Result: Drawn
Date: Sun 11th Jun 2006 @ 14:30
Type: Friendly
Scoring: Standard
Toss: Sunday 1st XI won the toss and decided to bat
| R | B | 4s | 6s | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Pounds | ct R Tanser | b M Edge | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Abbott | ct M Edge | b B Ashby | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Bale | ct | b M Edge | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Jameson | ct M Davies | b R Bennett | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Pole | ct R Collins | b R Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Beevers | b J Ball | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Bale + | b R Edge | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| adam samuel | b R Edge | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Jennings * | b R Edge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dicky Barkworth | b O Lewis | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arthur Morritt | Not Out | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | ( 1b 1lb 12w 3nb ) | 17 | ||||
| Total | ( all out , 38 overs) | 164 | ||||
50-1 Paul Abbott (Ken Pounds*); 59-2 Ken Pounds (Tom Bale*);
72-3 Tom Bale (John Jameson*); 84-4 Sam Pole (John Jameson*);
120-5 Bob Beevers (John Jameson*); 120-6 John Jameson (Ed Bale*);
138-7 Ed Bale (adam samuel*); 139-8 adam samuel (William Jennings*);
147-9 William Jennings (Dicky Barkworth*); 164-10 Dicky Barkworth (Arthur Morritt*);
| O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Waller | 8 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B Ashby | 8 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R Bennett | 8 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| M Edge | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J Ball | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R Edge | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| E Lodge | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| O Lewis | 0.5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R | B | 4s | 6s | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Collins | ct Ken Pounds | b Arthur Morritt | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M Edge | b adam samuel | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| R Tanser | st John Jameson | b Arthur Morritt | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M Waller | ct Tom Bale | b Dicky Barkworth | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| R Bennett | ct Sam Pole | b Dicky Barkworth | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R Edge + | ct Tom Bale | b Tom Bale | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| O Lewis | b Tom Bale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| E Lodge | b Tom Bale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M Davies | Not Out | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J Ball * | Not Out | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| B Ashby | Did Not Bat | |||||
| Extras | ( 8b 2lb 11w 1nb ) | 22 | ||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 35 overs) | 141 | ||||
21-1 M Edge (R Collins*); 46-2 R Collins (R Tanser*);
73-3 R Tanser (M Waller*); 101-4 R Bennett (M Waller*);
101-5 M Waller (R Edge*); 121-6 R Edge (O Lewis*);
121-7 O Lewis (E Lodge*); 124-8 E Lodge (M Davies*);
-9 ; -10 ;
| O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Beevers | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| adam samuel | 5 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Bale | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Morritt | 7 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Bale | 6 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dicky Barkworth | 5 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Villy's captain's log. Star date 11/06/06. Kibworth V Welford Star Cluster
Now don't get me wrong, captaining the side is a great honour and I love doing it, but I was concerned. We have all seen the episodes of the original Star Trek where Captain Kirk and his loyal understudies are away and they leave an extra in centre shot wearing a red (not yellow) shirt, the red shirt that says to all Trekkies 'I am about to have my brains sucked out by a many tentacled alien'. Now I know the team are not aliens, well maybe Dicky Barkworth, but the rest are genetically sound (basically).
Anyway with Skipper and Vice Skipper off the team sheet I was left in charge and here is the log of the afternoon.
2:10 PM Arrive at ground in blistering heat to find majority of team already in situ and Arthur already in possession of the scorebook. Abbo had nipped off home to consume lunch and/or sleep off this pre match beers. Manage to completely miss the match ball left for me on the end of the bar. Not a good start
2:15 PM Visitors arrive and are audibly impressed by their surroundings. In time they will realise the home bowling is just as hospitable.2:20 PM Go to the middle and toss up, amazingly enough the spin falls in my favour leaving me an immediate dilemma as to what to do. Batting OK but potentially erratic and with a tail longer than a T-Rex that has had been attacked by a steam roller. However, the opposition looks youthful and it is damn hot. Blow it, we'll bat
2:25 PM Call team in and announce the batting line up and give team talk. Dave Pounds obviously fancies a laugh and comes in to listen. He later neatly summates my words of wisdom as, 'If you are batting wallop it, if you are fielding stop it, and if you are bowling pitch it up'. The guy isn't Second Team skipper for nothing2:30 PM Being a stickler for tradition I send Ken and Arabian Abbo (have you seen his tan?) to open the innings. Either the heat or their batting will send the visitors to sleep. Also decide to start umpiring in tandem with Dickie. 4 members average age of over 50, and one of those is below 30. Who says it is a young man's game?
3:15 Abbo skies one and departs the scene. Tom Bale replaces him with the idea of moving the score along on what appears to be a good batting wicket. Optimism still high as Bale appears to only have a minor hangover this week.
3:25 Take drinks out. Return to sidelines and decide that even the worst batting collapse in history will allow me the five minutes required to go to the cash machine down the road and back
3:30 Pull back into car park. Make mental note that things are still looking good as both Ken and Tom are still there. Put on handbrake, look up when I hear a shout and see Ken trudging back with 42 to his name. Sorry for putting the hex on you Ken!3:30 – 5PM Management of decline. Decent start thrown away as too many batters make a start and then get out, Sideshow in particular relishes some short pitched bowling before dragging one on. Jameo bats well on seasonal return and Dicky flails the ball at the end as we reach 164, good but not exactly world beating.
5PM to 5:30 PM Tea. As Mike Gatting said its quantity that counts, unfortunately there appear to be too many with the same idea!
5:31PM Give Sideshow choice of ends but fail to insert a second set of legside stumps to cater for his bowling. Adam Samuel bowls nicely at other end with more wobble than the skipper rumbling over the outfield. Abbo who is visibly falling apart at the seams volunteers to field in the Gully and seize up slowly.5:50 PM Adam strikes and his tight bowling is keeping the score down. Thanks to the Umpire though for his tolerance as some of the bowling from the other end is wider than Daniel Lambert's Bingeing trousers.
6:15PM Double bowling change with Arthur Morritt and Ed 'ID please mate' Bale bowling in tandem6:30PM Arthur has bowled really well on his way to a two wicket spell. Bob though is having the original fielding nightmare. Diving over one ball before kicking another over the boundary rope the man that fashion forgot is now labelled 'Monty' by the visiting balcony.
6:50PM. Final double change with Dicky and Tom Bale coming on to see it through.
7PM. Bloody Hell Dicky is on a hat-trick. It is the end of the over though so the T-shirt printers and Celebratory mug makers will just have to hang on a few more moments before the order are placed
7:03 PM Start of next Barky over the field is called in7:10 PM Still flushed with success Dicky loses his line and length and feeds the hedge three balls in successive deliveries
7:15 PM Things are now silly, Tom has his hat-trick chance but just misses out. He would get his third wicket soon though
7:35 PM Final over. Two wickets to win and Welford 30 short. Dicky to bowl with several fielders in brown trouser positions. First delivery is missed, second is hit to mid-wicket where Panesar Beevers decks a sitter and the chance is gone
7:45 PM Game over. Hands shaken and the pavilion fills. Bob given duty of tea money collection. Wonder if he dropped it?
CHAMPAGNE MOMENT:- Dicky on hat-trick ball. I swear there was an unprecedented pitch invasion primed and ready.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK :- On seeing Jameo enter the shower with razor and shaving foam one wit piped up,” You'll need more than one razor to save that back”.