Skipper lost the toss yesterday and the oppo decided to bat first today.
On a good deck and a lightning outfield they got off to a flyer, bringing up their 50 in the 5th over. We pegged them back a bit, but the halfway stage they were going at 6 runs an over and had only lost one wicket.
In the middle overs we bored them by cutting off the boundary, and they tried to accelerate towards the end, losing regular wickets. They ended up 254 all out with 3 and a bit overs unused. Both their openers made 50s but nobody else really cracked on during their innings.
In reply we got off to a reasonable start, but once we lost the first wicket things went a bit wrong. 1 down soon became 4 as we had a mini collapse. Our skipper made a good 50 but with the rate up at 9s his dismissal was the beginning of the end. We ended 180 something all out, 60 something short.
On a personal note I bowled what I felt was my best spell of the season, restricting their batsmen first in the middle over and when I came on for a 2nd spell at the death. I ended with 2-35 off 9
On to the village knockout today, hopefully we get back to winning ways!
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Topic: Your 2019 season (Read 57601 times)