Club cricket blog 26-27 season

[Arthur Crabtree]

Put your feet up. No housework.

[Durhamfootman]

bad luck, skip

[andy]

Hoping to only miss one week but will see...I will still be there though you guys still want the match report etc?

[Durhamfootman]

oh, yes please

[sussexpob]

My old club got relegated to the Sussex 2nd League recently, and have lost the first game of the season.....

Might dust off my whites and offer my services for a weekend or two.

[andy]

Well this is going to be fun....me my vice captain my wicket keeper and my overseas all ruled out today

[Durhamfootman]

can't get the staff these days

[andy]

The wicket keeper tweaked a hamstring says should be fit for next week, my vice will be back next week to he had a family emergency but yeah not good at all

[andy]

As said previously, myself, my vice and wicket keeper were all missing this week and it was noticeable..

We went down by 59 runs 2 defeats from 2 this is how we lined up..makeshift given all the changes

1.A.Eastwood
2.J.Stevenson (wk)
3.D.Du Preez
4.A.Inglewood (Overseas)
5.M.Lewis
6.H.Rawlings
7.L.Robinson
8.A.Kilbridge (c)
9.F.Rawlings
10.M.Harwood
11.D.Willows

Eastwood went up to the top of the order to fill the void, Stevenson took the gloves, the 2nd team keeper isnt quite ready to step up just yet, Du Preez went up the order..Lewis and Robinson came in to fill a gap in the middle, with spinner willows into the side too..Kilbridge stepped into lead the side

We lost the toss and the oppo chose to bat, We got off to an electric start reducing the oppo to 18-4 The two brothers ripped through the top order, before a recovery got them to 86-5, as they milked the spinner willows, and seamer harwood unusually expensive....Ingelwood chipped in with a couple of wickets to finish with 2-45, The middle/lower order rallied and got the oppo up to 242 all out, stars of the show were the Rawlings brothers...Henry finished with 5-52 off 9.5 overs and his brother Francis picked up 3-20 from his 10 overs..

In reply It was a shocking start falling to 12-3 The top 3 all back in the shed, Regular wickets kept falling, Inglewood fell for 19, just as he got going, Lewis hit 48 from 38 balls however we soon fell to 95-6, a partnership between H.Rawlings and Kilbridge helped to rebuild Rawlings 31 from 86 balls and Kilbridge 46 from 85 balls however they soon fell to 183 all out, dissapointing start to the season!

[Durhamfootman]

better luck next week, skip

[andy]

Hopefully back to full strength saturday

[andy]

Well 3 weeks in and still looking for our first win not the start any of us were expecting dismal start, back to pretty much full strength this week as well

We went down by 3 wickets... Here was the team

1.A.Eastwood
2.T.Wilson
3.D.DuPreez
4.A.Inglewood (Overseas)
5.M.Lewis
6.Captain Andy
7.H.Rawlings
8.A.Kilbridge
9.F.Rawlings
10.M.Poskitt (wk)
11.M.Harwood

I won the toss and chose to bat on a hot day, Stevenson missing this week, but Wilson was back so he slotted back in at the top of the order, Poskitt took the gloves on his return and i slotted back in at 6 on my return

Eastwood fell in the second over not a good start, but a 76 run partnership between Wilson and Du Preez settled the ship early doors. Wilson would go on to make 70 from 113 balls anchoring much of the innings allowing cameos from Du preez (33 from 50) and Inglewood 48 from 40....Lewis smashed a quickfire 74 from 45 balls including 8 4's and 4 6's. H.Rawlings and Kilbridge also chipped in down the order to take us to 299-8 from our 50 overs. I only made 5 from 7 balls...

In reply we got off to an electric start reducing them to 4-2 with the rapid opening combo of the Rawlings brothers causing problems for the oppositoon batters.. That then became 52-3 then 88-4, but lower down partnerships started to form, and the always econonical harwood and kilbridge got some unusual tap, Harwood going for 33 from 5 overs and Kilbridge going for 72 from 8 overs! I myself had a shocker of a day and went for 41 from 4 overs, 1 wicket but economy was dreadful! Unusual all round from the bowlers...Inglewood the pick with 3-53 from 10 overs and H Rawlings 2-28 from 7 overs...we fought hard but eventually they reached their target 7 wickets down and with 8 overs left!!!! Much work to do to get out of this early trouble we find ourselves in!

[Durhamfootman]

looks as though you could have done with 3 fewer overs from Kilbridge and yourself and 3 more from Rawlings

I'm pleased you had the uncommon good sense not to bowl MIck Lewis..... he always goes for loads

do you play on a BHM?

better luck next time, skip

[andy]

It was my last over that took the hit unfortunately, it was a flat track to be fair we should have got more but no excuse for not winning that game

[Arthur Crabtree]

the always econonical harwood and kilbridge got some unusual tap, Harwood going for 33 from 5 overs and Kilbridge going for 72 from 8 overs!

Unusual patterns in illegal Indian betting activity?