I had a sense of apprehension leaving the 5 division squad to the second in command. And like the captain of the Titanic awaking from his slumber to find his beloved ship sinking in to the depths of the ocean, I found the team in disarray
Not much to be said really, we lost miserably to a side that had one good bowler who, when pitched on the wicket was unplayable (well im hearing that a lot from the top order)
Anza was put into bat with a reasonable batting line up. As been on several occasions this season without a full side. The air was humid (from what many were saying) and the ball was swinging like an unhinged door in a cyclone. After many wides Tom was the first to depart before his time for 1.
Fast forward to just after the break and the score was looking like an uneven soccer match at 9 out for 63 and if it wasn't for Geoff Forday's heroics for arriving to his scheduled 4s game prematurely that's where the score would've stayed.
Both Geoff and Lawrence toiled and survived another 3 overs before Lawrence committed a grievous error in having a part of his body hit by the ball before going anywhere near the stumps or in Singapore whats known as LBW. So the results
Score 113
Lawrence 23
Geoff 14
Phil 15
Sundries 46
7 batsmen not making it past 2 runs
So defending 113 the guys set upon the task of choking the runs and taking wickets. Lawrence kept on contributing by keeping the run rate to a minimum and ending with 1 for 10 off 6 overs. Unfortunately the other bowlers fell by the way side and conceded more than the asking rate to achieve the score. Dropping a number of catches didn't help the matter and the opposition passed the total in quick fashion with a 9 point result in their favour.
Again its good to see the fighting spirit of the 5ths this season even against all odds we come up with a win, however on this occasion there no joy and more lessons learned.
To play on the Titanic theme we had our very own version of romance shared between Jack and Rose Dawson. Now imagine that last scene where Jack is about to plummet into the cold abyss clutching Rose and in the process saving her. Now.....just change Jack with Phil "the all talented Younger" and Rose with a Tiger beer and you will get the picture
Written by Spainy who was not present at the match
No thesaurus was hurt in the making of this match report
Not much to be said really, we lost miserably to a side that had one good bowler who, when pitched on the wicket was unplayable (well im hearing that a lot from the top order)
Anza was put into bat with a reasonable batting line up. As been on several occasions this season without a full side. The air was humid (from what many were saying) and the ball was swinging like an unhinged door in a cyclone. After many wides Tom was the first to depart before his time for 1.
Fast forward to just after the break and the score was looking like an uneven soccer match at 9 out for 63 and if it wasn't for Geoff Forday's heroics for arriving to his scheduled 4s game prematurely that's where the score would've stayed.
Both Geoff and Lawrence toiled and survived another 3 overs before Lawrence committed a grievous error in having a part of his body hit by the ball before going anywhere near the stumps or in Singapore whats known as LBW. So the results
Score 113
Lawrence 23
Geoff 14
Phil 15
Sundries 46
7 batsmen not making it past 2 runs
So defending 113 the guys set upon the task of choking the runs and taking wickets. Lawrence kept on contributing by keeping the run rate to a minimum and ending with 1 for 10 off 6 overs. Unfortunately the other bowlers fell by the way side and conceded more than the asking rate to achieve the score. Dropping a number of catches didn't help the matter and the opposition passed the total in quick fashion with a 9 point result in their favour.
Again its good to see the fighting spirit of the 5ths this season even against all odds we come up with a win, however on this occasion there no joy and more lessons learned.
To play on the Titanic theme we had our very own version of romance shared between Jack and Rose Dawson. Now imagine that last scene where Jack is about to plummet into the cold abyss clutching Rose and in the process saving her. Now.....just change Jack with Phil "the all talented Younger" and Rose with a Tiger beer and you will get the picture
Written by Spainy who was not present at the match
No thesaurus was hurt in the making of this match report
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