Well the juniors continue to show improvement and an efficiency that opposition are completely under estimating. On a sunny day in East Brighton Lloyd won his first toss of the season. After a warm up and a chat Lloyd added his piece by saying the opposition thought they were playing a colts team and would get loads of runs. I think now they realise the talent of the juniors! This is good for us because it acts as a great motivator and also puts the opposition off guard.
On a very helpful, bowler friendly pitch, Rosehill were looking, throughout their innings, to be positive and ultimately cost them dear. It was always going to be a wicket that as a batsman you were never truly in on. There was always that demon ball that could undo you. We were happy with their approach as it also meant we were always going to be presented with chances. The first 3 chances were all generated by the ever improving Adam B. Bowling with some zip and on some variable lengths drew their opener into a rash hook, taken very smartly by Nick followed by a full toss driven to short extra (my life flashed before me before protecting my face and taking a catch!). Rosehill do possess a very accomplished striker of the ball so we called his hand and placed Nick on. albeit a couple of lusty shots were hit. Nick drew him down the pitch beautifully and Aaron tok a very smart stumping. Rosehill after this had no answer to the spin of Nick and it was a matter of time before we picked up regular wickets. Sam Greenrod came on to clean up the tail and we had succeeded in bowling Rosehill out for 123. We also didnt drop any catches which is also why they only got 123. Aaron deflected a tricky edge off his head. The fielding was strong and energised.
After tea we spoke of the importance of patience in knocking these off. In previous games here the scores totalled 122, 122-9 and 123 so there are banana skins if we didnt concentrate knocking these off. Lloyd and Aaron set about knocking them off, waiting for poor balls and chip away at the score. They had almost got to their second 50 partnership of the season when Lloyd nicked one behind. Matty Payne continued with Aaron, chipping away to get us within 20. Naturally there was going to be a little wobble as this was the wicket type but the wobble was only 2 wickets and we saw ourselves home 4 down.
A fantastic innings from Aaron held the innings together. he batted with a real maturity and patience tht suited the conditions perfectly. He thoroughly deserved a fifty but fell 7 runs short.
A great team effort that leaves us now joint top of the league. Looking at other results this league is wide open. The eventual winners will be the team that stays together and plays the most consistent cricket of which our first 3 games have shown.
We continue to learn and develop well so opposition teams should be running scared.
Scorecard
A great team effort that leaves us now joint top of the league. Looking at other results this league is wide open. The eventual winners will be the team that stays together and plays the most consistent cricket of which our first 3 games have shown.
We continue to learn and develop well so opposition teams should be running scared.
Scorecard
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