Match Report vs Glenwood
25 July 2017 @ Wenvoe (Skipper and report Dan)
Vice Captain Darren was finally relieved of forced skippership
as Dan returned from injury albeit with a typed up hand. Britpop
did however win the toss and elected rightly to bat first
with a strong batting line up for the Cazh. However, the Cazh
started slowly and didn’t really accelerate. The Glenwood
bowling started slow and got faster. Kim managed to play on
(7) to one in the 3rd over – to a shot many of the fellow
Cazh said ‘was awful’. Jesus next in, but he and
Tesh continued to struggle to get the ball away and when Tesh
was bowled (13) by a ‘bute’ by young Watson the
score was 34 off 8. Darren’s mate Alex was in at 4 and
played a lovely flick for 4 and a very good forward defensive
shot – not many of those seen to the pound in the Casuals
ranks. However, he was also to fall (5) to another cracker
from Watson. Jesus was put out of his misery (17) in the 13th
over – bowled to what he and the rest of the spectators
said ‘was rubbish’, first time in memory that
he didn’t hit a boundary. The Cazh now struggling on
54. Fresh from his retirement in the last game, Darren next
in with Jas didn’t really impact the scoreboard –
Darren out for 5 and Jas holing out at cow corner (4). 65-6
off 15. Steveo and Rich put on the second highest partnership
of 22, Steveo was actually seen playing a square-cut dab which
drew praise from all the spectators. Rich fell for 6 and then
King of the run-outs Steveo ran Paul out by a country mile
on the second attempt (0), then also got the wicket of Obee1
(0 without facing a ball) on the last ball. Steveo not out
on 11 and Dan not required. The worst part – 89-9.
Not a lot to defend, but the Cazh gave it a go. Dan opened
the bowling, firsty ball smashed back to him, low by his feet
– got his dodgy hand out of the way, and tried ‘Bluff’
style to stop with feet and legs – single. Next ball
the other opener smashed one straight to Rich at mid off who
took a very good catch. Obee1 opened the other end with the
smallest stream side boundary to defend. He managed for the
first 5 balls but last ball was hit for a 4. Dan’s second
had a few near misses, but in the last ball of his 3rd bowled
the other opener. Pete managed to get the next wicket in his
last over – stumped sharply by Jesus. Even though wickets
were falling, the runs were still coming. 34-3 off 6. Pauls
first over was tainted by a fielding fuck up by Dan on the
mid-wicket boundary, but this bizarrely did bring the retirement
of the No3 with the score on 40. The replacement batsmen struggled
to get the ball away, mainly playing legside shots which the
fielders cut off. Richie’s slow mainly straight deliveries
were just as difficult to get away. And the runs dried up.
Rich picked up the next wicket bowled, and could have had
another had another stumped but Will ‘lost his balance’.
After 12 overs, the score on 63. It might not have been that
obvious, but the plan was to keep the one batsman on strike.
Steveo and Kim bowled the last stint. Steveo bowled very well
and picked up the wicket of the young Watson, lbw, though
there was subsequent questions of if there had been a bit
of bat involved. With 4 overs left Glenwood needed 24 to win
and with 3 left the Cazh had gained the advantage with 21
required. Unfortunately in the 16th over, Kim forgot the script
and bowled the No5. He then followed up with a series of wides.
10 required off 2. Steveo picked up a shock wicket bowled,
so it went down to the down to the last over, and there was
a faint chance with Alex diving for a catch close in on the
leg side, but after getting there, didn't hold on. Glenwood
finishing with a chip over the Keepers head for the winning
run.
Dan 3-0-7-2
Obee 3-0-25-1
Paul 3-0-17-0
Rich 3-0-12-1
Steveo 3-0-12-2
Kim 2.4-0-16-1
A ‘different’ game – trying to restrict
the score rather than all out wickets, but the game was played
in excellent spirit. The Cazh then trooped off to the pub
to console themselves and eat a massive amount of buffet.
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