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[ianbuchanan]

10th April if selected for the uni team, followed by another uni game on the 11th, and our first club friendly on the 12th! Should be a busy weekend!

[thecord]

First friendly 18th April, it will undoubtedly be rained off as it always seems to be!
First league matches are not until 2nd May

[19reading87]

18th April. Not playing on the 19th due to Villas semi final.

On tour the following weekend, where weather/selected/not throwing up permitting I could get 3 games in.

League starts 2nd May

[jamielsn15]

We'll have a club friendly T20, weather permitting, 29th April and first league game is 2nd May.

Nearly missed it due to a weekend booked with my wife's friends and families, but she's played an absolute blinder and said I can arrive on Sunday morning instead of Friday evening.  Probably helped by her best mate's husband who's not arriving until Saturday evening as he's doing an ultra marathon, but still I'm delighted!

[TOGS]

Warm-up matches Sat/Sun Apr 18/19 then league starts up here (Scotland) Sat Apr 25.
A few seasons ago I had my pic in the XL Club mag wearing a beanie fielding in an early season School game and I wasn't fooling!
I've played April/early May games up here when the air temperature was a negative.
We're maybe not very good but we're hardy!

[tim2000s]

First LMS match is 22nd April at 6.30pm....

[shamelessshaun]

First League game on the 25th April with 5 of the first team sunning themselves in Tenerife! Long Johns and woolly jumpers for us, Speedos and snorkels for them. Still much rather be crossing the boundary rope for the first time this season.

[WalkingWicket37]

Long story cut short - we had our boundary extended over the winter. This includes removing some trees and flattening the ground where they were. The grass had just grown back and it was looking like a cricket pitch when the contractors came to do something about the drainage. We now have a sandpit at one end of the ground, starting at mid on, round to mid off and going back to the boundary!
2 weeks until the first game and our ground looks like this:

[jwebber86]

is that your dog on the square? don't let the groundsman see!!

[WalkingWicket37]

is that your dog on the square? don't let the groundsman see!!

She's one of the unofficial grounds dogs so she's allowed on there, she even rolls (on) the wicket just after the lines are painted on match day 

[123*]

True groundsman don't care ha!

[OwzatOllie]

First game is this coming saturday (11th) can't see myself being selected for that,
Interclub 18th
Swindon Home and Away 25th

League begins May 2nd

[Tailendfielder]

Forget the dog, the car park is at long on!

Our first game pre season game against Whittington on 26th April with first game 2nd May

[WalkingWicket37]

Forget the dog, the car park is at long on!

That picture is the edge if the square so it looks closer, and the end strips are only used for colts games. As "proper games" are played more centrally it's a pretty big hit and up a slope to get one into the car park (but it does occasionally happen)

People have more fun trying to clear a big tree at cow corner. Chance are, if you clear it, the ball will go ever the road and end up in someone's allotment. 

[InternalTraining]

@WalkingWicket37 , haha, I love that doggie on the ground. 😄