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[19reading87]

Nah you missed that buddy

[19reading87]

I thought Ashur would've got the double ton!

Buzz I used a GM Flare Original, borrowed it off one of the older guys at our club. About 2.10, two grips, 11 straight/even grains. Byooodiful

Guessing you'll be buying that bat off him them???

[Colesy]

He offered it to me, see if I can afford it. Funny thing is he let me use his bat and he just grabbed an old Slaz V6 from his boot that he used.

[Blazer]

And the winner of the weekends highest score goes to....

http://astwoodbank.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11678790

Same Division as our first team Div 1 , He is ex Gloucestershire and Worcestershire to name a few.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/8495.html

[uknsaunders]

We lost off the last ball Saturday. Still getting over it lol

We got 169-7 off 45. I top scored with 47, including a six over mid-on off the leading edge. I thought I had holed out at mid-on and it just kept going, wasn't a short boundary either. Even better I reverse swept a little kid for a couple, just as well as I was plumb otherwise. In return the oppo ground their way towards the total but always seemed a bit behind the game, Paul Smith (ex warwickshire and was only playing because they were short!) got 65 before Redders ran him out but some poor fielding on the boundary at crucial moments meant they needed 1 off the last ball. Our opening bowler had a bit of a mental breakdown and bowled a wide. He was distraught but having taken 4-37 he had done more than most. I bowled 2-29 off 9 at the death but runs flowed elsewhere and we couldn't close it out. Should've won it comfortably really.

Sunday I ground out 27* for my old fogies Sunday team, Barford, in a total of 152-5 off 40. When they were 54-5 off 20 it looked plenty on a tricky pitch but Barford found a way to give them 60 runs of full tosses before I came on to bowl. I bowled 4.1-2-8-0 and we still lost with 5 overs to spare without taking another wicket! Lucky I'm mentally prepared to lose in innovative ways.

Body wrecked and I've had football tonight. Have a t20 at Leek Wootton tomorrow, doubt I'll be able to walk by practise Weds!

[tim2000s]

Leek Wootton..... There's a team I haven't played against since I was at uni.

[DiscoStu]

Colesy is (rightly) getting press mentions for his weekend but its nice to see another forumite getting talked about in my local paper. Ian Buchanan getting praised by the opposition skipper here:

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/10475328.Goatacre__nightmare__continues/

[morgzy10]

After my short innings on saturday i played in two sussex league twenty20 games   the team won both, i wasnt required to bat in the first and came in at 4 in the second game, first ball hit a single to get our opening bat on strike who was about 5 away from his ton, then i faced my second ball and hit a straight 6 to win the game.

[MD2812]

After a hat trick of ducks, followed by a single run hit a PB of 89 on Sunday. Big relief!

[ianbuchanan]

Colesy is (rightly) getting press mentions for his weekend but its nice to see another forumite getting talked about in my local paper. Ian Buchanan getting praised by the opposition skipper here:

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/10475328.Goatacre__nightmare__continues/

Great spot that thanks mate!

Was a good game, back to back 50's which i'm happy about. The early finish didn't do my liver any good though.

Also, great from you colesy well done!

Also, Michael Coles is an unreal player, played against him a few times and boy does he hit it far!

[procricket]

Good stuff Ian great ground is goatacre

[Tumo]

And the winner of the weekends highest score goes to....

http://astwoodbank.play-cricket.com/scoreboard/scorecard.asp?id=11678790

That's my mate at the other end, pretty tame in comparison! Haha

[Colesy]

Great spot that thanks mate!

Was a good game, back to back 50's which i'm happy about. The early finish didn't do my liver any good though.

Also, great from you colesy well done!

Also, Michael Coles is an unreal player, played against him a few times and boy does he hit it far!

Cheers mate. Tom said he was glad he got you early against Thornbury, especially as you've now got back to back 50s. Looks like your lot are going well this year

[gdb19]

After a shocking last week for me our midweek game last night was a bit better. We bowled first and they were 137 for 5 off 16 after being 58 for 1 off 5, aside from some sloppy fielding giving away 15-20 runs we did well to peg them back. After 10 overs we were 67 for 3 but then cashed in against the change bowlers to end up winning with 2 overs to spare. One of our lads batted well to get 46 not out and I was 47 not out off 14 balls at the end. Not the greatest bowling that I've ever faced but after scoring 1 run in 13 balls last week it was a relief to get a few. 

[alexhilly1492]

Got my first game this coming saturday, having only played 4 times last season batting at 4 and not scoring anything and having had about 5 nets all winter until now i will be opening the batting vs 2nd in the league (we are 4th), so im pretty nervous already, its not a great standard but i want to do well obviously, i know i can score runs im just low on confidence and not all that used to opening, i would describe my form but i think its pretty non existent :/

any advice on getting over the nerves would be great!!