty of edging behind or being bowled by not getting in line, out swing and Inswing.
However we did win today after posting only 144 from our overs.
Help needed to learn to bat against swing any ideas
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I'm finding batting terrible
Again today made only 5 haven't reached double figures on a Saturday in a month truly dreadful
Again today the opposition were using dukes balls compared to our gm ones and they move a mile, I followed the ball from middle to outside off and edged into my stumps terrible to I know.
In the nets on a Wednesday we use gm balls and they do nothing off the pitch come Saturday were are all guilty of edging behind or being bowled by not getting in line, out swing and Inswing.
However we did win today after posting only 144 from our overs.
Help needed to learn to bat against swing any ideas
Simple. Use Dukes balls in the nets. As a bowler I always used them in every match I could when I was captaining. Pretty much guaranteed a win.
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Had a good game on Saturday and back to winning ways. Bowled out opposition for 124 partly thanks to great bowling+fielding but also a very strange LBW decision (it was their umpire) against clearly their best batsman when only the bowler appealed in a very half-hearted manner. We slumped to 17-4 then 39-5 but the our fortunes changed after this and didn't lose another wicket in overhauling their total.
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Trying to forget yesterday's game
A dire wicket,,,,
Got the cup final today so batting head on and score a few
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After seeing my form evaporate over the past 6 weeks, I came good at last yesterday, making 70 and sharing in an opening stand of 165 on an absolute road, the best pitch I ever played a 3rd XI game on. It probably wasnt pretty and didn't feel in the best of nick but really pleased that I battled through. My first 50 for a few seasons and my highest league score ever, in almost 3 decades.
Thought most of the pleasure was about to be taken away as we fielded awfully and looked like failing to defend 243, however in an incredible finish we managed to tie, last ball of the match ending in a fine catch at cover.
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Batted @felix Well done on turning the form round!
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Took nearly an hour and half to get to the opposition's ground today so got there late and were put in after the skipper lost the toss. Didn't feel right after rushing to get there, no warm up and then having to throw the pads on. Ended up nicking off early on a green top unfortunately with the keeper spilling it then taking it on the 3rd chance >:(
We got up to 193 and had them 40 odd for 8 and should have been at the bar by 6 but fair play to the two young lads who put on a big partnership to keep us out there longer than we thought.
Although I didn't get any with the bat I am really happy with my keeping yesterday taking 3 from 3 including their best batsman (heart was in my mouth when that one was coming through!) :o
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Played back in Kent yesterday for my old club. We batted first and opening the bowling for oppo was ex England bowler ED Giddens, certainly lost a bit of pace but managed to get it so go round corners, out on 50 odd before I got a Jaffa of about that left me bounced took the shoulder and held at slip, team managed 172 off 41 overs. A but below par
Then opening for oppo was Alex Wells ex Sussex captain and opening bat, he managed to slap one to cover early on, the we got another 3 wickets early until they built a partnership between other opener and 6 got the to 125. The the game turned with the quickest stumping that side of the M25 to dismiss number 6 and the rest of the crumpled quite easily to be all out for 152
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My fielding is awful!
I went down for a long barrier that took an awkward bounce, into an area I really didn't want the ball to hit!
I now have a seam mark shaped bruise on my helmet... :-[
On the bright side news of my 4-fer has spread and I've had a whole one text message saying well done. I'm in the big time now ;)
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My fielding is awful!
I went down for a long barrier that took an awkward bounce, into an area I really didn't want the ball to hit!
So's mine but at least we both can use the long barrier and get something in the way. There were some epic demonstrations yesterday of teammates fielding the ball hit straight to them - not attacking it - with legs apart and hey presto the ball went straight through. One for the village thread.
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Played today, had a very young hungover side in which average age was 18, me being oldest at 21! We set 184, on a low slow pitch so was pleased with that, we then bowled them out for 154, I bagged myself 7-54 off 10 which I was dead chuffed with!
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So I registered my first duck in 2 seasons to cap off the whitest season I have ever had, bowled 3 ball with one that came back a bit but I was just too late on it. Top score in sat or sun league cricket has been 27, I can honestly say I have hated the way I have played this year and for the first time in my life not enjoyed cricket this season. Time to go on holiday and forget about cricket for 3 weeks and maybe just maybe get half a decent knock when I get back weather dependent.
We also lost today lost the toss and fielded on a scorcher of a day in Suffolk, oppo batted well to 232 but our side shelled 4/5 chances including No3 first ball who went on to make 70odd and opener who made 82 was dropped in the 20's. We made a great start 70 odd for none off 10 but then lost 3 wickets quite quickly and that was that really, some of the middle order lads did well but batting today really had to be done by a couple of the top 5
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Rubbish weekend apart from the result on Saturday. Won Saturday in the league but picked up a duck to a good delivery that turned and nicked to slip. By Sunday the track was too dry and we batted last. My first delivery shot along the floor and 7th popped off a length and I gloved to keeper. Bagged a pair for the weekend! Bowled OK both days but had two dropped catches Saturday and nearly half my runs conceded came in misfielding over the weekend. Sunday cricket can be terrible sometimes and didn't help. Why can't people do long barriers anymore or attack the ball? Bowled the last over of the innings and it only went for two, that was because the guy at deep cover (10 yards deeper than normal) didn't move and let them run 2! Watched millions of wides, head high full tosses -why cant people bowl at the stumps? The oppo certainly could! Thank god im playing a vets game next sunday and will be playing with proper cricketers again. Top it off arsenal lost. Wish I had slept through Sunday.
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Played in an absolute corker of a match today in the picturesque grounds of Harewood House.
I chose to bat first (well someone else did on my phone as I was driving and we were late) and initially we struggled against their opening bowlers who clearly had local knowledge and bowled the ball in good areas. However once this pair had bowled through (max 8 overs per bowler, 40 overs per side), scoring was much easier. I was hoping we would post over 200 but had to make do with 185 and my contribution was 9 not out batting at No.11.
In reply the opposition made a good solid start but my bowling changes all seemed to bring wickets and we appeared to be cruising to victory. However batsmen 8 and 9 came in and from nowhere looked like they would take the home side to victory as they superbly worked ones and twos when they couldn't find the boundary. Fortunately I still had overs from arguably my 2 best bowlers so brought them back and one of them removed No.8 then No.10 while other kept it tight. I bowled the final over with 12 needed and after 2 runs off the first ball, the second delivery went straight to long off and was caught.
Decent weekend of cricket.
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Good weekend of cricket, won by 100 runs on Saturday, we got 230 and they were 120ish all out so we got the full 20 Points.
Lost our first Sunday League game of season yesterday, we scored 167 and they knocked them off for 8. Good performance considering that we were very depleted and had 4 U15's and 2 over 60's playing.
Personally I scored 18 & 37 so not bad, bit disappointed I didn't turn one of them into a fifty though.
My match bat is unreal at the moment, nearly got caught out Saturday chipping the spinner down to long on for one as it only landed about 5 yards in front of the fielder.
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Day two after "the impact" - my bellend is still sore and bruised.
I hate fielding! :(
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Great two wins this weekend.
Saturday won by 8 wickets after bowling the oppo out for 119 of 37 overs. Personally taking a catch and 2-8 off 3, we then knocked the runs of within 19 overs one opener ending up 50 odd not out.
Sunday won with a couple of overs to spare after an early scare. Restricted the oppo to 220 at home which is a decent batting track and small ground, then after our openers went cheaply we was in a bit of trouble but our number 4 hit his first ever ton ending up 123* and a supporting role from 6 and 7 both getting 20s.
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Day two after "the impact" - my bellend is still sore and bruised.
I hate fielding! :(
"Doctor can you take the pain away but leave the swelling?"
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Best figures of the season: 11.4ovs 7-37 including their pro C&B for 4. Batted like a idiot, pulled a six over sq leg then was out to oppos pro 5 ball later with my score still on six. Their pro returned with 9-24(inc. 8 no balls) he had the remaining batsmen out but off a no ball. would have been his second 10 wicket haul of the season after previously picking up 10-10!
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Cup won yesterday
Quite easily in the end
Oppo batted first on a lovely deck , but only managed 150,,no way enough .
We knocked em off for a few wickets, including mine for 15 or so
Time for a new bat,,,a trip to Uzi sports I think
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Time for a new bat,,,a trip to Uzi sports I think
Surely Marcus has promised you all a new bat for winning the cup? If not you need to renegotiate your contract with him!!
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I'm hoping he saw my post and has something special for me!ha
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if you win the league as well, it is the least he should do.
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Went in at 8 on saturday (annoyed at that!) with 3 overs left, hit 15 off 8 balls with a 6 in the last over and 4 off the last ball over the bowler. Got 249/6 and they chased it for 2 down in 32 overs...
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Went in at 8 on saturday (annoyed at that!) with 3 overs left, hit 15 off 8 balls with a 6 in the last over and 4 off the last ball over the bowler. Got 249/6 and they chased it for 2 down in 32 overs...
Ouch. Rough day at the office!
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Sounds like a very flat deck!
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Pretty much given up on the season, its obvious my club aren't going to select me no matter what I do. Its not worth me being the only one turning up to nets every time if I can't even get a game. I'll be filing an official complaint with the club president this weekend. As you can imagine i'm incredibly annoyed and upset.
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Pretty much given up on the season, its obvious my club aren't going to select me no matter what I do. Its not worth me being the only one turning up to nets every time if I can't even get a game. I'll be filing an official complaint with the club president this weekend. As you can imagine i'm incredibly annoyed and upset.
Why waste your time? Just change club.
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Why waste your time? Just change club.
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I probably will be doing next season, although after having two successive clubs treat me like crap (my first club and my current one) as far as getting games goes, i'm pretty close to just jacking it in entirely. I really don't see the point anymore.
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I probably will be doing next season, although after having two successive clubs treat me like crap (my first club and my current one) as far as getting games goes, i'm pretty close to just jacking it in entirely. I really don't see the point anymore.
Change clubs, net with a few clubs and simply ask them if you'll get a regular game... Pick the one that's says yes. Look at clubs that are struggling maybe? Ones with 2's in the low leagues etc.. Maybe ones that have defaulted due to not raising a team. As long as they aren't dumps then at least you'll be playing every week and can go from there
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Has anyone thought about the possibility that the clubs may not be the problem?
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Where do you play?
Don't give up on the game,,,there will be a club out there for you.
I was in a similar predicament and really couldn't be bothered anymore.
It would have been easy to hang the old boots up and go back to golf or whatever.
Was lucky enough to meet someone who introduced me to a decent club, that hopefully I will play out my cricketing days at
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I probably will be doing next season, although after having two successive clubs treat me like crap (my first club and my current one) as far as getting games goes, i'm pretty close to just jacking it in entirely. I really don't see the point anymore.
What reason's have the club given you? Without wanting to seem rude, are you trying to play a level that perhaps is above you? Are you rubbing people up the wrong way perhaps? It seems very odd that at two different clubs you find yourself in the same situation.
