Match Report vs Glamorgan
Centurions 09 June 2021 @ Pontcanna (Skipper Will MW,
report Martin)
On a gloomy evening at Pontcanna the casuals unusually seemed
to have a coach on the sidelines, with Rob dropping out last
minute to let new dad Will MW play. I'll let you guess if
Rob's choice of clothing for the sidelines was Southgate (waistcoat),
Mancini (scarf) or full trackie (any northern football coach).
Will went out and lost the toss but we got to bat anyway.
Sam C and Martin went out to open the batting, with Sam starting
well with a couple of boundaries. Martin got out for a duck
in the 3rd over playing all round a straight one and leaving
a nice pink cherry on middle stump. In came Will, before Sam
got out caught for 13 in a manner I can't remember (sorry).
Dan King (young/handsome Dan) came in for his first game this
season, getting his hand cut first ball struggling with a
strangely bouncy medium pacer. A few balls later Dan went
to pull the bouncy medium pacer as the ball landed half way
down the pitch, except it didn't bounce. Already fully through
the pull shot and basically fallen over the ball hit the base
of his pad in front of the stumps and a laughing Dan (older/not
quite as handsome Dan) had to give him out. Naren came in
and him and Will put together a nice partnership. Will hit
a couple of lovely sixes down the ground and Naren did well
putting the bowlers off coming down the wicket and hitting
a few boundaries. Will got out caught at backwards point for
34 in the 15th over with us 71-4 with 5 overs to go.
Out came Foxy, our 82 year old pinch hitter at #6 - in his
300th game for the Cazh, who unfortunately was bowled after
2 balls. Next came our keeper/finisher Jim who was also out
after 2 balls, chipping the ball over mid-off, only for mid-off
to be the tallest fielder on the whole pitch who caught it
above his head. Out came Dan L who upped the rate hitting
a couple of fours before Naren was bowled for 19. In came
Goff with a VERY bright new bat which unlike his old bats
apparently didn't have any gaps so he plundered his way to
5 before being bowled. George came out and ended on 4* which
his highest ever score so well done George! We finished on
110, the coach didn't really say anything to us in the break
and we headed out to bowl.
Cazh batting:
Sam C - caught 13
Martin - bowled 0
Will MW - caught 34
Dan K - lbw 1
Naren - bowled 19
Foxy - bowled 0
Jim - caught 0
Dan L - 14*
Goff - bowled 5
George - 4*
Extras 20
Total 110-8 20 overs
Dan L and Goff opened the bowling as usual, both bowled very
well leaving them on 18-0 after 6 overs. Dan had an edge that
everyone on the pitch assumed was out, other than crucially
the batsman and the umpire (I was on the boundary so have
no idea how bad it was, but Dan seemed pretty pissed so it
probably was bad). Our first change bowlers were Naren and
George, who both started well with Naren taking 2 wickets
in his first over, one bowled, and one caught by Will at mid-on.
George bowled tightly getting a nice catch at extra cover
by Sam. On came Tim and the batsman took a liking to him and
took him on, and this confidence also seems to spill into
the second half of Naren's spell allowing Centurions to accelerate
and take the game away from us sadly. Dan came back for a
final over, and Dan K was given a chance to bowl some spin
at the other end but with not many runs to play with the batsmen
took their time and saw themselves home off Will's first over
in the 17th over, with 20 balls to spare.
Great to get a game in, we were outdone both with the bat
and the ball really but we'll bounce back next time
Cazh bowling:
Dan L - 4-0-9-0
Goff - 3-1-10-0
Naren - 4-0-36-2
George - 2-0-14-1
Tim - 1-0-15-0
Dan K - 2-0-17-0
Will MW - 0.5-0-6-0
Extras 15
Total 111-3 16.5 overs
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