It is the hottest day of the year and the best way to spend the evening of that day, is to play a high intensity T20 game against a keen opposition in the Railway Taverners. It was clear on the way to the ground that the team felt the best approach required was to ensure that we won the toss, batted first and avoided having to run around in the sweltering 38 degree heat for 20 overs. Naturally, we looked to our captain for the day, the Juvenile Jerry Jamieson, to ensure that he fulfilled the plan, naturally, he lost the toss and of course the Plastics were going to have to field first.
The opening bowling pair saw the favoured tactic of starting with pace off the ball from one end and some tight bowling from the other. Such as the tactic, the Floaty, Flighty Freeman bowled his usual slow spinners, going for some in his first, but using the sly even-slower ball to clean up one of the openers. The other opener taken from a perfectly imperfect run-out from the miserly Morgan-Grenville, where it appeared he wanted to throw down the Bowlers end stumps and the ball travelled the length of the pitch to run-out at the keepers end. The precise Papadopolous, was bowling a great line and length for the opening overs of a T20, deservedly taking a wicket when clean bowling the Taverner's number 4. The change of bowling saw the Wise Webb and Arty Anderson on, Anderson getting the number 3 with a useful piece of fast bowling as the batsmen decided to try and replicate the prior shot that went for four, ending up down the throat of the Bolder Bishop. Sadly this brought together a partnership that would do the real damage taking the Taverners from 67-4 to 124-5 in 6 overs. This was despite some quick bowling from both Miserly Morgan and Wise Webb, noting that Webb only started to concede runs in his last over, with a tragic 4 overthrows from the Juvenile Captain. The innings was closed out with some tight bowling from the Juvenile Jamieson and the Bolder Bishop. After 20 overs a small thunder storm, the Taverners had run the Plastics ragged, and got to 164, but the Plastics were confident when they looked at the dynamic duo that would open the batting. So it begins, Arty Anderson given the freedom at the top to emulate his idol that is Dave Warner(you know the one, likes B&Q) joining the Wishful Webster(still to really get going this season, apart from maybe that one score that we shall all forget for now). After 5 overs, the plastics were roaring along, 44-0, 9 an over would make like work of the 165 required. The sixth over saw Plastics down two wickets and in trouble, the dynamic opening duo both gone to the clever slower ball that would take 3 wickets before the end(news coming soon on that third). Those two wickets saw the Blocker Bishop to the crease with the Guileful Gillan, the Blocker being the third batsmen to fall to the Sublime slower ball being bowled every now and then. The Dangerous Dewhirst came to join Guileful and together after a little rough patch some runs were put on the board, with the Guileful Gillan only facing 2 dot balls in his innings of 18 and the Dangerous Dewhirst finding the boundary ever now and then. Sadly, another couple wickets fell in quick succession with Guileful being caught in the deep and Dangerous Dewhirst had to have a stupendous catch behind the stumps to get rid of him. After the Bolder Bishop and the Miserly Morgan both went for single figures, the Juvenile Skipper came to the crease and looked in imperious form, hitting the bowlers to the boundary a few times to start the hope back into the hearts of the Plastics. Then the Taverner's Jockey came back into the attack and his last over displaced both Jamieson and Webb, suddenly the hopes laid on the shoulders of the opening bowlers. Floaty Flighty Freeman and Precise Pap tried their best, but in the last over, Precise papa was undone. The Plastics were all out for 141, a good rate, a good game, but ultimately another loss. One day we will beat those rivals in the Taverners and I am sure it will be the start of a rivalry to challenge the ashes.
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October 2021
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