Post date: Aug 11, 2017 10:08:44 AM
The one where we saw the return of the Mighty Tim Shaw, Brandon missed his
double hundred and my OCD got tested to the limit.
05th August 2017
So having played the top three teams in the league over the past few weeks we move
back into run and wicket fest till the end of the season. To be fair the top few teams
we have had some success against and equally we have had a few disappointments.
It hasn’t gone unnoticed that the Mighty Tim Shaw did avoid the challenging mid season
games….end of season award council please note!
So where are we off to? ….bloody Torquay on the first real holiday season day of the
year! ….noooooooo ! The A30 was shocking for those that met at the Kwicky Mart at
12.30 and it looked like we were going to be shockingly late as a collective. I have no
idea whether we were late or not as a domestic problem meant the writer was even
later than late. Hey ho.
On what looked a proper sticky dog in the middle of an lightly mowed cabbage patch LJ
did the right thing and won the toss. Ideal….Oh….we are batting!?! Oh well best we dig
in and bat well then. Neilo joined the Mighty Tim Shaw politely offered his stumps up
for nothing swiftly followed by Ian Juts who nicked off to the keeper. Hmmmm
starting to look a bit sick lads 24 for 2 !. By now Batstone had finally arrived from his
trepidations on the A30. (176 caravans passed en route!)
Brandon Horn, armed with a fresh tattoo on his arse, swaggered to the crease. Next
stop 124 for 3 in about the 10 th over or something. The Mighty Tim Shaw on 53 bowled
and Chelston and Kingskerswell starting to flag a bit. To be honest 9 men in the field
leaves a lot of gaps. Brandon continued to slap just about every ball to the fence. The
match ball ended up on the railway line. The replacement disappeared somewhere down
toward Torquay seafront. Neither were seen again.
Brando was definitely eying up a 200 with the best part of 30 overs still to be bowled
when he slapped one to midwicket boundary for an excellent 127…..at this stage
Batstone was on 6 and the score had moved on by 52 runs to 206 with 20 over still to
bowl….was this going to be some sort of monster club record?
Charlie ‘my bat is too heavy’ Ewen decided to try out the Island bat that had been
rejected by innumerable people in the club as poor instead of his usual 3.5lb
behomouth. Came to the crease. He got going only after accepting that all previous
owners of the Island bat were right and it was cr*p. A few 4s and Charlo was on his way
for a quick 17. Wickets then started to fall rather too quickly and suddenly we were
245 for 8. Then it was 265 for 9 and we still had a shed load of overs to bat.
LJ (45*) and Joppers (7*) steadied the ship then went on the offensive….the 300 was
brought up in the final over with a loud cheer from the boundary….final score 306 for
9.
We posted em….now you go get em!
C&K were never really gonna be in the game. Kieran Lee (5.0.0.25) opened the bowling
with the Mighty Tim Shaw and CK openers actually had a dart. Anything short was
pulled with ease.
The Mighty Tim Shaw (5.0.1.14) was the first to strike, after two or three glorious
edges went straight through Teflon and Steve B, Subbuteo Cricket yet again, getting
their opener caught off a top edge. A stunning take by K Lee.
LJ ‘its my ball I m gonna bowl myself’ (6.0.2.21) and Joppers (7.1.2.17) came into the
attack and mopped up the next 4 wickets….all caught! Contrary to Briddy tradition, we
do drop a few tbh!
Next into the fray Marco Butler (2.1-1-3-2) and Dale ‘bomber’ Harris (1.0.1.3). who
wrapped the innings up. C&K all out for 77.
When wandering off a thought occurred…….Hold on!!!!!!!!! Were they all caught out?
There was that stunning catch by K. there was that Juggle by Bomber and that last guy
was out caught as well.
ARGGGGGGH no there was one bloke bowled by Marco. Well when you say bowled the
guy watched the ball gently nudge the stump and the bail fell off – Marco has lost a bit
of pace nowadays :0)……. And that is when my OCD kicked in!!
Next week somebody else somewhere else….maybe at home maybe not.
Results sheet here https://bridestowe.play-cricket.com/website/results/2910921