Luddesdowne – Away – Lost
The Good – in general our fielding this week was not too shabby at all. Luuddesdowne is a tiny little bowl of a pitch and is normally a high scoring venue as a top edge will generally go for six. Despite this, we contained the opposition fairly well. Sure they scored 173 but there were 27 extras in this and there was an onslaught of frenzied swings at the ball in the last few overs that added an extra 30 runs. Take these out and you are looking at a score just north of 110.
Of particular note Sam “Elastic Fantastic” Davies displayed some incredible aerobatics at point to save a certain four. At the other end on the fielding spectrum Kingsnorth displayed a scene from Bambi on Ice and Butler, the bedroom scene from Sleeping Beauty. Lister was lively. Buss was swift of foot and Ward determined to chase down everything.
As rumored in previous posts, this weekend saw the surprise return on one of Wrotham’s favorite sons – Andy “Ginga” Logan. He is a bit of a bear of a man and those huge shoulders of his launched a massive six, bowled a deceptively fast ball off two paces and nigh on broke Fennell’s hands such was the ferocity of his throws. On top of this it is nice to see his infectious enthusiasm back. Simply put, he makes you want to do better. Just a shame he is unable to drink beer, the big poof.
Figures such as Kingsnorth’s 1 for 16 off 5 was pretty good (imagine what they’d be like if you took out the wides), Butler’s miserly 22 off 8 was a big boost and Lister’s 2 for 12 off 4 was great.
The Bad – despite only needing four runs per over, we displayed an incredible range of poor shot selection and managed to get ourselves out for 73. It should be noted that this was entirely a disaster of our own making. Their blowers just weren’t that good. Honestly. The only resistance was a partnership of 52 by Fennell and Butler but even those two were just as guilty of getting themselves out. Yes, yes, Ginga got a strange ball that seemed to come back off the keeper onto the stumps and Elastic Fantastic got a ball that rolled under his bat but you get one or two strange things on the type of pitches we play on. You expect that. As for the rest … well, batting practice all round.
The Ugly – imagine if you will a fat bullfrog. Pick said creature up by the scruff of the neck such that his pot belly hangs down. Give him a little black cap. Then put some pads and gloves on him and place him behind the stumps. Welcome to Wicketkeeping Fennell Style. I sometimes watch Aerobics Oz Style (purely for the esthetic qualities of the lycra) and this is not it.
Moment of the match
Spurred on by new boy Ginga but mostly by frustration, Buss sped in from cover, dipped, scooped up the ball one handed and demolished the stumps from 15 yards to run out a batsman who could only look on with startled horror at what was unfolding. Aside from the obvious benefit of getting rid of another Luddesdowne player, this wicket had the welcome effect of lifting our spirits and giving the team a second wind. Top man.
Man of the match
We had some discussion on this over a crafty beer after the game and there were a couple of players who did their bit – Fennell for efforts behind the stumps and 27 runs – Ginga’s fielding, tight bowling and general energy. There was a man who, despite a lackluster day in the field, showed some measure of strength to overcome his natural game and score 33 runs without having a wild flail at the ball and this coupled with his very tidy bowling means that this weeks MOM is Mr J Butler esq.
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