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Good win, and a tidy all-round effort, personally. Opposition won the toss, and put us in on a soft, drying pitch. Started well, but I came in after 2 quick wickets, with the innings rather in the balance at 145/6, with 13 overs left, and our gun opener 70 not out, but running out of partners...

You never know what you are going to get, facing a touring side. How strong they'll be / how sober they'll be / how seriously they'll take the game. These lads came to win, and we hadn't selected nearly a strong enough side to face them. Bexley Park 163/2 (4/0/24/1) Ampfield 125/7 (1 not out!)...

According to my RECORDS (yes, I am really that much of a statto) I achieved this 'feat' in... 1993 (5W / 4R) 2006 (10W / 2R) 2007 (5W / 0R) 2012 (18W / 10R) 🤡 💹 From overall 'career' totals* of 601W / 2381R Actually 1986-1996 and 2001-2024 (I have no records of the few games I played in the...

Change of plan tonight for me... Hedge End Hawks v Tuskers CC Southampton Evening League, Division 1 Game off - weather Ampfield v Bexley Park Tour Match The weather later ought to have held for the Hedge End game, but too wet for the council to have prepared a pitch. My club will get the...

Big win. Portsmouth won the toss and invited us to bat… When they took their first wicket in the 40th over, at 244, they might just have questioned that decision. Our opener who carried his bat for 136 two games ago, made 119, and is currently the highest run scorer across all 17 divisions of...

Funnily enough, one of OUR team is actually a consultant surgeon at the main hospital in Portsmouth. He’ll know the way, if it comes to it…

Portsmouth CC 3rd XI v Ampfield 1st XI Hampshire Cricket League, Div 4 Farlington Sports Ground, Portsmouth

Played an evening league game last night. I'm not a big fan of the crash bang short-form stuff (16 overs in this case) but got pressed into it to help out. Bit of a weird dynamic the team I play with, as its some good quality cricketers, but not taken very seriously. South African overseas for...

Enjoy it while it lasts. We are away in Portsmouth this Saturday! :eek:

Chastening and entirely avoidable defeat, on Saturday. Won the toss and chose to bowl - on my insistence - conditions were perfect - I knew it was going to be hooping about. As last week, myself and our off-spinner bowled our 9 overs each right through, and after those 18 overs, the opposition...

Haha. @Fignon's Ponytail posted while I was typing that /\ his mate isn't me, btw.

In my late teens (between A-levels and Uni) I signed up to the Camp America scheme, and spent a glorious summer of sunshine, swimming, nature, girls, beer and sport in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. Mostly the 'work' with the kids involved playing / coaching SOCCER with them, and...

Fielding - get your body behind the ball, when you go to stop it (don't just reach down). You'll stop just about everything, even if it is not elegant. Batting (this will sound stupid, but) - watch the ball. Don't worry about where you are trying to hit it, or what 'shot' you are trying to...

Blimey, that's some schedule. I remember those days. I took 102 wickets in the summer of 1990, which sounds really impressive until I add that I played over 40 matches...

Ampfield 1st XI v Langley Manor 2nd XI Hampshire Cricket league, Division 4 All 3 of our injured players are out, hopefully only one of them long term. Two more debuts amongst their replacements, but we still feel fairly strong. Fingers crossed that the weather is kind and allows a full game.

Nasty postscript to this :down: The lad who suffered the collision, has just let us know the outcome. Segond fracture of the (top of the) shin bone, ACL rupture and probable meniscus tear. Looking at best part of a YEAR of rehab, and crutches for a minimum of 6 weeks after any operation...

To be honest, I am astonished two days on, that I am not in more pain now than I am. My right shoulder needed a liberal application of deep heat today, but I can walk, and put my own socks on, so that's pretty good!

Insane first game yesterday. We made a very healthy 247/6 from our 45 overs - of which I made a SWASHBUCKLING 5 not out. I opened the bowling and reeled off my full 9 overs unchanged, up the hill, conceding a miserly 2/16 (it was actually 15, but the book has a leg bye incorrectly recorded...

Thats rather unkind. I’m sure the lad’s bowling is not THAT bad.

Only white kit allowed in our leagues. You might see some coloured kits in the evening leagues - but they are not terribly serious. Nobody should be wearing a dark kit in a game played with a proper red cricket ball - you need to be able to SEE the thing. If someone ran in to bowl at me with a...