No time to rest in the life of a Wyre cricketer, two more matches this weekend and 2020 again on Tuesday! Saturday's league game against Baxi was one which we entered knowing we hadn't beaten them for a few years and that if we would have to play well against one of our title challengers last season. Baxi batted first and produced another test match performance, getting 104/7 off their 45 overs. I managed to drop another catch (that's 4 in the last 3 games now...) to keep my confidence high, haha! Alcock took the initiative and scored 62 to get us on the way and Amos and Gregson brought us home with only 1 wicket down. A good and suprisingly straightforward win but Baxi have been hit with the loss of 2 of their top players transferring to other teams.
Sunday brought a morning of work for me, Slime making at Thornton Little Theatre meaning I had to miss the first hour. Luckily rain delayed the start so when I arrived only 10 overs of our Stuart Cup Quarter Final had been played, with Cartwright and Alcock getting us to 70/0. A mini collapse managed to get me into bat quickly and I soon departed LBW for 0 given by Snape umpiring, how kind of him and I was sure it was going down leg! But with Andy knocking the ball around with ease past the mouthy Blackpool youngsters he carried his bat to score 85* and get us to 138/8. After all their talk in the field, could the Blackpool youngsters walk the walk? Well since Scott took 3 wickets in the first over, the answer was no! Bowled out for 40 and Wyre progress to the semi finals. A positive weekend ended with a few lemonades in the public houses of Poulton and thoughts of a possible end of season Spanish cricket tour...
Just the one rest day for the Wyre professionals, 2020 on Tuesday against Environmental Health who beat us a few times last year. After our dreadful performance last week things can only get better, can't they?!
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