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Has anyone thought about the possibility that the clubs may not be the problem?
lol - what are you saying! No forum member is ever wrong! I think @Cin88 might have to elaborate on his issues.
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Had a mare last night in a T20, bowled really well to keep them to 106 off 20 overs and then failed to chase it down...........
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Had a mare last night in a T20, bowled really well to keep them to 106 off 20 overs and then failed to chase it down...........
Once defended 76 in a t20, on the worlds smallest ground at Ledsham as well. It wasn't as if we had grinders in our team, Simmy and Liam were playing! Think I came in at 31-7 and top scored. We won comfortably as well. Let's just say the track was "sporting".
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Once defended 76 in a t20, on the worlds smallest ground at Ledsham as well. It wasn't as if we had grinders in our team, Simmy and Liam were playing! Think I came in at 31-7 and top scored. We won comfortably as well. Let's just say the track was "sporting".
I wish I could blame the track mate but we were on there artificial haha! A lot of our team can give it a hoof too but no one could seem to get it away, small ground and they just had everyone riding the fence, we only fell 2 short but it might as well have been 50 short the way I felt afterwards (mainly because a team mate ran me out haha!)
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What reason's have the club given you? Without wanting to seem rude, are you trying to play a level that perhaps is above you? Are you rubbing people up the wrong way perhaps? It seems very odd that at two different clubs you find yourself in the same situation.
No reason at all, "I forgot about you" was once offered up by the second team captain earlier in the season, which I naively accepted as an easy mistake to make because i'd only been back home from uni for a few days. I actually dropped down in level to play for this club, even abandoning my planned season out of the game two years ago to go and make my debut as a last minute call up. I just don't understand how I can go from playing nearly every week to only playing twice in the season, I knew my situation was getting bad last time I played (over a month ago now) when the club president noted that i've hardly played all year. I don't know how I could possibly cause any kind of conflict, i'm first on the ground (apart from staff) at both nets and games, help set up where I can and generally keep quiet unless someone wants to talk to me.
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"Apart from the staff"
Where do you play? At my club and every cub in our league the staff are the players!
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Simply ask the 2 skippers outright why you are not getting picked. If you don't get a satisfactory answer or they are evasive, move immediately to another club.
Most clubs are crying out for new players, and unless you are a complete knob, you should be welcomed with open arms.
Keep playing if someone will have you.
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No reason at all, "I forgot about you" was once offered up by the second team captain earlier in the season, which I naively accepted as an easy mistake to make because i'd only been back home from uni for a few days. I actually dropped down in level to play for this club, even abandoning my planned season out of the game two years ago to go and make my debut as a last minute call up. I just don't understand how I can go from playing nearly every week to only playing twice in the season, I knew my situation was getting bad last time I played (over a month ago now) when the club president noted that i've hardly played all year. I don't know how I could possibly cause any kind of conflict, i'm first on the ground (apart from staff) at both nets and games, help set up where I can and generally keep quiet unless someone wants to talk to me.
You're not Monty Panesar are you? ???
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You're not Monty Panesar are you? ???
Good call, I remember him saying he hasn't taken a catch in about 4 years. Dropping down a level from Sussex to Essex? All that would fit very nicely...
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Good call, I remember him saying he hasn't taken a catch in about 4 years. Dropping down a level from Sussex to Essex? All that would fit very nicely...
I took a catch last time I played, and was subsequently dived on by the bowler because he got his five for from it. Only catch taken by anyone that day as well.
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Had a mare last night in a T20, bowled really well to keep them to 106 off 20 overs and then failed to chase it down...........
Last season but we restricted a team to 50 odd in last T20 match of the season but then couldn't make it over the line. Needing about 15 to get off 5 overs, we sent someone into bat who had moaned throughout the early part of our innings that he hadn't batted all season and this person then proceeded to block out 14 deliveries. The person was out for 0 on the 15th delivery but was completely oblivious to the match situation as he proceeded to tell everyone how good it felt to have lasted so long at the crease. We lost by 2 runs.
One of our players was absolutely furious because we have performances bonuses but are only paid if the team wins. He had picked up 6 wickets which would have banked him £20.
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Last season but we restricted a team to 50 odd in last T20 match of the season but then couldn't make it over the line. Needing about 15 to get off 5 overs, we sent someone into bat who had moaned throughout the early part of our innings that he hadn't batted all season and this person then proceeded to block out 14 deliveries. The person was out for 0 on the 15th delivery but was completely oblivious to the match situation as he proceeded to tell everyone how good it felt to have lasted so long at the crease. We lost by 2 runs.
One of our players was absolutely furious because we have performances bonuses but are only paid if the team wins. He had picked up 6 wickets which would have banked him £20.
Oh man, I feel so much better now :D none of our lads were trying to block out too much or anything, just anything we hit was stopped on the boundary, just one of those nights!
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Opened up the innings at the weekend, hung around for 40 overs, knocked a watchful 50-odd (apart from a mad scramble towards the end - including an all-run six), took 3 wickets and a catch. We lost in the last over of the game. Our last man in (who likes to give it a bit of humpty) blocked out our final over because he 'didn't know it was a limited overs game'. Gah! Still, it was nice personally to get a respectable score. It's been a while.
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Got a call last night saying I will be part of a 3 man spin attack playing in the East Anglian prem this weekend, I've played before but to get a call and be told I'm being picked for a legitimate reason rather than we are one short is brilliant, as I've worked my testicles off this season to get my off spin up to a decent standard has finally paid off!
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Got a call last night saying I will be part of a 3 man spin attack playing in the East Anglian prem this weekend, I've played before but to get a call and be told I'm being picked for a legitimate reason rather than we are one short is brilliant, as I've worked my testicles off this season to get my off spin up to a decent standard has finally paid off!
Congrats mate, enjoy it!
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Didn't play last weekend due to being away, got a text from the skipper whilst I was dozing in the car somewhere near Paris checking if I was available for tomorrow as if I'd been missed! Two 30 point wins whilst I was away for my club at home, and if we win tomorrow we get promoted to div2. Our 1s are comfy in the top division, but have nabbed a few of our players tomorrow.
Played weekend before last down in Sussex, top scored with 31 having gone in at 2/2, put on 50 with number 3 but then was probably out lbw, guy I was with wasn't sure but I thought it was correct as I'd triggered across and was hit below the knee on my back leg. Wicketless when we bowled, didn't do anything wrong but the old ball just didn't seem to want to turn, ended up losing by 7 wickets.
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No match for me today due to the clubs policy of selecting the guys first who played in the last match
It's a fair system i guess but one that could cost the club the winners title as the clubs best batsman is also left out.
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I understand the sentiment, but how on earth do you get back in after an unavoidable absence? Does consistency of availability not come in to it first?
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No automatic return for any player regardless of ability you have to wait for someone to drop out which happens more often than not usually the club struggle to find eleven in fact it's only the third time this season that the club has had eleven players at the start of play.
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We won easy today.
Bowled them all out for 90 and knocked them off for none in 12 overs.
Had tea after the game had finished and didn't get a bat.
All done by 3.30, a bit disappointing really
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I've not played for a few weeks, serious cba.
In the meantime our Thailand returning tight wad has borrowed my kit.
45, 78 and a 72 means I'm still technically scoring runs(or clutching at straws....)
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Bowled the oppo our for 67 all done by 4.pm got back to our home ground where our 2nd team were playing to find there opposition had posted 444_7 and a certain Lawrence prittipaul had hit 244. Anyone remember him????
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Opposition made 140 odd for 8 which was largely down to putting bat on ball in the last 6 overs - 13-4-31-4 for me. Having been 70 for 2 at drinks we wobbled to knock it off for 8 (although me and the skipper dropped ourselves down to 9&10). Highlight was a 2nd X1 debut for a 13 year old county player - he batted 3 & got 20 odd (he's going to be a super little player). We've 2 13 year old county players with in my club and wish I had either of there's technique!
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After putting ourselves into second in the division last week we should have had an easy last 3 games. However, we batted poorly today and we're rolled over for 117. They won with 6 wickets in hand. Very gutted that we have thrown promotion away. are we the only side that beats the 'top' sides and lose to the weak ones?
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Back in the runs yesterday (51) before being done by a decent swinging delivery so definitely not too upset by that. We posted 275/3 and got an incomplete win as they finished up on 246/6. Took a decent catch stood up as well so an all round good day!. :)
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Finally picked up my first 5 wicket haul of the season.
Skipper lost the toss so we were put in on an used uncovered wicket (had rained nearly all day on Friday). Throughout our innings the wicket deteriorated but limped to 140-8 off 40 overs which I thought would be good enough if we even bowled half decently. Opposition immediately on the back foot as one of our opening bowlers opted for just short of a good length and the batsman were very uncomfortable. I came on first change with my first 2 overs being rather eventful but somehow wicket-less then drinks. Immediately after drinks I struck and eventually ended with 5 for 32 from an assortment of dismissals including a stumping that hit the keeper's pads then rebounded onto the stumps. Normally I would be overjoyed with a 5 wicket haul but was actually very frustrated because the amount of times I induced false shots and got no reward drove me mad. Left the field feeling I should have had 8 wickets and annoying we didn't bowl the opposition out which meant we only got 5 points instead of the full 6.
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Played in the most vile game I've had the displeasure to play in this weekend. One of our players put the effort in to put the covers on and managed to put them on the wrong way (basically, the hoses are only on one end and if you get it wrong then it can flood over at the blocked end). Anyway, Fridays weather meant it did indeed flood so the wicket was basically wet. They moaned and groaned about it and were put in to bat after losing the toss. Their players batted like it was a flat road and shock horror, kept nicking off and spooning on the up drives to fielders.. of course, blaming the wicket each time. The only thing I can say as someone that batted for 126 balls on it, was that the odd one popped but only as much as 6 inches, no more. I think I had 2 that hit the gloves and that was it, so it was nothing major. Not ideal, but not a minefield, you just needed patience and technique rather than trying to slap every ball.
Anyway, they were all out for 160 and we chased it down but they were the most abusive people I've had the displeasure of playing against. It was fat this, fat that.. you're crap this, you're crap that, blocking, leaving, when are you playing a shot.. only got x shots.. all you do is this or that.... Bowlers walking down the wicket after bowling to give abuse, fielders coming up to you between overs to have a chirp. All this after WEPL have sent out letters to all clubs with new rules abotu behaviuor as it's been so poor this year.. I questioned it to the umpires who seemed to take no notice.
all in all, the team won and I got to have a 126 ball net but it was horrendous. No wonder participation is down if people think it's acceptable on a sports field. I left the field and the day feeling really crap, having not enjoyed the day at all, which really shouldn't be happening in amateur cricket.
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Your always welcome at my club mate.
In fact we could use a good opening batsmen and I could use some more net practise with you chap
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Our captain has been giving detailed feedback on every game, about the umpires, oppos behaviour and indeed, he's even put in stuff about us as well so he's not just been biased. However, the league have wrote to him saying that they do not want such detailed feedback and mearly want overall marks for umpires. Of course, you know full well if you mark umpires or teams down all that happens is his name and the club are then targetted by umpires and shock horror, you get less LBW's for and far more against. What's the point of reporting stuff to the league if all that happens is it's used against you.
