Club cricket blog 26-27 season

[andy]

Overseas player banned this week for hitting his stumps over when controversially given out last week

[Arthur Crabtree]

Wow. Must be playing at a high level if you have someone assessing disciplinary infringements!

[andy]

1st XI cricket has panel umpires they're not great not gonna lie but yeah not ideal this week at all

[andy]

4 weeks in and 4 defeats Never known a start like it

This time we went down by 69 runs!!! We lost the toss and were asked to field, this is how we lined up

1.T.Wilson
2.J.Stevenson
3.D.DuPreez
4.J.Richmond (Had been called up to try and boost the batting)
5.M.Lewis
6.H.Rawlings
7.Captain Andy
8.A.Kilbridge
9.B.Sharma (Called up due to Harwood's late drop out Friday night)
10.F.Rawlings
11.M.Poskitt (wk)

The opposition won the toss and chose to bat, and reached 41-2 after the first 10 overs, both openers back in the shed and a wicket apiece for the brothers... a partnership got them to 77-3 before Kilbridge struck. 2 more regular wickets reduced them to 98-5 with the 4 quicks all sharing wickets before a big partnership took them to 211-5 ball got old pitch flattened out and a below par fielding performance got them eventually up to 286 all out. F.Rawlings and Kilbridge got 3 wickets a piece, Sharma and H.Rawlings 2 wickets a piece...i myself wicketless, my 10 overs cost 50 runs

In the chase, We lost 3 wickets in the first 10 overs getting to 41-3, Top 3 all back in the shed, a partnership of 70 followed helping to rebuild the innings, Lewis carried on his fine start to the season smashing 50 from 25 balls including 3 4's and 4 6's. Kilbridge made 48 but other than that there was very little help from the batters i myself continued my struggles falling for 3 from 9 balls, as we fell to 217 all out in the 45th over...things need to turn around quick for myself and the team

[sussexpob]

Overseas player banned this week for hitting his stumps over when controversially given out last week

Feel like Temu Kiwi is the anti-hero this story needs.

[sussexpob]

i myself continued my struggles falling for 3 from 9 balls

In my experience, too many players try to combat a lack of form by trying radical solutions or moving away from tried and trusted methods feeling change is necessary, and its usually this shift that creates or compounds issues with bad form because you are no longer playing the game in the right way. Not taking wickets? Start firing it in being ultra aggressive or looking for Hollywood stuff, and then before you know it you are spraying all over. Not batting well? Try to invent shots that aren't there or wildly take on the bowling, and get out.

When I felt my form dip, I used to focus solely on the fundamentals. With ball in hand, the first thing was to always make sure the approach to the crease was rhymical and controlled, and just forgetting about pace, spin or flight of the ball; get the action flowing nicely, body in a good position, and tell myself for the next 3 overs my sole intention is to hit the stumps. Once you regain that control and flow, then add revs or play with flight or what not.

With bat in hand, I think its all about certainty of action. If you have an element of doubt about playing shots because you aren't in good nick, then shelve them. That belief will only return once you have the belief in your fundamentals, and halfway house of half committed attacking strokes is the common deathblow of the out of touch batter. Again, I would just go out and bat 20-30 balls if the match allowed, block them all. I am not looking at the scoreboard and runs, the sole objective is to feel the hands, feet and head are all flowing and into position, and having that confidence in your core setup to then play shots.

Get in the nets for the latter if you can. Batting is a lot like golf, if you are halfway through a stroke and there is doubt, you are screwed. Have someone bowl at you and just defend your wicket, no fancy stuff. Bat long enough and you will reach a point where you stop thinking and it feels automatic... thats the place to be!

Apologise for the poundshop wisdom...

[Arthur Crabtree]

This time we went down by 69 runs!!!

Given the weather you were unlucky to be playing.

[Durhamfootman]

keep going, skip

[andy]

This time we went down by 69 runs!!!

Given the weather you were unlucky to be playing.

It was bloody roasting Saturday lol!!!

Just finding odd ways to get out it's ridiculous netting this week is tough due to the weather training tonight likely to be off as rained most of the day, the bowling first half of season is coloured clothing and pink ball and that dosent do a lot for spinners so hoping the red ball will do more but yes either way it's not good enough at this stage

[andy]

Forecast horrendous for today be stunned if we get a game in....covers been on most week but outfield will take a pounding today

[andy]

No surprises defeated by the weather this weekend....at least we didn't physically lose this week haha! But yeah an abandonment this week

[Durhamfootman]

As Durham fans already understand in T20.... any points will do..... take it every time

[andy]

Just a frustrating start we are Kuch better than this and we have been bloody awful!