so near and yet so far

So close, it went to the last over and we “technically” should have won as we only had 9 players meaning they dropped our overs to 18 instead of 20 ! We did ask if we could play 20 but they refused and we also had to field with 9 – in the memory bank in case they turn up with 9 at our place !

Jamie captained the team this week and again we won the toss – we haven’t lost a toss yet ! We chose to field and what a start. First ball, Kian steps up to bowl and smashes middle wicket …. He ended up on figures of 3 -0-8-2 which was amazing until you see our little wonder kid Casey who I think is bringing bigger crowds each week due to his bowling ! first two over –two maidens and two wickets !!!!! ended up on 3-2-6-3 and remember he is under 9. Jamie and James also pitched in with wickets to hold them to a small total of 58/7. We sent Logan and Kian out to bat first and Logan took it upon himself to win the game early with 15 runs and a great partnership with Kian. Archie and Dom come out next and on over 7 we were only 10 runs to win it but we then had a collapse from over 8 losing 6 wickets and scoring only 9 runs. Jamie was out on the last two over on his own with a runner – thank Dom for volunteering - which was new to us all so not surprised we just missed out.

In summary we fielded very well as per last week but our batting is just leaving us short as we are not getting the ball away enough, although the training on run out’s seems to be working so now for hitting them fours !

Well done all and thank Sean for scoring. Look forward to seeing you next week.