Nursted – home – lost
This week you get a break from the usual diatribe and instead, you get a song:
Ten unfit fatties (and Harry) sizzling in the sun,
Ten unfit fatties (and Harry) sizzling in the sun,
And if one unfit fatty should accidentally burn
there’ll be nine unfit fatties (and Harry) sizzling in the sun.Nine unfit fatties (and Harry) sizzling in the sun,
Nine unfit fatties (and Harry) sizzling in the sun,
And if one unfit fatty should accidentally burn
there’ll be eight unfit fatties (and Harry) sizzling in the sun.
…. well, you get the idea.
Yes, on the hottest day by far we struggled in the field under a baking sun and the opposition posted a large total of 192. Jason bowled a tidy and economical spell picking up 2 wickets and conceding just 20 runs. It was good to see Kingsnorth come back from obscurity with two good wickets albeit slightly expensively.
Dorman had a good day behind the stumps but yet we managed to give away 21 extras. Buss had two marvelous run outs that saw him swoop on the ball like a granny spying a bargain at a jumble sale and launch it at the stumps in a single fluid underarm fashion. Wee Stevie Oakley took another two fine catches to see him leap to the top of the fielding table.
In reply we got to 162 in our allotted 40 overs. So not a bad chase. Everyone chipped in with some runs but in reality we needed at least one of the top order to get a fifty to spur us on to the victory. Doorman’s duck fetish has reached worrying proportions.
A hugely disappointing day for all. Still we have a week off to get our heads back in the right place.
In our league we get a bowling point for every two wickets we take. Important then that we maxed out with five of those. On the batting front the loosing side gets a extra point for every ten runs closer to the target they get (ie. 1 point if they are within 90, 2 if within 80, etc.). By achieving 162 we actually earned a total of 11 points (5 from bowling, 6 from batting) from the game when the opposition only got 19 (15 for winning and 4 for bowling). Yes we lost but, numerically, not by much. It’s things like these that make a difference at the end of the season.
Moment Of The Match
Slim pickings this week. Butler and Harvey’s final run to get us an extra batting point had to be a high point. Butler had completed at least five (count them, five) whole singles previously and was understandably lame as a result. Harvey has never been one for the “quick single”, I’ve seen faster ice ages. So when the bowler steamed in for the final ball, Butler had already hobbled half way down the pitch and was bellowing for the run. Luckily, this did not put Harvey off his stroke and he was able to prod it away and he too set off with the speed of an arthritic snail. With legs pumping and arms flailing our man reached the safety of the far end just as the ball passed the stumps ten seconds earlier (qui audet vincit).
Man Of The Match
Young Harry “H” Meredith bowled well in his second spell, took a great catch, had a run-out and produced some wonderful off drives to be top scorer. An all round performance sadly missing from the rest of the team.
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