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[Abighugeappl]

Poor season for me so far, just struggling to bat well/score runs, most likely trying too hard

[Bez013]

Made 43 off 51 balls today batting at 3, highest score of the year so far but wasn't happy with myself getting out to a poor delivery with the run rate under control and unfortunately we lost our next 7 wickets for 60 runs so were all out for 156 chasing 181. The pitch was used and a little slow plus their young leg spinner was able to get some sharp turn so was quite pleased to be able to get through a tough period facing him as I've been making a real effort to improve my batting against spin.

[kennym66]

Personally not in the runs again on Saturday but our team are doing well and won.

Had the pleasure watching a 14 year old team mate hit an unbeaten 135. His previous highest had been 53.

We set 262 in 45 overs and after an early onslaught by the openers scoring 90+ in under 15 overs we eventually broke through and finished them off for 171.

Sitting pretty at the top of the league but it will be tough to maintain until the end.

[Colesy]

Won both days. Contributed very little individually. Got 1-24 off 4 yesterday bowling rubbish, misfielded a few, missed a couple of run outs and got 10 before going back to one that rolled. Similar story today, captained the side and batted 5, got 6 before being out to another pea roller (fed up). Managed to nail a few field placings with a couple of catches going there, and took my first slip catch and have to say it was fairly good!

[ianbuchanan]

Saturday- Played against Cheltenham CC, they amassed a whopping 305-4. Their opener scored a good ton, Gloucestershire's Richard Coughtrie played but only scored 20odd.

In reply we got to 50 without loss in the 7th over then I was caught at square leg from their Saffa overseas for 38 off 26. We never really got in to the chase and were bowled out for 230.

Sunday- Played an academy side from Sydney, Australia. They had some New South Wales and Australia under 19 players and were very useful! I was cleaned up for 8 off the quickie, but we scored 225 from our 40 overs. They knocked them of just 3 down! I took a wicket but they were always in front of us!

[Lou9490]

team we played on sunday were 111-9 at drinks and ended up getting 263-9. partnership was 150 and their number9 (who im guessing isnt a regular number9) got 130 and the other bloke got 20. pleased with my bowling performance though took 3 for 31 off 5

[Colesy]

Got 59 off 70 odd today against Tom's lot before hitting the back of my gloves sweeping and back onto the stumps. Felt like the most in-nick I've been all season but means nothing if we lose.

We fell 40 short of YMCA's 219-9 after letting them get 40 in the last 5 and dropping the guy who got 60. Real disappointing but come to expect it

[cheese]

Had a decent game yesterday.
Batted 8 for my team and went in with about 6 or 7 overs left. Hit 42 including to switch hits for 4 which I'm particularly proud of. Opened the bowling as well and took 1-35, I was a little more expensive then I wanted but we won be 130 runs and are still second in the table.

[SOULMAN1012]

Played in a great game yesterday that finished in a tie.  Played against Tonbridge Wells at the Nevile ground which is a county ground in Kent and it was a road, one of the best tracks to bat on in the whole of Kent I reckon. Opened the batting and got to 39 before being run out by my partner which on such a great track was disappointing. We scored 220 off 46 overs

In reply they went into the last over tied for 8 down and then we took the last 2 wickets with the 4&5 balls off the over including a very tidy stumping from myself and then a run out. All in all with lovely weather and an amazing ground it was a great game of cricket.

[Simmy]

another 73 for me yesterday of 51 balls

catch and a stumping as well and we won.

so all in a good days work only down side is it was red hot and i was dying

[trypewriter]

This is a common misunderstanding amongst novice umpires - the assumption is a continued trajectory, not the disappearance of six feet from view - so the big looping swinger should be considered to have continued to swing by the same degree.

You also get some of this (often in reverse though) with 'wides' when the ball has swung a mile - but after passing the stumps

[Milky Bar Kid]

Second week in a row the games been cancelled due to the opposition being unable to get a team together, was fuming! On the brightside went down to Morrants for some retail therapy and picked up a gem of an octane 808. Best impulse buy ever

[Ayrtek Cricket]

Got 59 off 70 odd today against Tom's lot before hitting the back of my gloves sweeping and back onto the stumps. Felt like the most in-nick I've been all season but means nothing if we lose.

We fell 40 short of YMCA's 219-9 after letting them get 40 in the last 5 and dropping the guy who got 60. Real disappointing but come to expect it

Good game in the heat, I think the strength in depth got us over the line in the end with the bat and ball even after a good partnership from u and peachy. Extremely happy with the result and max points after having 5 players drop out from the team we put out the week before!

Good to see u continue to score runs mate and the lads commented on the fact u were a very talented player with bags of potential as you progress in the game.

[A-Swing-And-A-Miss]

Lost against a team we should have beaten. Their innings was based around one of their openers and their number 3 batsman who both scored 50's. Between them they had only scored one 50 this season(again against us the 1st game of the season) and both should have been out for far less. Opener got dropped first ball and their number three edged and slogged his way to 50 including being dropped twice at Cow corner by the same guy.. Luckily they had no batting after 5 so when we finally got through their top 4 they crumbled with one guy picking up 6-14 off 6. I ended up with 3-35 off 10 which was far better than both of our opening bowlers which hopefully might raise the question in the captains mind of why he decided to drop me from opening the bowling.

They ended up with 207 and our top 5 screwed us over. They batted slowly in the middle overs thinking that they could build up the rate later and then both settled batsmen got out in the same over leaving us with 60 to get off 7. We did well to get to 205 but it is very frustrating to see us lose a game from a winning position purely because the middle order neither attacked the bowlers nor stayed in 'til the end thus leaving us with too much to do.

[Manormanic]

You also get some of this (often in reverse though) with 'wides' when the ball has swung a mile - but after passing the stumps

oddly had a couple of debates umpiring yesterday - one rom a guy who was annoyed to be no balled when he stuck one a foot over the batsman's head - he thought it should be a wide had he not hit it but was otherwise okay, which it is not - and one from a spinner who ripped one out of the footmarks so that it was caught at second slip who did not understand that it was the width at the wickets not when it passed the batsman lured forward!