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long tail there.
Surely you can slip a few bucks to an opposition bowler to mankad him if things get tight?Cricket called off...now they're words to warm an old mans heart.
Sadly, I got up early to get down there with my blower vac to get the water off the pitch but hopefully I can sneak a lunch somewhere.
SOS played last night and again, the little effer didn't get out. He hit a square drive off the front foot that almost went to the boundary which had me doubting whether I'm actually his father. I have always worked on playing through the arc of mid on and midwicket until at least the first hundred and then you can bring out those fancy "off side " shots those T20 players play.
I think I'll be OK here as I'm averaging low 30s at present and starting to bat better but if he keeps going and only gets out once and I muck up a couple of times, I am going to have to hear all winter about who had the best average
Surely you can slip a few bucks to an opposition bowler to mankad him if things get tight?
Anyone going to the Strikers match tonight?
It happened, the reign of red ink is over. Playing against the top side who have been knocking up scores of 200, SOS team restricted them to just 91. SOS actually listened to me after his first over and came off three steps and bowled much better. Onto batting though and he did really well, all his opposition were 12 years and he is only 9 but in the end, after batting through 6 overs, he was caught at gully trying a front foot cut shot. I have been working with him to go onto his back foot but at the moment he just can't do it. Of course, once he goes back...well you get the drift, nothing good comes from front foot shots.
Of course, you should have heard the little bugger on the way home...it's a 50k trip and all he went on about was how he felt like a complete failure, like his dad when it came to batting...and then he really amped up the sledging the little effin C. He was really lucky that the radio started playing Comfortably Numb because I switched that right up and had 6 minutes 21 seconds of peace from his commentary.
To my match though and it was second V third at the home of cricket and when I batted...you know when you think "this is going well, could be in for a decent score...and then you get out...yep, that was me. I am not the quickest scorer in the world but I was 11 off 7 when against better judgment I played a front foot shot...and nicked it to first slip who did take a decent catch. The side batted well with most making contributions and we ended up with 193 off our 35 overs.
Onto the bowling though and I swear, whatever they are doing to the balls this year, can we buy 5 years supply...the summer of swing continues. I remarked today that I had the ball swinging so much it threw its keys into the bowl on the way through and today was no different. I bowled a guy who I have played against for 15 years with no success, today I took his off stump out of the ground with a ball that swung from leg to land on middle and go through. Ended up with 3-14 which has taken me to 15 wickets at less than 6.
I am well aware this has to end soon, the ball will stop swinging and then I will cough up a bucket load of runs but until then...
For your lad:
JASON GILLESPIE: I was pretty decent at cricket as a youngster, but when I started having growth spurts as a teenager I had the usual growing pains, and there were a few question marks about whether I was going to be a cricketer. By the time I was 17, I always seemed to have a niggle of some sort and I didn’t know how to handle it. I remember a club training session where I was getting taunted a bit (in a nice kind of way!) and something in my mind just snapped. I was playing lower grades at the time, but told everyone there that I was going to play ‘A’ grade cricket, and play for South Australia and play for Australia. I’ll never forget it. I measured out this ridiculous run-up and ran in as fast as I could, and I remember going home after training, getting changed, going out for a run and doing push ups and sit ups when I got home in front of the telly, and I made the decision that I was going to go all out and be a cricketer. Maybe it was just the spark I needed; a bit of ribbing from teammates got me going. From then on it was just full speed ahead.
Music festivals?Semi final tomorrow and we are facing an uphill battle. Usually, most players are available for finals but not my team. Maybe a couple of more outs from SOS getting a gig.
Big challenge, could be over quickly though, which does mean we get to drink beer earlier
So that is it, season done. After bowling 12 overs I am kinda in the camp that thinks all games should be one dayers, that way I only bowl seven. I am in a lot of pain today, a lot the toe I got hit on is just a lovely shade of black pudding, where even the white bits are black.
Pleased to see the weather is 37 for next Saturday, we would have lost the toss and bowled that day for sure.