Excitement
at team lists received from the chairman in regards to those playing in the
match was slightly dampened by:
- His inability to count past 10
- His inability to remember all of those on the list
- The inability of his team to be reliable enough to actually be able to play
An
awful lot of inability I would suggest.
The flip side of this is that we were asked to be at the pub promptly, so
that we could leave by 1.30 and hit a 2 o’clock start. All this at the special request of the
opposition; they seemed quite keen to watch a football match of some
description due on that evening (surely not the season for the big ball?!). There has to be a first time for everything
and, sure enough, this was a first that found your Rascal’s all on parade at
the ground, on time and not a Canbasher in sight. So early that Eddie was heard to grumble ‘Sod
this, I only had one beer at the pub!’ screeching off to the local shop to
rectify this particular problem.
With
the sun blazing down, Neilo lost the toss and we found ourselves in to
bat. It is safe to say that we certainly
started well. The opening pair made a
partnership of 109 before being separated (Ed a handy 56 and seeing the ball
better than he has all season for us).
The scoring had not been the fasted, but all appeared ‘set fair’, 220
seemed a reasonable target. But one
thing you can absolutely and irresolutely be 100% certain of, you could put the
house on it and sleep the sleep of the just, the Rascal’s will NEVER do what
you would expect, and certainly if it ‘reasonable’!! We were not all out (we only lost 5
wickets!), we just did not seem to be able to score runs at a reasonable rate,
Felix knocked 19 with a couple of lovely 6’s, Neilo 14 and Clifton 15 not out. But in the end, after our 32 overs we were
only 186 for 5, setting them a pretty thin looking target of less than 6 an
over.
A
simply awesome tea followed, possibly Mark & Carole’s swan song (not if I
have anything to with it!), and one of their best yet! Thanks as ever. (Jo photobombs again!!)
Under
darkening skies we took the field to endeavor to collect our first win of the
season. Not a great start in this
respect, the first 4 overs were duly dispatched for 35.
A
short but intense rain burst halted play for about 15 minutes, but it looked
like it easily might have lasted longer!
Following the break there was a stemming of this torrent of rain and
runs, but the wickets were few. Sad to
report, after only 28 overs, they had secured victory for 5 wickets (Clifton 2,
Todd 2 & Felix 1). It was clear that
we were (a minimum of) 25 short in the total we set.
More
worrying though is why have we not won a match this season? Well I say worrying; actually we are having a
lovely season and enjoying every minute, so what the heck eh?
Roll
on the next thrashing!!
PK
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