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[Seniorplayer]

Only played two league games on Saturdays due to 5 being called off due to bad weather and one because the opposition could not raise a team. The division is also a mismatch of teams  there are  clubs who have one strong team of experienced players  playing against  third and fourth teams with a couple of experienced players but mainly younger inexperienced players.In fact has there is no promotion for clubs with one team it Was possible to predict who will finish first second and third in the division prior to the start of the season.

[smilley792]

So tonight big midweek game us(joint top) vs joint top.

And the u17s league organise a cup game as well as our 2nds having a game.

Do that's 7 u17s missing that play midweek plus 4 guys on holiday. But being a massive club we fielded 33 players.


So back to firsts. Joint tops game.  Winner takes league.  Missing our 2 best bowlers they make 123 of 13 overs.
We only have five batsmen, and get off to a flyer. 53 off the first 3 and a half overs. Me on 37 and I miss a straight on. Sam smashes one down Long off throat. 3 bowled and then 5 caught.
Only the one batsmen left and we are 60 for 4.

Managed to scrap to 105. Came up short. Dissapointing as without the u17s cup game wed have had 2 more batsmen and a bowler.

Gutted 

[GarrettJ]

Nearly sliced my thumb off on Saturday evening so no cricket for me until at least next weekend. Can't even bend it at the moment.

Last week 42* in my first game on English wickets for 10 years .... Was a pudding and very very slow

[tim2000s]

A win in the lms tonight,  but for the fourth match it was practically the last ball.  Still,  a win is a win...

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[ProCricketer1982]

I e not enjoyed my cricket this year at all. Few people seem to play hard but fair. It seems that sledging is getting worse and win at all costs is the be all and end all.

Apart from that, the club are top of all their leagues by a mile apart from the t20 which we are throwing as we don't want to go up. Teams batting well with everyone contributing and our bowling is by far tthe best in the league which is nice to see.. Oh and the age is down in the low 20's.


Personally, I'm on about 26 innings and over 1000 runs already and I've felt out of form all season as the wickets are crap. 6 league games and only three 50's which is a shame. Still on course for 2k+ runs in the season for a second year running.

[smilley792]

Why not fold the t20 if your not interested in winning? Seems a waste of a night,

[ProCricketer1982]

Why not fold the t20 if your not interested in winning? Seems a waste of a night,

Everyone enjoys playing mate, we just rotate people so it's rare we bat in many proper order and often are bowling our batsmen (so I bowled last week having bowled all of one over this season etc).

We do well enough as people are pretty good overall bit don't want to go up as there are some teams in the top div who aren't overly nice to play etc. People aren't interested in going to play those types of teams in t20. People like the extra batting time and we use it as a way to give guys who missed out at the weekend a bat etc. Bowling wise we just do whatever, so last week we didn't have one bowler who'd bowl first or second team for instance.

Just as an example, last weeks batting order

1- second team no 10
2 - second team no 11
3- third team skipper
4- second team no 6
5 first team no 8
6 first team no 9
7 second team no 5
8 first team no 5
9 first team no 2
10 first team no 3
11 first team no 1

So yeah, we just play to enjoy it rather than for the win.

[arsenal123]

It seems a lot of batsmen are struggling due to the weather.  A summer for bowlers aside from the test match grounds apparently!

[bruggers100]

Well, with the arrival of no. 2 child in February, I had no nets and made two midweek practices.  The club have been very understanding about everything and I've been lucky enough to be picked for the 1st's for most of the games I've played (I did say at the start of the season I would play 2's as I felt that I couldn't commit to 1st team cricket). Anyway, I had my first game back after three weeks off for weather / having to look after kids. Ran two of my team mates out and whilst I was comfortable at the crease and didn't feel threatened by the bowling, my timing was somewhat off and b*ggered up setting a decent total for the team within the last few overs of innings

We lost by one wicket in the end, so a good fight by the lads but my contribution this year has been poor which I am gutted about, but other things have taken priority resulting in my poor contribution.

I feel a spell in the two's coming up and rightly so. In 20 odd years playing 1st team league cricket, I've only had half a season playing two's because of poor form. 

Not happy !!