Game 7 in the league
WE WON AGAIN!
The team changed this week, as the place we were playing at is always a batting paradise, so i played 6 batsman including my wicket keeper me at 7, and then 4 other bowlers so i had 4 genuine bowlers, and me the all-rounder plus part timers
This was the side (the same but a few swtiched round lol) 2 spinners and 3 quicks
1.G.Powell
2.J.Jackson
3.G.Hope
4.I.Barstable
5.G.Jackson
6.N.Maynard (wk)
7.Captain CF
8.N.Sammers
9.J.Long
10.S.McKenzie
11.P.Terry
i won the toss and chose to bat, and hoped my side would rack up the runs
we got off to a bad start, in the 4th over, Powell fell caught behind. Their keeper had a blinder only conceded 2 byes in the entire innings! We picked things up and after 15 overs we were 100-4...run rate was fine, but we were losing wickets. Hope was keeping the innings together, he ended up hitting 70 and batted for 21 overs. I was in at no7 and only managed to make 25 this time round, was caught behind as well, ball reared up off a length and gloved behind. Their quick bowlers were getting good bounce off the pitch and was enjoying it. We managed to take one of their opening bowlers for 77 from his 10 overs which helped a lot, as the other opener was keeping things tight, when he bowled. We managed to post 252 from our 50 overs.
In the field, I took the new ball, and got a wicket with the first ball. Pitched up swinging away and found the edge, happy days! I opened with a spinner from the other end, and he bowled 4 overs in his first spell, proving expensive going for 24 runs, so brought him off. I bowled 5 overs in my first spell taking 2-13, kept things tight and picked up wickets in my first spell. We had trouble getting the other opener out, who made 73 in the end and played well. J.Long bowled well for us, picking up 5-45 from 10 overs, i bowled him out, when he was on. We had them 156-5 after 35 overs, so off the last 15 overs they needed 94 to win with 5 wickets in hand. P.Terry came back on and took a wicket with his 2nd ball of his new spell LBW, batsman didnt like it, but umpire made the right call IMO. In the end they ran us close but we bowled them out for 240, WINNING BY 12 RUNS!
We won by 12 runs, and remain unbeaten from our first 7 games