Topic: Your 2019 season (Read 57560 times)

mohawks94 · « **Reply #405 on:** September 01, 2019, 10:15:06 AM »

Beaconsfield move one step closer to promotion. Set 296 for Hurst to win with 3,4 and 5 getting between 50 and 99. Johnny brought up his 1000th league runs for the season when he got to 40, our Surrey 2s guy looked class before a rain delay when he was on 99... Early tea taken, 45 minutes later pops to cover without adding to his score.

We bowled really well first half and hurst only had 70 on the board at halfway. They ended up 224/7 off their 50, I got 2/48 off 8. Bowled well first four then a bit loose and got swept a lot last four.

Seconds won and confirmed promotion with a week spare, whilst the 3s only need one point next weekend to be promoted. They are currently top but yesterday's opposition are challenging the result as it was a controversial ending. Their last man had smashed it behind (was being filmed by the bowlers dad and put into our club chat), bat started to walk but their player umpire called him back saying he hadn't given it. After some disagreement the ump admitted it was out but he wasn't going to give it, at which point our team picked up the stumps and walked off the pitch. Apparently came close to a scrap. Given that team hire out our second ground for their 3s and we are looking at getting our 4s into the league that side may become homeless.

Northern monkey · « **Reply #406 on:** September 01, 2019, 11:04:52 AM »

Played yesterday,,, we needed 4 points to get 4th place apparently,,,not sure why fourth was significant but hey ho
Anyway we got the points, but got beat , not a bad bunch of lads,,,,one of theirs gave me a massive send off, bowler had me caught off a top edge, and came running up to me and shouted in my ear,,,it was actually quite funny,,,he looked quite shocked he�d done it,,,,,cricket does attract some strange people

After the short? Retirement it felt good to run round a cricket pitch, bowled a few overs, and was batting ok, until I top edged whilst sweeping

I�ll see how it goes next year,,at 51, I really can�t be ars#d anymore,,,, the wickets at our home ground were dreadful this year,(groundsman politics?) the umpires get worse year on year,(one of our lads fired lbw yesterday after the loudest inside edge onto his pads)
And tbh, I miss spending time with my kids,,,and that crucially is something I know I�ll regret

Aaaaannnyyywwaaayyy,,,,soon be time for cbf nets,,,and that I�ve missed

ppccopener · « **Reply #407 on:** September 01, 2019, 11:51:40 AM »

Ah CBF nets...something to look forward to

A-Swing-And-A-Miss · « **Reply #408 on:** September 01, 2019, 01:04:43 PM »

Went into the final game 6 points behind 2nd place, they were playing the struggling team we had pumped the week before whilst we were playing a mid table team who had turned us over earlier in the season fairly comprehensively.

We won the toss and batted first getting off to a ridiculous start as our skipper batting at 3 smashed it around. When he got out around the 30th over we were 195/3 looking at 300-350. After a mini collapse I came in at 206/6 in the ~35th over. With 10 overs left and two brand new bats in (Numbers 7 &

, we were focused on getting to 250 and not getting bowled out. With quite a bit of luck for me we found the boundary with ease and clawed ourselves up to 296/9 off our 45, I was bowled for 39 to carry on my streak of never scoring a 50!

In response they were miles off the pace right from the start and showed very little interest in actually chasing that mammoth total which allowed us to bring in the field and really get on top of them. At 52-5 it was fairly safe to say the game was won but we needed to bowl them out for maximum bowling points. I didn't take any wickets in my first spell but came back to take two at the end to finish off their innings for 148 and finish with 2/7. Pretty much half what we scored.

When we got to the pub the result had been posted from the other game, the team who were 2nd got turned over losing by 9 wickets to seal our promotion! A very good end to what hasn't necessarily been an amazing season due to weather, teams conceding and my personal poor performances.

InternalTraining · « **Reply #409 on:** September 01, 2019, 02:01:36 PM »

Glad season is over. My team crashed into a lower division due to some poor cricket, bad luck, and bad leadership decisions. I didn't convert a single fifty into a hundred, my fitness remains an issue. Preparing for weekend matches seems like a lot of work nowadays. I just got tired of some characters by the end of the season.

Tailendfielder · « **Reply #410 on:** September 01, 2019, 02:38:14 PM »

We chased down 215 for 2 yesterday. Kept a ball with my head and wasnt allowed to bat.

It mathematically secured our 6th promotion in 8 years. Clubs in good shape. Some hard work to do over the winter with the known loss of 6 second team regulars Will prove a challenge but also an opportunity.

