Match Report (Cup game)
vs Medics 11 May 2023 @ Wenvoe (Skipper Luvvers, report
Cheese)
With glorious weather all through the day, it was ominous
look to the clouds coming over from Dinas. They bypassed Wenvoe
with no deposits which is just as well as the ground could
not have taken any more moisture.
We were in for the usual low and slow Wenvoe wicket, the
skipper nursing his knee decided to open with Alex in the
hope to hit a quick & brutal 25 and retire. As usual the
skip was good to his word it was quick and brutal out the
first out the first ball of the game to ball the cut sharply
back through the gate.
Cheese wandered out to the middle to meet Alex, the next
4 overs were a mixture of jamming the bat to keep the ones
on the stumps out and trying to make my sort of contact with
the wider ones.
With the balls already ticking past and the score no moving,
Cheese flung his bat at a short pitched delivery that he missed
on the way down and was trapped in front giving Shagger no
options but to tigger him.
With the two has-beens out the way, Rhys and Alex started
to build a partnership which started with taking the tip and
run singles available before brutally taking apart the ‘off-spinner’
down the ground. In the next four overs the pair managed to
quadruple the score and relieve the pressure that had built
up over the previous four.
In the ninth over the run rate slightly dropped, as the senior
partner Alex tried smash his way out all to play around a
straight that kept Wenvoe low and was bowled.
Rhys had started to find his rhythm and was picking up easy
singles on a pitch that was anything but, with the help of
scrappy second over from the third change we were running
at 5 runs an over which was just above par for the wicket.
A decent base now set with Rhys anchoring the innings, the
policy of hit out or get out enacted. Jack was victim of the
last good ball of the innings slight shaping away and then
cutting back in would have been good enough anyone.
After Jack we were into the batsmen who could score or get
out either way it was going to fast. Steve-o & Jimmy went
the way of the 2nd option, Dan entered the fray ready to support
Rhys with his pattered swipe from off to leg with the thinking
that if it didn’t get a run to hit it harder!!
Rhys smashed his finally four down the ground inches away
from being a 6 then retired which considering the pitch and
slowness of the outfield was a great effort; Matt came in
with both him and Dan swinging for the fences between the
ones that were reachable the score keep climbing. Matt hit
shot of the day clearing the rope at the far end with an effortless
straight drive.
The end of the innings came quickly with Matt getting a stinker
that pretty much rolled on the wicket & Dan top edging
a steepler to mid-wicket.
DT & Patrick paired up looking to get the final runs
to get us into treble figures with the added target of getting
Rhys back in. DT did this with aplomb by distractingly walking
out of his crease and getting stumped unfortunately it was
the last ball of the innings and the only benefit adding to
the legend of DT batting!!
Great effort to get to get over the hundred mark with Rhys
& Alex being the main stays of the innings.
Luuvers – 0
Alex – 22
Cheese – 4
Rhys – 25
Jack – 2
Jimmy – 1
Steve-o – 2
Dan – 10
Matt – 8
Pactrick - 1
DT - 1
Although a good score if one of the oppo got a quick 25,
the run rate of never going to be issue. The skip with that
in mind decided to front load the bowling innings looking
to take the wickets as containing looked a way to a slow defeat.
Dan took the first over looking put early pressure on the
chasers, the plan worked perfectly with the 2nd mirroring
starting the way of the 1st with a wicket on the first ball.
The rest of the over was play & misses and inside edges
down to fine leg. Dan then booked end his 1st over with another
wicket that already at this early stage seemed to deflate
the oppo.
DT was the other member of the gun opening pairing and although
went for an early four was pretty much unplayable and started
to frustrate the oppo no. 2 is was trying for the quick retirement.
The next two overs went for 1 run and the oppo were 9-2
off the first 4 overs; Alex and Jack were the next two bullets
in the skippers gun with both kept the pressure on conceding
very few and some of these coming from the over zealous umpiring
as the oppo saw their chances diminishing as the number of
dot balls climbed. Alex picked up a wicket with Jack pouching
a catch at extra cover that was dying on him and plucked from
the turf at the last chance.
With that the oppo were on 14 – 3 with 5 overs gone;
with the game already slipping away from they some lucky shots
brough a quick gluttony on runs but Jack & Patrick quickly
stamped this out each taking a wicket. Jack producing a false
shot that dollied one up to Steve-o to snaffle another one
and again Jack taking one in the covers again with Pat plugging
away with a dogged line.
Matt & Steve-o took up the mantel to finish the game
off and their combined figures of 4-0-6-2; Matt bowled the
only batsmen to get into double with a beauty that grazed
the top of off; Steve-o giving Jack yet another catch in the
covers to complete an outstanding day in the field.
As the cup rules dictate a max of two overs per bowler,
after front loading the bowling attack the skip was scrapping
the barrel to finish the inning but with Rhys and Cheese left
to bowl the skip was fairly certain he could defend 57 of
5 overs. I imagine less certain after Rhys first over left
for 10 and cheese penchant for full tosses.
Though he needn’t have worried as Cheese involved no
one, mopping up the tail in 6 balls.
Dan; 2-1-2-2
DT; 2-0-7-0
Alex; 1-0-5-1
Jack; 2-0-10-1
Pat; 2-0-15-1
Matt; 2-1-2-1
Steve-o; 2-0-4-1
Rhys; 1-0-10-0
Cheese: 1-0-1-3
Great win for the cazh with Rhys & Alex getting us to
a target that as it turns out was plenty.
As it is written is how it was, not amendments will be entertained
for spelling; grammar or supposed inaccuracies!!
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