Last few weeks cricket has been hard to love. But I had a big whine last week so this week maybe I’ll just do a match report.
Oakmount were pretty much level with us in the league before this game. We seem pretty similar sides on paper. I’d say we probably are in reality, and on another day we’d have a good even game with them. This was not that day.
We batted first and poorly, most of us getting out in disappointing ways, largely, though not entirely, through lack of patience and application. They had two good openers, but after that very ordinary fare, but by that time the damage was largely done.
The partnership of the day was the final one. Supported by Vic, Ryan showed some flair, wielding the new ‘Wombat’ with freedom, to take the innings to its conclusion, caught on the boundary off the last ball attempting to get us to 3 figures.
Defending 96 is rarely easy, and their big swinging 3 and 4 had license to go nuts, which they duly did. We got an early wicket, but the second wicket had already made 60, and they took some punishing overs off us which put the result beyond doubt in short order.
I don’t wanna jinx it but next game we travel to Redlynch who have yet to win, so perhaps we’ll catch a break there. We could do with one.
Written by Si
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