Topic: Your Season 2023 (Read 28738 times)

liscon12 · « **Reply #75 on:** April 29, 2023, 10:03:48 PM »

I am a broken man....⚰️

I'm going to need a crane to get me out of the bed tomorrow morning.

dantsw13 · « **Reply #76 on:** April 29, 2023, 10:14:52 PM »

First game of the season - dropped a dolly, then lbw to an in swinging full toss for a 🦆. Onwards and upwards! It was a lovely day though - pink cheeks from the sun!

six and out · « **Reply #77 on:** April 30, 2023, 08:16:42 AM »

2nd game of the season yesterday and it was rubbish.

Turned up to oppositions ground to find out that their groundsman had apparently covered the wrong pitch midweek so we are on this awful wet underprepared green top.

We duely lose the toss and get put in on said wicket and in no time are 6-2, including our Pro for 0. We scratch to 162 for 7 off our 50 overs. I got 10 until I genuinely got the worse decision I have got in 30+ years of cricket. The Pro bowling leggies bowled a wrong' un, I went back to pull it and got a huge bottom edge into my pads when it didn't bounce. Only the Pro and keeper appeal and the umpire gives it. As I am walking off, I walk past their skipper he stops me to actually say sorry, I'm like if you know it's not out then do the right thing! But of course he didn't. Then at tea the Umpire comes up to me and says sorry I think I got that one wrong! Bit late by then.

Anyways..... we conceded 17 off our 1st over but then got 2 wickets in the 2nd including thier Pro for 0. But the pitch had dried out in the sun and got better, we didn't bowl well enough after that and dropped a couple of catches and they chased it 5 down with a fair few overs to spare.

Very mixed bag from the 1st 2 games from us, so let's see what next week brings and importantly hopefully I will recover a lot better then last week I couldn't move properly till Wednesday!

rickjames · « **Reply #78 on:** April 30, 2023, 06:33:41 PM »

Can't say the forecast for the first league games next week looks great

DiscoStu · « **Reply #79 on:** May 05, 2023, 09:22:45 AM »

Quote from: rickjames on April 30, 2023, 06:33:41 PM

Can't say the forecast for the first league games next week looks great

On and off for rain is probably the best case scenario where I live. We had our first proper outdoor training session this week and the outfield was still squelchy in parts but the square was decent. New season, new league but same old creaking carcass.

rickjames · « **Reply #80 on:** May 05, 2023, 11:27:48 AM »

Well not selected this week, ha. Guess I'll just have to bide my time and get a little more practice in

dantsw13 · « **Reply #81 on:** May 05, 2023, 02:48:58 PM »

Selected, (well, I�m the skipper 🤣) but game already off as no pitch prepped 😡. The opposition use another teams second pitch, who haven�t done anything to the square yet this year�. Oh well.

alba caerulea · « **Reply #82 on:** May 05, 2023, 05:29:25 PM »

We will have our fingers crossed tomorrow for our first league match at the 4th attempt.

Forecast is for drizzle in the morning followed by sun and heavy showers in the afternoon. After a fairly wet thurs and fri.

Bowlers run ups and most of the square are covered so i do give us a 50/50 chance of starting. Depends where those showers fall!

cobweb1510 · « **Reply #83 on:** May 05, 2023, 08:09:33 PM »

Ollie's played twice since his horrible 2 for the U15s.

Last Saturday he opened for the 2nds on a very tricky wicket. He faced about a dozen balls before being out for 2 (again), but this was very different from the previous 2. Here he dug in, made good decisions, was unlucky to hit the fielder a couple of times and then got out playing the right shot to a decent ball that (he says) moved a lot off the pitch. Perfectly content with that performance- he will have learned a lot. Only 4 players in the match reached double figures, so no shame in it.

