Match Report vs Barry
Westend 21 July 2013 @ Barry's Island (eventually)
(Skipper Ed, report Shag)
After the Wenvoe ‘travellers’ decided to leave
an eviction present by driving over the Wenvoe square, Ash
did well to book the spare pitch at Penarth. However, another
demonstration of cock ups from Holmview booking management
company, the Cazh arrived at Penarth in glorious weather only
to find that there was a treble booking. By sheer luck it
was found that Barry Athletic’s game had been cancelled
due to lack of opposition, so the Cazh and West End trooped
down to Barry’s Island to battle through the traffic
on the fine summers day.
The game started at 2.45 and it was decided that it would
be a full 40overs – I think everyone was relieved, especially
when Cheese won the toss and decided to bat...a few of the
West End’s more senior players didn’t look quite
as pleased.
Winkie and Steveo opened the batting, and began at a pace
– Steveo getting off the mark with 3 4s. After 4 overs
the pair had put on 28 and off 8 overs 46. Winkie was predominantly
scoring through the thirdman and covers mostly in 4s and singles,
after Steveo’s electric start he was unusually restricted
to singles. After 15 overs the score was motoring along to
an 81 opening run partnership, and Winkie just one away from
a half century, a big Cazh score looked on the cards. But
as followers of the Cazh will know, a collapse is always potentially
just around the next corner, with the quicker of the two opening
bowlers just about to finish his spell, Winkie unfortunately
got caught in the covers one short of the milestone. Steveo
had done well to keep out the straight one until the 17th
over, but his luck or judgement failed and he was bowled for
a well made 41.
Tesh and Richie were the next pair in and both in fine form,
Tesh coming in off the back of a 40 over 90 the week before,
confidence was high. However, averages were reduced significantly
with both going in successive overs – Tesh well caught
and Richie bowled. 96-4 off 20overs. Stu had partnered Rich
for a brief time and continued with Cheese. The pair battled
to steady the ship against slow but accurate bowling, the
run rate dropped but no more wickets fell for the next 10
overs. Cheese was the main run maker whilst Stu was solid
in defence at the other until he was caught in the 30th over
for 9 and the Cazh on 139. Looking to up the quick singles....Shakey
made his way out, so Ed countered this by hitting boundaries
including a 6 over the long harbour side boundary. He was
caught in the following over for a well made 35. 144-6 off
31overs.
Shag joined Shakey and began with 2 4s and a 6 into the
carpark (fortunately missing all the cars). Shakey continued
to rotate the strike until he was finally caught in the 35th
over for 20. 178-7. Pablo was next out and continued to score
runs, after another couple of boundaries and 6 from Dan –
his luck ran out and he was bowled for 26 in the penultimate
over. Porno making a rare appearance due to a late withdrawal
stepped in for the last over, he and Paul finished unbeaten
on 5 and 12 respectively and the Cazh finished on what looked
to be a winning total of 211-8.
Winkie – 49ct
Steveo – 41ct
Tesh – 1ct
Richie -2b
Stu H – 9ct
Ed – 35ct
Shakey – 20ct
Dan – 26b
Paul - 12no
Andy F – 5no
211-8
Extras 9
The tea that Paul had made for the ‘home fixture was
spread out over the pool table – which included 7 types
of cake so everyone was happy!
Dan and Ed opened the bowling, Dan’s first 4 overs
went for just one run, whilst Ed struggled to find his length
early on but picked up the first wicket in his 3rd over. 20-1
off 6overs. Dan bowled his spell straight through and caused
the batsmen quite a few problems with bounce and seam, on
one occasion clipping the batsman’s nose – typically
bowled the next ball a bit wider as to not cause any further
injury and got hit for a four – so that leniency stopped
there!
Shakey took over from Cheese and struggled with length and
was punished by the batsmen who were looking to cut free.
Pablo replaced Shag and kept the batsmen guessing as to speed
and spin, his 6 over spell going for just 21 runs. Ed had
come back on for a couple of overs to try and curtail the
runs, and after25 overs West Ends score had moved along to
110 for loss of only one wicket. Richie replaced Ed and bowled
well, plus getting the second wicket of the opener who had
just passed his half century – surprisingly getting
stumped by Steveo.
Shakey replaced his brother to chance his arm from the other
end, and Stu replaced Richie for two overs, though it was
Tesh who got the next wicket caught by Cheese on the boundary.
However, West End were far too close to the target by this
stage, Cheese bowled one more (which somewhat ruined his figures),
but West End reached the target with 9 balls to spare and
only the loss of 3 wickets. 215-3 off 38.3overs.
An enjoyable game, played in a fine spirit, but a disappointing
result given the first innings. West End didn’t give
many if any chances and batted very well chasing the large
total and an average age of about 50!
An extra treat was the BBQ that was fired up, so at least
the Cazh could go home full.
Dan – 8 overs - 4 maidens - 9 runs - 0 wickets
Ed – 7-0-54-1
Shakey – 8-0-57-0
Paul – 7.3-1-53-1
Richie – 4-0-19-1
Stu – 2-0-21-0
Tesh -2-0-16-1
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