We kicked off our season at home to newly relegated Haywards Heath. Tough start but we had a good team so fancied our chances! We won the toss and chose to bat on a decent wicket. Dunny and Chuckle opened the innings and we got off to a solid start until Chuckle run himself out, a moments hesitation cost him. Stu Carter next in went cheaply and when Dunny fell to a caught and bowled we were 3 down for 50 odd. David Rogers was looking very good but Tom Lund seemed to have come to the wicket with a stick of celery!!!! However they put on 73 when DR was out having scored 54, a top innings. The skipper came to the wicket with Worthing looking slightly precarious at 124-4. Lundy soon followed DR back to the pavillion so we were looking a bit shaky. Wattsy was looking in decenet nick and with some mini partnerships with Mossy and Samrat he passed 50 and was last man out for 68. Worthing 226 all out. A good effort for first game of the season. Tom Chambers and Shane opened the bowling and buildind pressure as Haywards Heath moved to 30 without loss. TC and Shane then picked a couple of wickets and Haywards Heath were wobbling a bit. We then introduced Harry Dunn, making his 2nd team debut, and he bowled beautifully taking his maiden wicket in his first couple of overs. Stu Carter replaced Shane from the top end and took 4 very quick wickets and with Harry chipping in with another one Haywards Heath were staring down the barrel at 90-9 off 30 overs. This is when Tim Dunn really came to the party. Their number 11 edged his 1st ball to Tim at 1st slip who managed to drop it!!! They then blocked out for another few overs until Shane came back on to bowl and dropped a very difficult caught & bowled. They continued to frustrate us but our chance came with 3 overs to go and Harry Dunn back in the attack. All the fielders were around the bat and Harry bowled a great delivery, the number 11 got a leading edge looping it in slow motion towards the chairman. What happened next will be remembered for the rest of the season. Tim managed, without question or argument, to drop quite possibly the easiest catch in cricketing history and off his own son's bowling!!! Therefore enabling Haywards Heath to bat out the last 2 1/2 overs for the most improbable draw. A really good performance from us and very promising for the rest of the season.
Wattsy
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