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[tom line]

Yes mate welcome any time shame it's so far mate as your have a field day with some of the Pye chuckers down in Kent lol

Imagine him in our twos league

[simonmay5]

Imagine him in our twos league

Yes I can need to arrange it lol

[ppccopener]

I've had a crap season
Poor umpiring
Stupid gaps in the middle of the season, due to the league not having any brains
Dodgy action bowlers,(his teammates nickname for him is chucker!)
Broke my bat and my finger
And I won't mention our new captains ability or lack of

All meant, I've had enough
I may play for my lads team down at minehead, a few games
Or not
Other than that, I'm loving the unofficial Cbf Southern nets we've been having

Batting wise, I think I averaged 27 or something
I don't think I bowled more than 5 overs

In fact I'm getting peed off just thinking about this season

Roll on next year and pastures new
Anyone need an old slogger that needs hiding in the field ?

practice hard in the winter, concentrate on your strengths and it will all turn around next season.

I was finished, washed up,eye sight gone,technique gone for a burton in 2015 and averaged 8 in league cricket. Dumped from opening, dumped out of my team into the threes, and needed ear plugs to stop team mates talking about me.

back in the seconds(my team) first game this year by total default as we were short. Ended 2016 second top scorer in the team and one of the first names on the team sheet.and we got promoted back to Div 1 for next year.

How? CBF nets of course. I owe the lads from the forum. Anyone need the bowling machine feeding? 

back yourself,  go back to basics, defend straight hit it very hard in attack. 

[Woodyspin]

One thing i learnt not being a batsman is forget you're playing cricket for the first 5/10 balls, grove yourself into the oppositions game, after all they have the momentarily upper hand, taking a wicket and having a new batsman at the crease that has no idea how the pitch is going to play to his advantages. Once i forgot this I was playing properly, i soon went on to score 42, highest score of the year for me, hoping the improve next year after completely changing my batting technique this year thanks to Buzz

[Buzz]

Played seven games, 2 friendlies and 5 village league games. My league side won the league and I would say I batted pretty well in most games. Felt good at the crease and scored a couple of Daddies. 

Just one disappoint for me when I flapped at one in a big game and gave away a start in a run chase. Still frustrated by that.

All good. Am just desperate to play more!

[edge]

Shocker of a season for me, after finishing 7th in the bowling averages for the Bristol leagues last year I bowled 48 overs in all cricket this year. Felt in good shape with the bat but never got going, shunted around the order all year and only played a couple of decent length innings, high score of 54. Didn't help that our pitches were woeful all year. Not what I was hoping for at the start of the season!
Bring on winter nets and next year. Bought a sidearm for the missus to use, judging by early net sessions I'm in for a lot of practise against the short ball...

[WalkingWicket37]

Yes mate welcome any time shame it's so far mate as your have a field day with some of the Pye chuckers down in Kent lol

I don't play in Kent!

[NT50]

A fairly decent start to my first ever season in cricket. I missed a fair chunk of the season with various ankle injuries but opened the bowling throughout the season.

My figures were:

Games: 10
Overs: 49
Maidens: 2
Runs: 279
Wickets: 13
Economy: 5.6
Average: 21

My inability to bowl maidens let me down, I was pretty much guaranteed to bowl one boundary ball an over. But then again I've never been coached at all so I can't be too harsh on myself ( and it turns out experienced players shouting " come on, hit top of off!" Doesn't automatically make you bowl a good ball, who would have thought it!)

Batting wise my average will be somewhere in the single figures. Batted at 10 most of the year, coming in with a few overs to spare and being told to swing which doesn't really suit me. Still think with a bit of coaching I might make a half-decent opener as I've got a solid defence and can put away a bad ball.

My real contribution this year was fielding wise, we don't record those stats but I will have at least 10 catches, I didn't drop one all year! Saved a lot of boundaries being the young one in the field as well!

Will miss a part of the season as I'm at uni this year, will be trying to find a club in Huddersfield for the start of the season hopefully!

[mohawks94]

Decent season both as a coach and player.

53 wickets I think, down two on last year but I played uni games last season as well as a full league season.
12 games for my club 1s, top score of 40 vs Pinkneys Green, best figures of 5/19 vs Taplow. 26 wickets at 15 in the end. Batting average in the teens, that is something to improve on. Ended up second in div 1.
5 games for 2s, 37* vs Taplow 2, 5/41 vs Great Kingshill 1. 2s ended up relegated from div 2.
Sundays brought me a handful of wickets, 4 I think for CSG, 4 for Firle and 3 for the Frogs. 4 half centuries, 68 and 69 retired for CSG, 70* for Firle and 62* for Frogs. A few wickets in league knockout cup, and a few runs and wickets for Knotty Green.

Ended the season with decent haul of awards: U15s league winners, county cup runners up, league runners up. Lads only lost two games all season, bucks cup final and the north v south division champions play off. Also Chilterns league runners up, and won the young player of the year award for my wickets and match changing performances.

Also started doing some work with @edynamo on my bowling, and have felt the difference/improvement already! Seeing him next weekend for a session on my way up to Liverpool for GB U24 ultimate trials.

[Davehugh]

Pretty good season had a bit of coaching in the pre season which helped improve my saturday league average from 25 to 40 scored 450+ opening the batting in 13 innings. Probably averaged 45/50 in all cricket for my club and won the player of the season award at the presentation dinner last Friday. Can't wait for 2017 to start already. The coaching begins for me in December and the preseason club nets in Jan/Feb.