A match of 2 halves, the first being made up of
bouncy castles, tombollas, raffles, a magic show, hook-a-duck, face painting,
good-as-new stall, cakes and refreshments.
Ardingly 102-6. Match reporter
arrives.
Then....
More wickets deserved, but fielders in the wrong place
to make catches. The again probably
would have seen them dropped if in correct places anyway. More productive member of 49 opening
partnership with Andy. Finally bowled
for jug avoiding 46. Knee brace seems
to have expanded three fold. Imagine
the smell that could contain.
Less productive part of 49 opening partnership, but
part of it never the less. Chipped in
with a solid, though uninspiring, 9.
His 2 overs for 15 runs show potential as a 2nd XI opening
bowler.
Never looked comfortable in the dreaded number 3
position, being given ‘plum’ by Bazza for 1.
Not overly happy with decision, even though Bazza later described it as
‘plum’. Looked even less comfortable as
makeshift wicket keeper, although kept up tradition of solitary appealing for
LBW’s down leg side, and never joining in appeals with his bowler.
Apparently grabbed 3 wickets early doors, but still
managed to impress in the games 2nd half. Almost single handedly took team from brink of disaster to
outlandish victory with cool 60 not out.
Had to be MOM, though competition on day decidedly weak.
Fantastic display of bowling, wrapping up their
innings with 3 of the last 4 wickets when they threatened to post a big
score. Not matched by the bat,
though. Duck.
Turned up very late.
Tried to make amends by throwing himself around the covers stopping the
ball with everything but his hands.
Another experienced player who has witnessed so many batting
collapses. Unfortunately involved
himself in another one.
When the going gets tough and wickets are falling
every over, you need a reliable batsmen.
Yet again Revin has found another that just adds to the misery. At least it meant the skipper didn’t get the
only duck.
The man for a crisis. May not have set the scorebook alight, but shared in a match
winning partnership of 68. Also
prevented Dave and Winston getting a bat, much to their disappointment.
At 77/7 and next in, it was only a matter of time
before he limped to the crease. But to
everyone’s surprise it never came.
Surprisingly quick in the field however. When I say surprisingly quick, I obviously mean unsurprisingly
slow.
Another to remain all padded up and nowhere to
go. Another to pick up 3 wickets at the
start of the match. Then again, didn’t
see them, can’t tell you about them.
Sorry.
Ireland
2 overs went for 19 runs, again in the first part of the game. Had tea and went home. Not much else to say.