Another frustrating one for me as I seem to have become a serial bottler, last few weeks I’ve got to 20 and then got myself out.
We bowled first. The oppo’s 1st team didn’t have a game so their overseas and another batsman dropped down 4 divisions to play (make of that what you will). We run the overseas out early on, and managed to restrict them to 180 odd. Should have been about 50 less, as I had their batsman who got 70 plumb LBW in my second over. Their umpire had been triggered LBW by his own teammate earlier and had then decided that the LBW law didn’t apply when he went out to umpire. (It was also his son, so evidently he wasn’t giving it out, despite it hitting middle & leg) it’s also worth noting that he had a temper tantrum when he was wided twice in one of his overs! Ended up going for 30 off 6 overs. Not helped by the fact 12 (yes, 12!) of those runs came as a result of miss fields!
Our opener was out early in the chase, leaving me and our opener to put on a 50 partnership. The oppo for some reason had a sweeper out both sides so I was literally defending into the gaps and running easy singles. Then I managed to middle one straight back at the bowler who grabbed it about an inch of the floor. At 70-1 the chase looked good, but then our middle order just didn’t fire, and we fell short by about 20 odd, not helped by the fact we had 3 genuine tailenders today. Promotion is out of the question now barring a miracle, but we need one more win for a club record season (reformed in 2009)
On a side note, after being pissed off getting out to a medium pacer who was doing nothing with it, I checked my phone and realised I had won £500 on a bet. Think I’ll treat myself to a new pair of gloves as mine split today after 3 years of use.
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Topic: Your 2018 Season (Read 150761 times)