Result: Electricity Sports CC - 1st XI Won by 4 wickets
Date: Sun 18th Jun 2006 @ 14:30
Type: Friendly
Scoring: Standard
| R | B | 4s | 6s | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Bale | ct | 58 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Bob Beevers | LBW | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tim Ellwood | ct | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Stephen Thompson | Not Out | 93 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
| Ed Bale + | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Pedley * | Not Out | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| William Jennings | Did Not Bat | |||||
| Gareth Morgan | Did Not Bat | |||||
| adam samuel | Did Not Bat | |||||
| Sam Pole | Did Not Bat | |||||
| Dicky Barkworth | Did Not Bat | |||||
| Extras | ( 7b 6lb 5w ) | 18 | ||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 40 overs) | 227 | ||||
17-1 Bob Beevers ; 58-2 Tim Ellwood; 150-3 Tom Bale; 169-4 Ed Bale;
-5 ; -6 ; -7 ; -8 ;
-9 ; -10 ;
| O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd |
|---|
| R | B | 4s | 6s | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extras | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 39.3 overs) | 228 | ||||
| O | M | R | W | Nb | Wd |
|---|
This was always likely to be a bizarre afternoon. Firstly there was a decidedly youthful look to this side as the old, overweight and/or deaf brigade were sidelined. Secondly I walked into the dressing room to see young Sideshow Beevers trying to explain quite why he needs four pairs of socks on to play. Perhaps he retrieved three of them from the front of his Saturday night posing pouch and thought he had better put them to their proper purpose.
Anyway, the barber dodging opening partnership of Bale and Beevers made a promising start until the itchy trigger finger of the Bard separated them, I wouldn't say Bob was disappointed but he went for a 'walk' with a face like a slapped backside and his bottom lip dragging along the deck. He eventually surfaced shortly before tea, presumably having secured a sponsorship deal with a local hosiery firm for his future sporting requirements.
Before the match there had been considerable conversation between the two skippers to outline the details of the contest, apparently the number of permitted overs per bowler was a concern. If it was a concern to the two captains it must have been a matter of life and death for the Sports opening bowler who was used for 14 overs straight off from the top end and must have been dropping as he was taken off at four o'clock. He had bowled well and deserved his triumphs but he did seem to bear an uncanny resemblance to David Brent from 'The Office'.
The rest of the innings was highlighted by some splendid boshing from Tom Bale (58) and Thommo (92 not out) that took the home score to 227 for 4 before the close. To the relief of purists everywhere a late wicket brought the skipper to the crease for some last minute long handle rather than the Bard who has taken his bout of pad rash in good grace.The real fun and games came in the field. Gareth Morgan had revealed at tea that to go along with his physical resemblance he also has developed the same Robot dance as Peter Crouch and was just waiting for the celebration moment to bring it to bear. For the sake of the good game it was perhaps best that his bowling had a non threatening Aerosol quality.
At the other end Bob Beevers went between brilliant and beamers. He eventually feng shui 'd the opener off an inside edge but the scoreboard was ticking over in precisely the way a dicky pacemaker doesn't and the backup bowling was not exactly threatening. In other words even a score of over 200 may not be sufficient and everyone seemed to know it.
Now it was soon to be apparent that the lack of un-cordinated Robtics was bothering the Giraffe. In an attempt to get into the game he called out a challenge to Adam Samuel that if he could snare a wicket with his next delivery he would buy a jug afterwards. Although too young to participate in the reward Adam duely lured the visiting overseas bat into an indiscretion and the ball looped skywards only for 'Robocop' to organise a mix up that allowed the cherry to hit the green stuff unchallenged. Just when it seemed that there couldn't possibly be a fine big enough for that incident Gareth decided to stop a howitzer of a drive with his shin and down he went (albeit in instalments from his great height) which led to five minutes of pain fuelled grazing. It seems that in Cricket there can be natural justice!!!
It soon became apparent that the match hung on removing the very overseas batter that Morgs had let off the hook. The home fielders were certain they had him at least once when backing up a mile out of his ground but the umpire was more intent on self preservation than officiating and refused to give it, perhaps it was not to be Kibby's day.
With the game entering a critical phase the David Brent (or was it George Micheal) look a like came in and swotted the visitors within site of victory. A late rally Kibworth took the game into the final over before Sports finally won with three balls remaining.
Quote of the Day :- In the changing rooms after the game ,”One day I might make Superintendant”.
“No”, came the reply ,”One day you might get a Super Nintendo”
Champagne Moment:- Morgs in the outfield doing his Peter Crouch. You could have been forgiven for thinking he had an electrified rod inserted where the cavity search does not shine.