The Official 2013 Village Cricket Thread...
Discussion
Well, where do I start with this tale of utter woe?
Mass player exodus for various reasons. All winter nets cancelled.
Unable to field 2 sides, Kent League agreed to us playing just the 2s fixtures. Had they not done so we would have folded.
Beast from the East wrecked the clubhouse, burst pipes in roof flooded the place, ceilings down, everything fubared. Currently a building site.
Finances non existent and will struggle to recover only playing 9 home games all season.
Struggling even to put out one team. Lost game 1, second rained off. Knocked out of the NVKO with 9 men at first stage.
Sad and depressing.
Mass player exodus for various reasons. All winter nets cancelled.
Unable to field 2 sides, Kent League agreed to us playing just the 2s fixtures. Had they not done so we would have folded.
Beast from the East wrecked the clubhouse, burst pipes in roof flooded the place, ceilings down, everything fubared. Currently a building site.
Finances non existent and will struggle to recover only playing 9 home games all season.
Struggling even to put out one team. Lost game 1, second rained off. Knocked out of the NVKO with 9 men at first stage.
Sad and depressing.
Mid season update.
Clubhouse now repaired with a £40k insurance claim.
After 10 games we`re 4th in the table and going along nicely, won 4 out of the last 5 games.
Personally I`m back to being an all rounder. Lack of bowlers mean I've already bowled more overs this season than in any of the last 10.
Currently second in the division ratings with 16 wickets.
I've dropped down from opening to number 5 most games and have done OKish, one 60 and a 46no.
At the AGM back in March I got the job of Bar Manager.
So far this season we've taken more over the bar showing World Cup football than during cricket matches. The 2 England games at weekends we've had half the village at the club with 4 figure takings.
Will be opening up later for the first semi and expecting a huge turnout tomorrow for England v Croatia. If we win that then Sunday will be massive.
This has done us a right favour financially, hard work from the wrong side of the bar, but good fun.
Clubhouse now repaired with a £40k insurance claim.
After 10 games we`re 4th in the table and going along nicely, won 4 out of the last 5 games.
Personally I`m back to being an all rounder. Lack of bowlers mean I've already bowled more overs this season than in any of the last 10.
Currently second in the division ratings with 16 wickets.
I've dropped down from opening to number 5 most games and have done OKish, one 60 and a 46no.
At the AGM back in March I got the job of Bar Manager.
So far this season we've taken more over the bar showing World Cup football than during cricket matches. The 2 England games at weekends we've had half the village at the club with 4 figure takings.
Will be opening up later for the first semi and expecting a huge turnout tomorrow for England v Croatia. If we win that then Sunday will be massive.
This has done us a right favour financially, hard work from the wrong side of the bar, but good fun.
Interesting game on Sat. Away to team lying 2nd, we're 4th.
2 late dropouts meant we went with 9 men FFS.
Lost toss, invited to field on an absolute road in about 30 degrees, nice darts.
Somehow we bowled them out for 175, one of our blokes took 5 for 26, blinding effort. I can't bowl at the moment, Achilles problem.
I opened and hit 3 long hops for 4 in the first over. End of 2nd over we`re 14 for 2, I`ve got all of them.
Our skip came in and started whacking it around and we put on 110 until he was caught for 76, so we're now 124 for 3 but with only 9 men we're 5 down really. I'm on 42.
I then stand and watch the next 5 wickets fall for 10 runs and our last man comes in at 134 for 7.
He blocked it whilst I just cut loose and with some huge slices of luck along the way, he edged the winning run to end on 3 not out and I was 83 not out having hit 37 in our last wicket partnership of 42. Won by 1 wicket.
They were as sick as goats, we were reasonably happy and got pissed.
2 late dropouts meant we went with 9 men FFS.
Lost toss, invited to field on an absolute road in about 30 degrees, nice darts.
Somehow we bowled them out for 175, one of our blokes took 5 for 26, blinding effort. I can't bowl at the moment, Achilles problem.
I opened and hit 3 long hops for 4 in the first over. End of 2nd over we`re 14 for 2, I`ve got all of them.
Our skip came in and started whacking it around and we put on 110 until he was caught for 76, so we're now 124 for 3 but with only 9 men we're 5 down really. I'm on 42.
I then stand and watch the next 5 wickets fall for 10 runs and our last man comes in at 134 for 7.
He blocked it whilst I just cut loose and with some huge slices of luck along the way, he edged the winning run to end on 3 not out and I was 83 not out having hit 37 in our last wicket partnership of 42. Won by 1 wicket.
They were as sick as goats, we were reasonably happy and got pissed.
Cheers chaps. When I said reasonably happy, was somewhat understating it, we all went nuts at the end.
When the 7th wicket fell they were all giving it large in my ear, was very sweet looking them all in the eyes shaking hands at the end. They couldn't believe they'd lost.
Truth is our bloke who took 5fer won it, without that they would have posted a score we wouldn't have got close to.
Yes busa my heel is very sore caused by bowling too much on rock hard wickets, age doesn't help much either.
Still, very proud of myself for Sat, makes all the gym work in the winter worthwhile.
When the 7th wicket fell they were all giving it large in my ear, was very sweet looking them all in the eyes shaking hands at the end. They couldn't believe they'd lost.
Truth is our bloke who took 5fer won it, without that they would have posted a score we wouldn't have got close to.
Yes busa my heel is very sore caused by bowling too much on rock hard wickets, age doesn't help much either.
Still, very proud of myself for Sat, makes all the gym work in the winter worthwhile.
Dr Z said:
Some years ago I used to play in a midweek work league, quite friendly and fun. Our skipper, a senior English gent, used to shout, 'Man in!' everytime a new batsman comes to the crease after a wicket and we were all expected to clap him( or her sometimes) in.
Does this 'tradition' still go on in village cricket?
Still have all my old kit, keep popping up in my local ground to watch a game on a Saturday/Sunday afternoon and get the itch to start playing again, join a club properly this time.
In my experience this still happens in yer akchul village games, certainly doesn't in the Kent League where you're more likely to get sledged by some upstart 17 year old who has been watching too many DVDs of Australians. Does this 'tradition' still go on in village cricket?
Still have all my old kit, keep popping up in my local ground to watch a game on a Saturday/Sunday afternoon and get the itch to start playing again, join a club properly this time.
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