Topic: Your 2019 season (Read 57597 times)

sgcricket · « **Reply #360 on:** August 05, 2019, 02:47:57 AM »

Had my worst match ever. Got out in the first over for a duck then dropped 2 catches just to make it worse.

jayralh · « **Reply #361 on:** August 05, 2019, 09:07:42 AM »

Having a nightmare of season with bat. Not been able to score anything beside one 50. Thinking out dropping out for 1-2 matches to give myself a break that might help me somehow

Lumsden · « **Reply #362 on:** August 05, 2019, 09:51:41 AM »

Like some of the other posters above, I too am not having the greatest summer with the bat but my problem is not so much getting out but my inability to score runs while in. Happened again yesterday, opened batting against a new ball on a very poor batting surface and after 15 overs, I had scored just 8 runs. We were only chasing 116 and I was facing the opposition's 2 best bowlers (they were very much a bowling side) but sadly this depressingly low strike rate wasn't an isolated instance.

On the positive side I do actually feel rock solid in defense this season and yesterday we ended up winning quite comfortably so I suppose I could argue that I did a job seeing off their main bowlers.

DevAussie · « **Reply #363 on:** August 05, 2019, 11:59:35 AM »

Played for the first time in 4 years the other Saturday....hard graft batting with no timing while in your head you still feel like you did when in top form 4 years ago.....

Timbo287 · « **Reply #364 on:** August 05, 2019, 12:12:02 PM »

Lost the toss and got asked to bowl on a suspiciously green wicket. Our opening bowlers started well reducing the oppo to 22-5 and then we we lost concentration in the field and leaked too many runs while still taking wickets allowing them to get to 74 before being all out. I gave the openers the instruction to bat sensibly to try and maximise the points we could achieve. One opener had a huge swipe and skyed his second ball but was dropped. We lost 3 wickets in getting to 77. Our decent run continues having played 8 and only losing 1

WalkingWicket37 · « **Reply #365 on:** August 05, 2019, 12:16:57 PM »

Having had a couple of days to reflect on Saturday, I still think cricket is (No Swearing Please)!

Another game like last weekend and I'm retiring

ProCricketer1982 · « **Reply #366 on:** August 05, 2019, 12:50:28 PM »

Quote from: WalkingWicket37 on August 05, 2019, 12:16:57 PM

Having had a couple of days to reflect on Saturday, I still think cricket is (No Swearing Please)!

Another game like last weekend and I'm retiring

Cricket is no fun at all if you�re either getting skittled for nothing, getting tonked week after week with the ball and chasing leather.. sadly many players feel like you. Hope a week or two off will get you back though as the game can�t afford to lose people. Maybe drop a few divisions down and smash a few runs ??

Yorkershire · « **Reply #367 on:** August 05, 2019, 02:19:17 PM »

Quote from: WalkingWicket37 on August 05, 2019, 12:16:57 PM

Having had a couple of days to reflect on Saturday, I still think cricket is (No Swearing Please)!

Another game like last weekend and I'm retiring

Know how you feel.. I have way more fun playing friendly social 20 20 cricket aged 41 then league cricket!

But when winter comes boy do I miss it! Think Golf is on the horizon... I've already started my midlife crisis and bought an electric guitar to begin learning...

Lumsden · « **Reply #368 on:** August 08, 2019, 10:52:35 PM »

Final Thursday evening cricket match of the season and despite spending an hour last night hitting slow pies delivered from a bowling machine, I endured another evening to forgot tonight with the bat. I actually tried someone else's piece of willow tonight, a Kookaburra Kahuna 600 which felt great in the hand but like every time before this season, I just couldn't time anything out in the middle. It's really frustrating because I am seeing the ball really well in terms of defending but this seems to have come at the cost of scoring runs. Embarrassingly I am barely scoring at a run over in T20 cricket this season and have probably even worse strike rate in 40/45 over cricket.

The match itself we lost although we were a little undone by the opposition skipper saying they didn't have any cricketers when in fact they had at least half a dozen more than useful batsmen. Laughably a fall of a wicket generally brought a progressively better batsman to the crease but Thursday evenings are all about having a bit of fun and tucking into sausage and chips afterwards.

mo_town · « **Reply #369 on:** August 09, 2019, 09:32:57 AM »

Quote from: WalkingWicket37 on August 05, 2019, 12:16:57 PM

Having had a couple of days to reflect on Saturday, I still think cricket is (No Swearing Please)!

Another game like last weekend and I'm retiring

I saw the scorecard

.. were they really good or did you guys have an off day bowling?

WalkingWicket37 · « **Reply #370 on:** August 09, 2019, 09:44:43 AM »

@mo_town Their opening batsmen both had a very good day and we had an under strength side with 8 players unavailable (don't you love holiday season).

I don't think you can blame either of those things for the difference between the sides though, it was just one of those things.

The result wasn't what ruined the day for me, and the opposition were a decent bunch of lads. What I didn't enjoy was the bickering between teammates and everyone being miserable for most of the day

mohawks94 · « **Reply #371 on:** August 10, 2019, 10:05:54 PM »

Weird end to our game today. Bowled first and got them 170 ao, I finally got a decent bowl after a light work load last couple of weeks and got 8.1/4/16/5. In return we were 111/2 at a rain delay. Off for about 90 mins, in which side oppo decided they wanted to go home but umps said fit to play. Our keeper then nicked behind but not given, however because their keeper had nicked behind and not walked he didn't, so they just bowled pies to the other bat to stop Johnny getting a 4th century of the season. We got the 60 we needed after the rain in about 8 overs and celebrated all teams winning for the third week in a row.

Personally fielded well, near my standards I set myself, and bowled well. Three bad balls, one for 6, one 4 and a wide. Wickets were a leftie bowled sweeping, righty stumped, righty caught short cover driving a wrongun, righty padding up first ball and then another leftie hacking to leg. Was on a hat trick, blocked by 11, but a three wicket maiden.

If we win big next weekend, title is ours to lose, so big game coming up!

WalkingWicket37 · « **Reply #372 on:** August 11, 2019, 08:40:06 AM »

Yesterday was my most enjoyable Saturday for a long time.

Our game was called off at 10am which saved a 70 odd mile round trip and I didn't think about cricket all day!

Northern monkey · « **Reply #373 on:** August 11, 2019, 10:02:46 AM »

Last game for me yesterday,,, my bodies knackered,I�ve somehow managed to damage my cornea, so I can�t see the ball,,, and I�m sick of dog slow sticky wickets, but the deciding factor is the umpires,,,reached an all time low yesterday with two old boys,who were beyond shocking.
Some of the decisions they made were a joke and it�s not worth wasting a day anymore

I�ve got three young kids at home and I�d rather spend the day entertaining them

FattusCattus · « **Reply #374 on:** August 11, 2019, 06:29:00 PM »

We�ll see Mark, we�ll see!

I�ve �given up� too until shoulder surgery- however, something tells me we�ll both be back on the field some day.

Come and play for my veterans team (and bring your drinking boots) 😁

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