Seems pointless
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It is pointless also lots of umpires only turn out for match fees
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Lost by 9 wickets yesterday! We were finished by half 6 and that could've been a lot worse.
We turned up at the oppositions ground, there was a damp wicket with a green tinge to it, and clouds overhead. Out skipper won the toss and decided to have a bat...
We were 47-7 at one stage. We limped to 132 all out in the 45th over. Our tail well and truly wagged, with 20 odd each for numbers 8 and 9, 15 for the number 10 and yours truly 7* (5th highest score of the innings) at the end.
In response they chased the score down in 25 overs, the only wicket falling being when they needed 3 to win. I bowled 3 overs for 11 at the end, by which stage the game was gone so I was only aiming to take a wicket (which I didn't!).
Oh well, comfortably mid table with 2 games to go, no point getting upset by defeats now!
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Played yesterday, but least said about it the better for everyone! Skipper my sunday team today, we play a new aggressive form of cricket, we scored 288 in 33 overs all out! and let them tick along to get 230, didn't really try and defend it just knew we had the strength to turn the game on its head f required, had 5 slips for the first 12 overs, and the ball wasn't doing much! average squad age of 18, with the oldest players being 21, and youngest 18. bringing a new mentality of aggression and beers!
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The opposition forfeited on Friday night which means our promotion has been guaranteed with one game to spare
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Our skipper won the toss and put us in on a green wet track, no more to be said.
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We had a friendly game scheduled yesterday, with confirmation from their fixture sec on Monday only to have no team show up on Sunday leaving us without a game. No phone call or cancellation, just didn't bother turning up. Wouldn't answer phone calls, reply to emails or anything. just absolutely terrible behaviour.
The Windermere CC from North London, you have 11 very pissed off blokes round our way. You won't be invited back and we'll be reporting you to the CCC as well as sending you an invoice for the cost of tea's, pitch preparation and loss of revenue from match fees.
If any of you chaps have a friendly lined up against them I'd be pretty wary.
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We had a friendly game scheduled yesterday, with confirmation from their fixture sec on Monday only to have no team show up on Sunday leaving us without a game. No phone call or cancellation, just didn't bother turning up. Wouldn't answer phone calls, reply to emails or anything. just absolutely terrible behaviour.
The Windermere CC from North London, you have 11 very pissed off blokes round our way. You won't be invited back and we'll be reporting you to the CCC as well as sending you an invoice for the cost of tea's, pitch preparation and loss of revenue from match fees.
If any of you chaps have a friendly lined up against them I'd be pretty wary.
Not on causes bad feeling loses fixtures etc they probably have an an answer ready for not turning up from experience the CCC may say as it was a friendly sort it out between yourselves has club treasurer I tried all avenues to get our clubs costs refunded but didn't get a penny,
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We had a friendly game scheduled yesterday, with confirmation from their fixture sec on Monday only to have no team show up on Sunday leaving us without a game. No phone call or cancellation, just didn't bother turning up. Wouldn't answer phone calls, reply to emails or anything. just absolutely terrible behaviour.
The Windermere CC from North London, you have 11 very pissed off blokes round our way. You won't be invited back and we'll be reporting you to the CCC as well as sending you an invoice for the cost of tea's, pitch preparation and loss of revenue from match fees.
If any of you chaps have a friendly lined up against them I'd be pretty wary.
if you google Windermere CC London nothing comes up.I play in London, obviously I don't know all the teams but I do a fair few...never heard of this team.
Unusual a google search brings nothing at all thou.
good on you for invoicing your costs out
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Played a decent friendly match yesterday and I opted to bat first after recent previous successes when defending a total. Just lately I have changed my mentality if I we bat bat first in friendles, I don't mix around the order but approach the game as if it was a league match and it has brought success plus importantly our players seem happy. Yesterday our innings focused around our opener who got 70 whilst No.4 blasted a quick-fiire 40 and few others chipped in small double figure scores meaning we ended up with a very healthy 182 all out in just under 40 overs.
I opted to open the bowling with the autistic lad I support and his 8 overs went for just 13 runs including 4 maidens as he proved very difficult to get away. Unfortunately since he got 3-42 from 12 overs in a league match earlier in the season, he's really struggled but on that day I was umpiring so today I stood at mid-on which allowed me to keep talking him and telling him to focus and concentrate. It's a shame he didn't any wickets but the tight early start meant the opposition were then always behind the run rate and we eventually won by about 40 runs or so.
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if you google Windermere CC London nothing comes up.I play in London, obviously I don't know all the teams but I do a fair few...never heard of this team.
Unusual a google search brings nothing at all thou.
good on you for invoicing your costs out
Yeah they are associated to the pub called The Windermere in Wembley. They have a facebook group but it's closed. We had a really good game against them last year which went down to the last over, no Idea why they would stitch us up and just no show. Really very poor behaviour.
Not on causes bad feeling loses fixtures etc they probably have an an answer ready for not turning up from experience the CCC may say as it was a friendly sort it out between yourselves has club treasurer I tried all avenues to get our clubs costs refunded but didn't get a penny
Our fixture secretary is a very persistent man... The only answer that will excuse them not even making a phone call is if they all died in a freak accident. It's bloody horrendous behaviour and if my club acted like that I'd probably leave.
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Lost yesterday after batting first and posting 171 all out a decent innings by there number 4 allowed them to win by 5 wickets with a few overs to spare. On the upside it was a good match played in the right spirit and enjoyed being able to look at some of @simonmay5 beautiful bats including a lovely dark edition phantom
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Been a very good season for me so far! I'm 21 but I've only been playing cricket for 4 years... previous years average/runs scored/high score tops out at 8/74/26 respectively!
However in 20 matches played this year I've scored a total of 370runs at an average of 18.5 (not groundbreaking but good for me!), including 2 61's (and a bloody 49!) and 3 of the last 3 innings being for the 1st XI and not the 2s :D
Also, both sides in my club are going for promotion to the Div 5 of the Kent Cricket league, both being 2nd and a long way clear of 3rd in their respective tables so should be a good season :)
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Finally got a game. Captain chose to field first on a mudbath in the hope that the forecast rain came to give us a draw. Rain didn't come and the humidity level made fielding unbearable and with only 2 full time bowlers, we struggled to take wickets with the oppo ending on 194/4 after their 45 overs. In typical fashion, we had a batting collapse and ended up all out for 103. I got a 7 ball duck, out LBW to a full toss that hit my inner thigh, still sat here fuming about it now (too low to pull, too high to drive, tried to glance it into a gap behind square leg and missed). I can't seem to get a scoring shot off at all at the moment.
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If anyone gets offered to go play cricket on a hot sunny day at clacton ever, turn it down! Spent most of the day chasing leather, I managed to get myself another 100 off my bowling! What should normally be a 75 minute journey, turned out to be 2 and half hours as everyone seemed to want to go the beach and it's one road in one road out! Awful day, made half decent by the fact I managed to eat everything on the McDonald saver menu on the way home
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A hard slog today that ended in another winning draw.
Put on 181 for the third wicket, out with 5 overs to go for 88. Stupidly I was playing for the team... We were 94 off 30 and ended up 233-5 off 45. Good fun game, not sure the oppo were happy, blocking to 120-9!
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Yet again my registered side had a free week so I turned out for a team that I have played for previously this season (against another which I have also played for on a free week).
The opposition opted to bat first after winning the toss which given the weather forecast was a surprise. However this allowed the home skipper the opportunity to open our bowling with a chap who was 80 years old today. He had a 5 over spell picking up 2 wickets but what was more remarkable was his agility in the field as he got down to everything the opposition sent in his direction. In contrast, I somehow pulled a side muscle in my first over and had you turned up an hour into the match, you would have thought I was the one celebrating becoming an octogenarian.
However I am someone who lives for his Saturday afternoon bowling spell so decided to come off just one stride and bowled a tidy if not spectacular 10 overs, conceding 24 runs. Picked up just the single wicket, bowling a left hander with my first delivery from around the wicket to him and I also picked up the same batsman in very similar circumstances when my own team played today's opposition a few weeks back.
We bowled out the opposition for exactly 150 in the final over of the permitted 40 but soon after tea it started raining but everyone else seemed keen to continue, even despite the rumble of thunder and lightning in the distance. The loss of the 1st wicket should have seen the players come in as the lightning was getting closer but the match didn't last much longer as the heavens opened and that meant 2 points each.
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After getting my first 50 for ages a couple of weeks ago, racked up another yesterday! After being forced to field against the champions-elect on a sweltering afternoon, some toothless bowling and ropey fielding left us chasing a daunting 261. I was hardly fluent but anchored the chase and nurdled 1s and 2s in big 2nd and 3rd wicket stands to leave us needing 7 an over with 12 overs left. But just after losing our no4 I got over-anxious about having to take over leading the chase, ran down the track and missed. Our middle order couldn't get going and disappointingly we just fizzled out and ended up 16 short. Nice to be in the runs again but feels flat when it's in a losing cause.
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Good easy win yesterday, bowled oppos out for 64
Knocked them off for the loss of two wickets
One more game, one more win and the leagues ours again
On a side note, second team this year I've played against with a blatant chucker!
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Oppo won the toss and elected to bat in the heat. No real surprise there.
They were 100 without loss at drinks at 17 overs. Skipper bought on the spinners. Myself and another lad who bowls cutters on a length. Oppo ended up getting 200-9 off their 52 overs. I managed to bowl 17 overs straight and got 6-62 which was a nice return.
I wasn't needed to bat as I am finding myself batting down the order for this new team we knocked it down off 34 overs for the loss of 4 wickets. Good win in the end and keeps the promotion race on.
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Nothing but a win yesterday and hope the top of the league lost or got rained off would have kept us in the title challenge.
Forecast was thunderstorms and a months worth of rain at 5.
We have trouble chasing so decided to bat first declare at 150 and see what happens.
Instead we was 135 All out in 28 overs (15 of 8 for me)
First rain spell fell with them 20 for 0
Second and finally huge downpour at 5.20 oppo were 53 for 2. And 22 of those were in wide's!
We never got back on so we drew and the league title went elsewhere.
Amusingly the oppo thought we'd win if we got back on as they'd only got 1 batsmen available and we'd just got him 3 balls before the rain.oh well
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Interesting couple of weekends for myself, Chalfont St Giles 2nd XI and my Academy lads.
As previously mentioned, we needed a win last Saturday to confirm promotion. Bowled Pinkneys Green out for 150 from 46.4. I had figures of 12.4/2/42/4, including probably the best seven balls I have ever bowled consecutively. One of the oppo openers (who should have been out twice off our skipper but was dropped by the same colt each time) played out a maiden which had 4 spin past the edge from varying middle to outside leg lines, and two edges short of slip/gully, before the first ball of my next over coming out perfectly, drifting from middle to outside leg, then going through the gate and taking the top of middle. Managed to later on drop an absolute clanger of a caught and bowled though, my 4th dropped c&b of the season.
