Match Report
Turning the corner
With the loss of Daz, on a sightseeing tour of Herne Bay, Geoff and Nigel busy filming a new series of ‘All Creatures Great and Small' and a few other has been’ s declaring their unavailability the skip plumped for strength in depth in an effort to avert the recent disasters.
Back after a series of sexually related pulled muscles was Andy 'Italian Stallion' Paul and after a serious thought the skip sensationally dropped I.T. Botham and Fat Gatt for late night drinking infringements, reducing his team to only nine players. Yet again the toss was won and Edenbridge were put into bat. After 3 or 4 balls this appeared folly on the skip’s part as the openers set about trying to dismantle our second string attack. Spud made the initial breakthrough via a fine catch from Sumo Morrison at slip, then a tight spell of accurate bowling pushed Edenbridge into a non-scoring rut, which in trying to get out of they lost further wickets. Refreshingly our fielding and general alertness was at a premium, especially the all-round agility of Waccky Baccky Clements who produced many a 'flying' stop and the never say die chasing of Andy, covering an amazing area of the ground. After a Sumo drop, Steve eventually gained reward for relentless graft with a good caught and bowled, while the skip carved his way to 4-30 to reduce the oppo to 76-5 from 30 overs. The final fifteen overs saw a wide variety of outrageous bowling which rewarded each bowler - except Darkie - with a wicket, though proving a little costly to the scoring rate. Over a far from memorable tea, the skip contemplated his order confident that he had at last amalgamated the rich vein of talent to reap a harvest of runs-153 to be exact. Alas and alack before he had finished his dream half his side had returned to their sunbathing, with little more than thirty on the board, and the innings appeared to rest squarely on the shoulders of Sex beast Paul. After surviving eight balls more than the lottery predicted Andy gave up the ghost, fooled by the accurate ball. In came the skip to join prospective hero Lebanese Clements and an historic partnership developed, that not only staved off defeat, but produced a career best 29* for Jim and a record unbeaten 47 for the seventh wicket, taking us through to a respectable 92 for 6 at the close.
Whilst never really threatening to overhaul the target set, it must be noted that we bowled 11 more overs and never once entered into the shameless time wasting that the oppo skipper employed to ensure that our run rate stayed well above six per over.
