Yesterday saw us win again in the League after the draw last week frustrated our early season campaign. Thankfully we didn't have to phone the Met Office every 2 minutes like last weekend as the skies were bright, but instead we had to contend with what felt like playing in a wind tunnel! With Steve and I opening the bowling, guess who got the use of the extra 20mph breeze...? However with some "Glenn McGrath like accuracy" we ground down the Comrades openers until they produced a few aerial chances in frustration and I managed to add another 4 wickets to my haul so far. Polishing them off was a bit harder as I proceded to drop 2 catches (I obviously want to hinder Steve and Greggy's amount of wickets!), one a forward dive which I should have held and the other a skier straight into the sun which, whilst being blinded, I should have held. Can you see a pattern apearing? Not good for the clubs catching champion of 2005, that's 3 drops in 3 games! Still we finished them of for 59 and set about chasing it down whilst keeping an eye on the FA Cup final which was on in the Pavillion.
Amos fell to an excellent diving slip catch and at 0/1 without our top batter Alcock, nerves may have started to jingle. However with 2020 openers Andy and Moyesie at the crease, we felt confident of scoring quickly. Andy was caressing the ball around the slow field well until getting run out after 2 or 3 comedy run out chances had earlier been missed. Moyes and Abbott came and went leaving us 4 down for 35. Thankfully with extra time looming in the FA Cup, Greggy strode into bat and knocked a quick 29 with the skipper to finish it off, getting us to 61/4.
Good to get back to winning ways especially with only 10 men. Another big weekend coming with a crunch league game against Baxi followed by the Stuart Cup quarter final against Blackpool IV and with a Twnety 20 League match on thursday life is becoming that of a professional!
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