Wednesday 23 June – WYLAM WON BY 65 RUNS
At our first home match on a lovely sunny evening we won the toss and elected to field first.
BOWLING
Sandra (5) 38 runs 1 wicket
Lisa (5) 37 runs 1 wicket
Chloe (5) 28 runs
Cheryl (5) 14 runs 2 wickets
This includes the extras of 24 wides, 1 leg bye and 5 byes (oh I think their umpire was a little unforgiving at times)
Again, a great effort by all the bowlers. Chloe was unfortunate not to be rewarded with a wicket with her on-line and pace bowling. Cheryl had a storming game, and to only allow 14 runs past her bowling is a statistic that top players in the league would be very proud of. Our 4 wickets gave us 2 bonus points (it is a point for every 2 wickets and not for every 1 which we had previously understood to be the rule!)
FIELDING
Without doubt our best effort so far this season, possibly helped by our 9th man in the field keeping us right with positioning. Thank you Eddie Scott! However, it was Lisa Scott who was on fire in the field, hurling a fast throw to me in wicket to get their number one batswoman out! Not content with one stumping out, Lisa almost set up a second, but unfortunately Chloe didn’t quite get on the end of the throw. Our incredibly positive fielding allowed us to stop quite a few balls running for 4 and also keeping some 1 runs at bay. A great team effort by all with superb contributions from Tishy, Lizzie, Sarah & Kerry (who came on to replace Cheryl for a few overs). I’m sure Sarah & Kerry won’t mind me mentioning their comedy contributions (we are after all here to have fun first and foremost) with Kerry making friends with the grass at her first connection with the ball, and Sarah boldly stopping the ball running for 4 and then subsequently throwing the ball out over the boundary. It was great fun and kept us all smiling!
BATTING
Sandra caught 0
Tishy bowled 8 (Tishy hit her first 4)
Lisa caught 6
Sally lbw 6
Cheryl run out 17 (includes a 4)
Chloe not 6
Sarah caught 0
Lizzie bowled 1
Wylam gave away 14 extras (12 wides, 2 no balls)
TOTAL – 58 FOR 7 wickets in 17.4 overs
It was Cheryl who had a terrific stand, and was particularly positive with her calling by constantly pushing for the runs. We had a few unfortunate moments when we were caught (this is something that we will improve as we get more experience and learn a little more technical skill with our batting). Well done to Sarah and Lizzie on their debuts – it is terrifying going up for a debut bat, and does only slightly get better every time we do it. By achieving over 50 runs we earned another bonus point. Giving us the grand total of 3 bonus points for the evening!
The normal thanks are sent to Dave for umpiring, Aaron for scoring and all friends, family and team mates who turned up. It was great to put on our first ‘tea’ which was very well received and thanks Karin for your hard work in the kitchen making sure this looked appetising and enjoyable for all.
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