Today we took on Wenty Waratahs - the team that won our Grand Final last year - and, how can I put this... they're the biggest bunch of c#nts ever to grace a cricket field.
They're cocky, whinge at the umpires, abuse the opposition and one of their players keeps making a rooster crowing noise from the sidelines. Really annoying... *cock-a-doodle-do* Idiots.
Anyway, we took them on, lost the toss and got sent into bat. I opened with Robbie Short and we made a steady start and were just starting to get comfortable with the bowling when I scooped one to point. Out for 13 and we were 1/28.
Crazy Dave Mandic went in next and failed when he played on for 1 and we were 2/29.
Then a nice partnership between Noyz and Robbie took us to 2/74 when the rain hit and we had a 45 minute delay. Robbie had smacked the bowling around and was on 52 in only 15 total overs! On fire.
However after the rain delay, the pitch was greasy and bam bam bam. A horrendous collapse and apart from Pete Nahlous getting 39, we were disgracefully bowled out for 128. Robbie 52, Pete 39, Clay & Noyz 13 each. No one else got above 3.
But bowling, we did pretty well. Terry Hoban got a wicket in his 2nd over and then another soon followed when Noyz got an edge into the gully and we had the opposition a bit cautious - even the Rooster stopped crowing.
It started to get real dark and the umpires were making "bad light" gestures so we brought on Crazy Dave and Pete our two leg spinners - who are VERY good by our leagues standard - and we really strangled them. I took a neat catch at 1st slip off Pete and the runs dried up. At stumps, Wenty are 4/48 and we have their better batsmen back in the pavilion.
Next Saturday should be a close call... but we've put ourselves back in the match.
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Mmm...sledging from a blog...could we dub it "Bledging" as "Slogging" is already in use ;)
Hope they aren't regular readers of the Kettle ;)
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