Buoyed by the arrival of their final two members MIA from the previous week the fat pitches embarked on victory no2 and what a magnificent performance it was that was turned in
The left arm right arm attack combo of Jon and Nard reminiscent of Waqar and Wasim made quick work of both openers thanks to the safe hands of Timmy in a floundering 3rd man position and the surprisingly well cupped supple hands of C Dow deep and straight on the off – Wasim being slightly on the spency side thanks to Boglesque opposition opener!!
Glenn and Cap took reigns after the 6th over – Glenn provided multiple edgy moments behind wicket with his varied line and length getting the crucial breakthrough with a ripe back leg LBW. It was C Dow that bought about an erratic first few overs from the Captain as he had risked life and limb to come up short in a boundary bounding effort that would have had Skippy Sinclair bulging in his jocks. Dazed and bloodied captain trucked on only to make amends in his latter spell and again with the bat.
Riss relieved Captain of his 1st spell bowling duties to deliver what can only be called a rubbish delivery that arrived at Clypse fairly close to being if not on the full.IDIOT!! After his first ball woe he was let down in the field by a jittery Jon who fumbled what was a rather straight forward catch in the covers. Timmy was reported later to have said that Jon had blamed it on a wonky contact and some stray sun in his eye. Riss was understandably be disappointed with this schoolboy error. A fat pitch debutant accompanied Riss in the middle to late overs in form of Two Meter Peter and delivered what was a reliable and wicket taking line and length having one of the opposition fumbling all over himself like a nervous virgin or Jon attempting intercourse with Millie Holmes and playing onto his wickets. A commendable effort Matthew!!
Timmy was squeezed in for an over that was something he would rather forget im sure conceding runs through numerous wides – to me a debutant victory to Tolich which was later confirmed on the sideline when Tim forfeited his coveted 7th batting spot to go talk to females on the boundary.
Nard was then bought back in to close out the last couple of overs with Captain. Nard once again was accurate and inexpensive but came up wicketless in his final over. Captain having overcome his headache thanks to his heroics in the outfield off a C Dow half tracker arrived back at the crease to have 2 batsmen cleaned up neck and crop and on their way back to pavilion in successive balls. The hatrick wasn’t to be with Clypse putting down a dolly behind the stumps. Maybe time to rethink our keeper – George is probably mean at keeping??
All in all a solid bowling/fielding performance by the fat pitches. Practice this week will consist of perfecting long barriers and bowling at the top of off!!
After a fast turnaround to avoid any light issues later in the piece, Riss and Clypse arrived at the crease and eased their way into their innings safely pushing singles and rotating strike as talented openers do. Unfortunately Riss lost his castle in the first handful of overs and left C Dow with the pondering thought of promoting Tolich to opener for the next match or bringing back the endlessly talented George Springroll.
Enter Captain who began to score freely after a handful of balls only to lose his partner Clypse with the score being around 40. Nard was to come in and guide James Afridi through to what was a well deserved half ton at a strike rate well above 200 and three sixes and the man of the match trophy in his pocket in his pocket. He did manage a life on 48 thanks to some awesome umpiring from our South African friend. Having to retire on 52 it was left to Nard and Jon to bring it Milly Holmes. Nard ending up with a solid yet speedy 41 not out bagging a couple boundary clearers and a free ball faux pas and Jon on 3 proving to be the competitions toughest batsman do dismiss.
The Fat Pitches claimed a bonus point thank to free flowing runs which topped off another thoroughly enjoyable 20/20 encounter. Fark im into crix!!!
MVP”s this week Captain - 3
Nard?? - 2
Captain - 1
(seeing as ive docked him 2 points for his dropped catch – ha ha sucker)
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