We then collapsed from 50/2 to 60ish for 9, with 4 ducks. Scored 6 batting 6, watched two wickets go down at the other end in consecutive balls before a few overs later getting a howler of an LBW which hit me on the strap of my inner thigh pad and was given by our ump (who later admitted he was no longer sure about it but he felt it had looked good at the time). 9 and 11 put on a few but we ended up 106ao and having to wait for promotion.
Sunday game was against the only side which had beaten us this season, Farnham Royal, who again brought their Sunday 1xi rather than their academy. They were 72/1 from 11 overs, their skip caught off me for 42 from 17, but they only got 188. Ended with 3/14 and two catches at long off. Openers then put on 113, before we lost 4 quick wickets to one bowler. Ended up with me and our 2nds opening bat, who used to play for Leicestershire 2s (or so he often tells us) putting on a quick 61 partnership to win the game, with myself getting 37no and Raj 89no. May have been a bit cocky though, and finished the game with a reverse sweep from a seamer.
Yesterday was a disaster from start to finish for the team. Top of the table clash vs Harpsden, who had already confirmed promotion having won every game this season. Got held up in traffic for Rewind festival so ended up a bit late, a problem as I was giving one of our openers a lift. Skipper got 52, me and the guy who did open 17 each, but we were 119 all out. Got my 50th scalp of the season in all forms by getting their leading run scorer, who is second behind our captain in the league stats, to pad up to a straight one second ball of the innings, but we got absolutely hammered by 9 wickets with nothing going right from that point, leaving us needing 8 points from 2 games to gain promotion with the 3rd placed team out the running having played 15 matches, whilst we have 53 points in hand over 4th who have also played 14 matches. We have games against teams we have beaten comfortably already but hopefully our momentum is not ruined by two big losses on the bounce.
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Good win today, the weather managed to hold out for us to get a delayed start going down from 40 to 30 overs a side we bowled the opposition out for 49 one of our bowlers taking figures of 7 overs 6 wickets for 4 runs. Wean aged to chase it down after 10 overs not without worry though as our openers both got golden ducks but 3 and 4 put on 30 with number 4 ending up 27* whilst number 5 fell cheaply and 6 hit the winning runs
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Been dropped down to the 4's, been dropped to batting at 3 in the order. Pretty annoying that, seeing as I've done nothing wrong all season, and was also top scorer in the 3's up until about 4 weeks ago. Past 5 games though I've scored 33 runs, so not surprising I suppose, but this poor form has only come since being dropped down the order.
Kinda glad the season is nearly over. Hopefully I can beef up a bit in my first year at uni, and push for a spot in the uni team or something, which will bode well for next season.
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Double header this weekend. Won comfortably yesterday.I went in at 4 for 3.Got my first ever half century finishing on 88.Should really have got my hundred but was absolutely knackered haha we eventually finished on 240 for 8. Bowled the oppo out for 70. Today's game was abandoned. We batted first we struggled to 110 all out.Just after tea the heavens opened and that was all she wrote...
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Didn't play this week due to illness, last game of the season next week so hopefully I'm fit and selected.
The side I would've played in were beaten quite convincingly so not sure my presence would've made a lot of difference to the final result...
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Had a nice afternoon on Saturday making up the numbers for RHCC v The Authors at Windsor. The Authors set off well but a late order decline (lost the plot?) saw them to 208 which was chased down for 5 down with about half a dozen overs to go. Good competitive game all round.
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Had a nice afternoon on Saturday making up the numbers for RHCC v The Authors at Windsor. The Authors set off well but a late order decline (lost the plot?) saw them to 208 which was chased down for 5 down with about half a dozen overs to go. Good competitive game all round.
Small world is cricket as I guested for the Authors while they were on tour earlier in the summer.
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Promoted to 1sts this week but unfortunately got abandoned half way through our innings after tea. Didn't get to bat and had a bit of a graze in the field so all in all a bit of a rubbish weekend.
Only upside playing in the 1sts was that our seconds got rolled for 30 on a green, wet wicket owned by a school which had never seen a roller! Captain won the toss and for reasons only known to him decided to bat. Apparently their dressing room were in hysterics when they found out that decision (can see why!) so dodged a bullet on that one.
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For some reason which I still can't believe I finally agreed to play for our seconds last saturday. The 2nd team captain has been hassling me none stop to play for him, which i have managed to avoid all season. My reason for not playing is that I feel the bowling standard is to high and I will not get a game. if I play in the 3rds I bat at 3 (average 49) and I get to bowl a few pies at the tail.
So I turn up and we field, no bowling for me, just fine leg to deep mid on, touched the ball 4 times in the field. they scored 175-8. We got them for three wickets, I was number 6!!!!!
Thank god I am umpiring this weekend, at least I will do something
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Playing my first ever adult game this Sunday for a social side around the Croydon area, bricking it considering I've not met any of them and just started emailing them after seeing an ad on Gumtree. Playing the enthusiasm over ability card and we'll see how it goes from there. Eeek.
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Playing my first ever adult game this Sunday for a social side around the Croydon area, bricking it considering I've not met any of them and just started emailing them after seeing an ad on Gumtree. Playing the enthusiasm over ability card and we'll see how it goes from there. Eeek.
Good luck and enjoy it.
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Just found out Saturdays oppo have pulled out saying they cant raise a team.Gutted as I was due to captain my first game.Only 1 game left for me now as I'm on holiday for the last game of the season
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Good day today - with loads missing from the club I captained a very young 2nd X1 with only 2 players over 19 & giving a debut to a 13 year old county player. Lost the toss and got stuck in and at 16-4 had visions of a very early finish! Got to 167 for 9 with a nice 76 for me then bowled them out for 150 odd. Taking 2 for takes me to 42 wickets for the season with 3 left - it has to be said after bowling and batting I'm knackered and now enjoying a beer and the T20 final!
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We were playing against the league winners who haven't lost a game today.
Won the toss and batted first.
All out for 143 from 46.3
I got to watch 3 balls from the non-strikers end before it was over. Red ink for me without facing.
We didn't get back out for the 2nd innings...
They won the league unbeated and we were comfortably mid table. That's it until next year now :(
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Great game today!!
We played the league winners(confirmed last week). We needed to win this and next weekend against second in league to snatch second.
We won the toss and batted first. 32 for 3. As top 3 struggle to make double figures.
But steve and sharp put a hundred partnership on to bring us back in.
I trott out at 6 for a cameo 14 of 8.
Vessey came in at 9 and hits 46 of 20 with some massive sixes.
Add to our number fours 107*(using my red ink) we managed a cracking 259 for 8 of our 46 on a sticky wicket.
They got off to a steady start . And then one opener opened up and a few boundaries flew. 50 up of ten.
2 quick wickets. Meant we thought we'd steamed the flow.
But four just stated to get hold of it.
He fell for a run a ball 76 leaving them 80 of 12.
Wickets kept falling and we and they now needed 50 of five 9 down.
And number ten went 6, 6, 4, 1.
Then two dots.
Next over. Massive 6! Could have been twelve. Arses were twitching
He took a single.
And number 11 moo'd across the line to give us full points!!!
Get in. #greenarmy
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Hmmm I hate and love cricket
Played a great t20 last night against the h4l boys, a great bunch with some of the nicest bats I've seen!
But to day was final league game, which we needed to win to win the league.
I was stand in captain, and chose to bat on a green wicket? And instantly regretted it, as I was bowled second ball! C@ck!
Team was bowled out for 44
We came out to field positive and managed to wobble the oppos a bit and get them 5 down before they overhauled our small target.
Not my finest day
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Got a text at 10am this morning from our skipper to say opposition has conceded. Initially thought great as that's full 6pts to us and I will play in the pool against a club we're battling promotion with. Unfortunately the team I was offering my services to had conceded their particular game the last night so that cunning plan fell at the first hurdle.
Anyhow did have some alternatives so opted to play for a team who proceeded to skittle out the opposition for just 52 then knocked that off in under 10 overs. Laughably I only touched the ball once in the entire game which was to pick-up it up after it dribbled in my direction after deflecting off the keeper's pads.
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Really tight win today, restricted them to 178 after a very village display us splilling 12 catches (yes this really happened, ask @simonmay5 for confirmation) in the field. But chased it down with 2 overs to spare for 9 wickets. A relief after that many drops and a small collapse of the middle order, puts us 5th in the league with one game to go
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Really tight win today, restricted them to 178 after a very village display us splilling 12 catches (yes this really happened, ask @simonmay5 for confirmation) in the field. But chased it down with 2 overs to spare for 9 wickets. A relief after that many drops and a small collapse of the middle order, puts us 5th in the league with one game to go
I must say turned up to watch the team I will be joining next season and saw 12 catches go down but was nice to see some of my new team mates and looking forward to being part of a really well run club next season
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I must say turned up to watch the team I will be joining next season and saw 12 catches go down but was nice to see some of my new team mates and looking forward to being part of a really well run club next season
We set a very high standard for you to be joining haha. You welcome to be our keeper after his display today as well.
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We set a very high standard for you to be joining haha. You welcome to be our keeper after his display today as well.
I don't think I comment on that but like I say I don't want to take the gloves away from the guy who does it as that would not be fair and by the look of some of the drops you might need me in the field .really looking forward to join you guys and your keeper might be happy to give me the gloves after tom has stung his hand standing 18 paces back
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Haha, I think we might take anyone in the field after today's display, can't see tom in the 2s too long though
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we hide him from the first team skipper and to be honest he to quick for most of the batsman in our league especially on a hard deck down the hill trust me he pepped me in indoor nets
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His action is very skiddy also which doesn't help picking up the length quickly and makes it a bit more slippery to bat against
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At universal studios Florida today so cricket was missed, never mind lol
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At universal studios Florida today so cricket was missed, never mind lol
Sure it was a hard choice to make Chris :D
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Brief highlights from the last ten overs of our innings.
http://youtu.be/6-vESAgJQRM (http://youtu.be/6-vESAgJQRM)
Featuring my lovely oversized @Red Ink Cricket , shame it wasn't in my hands.....
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Brief highlights from the last ten overs of our innings.
[url]http://youtu.be/6-vESAgJQRM[/url] ([url]http://youtu.be/6-vESAgJQRM[/url])
Featuring my lovely oversized @Red Ink Cricket , shame it wasn't in my hands.....
Lovely looking ground I must say and that red ink is huge what is the weight of it mate
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last game of our first ever league season. we finished 2nd comfortably and have got promoted.
dissappointed with my personal performance with the bat as i made a lot of effort in the close season and it doesnt seem to have paid off
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Lovely looking ground I must say and that red ink is huge what is the weight of it mate
It's 2.14. And it is huge.
The ground is lovely if a little small. Shane we only get to play there once a year.
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At universal studios Florida today so cricket was missed, never mind lol
@soulman1012 I live pretty close to Miami Florida. Message me if you need any info or anything.
