Southfleet cc vs lamorbey park cc
Match Report
Sunday saw the squirrels travel to Southfleet CC on the hottest day of the year to date.
With the skipper running late, waiting for senior pro Wiseo, Howesy lost the toss and the lads were asked to field first.
Southfleet got off to a good start and punished anything wide on a rapid outfield. At the first drinks break, it looked like we would be chasing 280 plus. However, the skipper came up with a plan. That plan was to burgle some wickets.
With the field out, Wiseo started to deliver for his skipper taking 3 wickets at a crucial time bowling a mixture of slow balls and even slower balls but it was perfect for the deck.
Kev (1-25), woodsy (2-42), Cam (0-33), Jake (1-34) and Harry S (0-35 ) all bowled well and restricted the opponents to 226 which at the halfway stage, appeared more than getable.
Kev in particular is finding nice rhythm to his bowling and a five for seems to be around the corner for him. Howesy, again was exceptional behind the sticks, taking two catches and a stumping. In truth, our fielding was pretty poor and one thing we need to adjust to is stopping the spinning ball of the spinner which cost us about 15-20 runs.
The chase started well with Wiseo (39) hitting his first five balls for four and looking in imperious form. After Lloyd (5) fell cheaply trying to put the ball into Longfield, Jake (85) came to the crease and immediately went on the attack latching onto anything short and dealing well with any full tosses sent his way.
The truth was though, Once Wiseo was dismissed, no one helped Jake out with Oscar, Alfie, the skipper, Harry, Woodsy, Howesy and Cam all going cheaply.
We fell 52 runs short in the end but it didn’t feel Southfleet were that much better than us and maybe if we were given some lbw’s that were plumb (oppo refusing to put their finger up) and held onto our catches, we might of been looking at a different result.
Thanks again to Andy Martin for umpiring on a scorching day. Much appreciated, even if he was wearing a golf shirt.
Man of the match - Wiseo
Fine of the day - Lloyd