It's been fantastic!
Won
Lost
Won
So hoping tomorrow is another win
Kept for the first time ever today and didn't embarrass myself only conceded 2 byes in 22 overs before we swapped keepers at drinks! Really pleased!
to elaborate on this a little,
Wednesday was a declaration (timed) game at stowe school,for Great Missenden Pelicans vs Stowe Templars.
They won the toss and batted first in glorious sunshine and what looked like a decent wicket and lightning fast outfield, and batted for 51 overs and set us 240 ish to win and left us with around 45 overs left in the game (they play 20 overs after half past 5) given their over rate we actually ended with 44 overs and chased it 5 down in the last over a really satisfying win and a great way to start "Alex's Cricket Week".
The highlight of all this was the lunch and teas! they put on two really good spread, lunch was hot jacket potatoes, salad, meats, coleslaw and fresh fruit (at half 1 pm, half way through their innings) and then at the change over a proper cricket tea with sandwiches cake etc
Thursday evening was our last midweek league game and we were top going in, the less said about this the better but we ended up 3rd and having to play off for finals day! we would have been top if they'd have given us a blatant run out (he was at least 1/4 of the wicket short)
Friday was a day off
Saturday, league game away vs our bogey team. Cracking team performance that got us to the win. we won the toss and bowled in overcast conditions on a pitch that look "iffy". Kept wicket for half our innings and only let 2 byes through (they were in the first over) and no dropped chances (although none taken either) so really pleased with that for the first go! lots to work on still but i really enjoyed doing it, hoping for another go soon to be honest!!!
they set a modest 132-6 which we stumbled to 5 wickets down but a really good knock by skipper
@19reading87 got us home with 5 overs to spare. we're now top of the league just after half way with a crucial run of games coming up!!
Yesterday was the highlight of the week. Playing Napton a side that we haven't beaten for a good few years and a strong Sunday side. I managed to win the toss on a used pitch in sunny conditions and we batted really really well. we batted our 40 and set 240 to win which we thought was plenty on a very old wicket that was starting to go up and down. one opener got 48, one 58 myself 38* and our number 5 58* got us to the score only blemish was our number three who failed for the first time this season with 14.
Napton got off to a flyer reaching 50 on the 7th over but the change of bowling to spin at one end slowed the run rate and we quickly removed both openers. between the 10th and 30th the game was nip and tuck but we were edging ahead and squeezing the runs rate and eventually restricted them to 210-7.
A really pleasing result and our first win of the season and my first as full time captain so absolutely delighted and really proud of the lads with the performance! i get why people like captaing now such a nice feeling when your side wins and plays really well!
onto next week!
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