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Arggghhhh! Exciting game today but we really should've won!!!
Batted on a post-apocalyptic cabbage-patch and posted a pathetic 105 AO. Egham then chased and made equally hevy weather of it, posting 106-9 (your truly bending out another 3 victims!)
The winning single was a thick under-edge through the slips.
Plumsacks!!!
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So as mentioned a page or two ago, first game since I was about 14 today. The other teams Sunday side was largely made up of colts who were obviously a class above us. Pitch was a bit damp, any boundary on a normal side just went along slowly. They won the toss and batted
Got them to 50-2 then they put in a good partnership that got them in the 150s or so. Their last 6 wickets went for 4 runs, 171 all out after 32 odd overs. Got asked to bowl despite them never having seen me before, started really well before chucking along some absolute tripe. 3 overs, 18 runs, but ultimately a learning curve that will come with time.
Was down to bat at 8, opening batsmen got caught probably cheaply and they worked their way down. Went in and scored 10 runs, felt good to get bat on ball after so long out etc, and like I said it was playing shots and getting singles, although I did get a shot down straight drive for 4. Got stumped in the end, not surprising since my only intent was to just slog and see what happened; should have maybe been caught a few balls beforehand.
All in all, really good fun and happy to have survived a few balls, let alone put up 10 runs. Next target is more than that.
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Great to hear you enjoyed your comeback @rickjames your enthusiasm really comes through in your post, stick at it :)
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Season done for me as I'm off on holiday to Portugal and missing the last league game. Total of 270 runs at almost 21. Bit disappointed really as 251 of those were from weekend games at almost 28 in 10 knocks. Midweek let me down as only 21 runs from 5 knocks, odd really as although I'm trying to bat better I'm still a bit of a slogger at heart and midweek is usually my better format.
I've really tried to bat better at weekends and have felt a lot better, more runs scored from straight drives rather than slogs to cow. Also really dug in sometimes to score runs over more overs as opposed to rapid 20 and out.
Bowling wise after getting fitter over last winter I was hoping to bowl more this year but not really worked out. Only 17 overs in total, best figures 2 for 23 off 7 - gutted really as I used to open bowl at a decent level when i was younger but 10 years off and I've never been able to get a rhythm or consistent line and length in the few short spells I get these days. Still think of myself as a bowler as i was always a number 11 bat when I was younger - still, theres always next season.
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We won at Louth yesterday, they were 2nd in the league and were (still are) top with one game to go. It would be great if we could win Division 1 as the club has never done that before.
I was 0 not out batting at 9, but I don't mind because we won. That's my season finished as I'm on holiday next week, hopefully we can close it out.
I'm fairly pleased with my season, I've batted OK, better than last year. Also took my first ever hat trick.
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Great to hear you enjoyed your comeback @rickjames your enthusiasm really comes through in your post, stick at it :)
Cheers. Although my right palm is now bruising up nicely from a runout attempt, I forgot what it's like to hold a match ball.
Pointers anyone? Or does this pain factor get better with time?
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Cheers. Although my right palm is now bruising up nicely from a runout attempt, I forgot what it's like to hold a match ball.
Pointers anyone? Or does this pain factor get better with time?
Gets better, my hands always get a bit sore after the first fielding session after the off season.
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We were meant to have a game against the Botswana national team today which would've been a good day, safe to say the weather got in the way, total wash out!
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Well and truly beaten at the weekend, 324ao plays 112ao. Oppo number 5 scored 160 in 87 balls, including 14 4's and 14 6's. Was carnage, yorkers going over mid on for 6. On the sunday it transpired that he was using a laminate bat to do all the damage with.
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Well and truly beaten at the weekend, 324ao plays 112ao. Oppo number 5 scored 160 in 87 balls, including 14 4's and 14 6's. Was carnage, yorkers going over mid on for 6. On the sunday it transpired that he was using a laminate bat to do all the damage with.
Aww man, "illegal" bat as well, gutted! Who were yous playing?
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Who were yous playing?
We were playing Millom 1st XI. A much better side than us but should have made a better fist with our chase. Most of the boundary's hit would have went regardless of the bat he was using.
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We were playing Millom 1st XI. A much better side than us but should have made a better fist with our chase. Most of the boundary's hit would have went regardless of the bat he was using.
I actually feel more sorry that you had to go to Millom in the first place haha
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How do you know he was using a laminate?
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How do you know he was using a laminate?
A junior who plays in our third team has two brothers who play for them, we were talking about the innings at the club on Sunday and he said that he uses/used one.
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Thursday evening at 8pm and opposition have already conceded. Despite being available for every weekend apart from 1, I've only played 11 Saturday matches for my registered club this season. The good news is we're now 2nd in the league and nearest rivals are away at the league leaders.
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Penultimate game of the season today, got a duck! Not happy, went forward to a slightly back of a length ball to play a forward defensive. It pitched and went under my bat and hit the base of off stump!!! The bowler apologising wasn't really any consolation!
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Played on a mindfield today. Literally every ball kept low.
Oppo 132 all out. Our medium pacer with 8 for 50.
We had 54 overs to chase them down.
We lost by one. With 22 overs left!!
I top scored with 37. The affinity toro doing its job as a toed my entire innings.
First team season done. 404 runs @27 and we finished 3rd.
2 Sunday games left.
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All out for 70, oppo chased it 1 down and we were done by 5pm. Really rubbish day, got triggered caught behind for 0 when I honestly believe it's clipped the pad and it was a feather at that! Need to check the top hat for wood inserts later on. Real class less opposition today as well topped it off nicely. >:(
My knee is well and truly gone now, it must be able to sense the impending winter hibernation.
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Waste of a afternoon today as the opposition were garbage! Won by 10 wickets - bowled them out for 40 on a flat deck (5 for 17 for me). All done by 3.30pm so been to watch another game.
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Volunteered to play for our 3's today, as our 2's had 12 available and the person who was gonna be dropped would of rather not played than play 3's so I went down, had a good fun afternoon playing with my mates so! Scored 14* at the end off 3 balls, and got 2-7 off 5. won very easily, one of our boys nailed one of the biggest sixes I have ever seen with my B&S, like just went for miles
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My team won the league today
Outcasts CC - Lincolnshire League Division One Champions for the first time in our history.
Great season, new pavilion and Premier League cricket next year.
Need another batsman (or 2) and an opening bowler next season.
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Waste of a afternoon today as the opposition were garbage! Won by 10 wickets - bowled them out for 40 on a flat deck (5 for 17 for me). All done by 3.30pm so been to watch another game.
I can trump that as I drove across to Leeds this afternoon (after joining the player pool) to find I was in a team of just 9 players. Told skipper I was a bowler but somewhat out of form with the bat so after we lost the toss and got put in, I didn't mind being No.9 (last man). Intending to put my feet up for a couple of hours, I quickly found myself padding up and arrived at the crease with the score on 18-7. Chap at the other end suddenly started whacking 4s and 6s before a big shot too many saw the end of our innings on 55 with my contribution being a solid 4no. Given that I was making a 50 mile round trip, I was somewhat disappointed not to be 1 of the 4 bowlers used before the total was easily overhauled but probably just as well as the match descended into farce as the umpire (an opposition player) decided to signal wide on any delivery not hitting the stumps. He then made a complete fool of himself as he signalled no-ball when a bowler's front foot crossed the line of the return crease not realising the relevant rule actually refers to the back foot.
To cap it all, tea was taken at the end of the match rather than the change of innings but there was nothing left when I walked in.
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First of th sept friendlies, slow low deck which also stayed low low. Bowled a few overs and batted about 6 to give the guys from the season who bat low a go. Decent game, 223-9 played 224-8, went down to the last ball where either team could win. Perfect friendly and kudos to both skippers who manufactured such a game rather than pound each other
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Won league and got promoted for the 2nd season in a row, weather played abig part in a majority of games with slow low pitches and soft outfields which in turn has made me have to buy another new pair of whites trousers for the third season in a row! when will colored kit catch on?!?!
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Ahh, back to winning ways at last. After a horror run, the mighty Chertsey 3XI managed a thumping win to end the league season. We bowled out Esher (a team who dicked us earlier in the season) for a measly 60 (yours truly bending another couple out) and knocked them of with only 3 down.
Very disappointing season for us as we were in the promotion spot hunt for the whole of the first half of the season, then availability went off a cliff (we don't get any university kids coming back to us and everyone buggers off on holiday) and we lost a few games. Still, I think we squeezed 3rd place so something to build on for next year.
On a purely personal and show-off note, the final weeks scorecards aren't in yet, but I'm either leading wicket taker or runner up for our league, which seeing as I was yipping like a mad man for the last two years has brought me great pleasure, and rekindled my love for the game.
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On a purely personal and show-off note, the final weeks scorecards aren't in yet, but I'm either leading wicket taker or runner up for our league, which seeing as I was yipping like a mad man for the last two years has brought me great pleasure, and rekindled my love for the game.
I think that's great news.
On a personal note I would love to bat against you, but I imagine on a soft slow 3rd XI deck you can be a right pain to get away!
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Ahh, back to winning ways at last. After a horror run, the mighty Chertsey 3XI managed a thumping win to end the league season. We bowled out Esher (a team who dicked us earlier in the season) for a measly 60 (yours truly bending another couple out) and knocked them of with only 3 down.
Very disappointing season for us as we were in the promotion spot hunt for the whole of the first half of the season, then availability went off a cliff (we don't get any university kids coming back to us and everyone buggers off on holiday) and we lost a few games. Still, I think we squeezed 3rd place so something to build on for next year.
On a purely personal and show-off note, the final weeks scorecards aren't in yet, but I'm either leading wicket taker or runner up for our league, which seeing as I was yipping like a mad man for the last two years has brought me great pleasure, and rekindled my love for the game.
Well done mate - hopefully if Asad does a event / net at his Birmingham store I may get chance to see "the magic" in action
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Good news Fattus,wily left arm still a weapon especially to us right handers.
Personally had a very poor league season although i did score runs on Sundays.
Hung on in my usual team(seconds) until i was number 9 last week and requested to go down.once i no longer had a batting position that was that.thoroughly enjoyed yesterdays league match with the thirds and good to play with guys not taking themselves too seriously and having fun.
Plenty of practice planned for the end of this year and will come back stronger next year :)
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Ah Carlos the Jackal!! You know what that means? Plenty of Heathrow winter nets!!! There must be some around there somewhere!
@uknsaunders I too would love you to face my bowling. I shall do it with a GoPro taped to my head. Everyone would see me serve up an overs worth of filth before pinning you with a vicious inswinging yorker!! :)
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Well done mate - hopefully if Asad does a event / net at his Birmingham store I may get chance to see "the magic" in action
Well @Ams4287 - if by 'magic' you mean facing a fat, bald, middle-aged man wheezing his way to the crease like a Hippo that's been savaged by a Cheetah - then you are indeed in for a treat!!!
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This seasons tales of Splenda from Fattus have made me attempt to convert from right arm dodgyness to left arm filth.
