Match Report vs Barry
Westend 10 July 2016 @ Wenvoe (Skipper Jesus, report
Ash)
It was a pleasant sunny day with a little bit of cloud cover
when the Casuals turned up to Wenvoe to play Barry West End.
The start time had been declared, but as with the usual affair
of this kind of thing, the mood and time keeping was a bit
relaxed and so at a rather slow pace more players started
to filter in and we started just after the scheduled kick
off time. The toss was won by Barry (Will losing another toss-off)
and they elected to have a Bowl and put the Casuals in to
bat. Now following the previous Sunday's efforts of Mark and
Kym, batting through 20 overs at an exact run rate of 4 an
over - Tesh was asked to open with Shakey and see if they
could not emulate or build on last weeks performance.
The Barry bowlers opened well on a slow and low usual Wenvoe
wicket, both batsman taking their time and getting themselves
in, with Shakey being fortunate in the 3rd over being dropped
on 1 with an edge to keeper not being taken. The run rate
was a slight concern, when after 10 overs the casuals were
on 25, with Shakes on 9 and Tesh on 10, 6 extras. With the
run rate trying to kick on Tesh got himself out in the 13th
over caught and bowled dollying one back to the bowler for
14. Will joined Shakey at the crease and tried knocking the
ball around what was a long wenvoe boundary, which was not
doing us any favours in terms of the bounce or roll, with
boundaries coming sparingly and many what looked like certain
4's stopping short of the ropes. After 20 overs Shakey had
accumulated 60 balls, for 15 runs, with Will still there and
both continued on until the 29th over where shakes was out
for 26 with the score at 107-2. Pete had been pushed up the
order to 4 and started in a regular pattern of 2 dot dot a
few interactions over before dropping to 4 dot's and a single
for a few more interactions and then getting out for 10. Will
continued to kick on accompanied by Stevo at the crease, but
he was not there long taking 2 dots before bowled for a duck.
Will and Richie then went in looking to up the rate swinging
for anything hittable before will was bowled for 56, managing
to get 1 more 6 than he did 4 which was impressive, and with
Richie not managing to find the middle of the bat overtime
but still adding a useful 18 runs before being run out. Dan
and Ashley came to the crease for the last over and a half
adding 5 between then, Dan getting 3. This ended the innings
at 144, a little below par on a slow but decent wicket and
the casuals went into tea hoping for a good performance in
the field to defend that total.
Name Mins Balls 4/6 Score HowOut
Mark 96 85 2/0 26 Bowled
Test 39 33 1/0 14 C&B
Will 56 55 4/3 56 Bowled
Pete 30 27 0/0 10 Bowled
Steve 3 3 0/0 0 Bowled
Rich 25 28 1/0 18 Run Out
Ash 5 3 0/0 2 not out
Dan 4 6 0/0 3 not out
Apologies but after certain people went into bat the dots
and other bits of the book started to get lost on the remainder
of the team so after Steve got out I have had to do some guess
work from the book and memory
Tea was interesting, and had some varieties of Sarnies which
harken back to WWII era's, along with mixtures of colours
and types of breads... but il leave the rest of the tea report
:)
With a small total to defend and previous performances against
the West End in memory, the casuals knew they had to restrict
the opposition early on and try and take a few of the top
order early for a chance at the game. Dan and Paul opened
well, not managing to find a wicket but keeping the score
low to 26 for 0 after 10. The first wicket didn't come until
the 20th over, with Dave and Foxy being brought on to slow
the ball down and speed the over rate up, and with the west
end on 75, Foxy showing his usual barrage of mortars managed
to pick up the opener being caught by Shakey. There was a
hard chance through keeper and 1st slip followed (but we didn't
have a slip in at that time, more on this later!) and some
good fielding by the Cazh resulting in the west end reaching
116 for 1 in the 30th over. With only 28 being needed off
the last 10, Will played his hand and bright Richy and Stevo
on to really through some variety into the game - Richy only
last the one over before pulling something, then bringing
on Goff "the Lance Armstrong look alike" 12th man
to substitute field for the rest of the game. Steve can be
remembered for going for a diving hard caught and bowled attempt,
shouting "ah you cock!" whilst flying towards the
ball without success. Things got interesting again when Tesh
and Mark were thrown into the equation - and with the captain
looking to pile on the pressure I was shocked to see that
we had 2 slips and a gully for Shakeys 2nd over - and with
the game still looking all but lost as it would happen Shakey
produced a magnificent 2nd over, and securing himself a hat
trick! Dan and Paul came back on, with Dan producing also
a great spell of bowling with precision and speed - taking
a couple of edges, one taken regulation by Ash behind and
another which was a cracking 'catch it or your losing your
nuts moment' at 1st slip for Will, reactions saving him for
a very red face and loss in senses!
The over by over went like this! :
30th over - 116-1 (Tesh)
31st - 126-2 (Dan)
32nd - 125 -3 (Tesh)
33rd - 125 - 4 (Dan)
34th - 133 - 4 (Mark)
35th - 133 - 6 (Dan)
36th - 137 - 6 (Mark)
37th - 139 - 6 (Dan)
38th - 143 - 9 (Mark)
An excellent hattrick in there for Mark and an 4'fer from
Dan. However, with the last man at the crease in the 39th
over they managed to secure the win, in what had ended as
a thrilling game with both teams happy to have played the
game but the West End coming out on top.
Name Overs Wkts Runs
Dan 8 4 10 (1 maiden and 2 wicket maidens)
Paul 8 0 31 (1 maiden)
Dave 8 0 29 (1 maiden)
Foxy 3 1 29
Rich 1 0 7
Steve 3 0 11
Pete 4 0 12 (1 maiden)
Tesh 2 1 13
Mark 2 3 8
Back to the wenvoe arms for a pint on a lovely sundry warm
evening outside to discuss the game - agreed we were probably
20-40 runs short but it had been a good attempted fightback
to get it that close.
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