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[SOULMAN1012]

Thought I would start a topic for anybody to post about there highlights of the 2013, nice to have a little think about all the good things you did in what was my opinion a great summer for cricket mainly due to the lovely weather we had.

Personally here are my selection.

Scoring 212 in a all day game my first a probably only double ton.

Playing in a great forum game and taking 7 wickets so career best ( I'm a wicket keeper really) also taking 3 five wicket hauls in others games and finishing with 25 plus wickets on a Sunday. First time I have done that since colt cricket.

Taking a stumping off the last ball to get to the final of the Clarke trophy ( a 15 over a side tournament we play in the Kent league)

Finally my club staying in the premier league after a shocking start to the season.

[Alvaro]

Nice topic.
Meeting you at Salix and playing against Procricketer in some work friendlies was a nice forum-based highlight.

Captaining my team to promotion after all the stress and whinging on here was a highlight. Winning a couple of those games off my bat was also good.

[FattusCattus]

23rd June , 3.35 pm

Got one to turn.

[Alvaro]

23rd June , 3.35 pm

Got one to turn.

Who did you turn? We're they Russian?

[cheese]

Scoring my first adult 50 was a pleasing moment, getting my highest ever score: 78 in a T20 was also a brilliant moment in the season...
Representing my county (Dorset) again was special and my bowling overall at the backend of the season was very good but if had to pick one it would be the 78 as that was the first time I felt 'in the zone' and felt confident playing any shot without the fear of getting out.

[Colesy]

Scoring 255 and helping our 1st XI finish 4th after getting promoted to the highest division we've ever been in.

[smilley792]

playing for the league repside twice

scoring 86 of 46 balls including 7sixes in the t20 semifinal as we successfully chased down 179 in only 17overs(was against 2nd in league and last years champs! so a good side!)

scoring a 4 with a reverse lap!

[19reading87]

Scoring my first ever ton. 147 not out off 91 balls.

50 off 44
100 off 62
147 off 91

21 x 4
6 x 6

And I'm not even a slogger !!!!

[SOULMAN1012]

Nice topic.
Meeting you at Salix and playing against Procricketer in some work friendlies was a nice forum-based highlight.

Captaining my team to promotion after all the stress and whinging on here was a highlight. Winning a couple of those games off my bat was also good.

That's the first time anyone has said meeting me was a highlight lol

[uknsaunders]

23rd June , 3.35 pm

Got one to turn.

stone

[Vitas Cricket]

Scoring 59* against local rivals in a low total batting first. We bowled them out for 39 so it was a great day.

Being part of our teams push to 5th place in our Saturday league, the Cambs and Hunts Premier League. The club have not finished that high for 10 years, and the 4 sides above us were head and shoulders above the rest, so it was great to win the 'best of the rest' league.

Winning the Burghley Park Sixes tournament against the hosts in front of approx 1500 people after being runners up twice in the past 3 years. Personal highlights during the tournament were 3 stumpings and 4 catches, as well as 16* off 3 balls in one of the games. We also won the final despite losing 4 wickets from the last 4 balls of our innings (i was the hat-trick) but the total we had set proved to be enough.

Of course, the forum game was very much a personal highlight for me. Gallantly volunteering to open the batting with Arvind after everyone else in the CBF team decided they would like to have a little bat at 5, i streaked a couple of fours off some short stuff then got bowled by the first full ball of the day about 6 overs in, oooooops. Missing the easiest stumping you can imagine capped the day off nicely.

[OwzatOllie]

My season's highlights:

Being the youngest player by about 20 years in a 6 a side 8 over 'veteran's' tournament, (which I played in because we were desperately short) Great laugh, even if it was 90 degrees in the shade! On that day I scored 11, 29*(retire at 25) and a golden duck!

Rediscovering I can actually play a straight drive without whacking it.

Hitting four 6s in one season is outrageous for me, I average about 1 a season! One of them was a straight drive and the others were all pull shots

[Manormanic]

A bit of an odd one, but taking a slip catch in our last league game - not just because the ball was travelling, but because I spent most of the season injured - first a torn quadriceps, then a badly broken finger and a knackered knee, and I was really worried until that stuck that I would bottle catches!

Other than that, the forum game was a good day out, and I suppose topping 2k is pretty decent, even though the more runs I score the less I feel like an actual batsman!  It would have been playing at Lords but - you guessed it - I was injured for that one too!

[jwebber86]

setting a new club record partnership of 168 with my new highest score of 69.

hitting jamie overton for 6 in a charity game and hitting 30 off 15 balls and retiring.

the best bit though was actually changing my job and just getting to play cricket. last season i played 3/4 games this year i have managed over 30 and got a regular place in the league first time thats happened in 8 years

also finished construction of our new ground which we get to play on next season

[Byo]

Hitting the last ball of the last game of the season for 4 to win the game and bring up my hundred - pretty good way to close the season!!!