I've mastered the arm bit of this. But the run up and footwork are non existent.
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@uknsaunders I too would love you to face my bowling. I shall do it with a GoPro taped to my head. Everyone would see me serve up an overs worth of filth before pinning you with a vicious inswinging yorker!! :)
I have a HD Camera with slow mo and a tripod to do it. No need to go hitech. Given I'll be running down the wicket from the moment you bowl (not as if I don't know where it's going) , LBW will be out of the equation.
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Well @Ams4287 - if by 'magic' you mean facing a fat, bald, middle-aged man wheezing his way to the crease like a Hippo that's been savaged by a Cheetah - then you are indeed in for a treat!!!
Haha I'll bring my knife and folk for the buffet then @FattusCattus
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Sunday game done.
Us second vs top. We needed to win big to overtake them.
They won toss and batted spin friendly pitch so we used 4, and they snaffled he ten wickets for 101 runs. 36 overs bowled in 1 hr and 40 mins.
The chase started and we moved along slowly to ten before 2 wickets fell as hey introduced spin.
We got to 45 and the Third fell and I trotted in at five.
39 of 19 balls later, 7 fours and 1 six. And we'd won with 19 overs to spare.
Top with a game to go!!
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Our 2nd team won the div 7 northants league and have been promoted. Played well throughout the season, had a bit of a dip in the middle due to our bowlers being unavailable or being promoted to the first team but all in all a great season for Oakley :D
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Today goes down as my worst ever day as captain of our Sunday team, turned up to play a local rival team with my normal Sunday side which means a few hangovers and youngsters being converted to world of hangovers. We batted first and got 193-4 on a turning pitch, they then proceeded to chase it down in 15.5 overs due to the fact they opened with there Saturday 1's openers, who just launched it from ball one. Some of the best striking of a ball I have ever seen but an awful day for me as a captain as it was an embarrassment
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Really good game of cricket today, we batted first on a slow lowish pitch had a poor start being 10 for 0 off 10 and then an opener had to retire hurt after smashing a ball into his ankle, pace started to build and I went in just after drinks in the 23 over with us 90-3 we managed to make 157-7 with me top scoring with 44 no which if excluding T20 cricket is my highest score in either sat or sun cricket this season. Smoked a huge 6 with what may well be my match bat next yea so thanks again to jake at vitas for another cracker of a bat.
They started well getting to 90 odd before losing first wicket last ball before drinks, that opener having scored about 10 of the 90 odd they had amased. We clawed our way back with good slow bowling and with 2 overs left they needed 15 runs, with us needing 2 wickets but number 8 smashed 14 off the penultimate over with a couple of good and lucky blows and we lost with 4 balls remaining.
Played brockly in Suffolk which was a lovely setting with a lovely church in background and ploughed farm fields around it hopefully get a game in on 19th so that I can hopefully get a sat or Sunday 50 before season finishes. Been my worst season ever runs wise
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Played again today against a Sunday side mostly full of kids as two oppos had pulled out earlier this week. Won the toss and chose to bat. Scored 209 all out in 39 overs, yours truly ending on 8 not out, so kind of progress on 9 from last week? Should have been caught at leg slip quite easily and at mid on but hey ho. Played a shot over mid on for four, felt good.
Got to bowl two overs of absolute dog**** though, wide after wide going in the same place, just flying over. Skipper was encouraging and told me not to worry but I can't help but be annoyed with myself, even if it's 14 odd years or so since I last played. Partly it's a confidence thing and the other part is clearly my technique that needs working on. Should probably put this in the fitness and training thing but even though the season has ended if anyone maybe fancies netting at the Oval (I live right opposite it) or something from October let me know, I'm sure I could be offered a few tips or two along the way by all of you, haha.
We won the game, they finished 196 off their 40. Cool.
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Today goes down as my worst ever day as captain of our Sunday team, turned up to play a local rival team with my normal Sunday side which means a few hangovers and youngsters being converted to world of hangovers. We batted first and got 193-4 on a turning pitch, they then proceeded to chase it down in 15.5 overs due to the fact they opened with there Saturday 1's openers, who just launched it from ball one. Some of the best striking of a ball I have ever seen but an awful day for me as a captain as it was an embarrassment
That's not what Sunday cricket is about. :(
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On a purely personal and show-off note, the final weeks scorecards aren't in yet, but I'm either leading wicket taker or runner up for our league, which seeing as I was yipping like a mad man for the last two years has brought me great pleasure, and rekindled my love for the game.
Well done mate. Afraid we ended up propping up the table - not sure if this means relegation or not at the moment. So we might still cross swords next season! We had a nice consolation win at farnham yesterday, bowled them out for 86 in tricky conditions and got them for 4 down - if only we'd played like that the rest of the season! I ground out 25 not out to anchor the innings but felt like i did a job for the team, even if it might have been horrible to watch. Ended up averaging 26 in the 3s and 2nd highest aggregate in the side, fairly pleased with that in my first season at Kempton, but a bit disappointed I didn't grab my opportunities when promoted to the 2s.
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That's not what Sunday cricket is about. :(
unfortunately some people adn teams take sunday cricket way too seriously. Our club did until this year, winning games, scoring 370 off 40 overs regularly etc. This year, we found teams refusing fixtures because they didn't want to get smashed and tbh, I don't blame them! We as a club made an effort to play it more like a sunday game and regularly scored no more than 200 and everyones enjoyment both our team and oppos was better for it. Some of the 'big guns' batsmen didn't like it because it hurts their stats adn ego's (I probably lost out on about 700+ runs for example) but it meant lesser players got a bat and it was more relaxed and enjoyable.
hopefully over the next years it'll continue.
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700+ runs?!
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unfortunately some people adn teams take sunday cricket way too seriously. Our club did until this year, winning games, scoring 370 off 40 overs regularly etc. This year, we found teams refusing fixtures because they didn't want to get smashed and tbh, I don't blame them! We as a club made an effort to play it more like a sunday game and regularly scored no more than 200 and everyones enjoyment both our team and oppos was better for it. Some of the 'big guns' batsmen didn't like it because it hurts their stats adn ego's (I probably lost out on about 700+ runs for example) but it meant lesser players got a bat and it was more relaxed and enjoyable.
hopefully over the next years it'll continue.
We had a situation this season where we were struggling for numbers (holidays etc.) Opposition was a team we'd played last season and absolutely hammered us, and while they weren't unpleasant they weren't exactly sociable either, so we decided not to bother chasing around to raise a team and cancelled. To put it in perspective, there are teams who we would turn out one or two players short against and just enjoy the day.
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700+ runs?!
I think he's suggesting he is a big gun.
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Our league seasons finished, but had a friendly yesterday against a good bunch of lads, hastily rearranged to our ground due to their borrowed ground being double booked
Better for us, as we played on a decent track, instead of astro
Batted first, using my new stick, holy moly! First time I'd used it and to say it goes is an understatement
Missed a slow slow slow one that I probably could have swung twice at, but hey ho, out for 20 oddish
Continued my bowling form,(tongue firmly in cheek), every over I've bowled my google filth, I've taken a wicket
Six a side comp next week, then that's 2015 done
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Our season finished this weekend, all ended in a damp squib. Our promotion chance ended when we lost 2 bowlers mid season with broken fingers in the same match. Looks like the best of the wether has arrived just as the season finishes.
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Lost yesterday at Stoneleigh with 10 men. Due to having 8 at the start we had to bat first on a damp green wicket that was always going to get better (excuses in early). Myself and fellow forum legend @Maverick79 struggled initially to score, but eventually put on 113 for the first wicket. Chris getting 50 with his new phantom bat and putting one into the cow field. However overs were running out and we ended on 150-3. I carried my bat for 71* despite trying to mow everything for the last 10-15 overs. I was pretty knackered having had to run most of those thanks to slow wet outfield and slow track. This seemed like a good total when the oppo crumbled to 62-5 off 24, but their ringer/new recruit from a top side in the area (Russ Rice from Nuneton?) bashed the runs off as the wicket dried up. Bit disappointed with my 8-3-11-1 as 6 of those came in one shot down the ground :-( . Lovely weather though and I wish we had more than 1 game left this season!
ps. scored 12 in 28 overs the day before (thanks to a collapse that left me with the tail) and 6-1-14-0, so yesterday was a better day in the office!
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Won yesterday v Tynemouth 3rds, we batted first on a good looking deck, ended up 212 ao with 1 over to spare leaving them with 46 overs to chase.
We didn't get off to a very good start a mixture of decent batting and bad bowling they got to 80-1 with about 25 overs to spare, they then lost regular wickets while we starved there best bat of the strike leaving him stranded on 79* with myself running out the number 11 batsmen with a direct hit with 2 balls to spare to get the complete win and win the league. Not too bad considering our aim was to not get relegated at the start of the season.
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We'll I got past 1000 mark this weekend with 59 not out sat and 19 yesterday taking my total 10030 did it with one game spare glad I changed club in winter
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Game tomorrow against Beddington, whoever they are. Weather forecast doesn't look good.
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Penultimate game off the season against the league leaders who posted 187 for 8, disappointly we were 148 all out and ended our hopes of promotion - I got 6 and was unduly run out by our skipper.
Did take 3 for 44 bringing up my 50th wicket of the season so on a personal note well chuffed as it's the first time I've broken that milestone in a season (Saturday league).
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Lost our last league game of season, but was an irrelevant fixture. Somehow our first team pulled off a miracle and survived n the EAPL, unbelieveable considering last week we were all but down but hey cricket s a funny game
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Made a guest appearance for Cawood today.
Nice ground and wicket played well even though it was wet.
Lost badly as Cawood were a little under strength today, I did manage to get a 50 though.
Thanks to @Lumsden for sorting me a game out.
Lovely bit of chocolate cake for tea and it's always nice to get out the house
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I was under the distinct impression that today's opposition (who I played for on loan last Saturday) would be conceding this afternoon's game so instead I had lined myself up a match on loan at Cawood (with @RF ) but much my surprise I learnt last night that they actually had a side and would be turning up. After dropping off my autistic friend at Cawood I then drove to my own game in pretty wet conditions thinking I'll be back in a hour as my own team have no covers. When I arrived it was still raining but both skippers were keen to play so groundsman gave the wicket another quick roll and the match started but reduced to 30 overs per side.
We got put in and managed 115-5 which I thought was a good total on a wet wicket. It really should have been under 100 but last 10 overs saw us score 80 as the opposition slightly lost their way in the bowling department. In reply the opposition really struggled against our opening bowlers and had less than 30 off 14 overs. I came on first change and was economical enough plus got a wicket (1-29 off 7 overs) although the only slower ball I bowled was despatched for 6 so didn't try that again !!! Some late order hitting got the opposition much closer than we had anticipated so 11 was required off the final over but fortunately our most experienced bowler was bowling it (not me as I had bowled out as it was a maximum of 7 overs per bowler). Having everyone on the boundary kept them down to 1s and 2s so 5 was required to win off last ball and then batsman launched an almighty swing but missed and was bowled so cracking end to the game.
