vs. Pure Blonde Ryders

Match report By Chris Swann

13.01.10

It was the first game back for 2010 and the Fat Pitches walked out with a pretty relaxed if not even a little cocky approach. With brains and general reaction times obviously affected from the New Years antics the warm up left a lot to be desired. So after 15mins of laughter and taking the piss out of each other for dropping balls and miss fielding left right and centre we entered the field.

Match Summary:
The Fat Pitches turned out with a dominant display against a pretty pathetic team if we’re being honest about it. The bowling was sharp as it has been for the last few games and The Pure Blonde Ryders were all out for 103 after just 17 overs. After another re shuffle of the batting order the Fat Pitches got off to a somewhat shaky start, but after the initial wicket, some form of strength returned to the batting line up and the target was knocked down in 15.3 overs with 3 wickets in hand. A great team performance by the Fat Pitches with everyone picking up a wicket.

Individual Wraps:

Tim Bogle: A slightly expensive bowling spell was topped off with an absolute peach of a delivery which lead to his first wicket as a Fat Pitcher, great effort Timmy. After taking his first wicket he was full of confidence and keen to bat up the order. After seeing off the new ball we started to see a range of shots that we all knew you were capable of, finishing with 5 off 11, a very mature innings…

Courtney Dow: Captain Dow, should be very happy with your performance with both the bat and ball. Leading from the front as usual and finishing with 15 off 9 and 1 for 9 off just the 2 overs. The only sign of weakness shown was your fear of the street gang loitering around our cars, and whether they would steal the plastic bag holding up your front bumper.

Dylan Kirshberg: Getting the Pitches off to a great start with one of the bowling spells of the season. After being unlucky with some edges going for four and some miss fielding from our resident fine leg fielder, still achieving some great stats of 2 for 18 off 4. Your batting effort however, was in complete contrast with a poor effort with the bat, only scoring 2 off 4, unlucky…

Jimmy Buffit: Not only our team sponsor but also one of our most consistent players who either performs with the bat or ball, if not both. In this case it was both, with some excellent bowling figures of 1 for 9 off 2 and blasting an impressive 35 off 16 including probably the biggest 6 we’ve seen.

Jono Maybe: John, probably a game you would prefer to forget. The bowling was never gonna go your way with numerous miss fields costing boundaries, edges going for four, and I’ll throw in some dropped catches as well. Ending up with 1/19 off two, a little expensive but you got that vital wicket… Not a bad effort with the bat, scoring 12 off 9, leaving you pretty pissed off and the usual tantrum to follow.

Toby Younge: The ever reliable Clypse at the top of the batting order did not disappoint with yet another great score of 34 off 31 deliveries. This was started off with a season topping performance in the gloves with some amazing boundary saves down the leg side, a stunning catch and a morally 50/50 stumping which in the end he deserved to go, if for the very least being an idiot.

Matt Tolich: Probably one of your better games although there are still a few too many wides, we’ll have to get the tree run back in at training. Finishing with 1 for 16 off 2.2 overs, a pass mark achieved. With the batting order collapsing the pressure was on but in true two meter peter style you rose above it all, literally above everyone, and smacked the winning runs. Your fielding also deserves a mention with two great catches, one reminiscent of a stumbling giraffe running towards its tree, but great catches all the same.

With only one game left and two weeks off it is in the hands of the cricketing gods, and if there is any justice results will go our way and rain out a couple games.

Player Points

James Lucas 3
Dylan Kirshberg 1.5
Toby Young 1.5

Now quit your bitching, it’s done