Wolf
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Re: The Wolfman's Cricket Blog
The promotion race in our league is going right down to the wire. It was actually not in our hands until yesterday, but a win for us and a loss for the 3rd placed team (1st place had a day off) means we now only need to win our final match to be promoted, and with some luck with the weather next week (we are not playing) or a loss for the team that is now in 2nd, means we will go up as champions.
For those of you interested the league table can be found here. http://www.staffsclubcricket.org.uk/league3a.htm We are the "Wolverhampton Courts".
Yesterday we batted first as we needed the full 25 points and we set about getting the runs well, we declared on 178-7 after 45 overs to give ourselves 55 overs to bowl them out. I scored one after getting screwed over by the umpire who gave me out just because I gave him out, he gave me out LBW even though it actually hit me a mile outside leg and was going even further down.
Bowling wise, it was a frustrating worrying time all the way through. We finally got a double breakthrough in the 9th over getting two wickets. I was brought on in the 17th over and after being hit for 10 in my first over I picked up wickets in my 2nd and 3rd overs, caught at mid-on and bowled. I was took off after 5 overs but we continued to pick up wickets until their captain came in at no.11 and showed he was actually their best bat, and started an assualt on the target (about 65 off 12 overs when he came in) and it was 29 off 4 overs when I got the no.11 stumped when he tried to charge me. My final figures were 7.1-0-25-3.
The promotion race in our league is going right down to the wire. It was actually not in our hands until yesterday, but a win for us and a loss for the 3rd placed team (1st place had a day off) means we now only need to win our final match to be promoted, and with some luck with the weather next week (we are not playing) or a loss for the team that is now in 2nd, means we will go up as champions.
For those of you interested the league table can be found here. http://www.staffsclubcricket.org.uk/league3a.htm We are the "Wolverhampton Courts".
Yesterday we batted first as we needed the full 25 points and we set about getting the runs well, we declared on 178-7 after 45 overs to give ourselves 55 overs to bowl them out. I scored one after getting screwed over by the umpire who gave me out just because I gave him out, he gave me out LBW even though it actually hit me a mile outside leg and was going even further down.
Bowling wise, it was a frustrating worrying time all the way through. We finally got a double breakthrough in the 9th over getting two wickets. I was brought on in the 17th over and after being hit for 10 in my first over I picked up wickets in my 2nd and 3rd overs, caught at mid-on and bowled. I was took off after 5 overs but we continued to pick up wickets until their captain came in at no.11 and showed he was actually their best bat, and started an assualt on the target (about 65 off 12 overs when he came in) and it was 29 off 4 overs when I got the no.11 stumped when he tried to charge me. My final figures were 7.1-0-25-3.
I only get a month before it goes and you are eating into my showing off time.
on the Award.
