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[tbarnfield99]

Reduced game to 35 overs a side. Covers had leaked so there was a nice damp patch on a length! Won the toss and inserted. Bowled the opposition out for 40, one of our lads taking 12-6-16-7. We knocked them off 2 down chasing the runs before the rain came!

3rd game of the year for me and I still haven't batted! #AllTheGearNoIdea!

[Liam-SCCC]

Well yesterday we travelled an hour and a bit up to their ground, only a mile back from where we went (and didn't finish) on Saturday. We started in the rain (for some reason). Ended up facing 8 overs, getting to 32-2 after another rain break. Then the rain came back and we called it a day, I finished on a solid 1 not out!

What a waste of a weekend

[PedalsMcgrew]

We had our traditional early season game up at Broad Halfpenny Down (Hambledon) yesterday. Turned up, lost the toss and got put in got to 70 odd for 1, rain came, covers went on. Game over. Dammit!

On the plus side there was a raspberry and white chocolate brownie/cake contraption that was a culinary triumph and it was ably backed up by an apple and cinnamon cake that could well go down in history. Worth it for the tea alone.

Shame though, Broad Halfpenny Down has to be one of, if not the most, historic ground in the world.

[Twelfth Man]

Reduced game to 35 overs a side. Covers had leaked so there was a nice damp patch on a length! Won the toss and inserted. Bowled the opposition out for 40, one of our lads taking 12-6-16-7. We knocked them off 2 down chasing the runs before the rain came!

3rd game of the year for me and I still haven't batted! #AllTheGearNoIdea!

Haha, I'm presuming that makes it 3/3 wins for you! At least that is something What number do you bat?

[LeonieKelly18]

i swear to god i had the weirdest game ever on saturday.
not only where playing against our second team we had the most bi polar day ever.
we started 2 hours late on a soking wett artificial pitch and the out field was S... as it was used for football in the winter so good luck with fielding in that area.. ofcourse where i was standing.
after about 10 overs it was time to cover the pitch for the first time cause of the rain it only lasted about 5 mins. so back to the game again 5 overs later the storm came..  not raining yet as the thunder and lightning started, us with our stupid minds thought hey lets cover the pitch cause thats a good idea on a massive field with thunder and lightning. The covers where blown of about 3 times before it started raining and i mean RAINING you couldnt see 2 meters infront of you. Then the hail came the size of pingpong balls. ohw and lets not forget there was still thunder and lightning.  we ran back onto the field for snowball cricket and then took the covers of to go play some normal cricket.
the game was reduced to 31 overs in which they got 80 runs..  with in 19 overs me and the other batsman had a partnership of 80 and kindly said thanks for the game now you lot can cover the pitch.
our eventfull cricket saturday.... pfffff makes you wonder why you play in this country.

[Twelfth Man]

Everybody just loses the matchday buzz when it rains

[uknsaunders]

Everybody just loses the matchday buzz when it rains

I doubted our sanity starting in the rain and the last 10 overs of our fielding effort yesterday was some of the most miserable conditions I've played in. Nobody wanted to be out there and our sole intention was to get off the pitch as quickly as possible.

[Twelfth Man]

There's nothing worse than having to be in the field for hours upon end it wet, gloomy conditions where it is so cold that you slowly lose the feeling in your hands and feet. Not to mention having a good shiver becaause you're freezing standing on a boundary for 20+ overs!

[uknsaunders]

I dropped a high catch yesterday, think monty pansaer, wet bar of soap in a squall and you get the idea. Landed on the tip of my finger and for a few minutes it was so cold I couldn't feel any pain. Towards the end of the next over the wind dropped and it warmed up for a few seconds and it didn't half sting lol.

[csnew]

Sounds like last year all over again . Washed out days, freezing in the cold, covers coming on and off. Putting on our covers is a workout in itself.

Under prepared pitches that favour bowlers.
Typical I suppose, sunny weather during the weekdays but once saturday hits rain.

[Twelfth Man]

To be fair, by this time last year I still had not played a game! These 4 matches have just been a bonus

[tbarnfield99]

Haha, I'm presuming that makes it 3/3 wins for you! At least that is something What number do you bat?

Two wins and a loss, although we should have won the game we lost.

1st game we chased down 136 and was down at number 5 to bat, but skipper put himself up the order to quickly knock the runs off (got a golden duck instead!)

2nd game we set 218-3 and was again knocked down the order to 6 in the attempt for quick runs late in the innings. Lost this one after ex England bowler Amjad Kahn made up for his poor bowling smashing 80no!

http://morecambe.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11635123

3rd game we knocked 40 off!

Ah well here's hoping for next week!

[DiscoStu]

We started off on Saturday in decent conditions and bowled about 25 overs before the 1st rain break. This was an important game for us as the opposition are one of the teams who will be up there at the end of the season and we got them 70-5 before they had a good partnership taking them up to 140 odd all out. We batted like t**ts and looked like being skittled for under 100 before another rain break. Our 8,9 and 10 then showed how to do it though and chased down the total, winning off the last ball. Cracking game but as I failed with the bat again, it looks like a spell in the 2's from next week.

Tea: good enough but nothing spectacular.

[Twelfth Man]

Two wins and a loss, although we should have won the game we lost.

1st game we chased down 136 and was down at number 5 to bat, but skipper put himself up the order to quickly knock the runs off (got a golden duck instead!)

2nd game we set 218-3 and was again knocked down the order to 6 in the attempt for quick runs late in the innings. Lost this one after ex England bowler Amjad Kahn made up for his poor bowling smashing 80no!

http://morecambe.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11635123

3rd game we knocked 40 off!

Ah well here's hoping for next week!

Just looked at the scorecard and see you're not keeping anymore?!

[tbarnfield99]

Just looked at the scorecard and see you're not keeping anymore?!

I know. Moved to a new club last year and already have a very good wicket keeper. In fact also have another guy who plays who keeps for Cumberland yet doesn't get the gloves!

Not something I always enjoyed really. Just get to stand at slip/gully now so pretty much the same!