In which Alex frustrated 11 blokes who were looking forward to watching the end of the cricket30/6/2019 Scorecard After a disappointing set of results it was great to see a return to our dominant winning ways this weekend! Sadly whilst England were doing that, the Plastics lost, despite their beautiful shiny new Baggy Fandangos.
We started brightly with a tidy run out from Jerry and an LBW from JJ Junior in the first over. Then things unravelled slightly, as their number 4 (who we tragically dropped on 10) turned out to be quite good. . Whilst he set about dismantling our bowlers on his way to 100 (retired) we did still enjoy some highlights - Simon got two consecutive maidens and had their opener caught by Joey at slip and Jerry took a fine catch off Joey's bowling to deny their number 5 a half century. Some very tidy bowling towards the end limited the damage with Matt and Jerry using their pace to stifle the run rate. Phil and Matt helped themselves to two 2 wickets each, including a couple of bail-splintering bowled deliveries and Jerry and Anthony combined with a run out in the final over. With 290 the target, optimism was in short supply during tea. Our pessimism appeared well founded as Robert was on the wrong side of a contentious lbw decision while Anthony and new boy Ian deputised for the absent Mark by spooning to cover. Charlie continued his James Vince batting style by looking good before edging a drive to the keeper. Joey showed off some classic big shots before edging behind while Phil didn't waste any time before joining the "spoon to cover" club. Just when things were looking rather desperate at 46-6 Alex and skipper Jerry decided to make a game of things and kicked off a cracking partnership of 86. Jerry eventually fell for 27 off 51, but Alex powered on. Matt and Simon came and went before JJ Junior came along for the final partnership. He did well (mostly because Alex didn't let him face a ball) but in the end it was Alex himself that holed out to deep square leg for a glorious 93. Plastics all out for 177 after 34.5 overs.
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Charles Ricket
8/7/2019 13:27:57
Webster dictionary defines 'slog' as to hit hard. On this day Alex Webster slogged it.
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