Glad @RF had a good game over at Cawood. However I am slightly embarrassed that I invited him to play for Cawood but then didn't play in the same match.
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Played the last game of a terrible season yesterday. We were beaten by the league winners. That makes it 24 games 2 wins 22 defeats!! Moved into a higher league at the start of the season and since that point most of the second team has deserted the club. We played yesterday with 2 of the original first team from the start of the season, the rest of us were second teamers. All out for 71 they knocked it off in 14-15 overs for the loss of 2 wickets. On a positive note I hit a lovely 6 and got their pro out who is comfortably the best batsman in the league with around 1500 league and cup runs!
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Was our presentation day yesterday.
I forgot to put my name down for the game (over 30s vs under 30s) so got to sit drinking all afternoon. I spent £2 on a can when I arrived and somehow kept having another drink put in my hand continuously for 4 hours. Not that I'm complaining :D
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Season finished yesterday for me. Two weekends ago we got the points we needed for promotion, bowling oppo out for 79 and chasing it 3 down. Didn't bat but got one wicket. Last weekend we played Holyport 2nds who were in danger of going down. We put on a reasonable total, skipper got the runs he needed for the div3 run scoring record in the Chilterns League (730 total), played my usual cameo before taking a 3fer clean bowled as we won, and as it happened Holyport were relegated due to other results. Yesterday played for Firle in a cup semi final, got 7/0/30/1, dropped one steepler in the wind at mid off but then took a harder steepler at long off, then played another cameo of 11 in our chase as we finished 29 short against a side from the ESCL 1st division.
All in all a good season. Sundays as captain we won 4/5, promoted with CSG 2nds and a good mid table finish with Firle. Pity about university cricket where we lost every game we played! Ended with 55 wickets, 40 in competitive cricket (15 on Sunday's, 5 for Sussex Uni, 34 in league games in Chilterns div3 and ESCL div 3 and one in the cup for Firle), though a few missed chances by myself and others and plenty of dubious umpiring, for which one game in particular stands out (vs Gilderidge for Firle where I took 7 wickets, but had several plumb lbw decisions turned down by their out batsmen who were umpiring). With the bat, league cricket for Firle brought me 124 runs at 31 and for CSG 100 at 16.67. Two cup knocks brought me a total of 24 runs, whilst Sunday's got me 190 at 63, which I was really happy with as I aim to lead by example, and my best two innings were against the hardest sides/conditions we played totalling about 100 of my total. Six dropped catches by me total, four off my own bowling, but two run outs and about 10 catches was a decent success rate but definitely needs improvement, especially off my own bowling! Already planning my shopping for next season and looking forward to taking my level 2 coaching badge over the winter and starting winter nets!
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Game against a touring side today. I put my name down but there were 15 people available.
I didn't play again and enjoyed the flow of alcohol that a touring side brings! My liver hasn't enjoyed this weekend I don't think
As for the match it was 30 overs a side. One of our openers got 98 (jug avoidance as he was told he was 2 away!) and the skipper retired himself on 55.
Highlight of the day was a 12 year old who in his own words "hates batting" make 31 in an adult game (his highest ever score) and a number 11 from the U15s made 29 batting at 5. Final score 269-4 from 30.
In reply the opposition were 150 something all out. Everyone got a bowl and they were all playing drinking games, so a good laugh but cricket wise it had a very end of season feel to it.
Now to find something to do on a Saturday for the next 8 months...
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Took a catch at mid on, fielded terribly throughout the rest of it, scored 8 runs before being an idiot.
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Ridiculous game of cricket today, played Haverhill, and they won the toss and elected to bat on our flay Woolpit esque road! 40 overs later they have 299 on the board, us having dropped there number 3, 4 times and he went on to get 151 n/o. We then proceeded to chase it down, so 600 runs scored in 80 overs. If anyone wants to bat on a road next year, PM me!
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Was invited to play a 40 over friendly this afternoon for a team I guested with earlier in the season and really enjoyed the game. Opposition was a touring side from Scarborough and on a batting friendly wicket, they totalled 150 all out. After tea our batting order was sorted by drawing lots and I managed to bag No.1 so opened and got 30 not out before having to retire. Touch of controversy as opposition's first change bowler was clearly throwing the ball but he was barely medium pace so it wasn't a problem for me but one of our team took such umbrage over his action that he left the ground in protest !!!! Anyhow the match continued without any further problems and we ran out winners with a few overs to spare.
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Having moved clubs this season, I'm back enjoying my cricket once more having only played 8 games last season at my old club. Playing in a new league and with a new home track it's taken me a while to adjust. Scored about 150 more runs this season on a Saturday than I have in any of the past three seasons with a highest score of 46. Last two consecutive Sunday's I scored 50 and 92. If only the season could start now!
A public thanks to fellow forum member and skipper @19reading87 for inviting and encouraging me to join and also @uknsaunders for making me feel welcome in my first season.
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Having moved clubs this season, I'm back enjoying my cricket once more having only played 8 games last season at my old club. Playing in a new league and with a new home track it's taken me a while to adjust. Scored about 150 more runs this season on a Saturday than I have in any of the past three seasons with a highest score of 46. Last two consecutive Sunday's I scored 50 and 92. If only the season could start now!
A public thanks to fellow forum member and skipper @19reading87 for inviting and encouraging me to join and also @uknsaunders for making me feel welcome in my first season.
Good to have you on board. I think already you have been a real asset to the club and there is plenty more to come. Certainly playing a few Sunday's helps ;) . You were unlucky to miss out on your ton yesterday.
Just need a few more forum members to join us in deepest warwickshire!
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I've moved up to 802 with 3 potential games left.
Going into the weekend I was on 718, managed a 52 in 18 overs on Saturday followed by a 32 yesterday. I was particularly aggrieved as our skipper was late so someone else did the toss and elected to field against a team that we play regularly but who never scored over a hundred against us. Sure enough they were all out for 64. Nevermind, I opened and scored 32 before being absolutely triggered by the guy who did the toss' son! He was trying to explain that he thought it was hitting leg when the bowler came over and apologised saying it was going miles down leg and that he didn't even appeal.
Makes it harder but I'm coming into some form, just need to get a decent ton and I'm there for the 1000 I think!
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So played my final game of the season today, lovely day nice and warm, track had been covered but was still a little damp oppo won the toss and elected to bat, opener nicked first ball and 1st & 2nd slip just looked at each other and he went onto make 125no :(. Played quite well from there on in just put the bad ball away. I had a little bowl 6 overs 1 for 31 which was nice as I don't bowl much any more. Oppo made 213-8 from 40
Opening up made a good start and my opening partner had one stick in the pitch a bit a spooned a catch to point, I managed to get to a solid 34 which for me this season was good and then managed to slap a low full toss to point as well, the team today was made up of 3 1st team and 8 colts of various ages and was good to see them give a good account of themselves and got us to 189-9 in reply. A great tea and good weather was a good finish to what all in all has been a poor season personally. There is always next year though, roll on April 2016
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Well I made the transition back to rugby today, played in the first league game of the season having missed all of pre season. Bagged myself a hatrick, and strolled in from 80 metres out, which surrised most of the opposition as you dont expect your number 7 to gas a full back!
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Damp squib sorta day. Fielded first, didn't do well but got a run out at the end. Oppo got 117 off 38, we did that in 30 odd. Didn't bat or bowl. Meh.
Gonna start work pretttttty soon on being half decent, lots of nets...
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Friendly yesterday. The oppo had ten and batted first. One of their guys got a big 100 and they posted 204, however in the process the guy smashed a ball which hit his partner in the arm causing him to retire hurt and miss the rest of the game.
They came out with 9 therefore and got two early wickets before I came in and got a 50*. They then literrally gave up with us still requiring 130 runs in 20 overs. Every time my partner hit the ball, they let it go through their legs or made no effort to cut it off. He farmed the strike much to my annoyance and he scored his second 50 with me facing about 6 balls, which wasn't helped by the fact he was hitting balls straight to fielders which should have been one only to watch them miss it or kick it over the boundary.
We ended up winning by 8 wickets but it wasn't an enjoyable game at all in the end. I'm on 860 runs for the season and I only have one game left, so on another note I'm also annoyed about having blown my chance at 1000 for the season.
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Last game today and was enjoyable one to finish on. Opposition batted first posting 192 of 35 ended up 30 odd short in the end however did meet someone from the oppo (eltham) who had a lovely custom made county and is on here but do not know his name
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Hello @tom line, I had the Hunts!
Was a good game played in the right way - bit late in September for my liking but was certainly a good fixture
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I thought the season was over but now have two games this weekend, upto the 11th oct.. then off to tenerife for slap and tickle... aka, doss about as 2020 isn't serious cricket.
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I got a taste from the last 4 weeks and now want more, sigh.
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Nice finish to the season last night with my clubs awards dinner. Most awards were predictable, but the chairman announced a new award, entirely at his discretion as to the winner for working for the club and going the extra mile so basically a clubman award, so I was delighted to be the inaugural winner of it! Nice to finally get some recognition for the work I put in and that my mother puts in helping organise Sunday games, already looking forward to next season!
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Last game in England for the season today, decent weather in October so hopefully more teams keep playing later year on year .
Now for some MCC tour stuff over the winter
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Last game in England for the season today, decent weather in October so hopefully more teams keep playing later year on year .
Now for some MCC tour stuff over the winter
Jesus who you still playing for and indeed against in 2nd week of oct?
I agree weather has been excellent last 3 weekends, not the warmest but dry, maybe teams should play later in the year but has problems with winter ground work also
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Jesus who you still playing for and indeed against in 2nd week of oct?
I agree weather has been excellent last 3 weekends, not the warmest but dry, maybe teams should play later in the year but has problems with winter ground work also
Yes, for the last 2-3 years the weather for the first 2 weekends in Oct has been decent. Ok, it's not the warmest and you are more likely to get rained off etc but as you say.. you can also just as easily get good weather.. Why waste sept and upto 4 games in Oct. Pre germinate your seeds etc, then you don't have to worry about growing the grass when you put the wicket to bed.
Good for bar takings and match fees too :) We played for 6 months exactly this year apparently.. next year we plan to play every weekend in April, may, june, july, aug, sept and first two weekends in oct.. so most of the year! Only teams not interested are footy/rugby ones tbh and there are less and less of htem around anyway.
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Been persuaded to playing an indoor game tomorrow night?
That will be the first cricket of any kind I've played since August :-[
What have I signed up for? I hate indoor matches!
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Been persuaded to playing an indoor game tomorrow night?
That will be the first cricket of any kind I've played since August :-[
What have I signed up for? I hate indoor matches!
