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Match Report vs Dinas
Powys 19th August 2009@ The Common (Skipper and Report
Muff)
After fighting our way to Dinas through the rush hour traffic
and the wife and our mate emma from new Zealand tucking into
their first jugg of pimms we found a few of the casuals number
were still in transit so the casz batted first with whomever
had batting kit opening and the rest hoping Tesh and the kit
would get there in time!!!
Against an attack of straight bowling from a mixture of
men and kids and a player of indeterminate gender we got off
to a bad start with openers Kim and Simon back in the hutch
with 2 on the board. J.R and Pikey came together but were
soon parted and the Casz were 3 for fuck all. Make that 4
for fuck all as , I think Richie?, perished cheaply.
Luckily for us Pikey and Shandy got us going, Jamie with
his cut and Shandy driving and some good running and soon
we had an half competitive total with the partnership worth
70 odd before being broken. Sorry can't remember who was out
first, suffice to say there was a further clatter of wickets
as we tried to get as many as possible with just a couple
of overs left. The Casuals ended up on 106-8 with Muff dnb.
With the pitch playing erratically a slow outfield and half
a team of kids to bowl at I was confident that we had enough
on the board to get the win. If, if, we bowled and fielded
well.
And blow me if we did!
Everybody in the team contributed , we were almost sharp dammit!
Rog and Ed opened up and set the tone, Rog taking a wicket
bowled in the first over bowling tight Cheese kept em guessing
but it was either block or swing from the batsmen and with
a few connecting they were up with the rate. Another wicket
by (you’ll have to help me here) brought one of the
dinas first team to the wicket (asian guy, stocky, spinner,
bowled at Andy Hood speed and turned it!) looked like he could
get the runs by himself . Fortunately he had no respect and
perished to a 2 mph straight one swinging across the line.
From here they seemed to come to a grinding halt not looking
for quick singles and heaving to cow against an excellent
Casual line from Kim, Pikey, Tesh, Shandy and Muff.
Soon the kids were in and the inevitable happened, they
couldn’t hit the ball of the square and collapsed all-out
for about 58!
Woo-hoo!!!!! A win! I know its not done but after not playing
for weeks and being beaten when we do it felt kinda nice as
the game was for the most parts played in the right way and
I don’t feel even the least bit bad that the average
age of the team was nearer 14 than 40!
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