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[fros23]

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!!

When I'm feeling nervous I just stop being nervous and be awesome instead.  True story

[ianbuchanan]

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

Yeah I played an awful shot off him after hitting him for a few early on! Yeah going well mate, looking at a double promotion at this rate!

[mattw]

Managed to get a game in tonight barring the weather. We play 12, 8 ball overs and we won the toss and bowled first - I was keeping for the first time and I kept well only conceeding 1b, however they got a decent total at our home ground(where anything over 100 is a decent total), where they got 125 after the 12 overs. So usually I open the innings but as I was captaining, I decided to put a pinch hitter up the order and drop myself to 4 - we got ahead the rate and we were constantly an over ahead of the rate, I came in and scored 43 not out to win the game with an over left and I'm now averaging over 100 in midweek games. I cannot complain with that at all, certainly the best form I've ever been in.

[FattusCattus]

Yay, Captain on Saturday!!

I'm going to bat myslef 6 and bowl 1st change.

BECAUSE I CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rbblack]

Yay, Captain on Saturday!!

I'm going to bat myslef 6 and bowl 1st change.

BECAUSE I CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like a boss!

[Nickauger]

Doesn't matter where you bat though does it really? Every-one's still going to get a game, even more so if you bowl first change as well!

[FattusCattus]

Bowl like the wind - bat like an (No Swearing Please)!

[FattusCattus]

OMG you can't even say (No Swearing Please) on here!!

[FattusCattus]

(No Swearing Please), (No Swearing Please), (No Swearing Please)!!!!

It's a world gone mad!

[alexhilly1492]

Had my first game today, after my nerves last week, it was ok, really slow going though (our skipper cant run, easy 2's were 1s) i hit 22 off about 26 overs with 50 odd on the board, it was swinging all over the place, i opened and took strike got down the other end first ball, we ended up with 116-8 off 46 and bowled 2nd in the league out for 99 i think it was

oh and i took 2 sharp catches, one at gully off a full blooded cut shot and one at square leg from a rank long hop which was spanked at me got hands to it and it just stuck

all in all a decent way to start the season

[fatbats]

Got a loosing draw today and I'm a little angry as there lad got 117 but I had him dropped on 30 odd and when he was on 71 I bowled him but standing ump (our ump) vision was blocked so he asked square leg ump (there ump) did it bowl him to be told no it came off keepers pads onto stumps but our keeper had caught ball off stumps so how could it bounce off his pads if in his gloves


Angerrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[LMQ21]

First time I have ever posted on here regarding a result of my game so be kind as I am about to reveal the s**t level I play at.

Batting first we were all out for 71.
I batted at 10 and scored 7, felt comfortable for 5 overs then suddenly thought I was KP and tried to sweep a good length ball and was bowled. 

They got the score 8 down
I took one catch and a stumping which was a nice treat

we were however let down by 5 drops in the field and some poor bowling. However, its easy for wicket keepers to blame the bowling

[SOULMAN1012]

Yesterday turned up in glorious sunshine. We got changed into our training ger for our warm up and then the rain came. Sat about in the bar for about 4 hours and game rained off. Which was a little disappointing

As a result of this I stumbled in at about 4am this morning and I am up at this time due to the kids lavishing me with homemade Father's Day cards. The joy

[cheese]

Season has been up and down...
A mixture of either really good scores (78, 54*, 35*, 35* 35*) or terrible scores (0, 0, 4)
Bowling hasn't been to bad picking up a few wickets here and there, I need to make sure I can keep my form going from my youth cricket into my adult cricket for Bridport. I've scored 54* for them and that is my only notable performance with the bat.
On the other hand my bowling isn't to bad, I don't go for many runs and pick up wickets here and there!

[thecord]

Having been 100% sure our game would be rained off we managed a 36over game and won by 150 odd having been stuck in.
In a desperate attempt to regain some form I played the classic CBF bat switch and used a cheap blank bought from Asad for the first time. Seemed to work in some way as I managed to contribute 61 and send their skipper to hospital with a dislocated finger after driving one straight down the ground