Kept really well this season but due to some poor form been a disappointing season with the bat.

Jaffa · « **Reply #411 on:** September 01, 2019, 03:22:24 PM »

We won our league on the last day of the season which was a home game. Won both local derby's. Despite nearly getting an Audi, 0,0,0 then 24 I feel my batting is improving. A long way to go before I can call myself a batsman though.

Bowling, was ok. Not sure if it was because I was coming from tearing my achilles that I didn't get the results I wanted but a few things to work on in the off season, including fitness.

And yes the beer did taste nicer after winning the last game.

SOULMAN1012 · « **Reply #412 on:** September 01, 2019, 07:33:44 PM »

A weekend of firsts for me this weekend and none of them good. Was due to play sat as normal but we conceded for the first time in our sat history with just 4 players available. Availability has been poor all season and with us comfortable 4th position and not playing to win a league or get promoted for the 1st time too many have moved onto winter sports like football and rugby already.

So was asked to play for our 2nd team today as no Sunday 1st team fixture and I was run out without facing on a shocking decision I must have been a foot past the stumps but some old boy decided I was out as �my bat was in the air� regardless of both feet being on the ground 4ft past the crease.

2 sat league games left and T20 finals day next week which funny enough we have about 14 available for - this hasn�t helped my mood.

Grubby · « **Reply #413 on:** September 01, 2019, 07:41:42 PM »

Going into the game we were 2nd bottom needing a win to stay up. It�s been a developing season with u12/u13/u14s making their way into the men�s league. Won the the toss and batted. Only made 179 in a rainy 45 overs which reduced their innings to 39 overs. Our 5 junior and 1 senior bowlers got through to the last over with them needing 9 off the last over. 1.4.1.0.1.0
Win by 1 run to stay up!

edge · « **Reply #414 on:** September 02, 2019, 06:59:25 AM »

End of a great season for me, signed off with 56 off 25 in a total of 128ao which we defended quite comfortably. Finished the leading scorer in our divison which I'm chuffed to bits with, and more importantly we got a well-deserved promotion which will hopefully see a decent step up in standard next year.

End of season stats - 552 runs at 55.2, strike rate according to play-cricket of 180 haha. 8 wickets at 23, bowling definitely something to work on over the winter as wasn't at my best this year despite the figures looking alright.

ABello1 · « **Reply #415 on:** September 02, 2019, 12:09:53 PM »

Not played this season apart from a charity day after deciding to retire after last season and can honestly say I haven't missed it at all and that got me wondering how long have I not enjoyed it but carried on regardless and only been to watch my old team twice

meats · « **Reply #416 on:** September 02, 2019, 04:09:29 PM »

Quote from: ABello1 on September 02, 2019, 12:09:53 PM

Not played this season apart from a charity day after deciding to retire after last season and can honestly say I haven't missed it at all and that got me wondering how long have I not enjoyed it but carried on regardless and only been to watch my old team twice

Similar here except young family instead of retirement. Played a work game and have Vice President's match at a former club in a couple of weeks. Haven't missed it apart from having a few beers afterwards.

jamesisapayne · « **Reply #417 on:** September 02, 2019, 06:38:01 PM »

Similar story for me to a lot of people.

This season is my last one until my kids are grown up and off doing their own thing and not looking to have their 'old man' knocking around with them.

Haven't played at all for at least the last month due to various family stuff going on and have really enjoyed having an actual weekend to do stuff rather than cram it all into a Sunday.

I'll still be available for the odd game if they're short but looking forward to spending next summer weekends doing lots of outdoor family stuff.

SLA · « **Reply #418 on:** September 02, 2019, 06:45:27 PM »

I've switched entirely from Saturday league cricket to midweek (or occasional Sunday lunch time) t20s. Most of the team are guys with young families, and we have a blast. A couple of evenings a week and you still get plenty of cricket and keep the weekends free for the family.

It's a relaxed but competitive format, we have a great v team spirit, and we've had some really memorable games.

I'd really recommend it as an alternative to giving up altogether.

jamesisapayne · « **Reply #419 on:** September 02, 2019, 07:00:11 PM »

If we had a decent midweek league or even friendly setup I'd be keen as mustard, but it seems to have gone downhill a bit here and a lot of the older, more established friendly teams no longer exist.

We won a cup this season of which all but one of the games were mid week. Played in a few of those and they were great games, but the trouble with cup games is that if you lose early on that's your midweek cricket over, rather than knowing you've got 6-8 games regardless.

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