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Re: CAPTAIN CF'S SEASON BLOG

Postby meninblue » Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:29 pm

That's the answer i expected. That is a good strategy and consistent one with the team strengths. Impressive captaincy.
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Re: CAPTAIN CF'S SEASON BLOG

Postby andy » Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:32 pm

cheers, im really growing into the role, i enjoy it a lot.
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Re: CAPTAIN CF'S SEASON BLOG

Postby andy » Mon Apr 16, 2012 2:11 pm

toying with the idea, of changing team selection for this week's pre season friendly...

i played an off spinner in the last game, however i like going to the game with a left arm spinner, i did it a lot last year, but i cant decide at the moment, which way to go.
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Re: CAPTAIN CF'S SEASON BLOG

Postby andy » Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:02 pm

our next friendly on saturday is a home game this time, i went to the ground on the way home from work, to see what the square was like, its looking good....plenty of grass on the pitch at the moment, because it will need to be cut again, and rolled, however im hopeful it will still have quite a bit in it for the seamers, it really should do.
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Re: CAPTAIN CF'S SEASON BLOG

Postby Alviro Patterson » Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:26 pm

cricketfan90 wrote:toying with the idea, of changing team selection for this week's pre season friendly...

i played an off spinner in the last game, however i like going to the game with a left arm spinner, i did it a lot last year, but i cant decide at the moment, which way to go.


I suggest in giving the slow-left armer a run out if he didn't bowl in the last game.

Out of interest, how effective has the off-spinner played in games involved?
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Re: CAPTAIN CF'S SEASON BLOG

Postby andy » Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:19 am

Last season when i used two spinners in some games, he was quite effective, kept things tight, and picked up a few wickets, however i do like the left arm spinner being used, i dont play 2 spinners much, i do have some part time off spinners i can use, but at the moment still weighing up options.
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Re: CAPTAIN CF'S SEASON BLOG

Postby andy » Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:38 am

im off work today, and have just got back from the club..

i went down to see the state of the square...it is very wet over there, however today its very bright and sunny at the moment, and im hoping it dries the square out.
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Re: CAPTAIN CF'S SEASON BLOG

Postby andy » Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:21 pm

Training tonight......

hopefully all the lads will be there, and i can pick a strong side for tomorrow's 2nd pre season game.

im looking to make 2 or 3 changes, to see what the others can do.
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Re: CAPTAIN CF'S SEASON BLOG

Postby andy » Fri Apr 20, 2012 7:27 pm

just got back from a very soggy training session, got some fielding drills done but too wet for nets,

game tomorrow :)
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Re: CAPTAIN CF'S SEASON BLOG

Postby andy » Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:09 pm

2nd pre-season friendly

11.00am start

TODAY'S GAME WAS AN EARLY STARTER FOR A FRIENDLY, BUT WAS AGREED DURING THE WEEK BY ME AND THE OTHER SIDE'S CAPTAIN

This is the team i chose

1.T.Hunt-
2.J.Jackson
3.G.Hope
4.I.Barstable
5.G.Jackson
6.C.Easter
7.CAPTAIN CF (C)
8.N.Maynard (wk)
9.J.Long
10.S.Mckenzie
11.H.Connor

I made one change to the side, with Mckenzie the left arm spinner coming in for the offie..

i also promoted myself to 7 in the batting order, and dropped Maynard down to 8.

We won :D

I won the toss and chose to bowl on a pitch that was tinged with green due to rain this week, but also you could score runs if you applied yourself. I took the new ball but i also opened from the other end with Mckenzie...an odd move i know, but i thought i would change it up in this game. The move worked, i gave Mckenzie 5 overs in his first spell with the new ball, he took 2-16 from 5 overs. I bowled 7 in my first spell, and was wicketless but only conceded 14 runs...so from 12 overs, the oppoistion were 30-2, there were 2 byes in them first 12 overs...we had them in a bit of trouble. We continued to take wickets, until there no8 came in and started playing some shots....he made a quickfire 30 before falling to me :D

i finished with figures of 2-32 from my 10 overs, my final 3 overs proved a tad expensiive but i picked up a couple of wickets so was happy with that....we had bowled them out for 145...

It should have been routine, however we were 2 down inside 3 overs...they had a fast bowler, who was swining the ball at genuine pace and in his first spell was virtually unplayable....after 25 overs we had got to 95-3, so we had re-grouped. Hope and Jackson put together a good partnership before Jackson fell with only 15 runs required..Easter came out and smashed the runs quickly and we finished the game with 11 overs to spare. Tricky chase a lot of work needed but a win's a win at the end of the day :)

im happy with the win, but with our first league game starting next week, a lot of improvement is needed.
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Re: CAPTAIN CF'S SEASON BLOG

Postby captaincolly » Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:25 pm

Well done on the win and good luck for the season.
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Re: CAPTAIN CF'S SEASON BLOG

Postby andy » Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:27 pm

thanks very much mate :)
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Re: CAPTAIN CF'S SEASON BLOG

Postby braveneutral » Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:35 pm

Good win, interesting move with the old Hafeez trick, glad to see that it paid off!
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Re: CAPTAIN CF'S SEASON BLOG

Postby andy » Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:43 pm

im suprised it worked on that sort of pitch..

also one of the reasons for using it was, to try and get through a few quick overs.
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Re: CAPTAIN CF'S SEASON BLOG

Postby braveneutral » Sat Apr 21, 2012 7:48 pm

cricketfan90 wrote:im suprised it worked on that sort of pitch..

also one of the reasons for using it was, to try and get through a few quick overs.

Yes, it is sometimes useful in the shorter stuff to get through some overs as it can throw the oppo's game plan - particularly if they were as economical as they happened to be today...
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