Last night he was back opening for the U15s. Playing at home, and the groundsman served up a beautiful track. Ollie played one of his best innings. He opened the batting chasing 70, and guided the whole chase perfectly to finish on 27* (35) when they reached 71 with 4 overs to spare. It was an absolute delight to watch him driving into the V for 4s, and punching into the gaps for singles and keeping the strike rotated. Probably the most controlled and elegant innings I've seen him play- even if he was a bit annoyed to not reach 30 and retire

Due to open for the 2nds again tomorrow- but the rain is making it look a bit dodgy.

FvanN · « **Reply #84 on:** May 06, 2023, 11:43:22 AM »

1st league match of the year washed out

SOULMAN1012 · « **Reply #85 on:** May 06, 2023, 12:05:45 PM »

Not playing today but rained off 4 weeks into the league season and played 1 so far. Can�t remember such a wet and cold start to a season. Personally think our season starts too early. League starts 2nd Sat of April and with this year falling on 8th April was never going to be a great start

dantsw13 · « **Reply #86 on:** May 06, 2023, 05:26:47 PM »

September is generally good, so start late May.

SOULMAN1012 · « **Reply #87 on:** May 06, 2023, 08:57:00 PM »

Looking at the forecast for this week in East Anglia reckon there is a 50:50 chance on next weeks games going ahead.

cobweb1510 · « **Reply #88 on:** May 06, 2023, 09:26:45 PM »

Tough day for Ollie today.

A fast bouncy pitch made 'keeping very tough. 8 byes is far more than he would normally expect (he'd actually not conceded a bye this season), and that doesn't include a couple of wides which went for 4 that he might have stopped on another day.

He opens the batting. This is always going to be tough for a 13 year old playing his debut season in the seniors. It is because he plays quite well technically, and they think opening will be his batting position going forwards. Part of me wonders if no one else really fancies it

. The bounce was proving tricky to deal with, and their bowlers were doing a decent job of staying on the off side- so they packed the off side and crowded in. This made scoring really tough. Ollie didn't manage a legitimate scoring shot, but luckily got a nick for a single before being c & b (excellent low diving catch) when the ball was a bit too high for him to get properly on top of. Out for 1 off 23 balls. Really upset with himself, but 2 junior games this week should allow him to get his confidence back up.

procricket · « **Reply #89 on:** May 07, 2023, 08:11:07 AM »

Quote from: cobweb1510 on May 06, 2023, 09:26:45 PM

Tough day for Ollie today.

A fast bouncy pitch made 'keeping very tough. 8 byes is far more than he would normally expect (he'd actually not conceded a bye this season), and that doesn't include a couple of wides which went for 4 that he might have stopped on another day.

He opens the batting. This is always going to be tough for a 13 year old playing his debut season in the seniors. It is because he plays quite well technically, and they think opening will be his batting position going forwards. Part of me wonders if no one else really fancies it . The bounce was proving tricky to deal with, and their bowlers were doing a decent job of staying on the off side- so they packed the off side and crowded in. This made scoring really tough. Ollie didn't manage a legitimate scoring shot, but luckily got a nick for a single before being c & b (excellent low diving catch) when the ball was a bit too high for him to get properly on top of. Out for 1 off 23 balls. Really upset with himself, but 2 junior games this week should allow him to get his confidence back up.

Two sides to every coin a 13 year old opening the batting and keeping at 13 I was up for that and if he had got a 50 would you be saying the same thing?

Without knowing the context it hard to win in the bad old days juniors batted at 10-11 and fielded and got 10 not out you moved down one that�s how it was even though I was batting top 3 for my county oh them were the days!!!

It a tough one coming through as a junior I would accept the process he getting a go and learning the hard way. If he not enjoying opening and keeping wicket maybe ask why ?

He getting experience and playing enough through the week to keep improving maybe set him a challenge of trying to be involved in the whole game keeping and batting all day. Imagine if he batted 6/7 and didn�t get a go for 3-4 weeks would you be pushing for him to bat higher?

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