I hate indoor too but I'm surprised it's not popular tbh. It's dying on its (No Swearing Please) in glos, I've been a few times and you see he same players playing for multiple teams and teams struggling for numbers. Given so few teams play anyway, it's sad to see. I'd have thought it was a good way to get youth and teens playing regularly
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Yes, for the last 2-3 years the weather for the first 2 weekends in Oct has been decent. Ok, it's not the warmest and you are more likely to get rained off etc but as you say.. you can also just as easily get good weather.. Why waste sept and upto 4 games in Oct. Pre germinate your seeds etc, then you don't have to worry about growing the grass when you put the wicket to bed.
Good for bar takings and match fees too :) We played for 6 months exactly this year apparently.. next year we plan to play every weekend in April, may, june, july, aug, sept and first two weekends in oct.. so most of the year! Only teams not interested are footy/rugby ones tbh and there are less and less of htem around anyway.
Always enjoy playing into Oct as it seems to make the next season come round quicker.
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i find its not very well marketed around here, and not many places do it either
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nightmare for groundsman. Don't blame him when grass thin next year when you want to start asap. If turns wet impossible to get loam down.
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I hate indoor too but I'm surprised it's not popular tbh. It's dying on its (No Swearing Please) in glos, I've been a few times and you see he same players playing for multiple teams and teams struggling for numbers. Given so few teams play anyway, it's sad to see. I'd have thought it was a good way to get youth and teens playing regularly
Playing for our main opponents from Saturday league in this seasons indoor league, as despite 120 players registered for summer between us, we can't get six each out on a Sunday.
And despite two wins out of two and top of league, tomorrow game we still only have 4 players available!!! 4!!!!!!! Takes Michael a little bit.
But yeah anyone from Sheffield want a game tomoz give us a shout! Lol
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Playing for our main opponents from Saturday league in this seasons indoor league, as despite 120 players registered for summer between us, we can't get six each out on a Sunday.
And despite two wins out of two and top of league, tomorrow game we still only have 4 players available!!! 4!!!!!!! Takes Michael a little bit.
But yeah anyone from Sheffield want a game tomoz give us a shout! Lol
As I say, I'm no fan and don't think it in any way relates to real cricket but.. But I'd assume it would appeal to modern lifestyles and the quick/fast paced game to youngsters.
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We had a team in a league last year. It wasn't taken really seriously apart from with the younger teams. I tried to get a team together for this year but there wasn't much interest. I was mainly trying to get it going again to keep the lads together until the winter nets start
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We had a team in a league last year. It wasn't taken really seriously apart from with the younger teams. I tried to get a team together for this year but there wasn't much interest. I was mainly trying to get it going again to keep the lads together until the winter nets start
It's hard. Some want it to be serious, some want it to just be fun. I'd play every week if it was fun but a few teams take it as seriously as Saturday's and it just sucks the fun from it. Maybe that's the key, identify what your players want from it and play it that way.
I've been tempted to help them promote the league but CBA tbh
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I play indoor and it's not my first choice but can help keep your eye in batting wise over the winter
Round our way it's taken pretty seriously by most though
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There were 5-6 teams in our league and 5 took it as a bit of fun. There were teams who were bringing novices so we were only bowling off 2 or 3 yards every week. There was one team of young lads though who were running in off the back wall of the hall and taking it a bit too seriously, they were even stealing runs when the bowler was getting the ball back!!
To me that wasn't really what it was about, I'm with you on this. It's a good social game to keep the group together over the winter
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This is the 3rd season I have entered a team in the evening indoor league at Tadcaster. I did it originally to give my autistic pal match experience as above all, that's what he really needs. Anyhow he's really on the ball this autumn and I feel we have good chance of winning our division. Also had someone's Dad come up to me while playing a Sunday friendly towards the end of the outdoor season (after hearing my pal saying he played indoors) who asked if his son could join our team and he's turned out to be a terrific asset behind the stumps.
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Well I can't stop laughing!
We fielded first, restricting the opposition to 99-5 off 12.
I took 3-33 off 3
We then won it 4 down in the final over.
My comedy moment, I left My first ball - which bowled me. Still chuckling about it now
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Atleast you won! And had players.
We arrived for a six a side with 4 players with the league saying we would have two pool players waiting.
Oppo arrived with 5 players with the league saying there be a pool player for them.
There was 1 pool player!
And the team who's turn to officiate did not show(atleast not for our game)
So the 3 not batting had to umpire and score.
So we played 5 on 5 15 overs. Pool players can't bowl, and our side had 1 person who bowls normally, rest batsmen.
They batted first and accumulated 254 for 1!!(me 1 for about 65)
We in reply made 141 for 3, of which 67 were extras! A made 15 but mistimed a drive that some dude caught with a full length dive about 4 inch of floor and jungled it about 7 times before holding on.
Bad bad day. We was top of league before to.
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Indoor is pretty popular around Bristol, there's a well organised league structure with half a dozen different leagues leading to playoffs etc. 8 a side, pink ball, isn't a bad simulation of real cricket and a very good standard, lots of teams from the top leagues involved. Strangely we play a better standard indoors than we do outside! Our first team no 10, who got 40ish runs in the whole of last season including batting up the order on Sundays, becomes a prolific opener indoors for some reason.
Good start to my indoor season cut short by injury for now - 70 runs off 27 balls for once out in the three digs I'd had in our Sunday league, fingers crossed I'm back playing by the playoffs!
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Boom!!!
Good day good day. Massive win, top of league with 1 round left. And
Boomed 80 not out. Could have had a ton of it wasn't for the retire every 25 rules.
had hit 4 sixes in my last 7 balls faced. shame I missed an over in the middle of that due to retiring and waiting to come back in.
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Boom!!!
Good day good day. Massive win, top of league with 1 round left. And
Boomed 80 not out. Could have had a ton of it wasn't for the retire every 25 rules.
had hit 4 sixes in my last 7 balls faced. shame I missed an over in the middle of that due to retiring and waiting to come back in.
Hell of an effort getting 80 indoors! 50s are rare enough with the retiring rule, my top score is 54* and I don't think I'll ever even get a chance at beating it. Well played sir.
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Hell of an effort getting 80 indoors! 50s are rare enough with the retiring rule, my top score is 54* and I don't think I'll ever even get a chance at beating it. Well played sir.
Would have been top score as well by someone got 99 in a later game!
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The duck last week cost me, could have been second on that list with a half decent score.
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Lot of high scores in there actually! Guessing this is 6 a side? Cant believe the top guy with a lowest score of 40! We play mostly 8 a side which means you don't often come back in before the last over (if you even come back in). 6 a side league I play in has had 6 of us get fifties in 5 years I think, only once over 60 (bloke got 75 but he's something else, close to 1000 league runs in 16 games this year).
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Yeah it's six a side, that guys lowest score of 40 was against us, not because we are awesome, but because we only took one wicket, so he didn't really get to come back in. Lol.
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We won today, and qualified for the semis in the play offs by coming second in the league
We rocked up to play a side that had been indifferent all season, but as it was there week for two games(only 7 teams), one of there batsman had scored 150 in the opening game!!! What.
Wait.... What!!
150!!!!! Not out.
Okay
So won toss and batted first and got a second ball duck, great start.
Eventually put on 225 for 5 of our 15. A good score.
Dude opened and he looked a different class(and was clearly sponsored by cp, a brand ijc are dropping)
Thankful our tactic of not taking wickets so he couldnt come back in worked. They finished 9 short and he only got 54 iin this game. Run out of the last ball.
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We won today, and qualified for the semis in the play offs by coming second in the league
We rocked up to play a side that had been indifferent all season, but as it was there week for two games(only 7 teams), one of there batsman had scored 150 in the opening game!!! What.
Wait.... What!!
150!!!!! Not out.
Okay
So won toss and batted first and got a second ball duck, great start.
Eventually put on 225 for 5 of our 15. A good score.
Dude opened and he looked a different class(and was clearly sponsored by cp, a brand ijc are dropping)
Thankful our tactic of not taking wickets so he couldnt come back in worked. They finished 9 short and he only got 54 iin this game. Run out of the last ball.
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What's the relevance of this statement I've highlighted?
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What's the relevance of this statement I've highlighted?
Non to be fair. Was mentioned as you don't normally see a sponsored player playing indoor,
The later comment was because as I was writing I remembered ijc sold them but mentioned they won't next year under there new philosphy. And as its a brand not many have heard of, it gives some kind of forum context.
I keep it short and sweet next time likes bats ent, "Man scores 150" post done.
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And the title is ours. In a bizarre day in which I thought I'd cost us the lot!!
Plays off won!
League leaders won and in to final. So our turn
Game one. Semis us(2nd) vs dronny arms(3rd)
Batting, we was looking good, I'd retired and we was going at over ten an over. But the wickets started to tumble.
And when I returned we was 4 down and 110 of 10.
I proceeded to run my partner out, and then get bowled 2 balls later.
Us 124 all out and looking over as dronny arms had made 200 every week.
Doesn't matter as we sent them back for just 31!!! Our skipper bowling 1.5 overs, 5wickets(including a hat trick) for 0 yes. That says zero runs!!!
All 5 bowled!!!!!!! Quality bit of pace bowling I had he pleasure of standing up to.
On to the final, beerhouse made a low 136 all out due to more great bowling. Skipper with 2, me a run out(direct hit with gloves on) and other wickets shared.
We decided to bat time, very sensibly that procricket1982 would like.
Although we lost a early wicket, I retired in 25 after 10 and number 3 retired on 25 after 9.
Far to many extras meant. We sailed home by 5 wickets with 3 overs remaining.
Champions
Champions
Champions .
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well done mate, sounds like an inspirational skippa !!
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I'm glad true batting is even making its way into whatever it is you're playing :) :) :)
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Well done mate. Afraid we ended up propping up the table - not sure if this means relegation or not at the moment. So we might still cross swords next season! We had a nice consolation win at farnham yesterday, bowled them out for 86 in tricky conditions and got them for 4 down - if only we'd played like that the rest of the season! I ground out 25 not out to anchor the innings but felt like i did a job for the team, even if it might have been horrible to watch. Ended up averaging 26 in the 3s and 2nd highest aggregate in the side, fairly pleased with that in my first season at Kempton, but a bit disappointed I didn't grab my opportunities when promoted to the 2s.
Congratulations on 3's player of the season mate, hopefully see you in the 2's a bit more this year
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Did Malcolm get player of the season? Excellent!
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Picked up a bat for the first time in just under 2 years earlier in the week. Felt like I'd never played cricket before for the first ten minutes or so! But a few meaty drives and it soon came back. Hoping a few more hits and I'll get back in the groove... my back felt a little tender after, too!
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Did Malcolm get player of the season? Excellent!
I did, genuinely a really nice surprise :) it was a shame I couldn't make it to the dinner to pick it up. Well done to you Rich for winning the 2s award and yes I really want to fight for a place in the 2s this season... See you at the AGM?
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I did, genuinely a really nice surprise :) it was a shame I couldn't make it to the dinner to pick it up. Well done to you Rich for winning the 2s award and yes I really want to fight for a place in the 2s this season... See you at the AGM?
Yeah I'll be there.
There's definitely a spot at the top of the order to challenge for in the 2's, I've told Allan I'm staying at 4 after last season