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[horseman]

We're playing bottom of the league today weather permitting.  Theres talk of us reversing the order and batters bowling , but I'm more of the opinion that we should play proper cricket and make it difficult for them. Nothing worse than taking the mick for an hour and then trying to turn it round to still create a winning position when the role reverse hasn't worked. 

[lukemannionzimbabwe]

Yess have had a great start to the season, scored 91 and 63 so my average is 77 but that's not exactly true, after two games, and taken one wicket and didn't bowl today

[SOULMAN1012]

Managed to get a 30 over a side game in today vs Thurrock. One of the coldest, windiest days I can remember playing in, they scored 143 all out we managed 131 in reply.

Couple of they players had some forum brands, a lovely lovely Laver private bin that hit one of the biggest 6's I've seen all year and a BB with blue and yellow star stickers on the splice which in the right hands would have been lovely, the owner padded up to a full toss lol

[WalkingWicket37]

Managed to nearly win a T20 today.
The opposition got 129 off their 20 overs, we were 92-3 off 8 in reply when the heavens opened.

On a personal note I bowled 3 overs, 1 maiden 0 - 7 at the death (would happily take those figures) then was 10* off 5 balls.

My innings was rather good to watch apparently. It went: dot ball having a waft, 2 leg byes, 1 bounce 4 from a pull shot, cover drive that scorched the turf en route to the fence, 2 from an off drive down the ground.
Had we carried on playing it probably would have been over in 2 more overs the rate me and the bloke at the other end were going at haha.

[compstallcc]

season finished yesterday, 1168 runs this season and being 14 every game i play is with people older than me so im pretty happy with that

[smilley792]

Season done,

Had a mini play off for 2nd last league game of season lost on the last ball! Gutted


Then t20 finals day.

Semifinal
Oppo 179
We knocked them off in 17.5 overs. Me with 86 of 46 balls, and skip 50 of 26 balls.


Final.
Oppo 140
Us 117for 8

We collapsed to 26for6. I was the 6th guy out I got 13. There was 3 ducks. Tough chase from then on, no.8 got 40 and no.10 32 of 12 balls. But our mini collapse(loss of bottle) cost us derely.



Personally I scored 755 runs, and 5fifties. No ton, first tonless year in 4 season. Gutted.

[Ams4287]

Awful season with the bat only managed 300 odd runs at half my average from the 2012 season.

Bowling wise managed 39 wickets at 12.62 (economy 2.78) with my medium pacers / cutters, as my home grounds pretty flat can't complain - especially decent second half to the season.

[horseman]

Rained off yesterday.

We were asked if we wanted to play by the umpires (wet and green but would have got better with spikes and as tge day went on) we said yes.
The oppo said no. Waste of a day. They then came and watched our 2nds all day. Strange creatures.

[Jaffa]

Thinking back to away game on a artificial pitch, I was fielding at Gully, the guy tries to cut and I see the ball coming towards my right at speed along the ground. You think, 'hmm it's going to be tough to reach this one'. So I dive and make a flailing sweep at the ball making the slightest of contacts with my middle finger but just enough to deflect it and slow it down fractionally enough for the sweeper to come around and stop it just before the boundary.

The funny thing is, lying there I hear someone shout, "Yeah, that's real cricket !!! ", and the 'crowd' went wild !!!

No, not really. It was just some guy getting carried away on the boundary.

[fromthehip]

all done for me 868 runs in 37 games
avg 29.9
8 no
5 ducks
highest 91no
3 wkts
12 catches
time will tell if I carry on with the same team

[lukemannionzimbabwe]

So far 91, 63, 53.....

[WalkingWicket37]

So far 91, 63, 53.....

Are these runs off your bowling in T20's?? 

[lukemannionzimbabwe]

Are these runs off your bowling in T20's?? 

Yes actually

Haha no I'm in good form, 91 off 15 overs, 56 balls, 63 off 18 overs, 50 balls, and 53 today off 8 overs, 29/30/31 balls... Yea I'm doing well what sucks is that the coach says I should only bowl 2 overs per game, because "I'm scoring runs" (( free king annoying

[Ams4287]

Well result, after missing the last saturday league game of the season last week due to a family holiday (gave into the nagging of booking at this time of the year) I've been 'permitted' to play in a Sunday friendly tomorrow before packing the kit away for another long winter (probably trying not to increase my willow collection too much!)

Oh but I have the ringing in my ear of no Sunday games next year - I've managed 5 or so this year including a couple at picturesque grounds on the whole in the Peak District (in addition to Saturday league cricket).

[SOULMAN1012]

Got a nice little 35 over game in today. We batted first on a nice hard track and managed to score what we thought was a below par 129-7. I got a quick fire 67 at the top of the order but we struggled to find the boundary in the last 6 overs. Highlight of the innings was getting off the mark with a mistimed pull shot that went straight up only to watch the keeper and slip stare at each other and ball land I between them both.

Then with the game seemingly going away from us one of our bowlers took a tumble and twisted his ankle giving me no choice but to bowl as we only had 4 bowlers anyway. Managed figures of 5.1 overs 3 maidens 4 wickets for 8 runs and we won by 7 runs. Had a lovely drink and chat afterwards with the oppo so a great Sunday game.