Skipper fancies kip after oppo destroyed
HWRCC 239-7dec, O'Mahoney 89, Davies 56 (45 overs)Long Ditton 134ao, Mathews 97*, Tughral 8-45 Ive written match reports like this many times this season. Too many times in fact. We absolutely spanked Long Ditton on Saturday. Took the piss in fact. It was embarassing. The team seemed to be overjoyed at every wicket that fell, wheareas I was mores subdued, knowing we were likely to play them again next year. If we keep the players we've got we will probably spank them again. It was ridiculous. The deck was rock solid. Apart from a strange vein running down the length of the pitch, just outside the corridor of uncertainty, this was going to be a run fest. In reality it was too wide to be of concern to anyone. Long Ditton won the toss and fielded. HWRCC opened up with HIbberd and Davies looking unruffled. The fairly sharp opener blew himself out early on, mixing some decent short and lively stuff with too many legside balls that were easy pickings for, in particular, Davies. With the scoreboard healthy at 40 off 13, Hibberd played a slightly rash shot, across the line and was bowled. All this did, however, was bring O'Mahoney to the crease. Along with Davies he pushed on nicely, the occasional bludgeoned 4, the occasional dabble to 3rd man, a few flicks off the legs etc etc. I think there were maybe two stifled appeals for the entire first 25 overs? Davies, having reached his half century, holed out to the long square leg boundary. A foolish shot, although on a hot day fresh legs at the crease wouldnt be a bad thing. One brings two. £15 please AJ. Ben, and then Raza (40) joined Adam to push the score on to a comfortable 239. O'Mahoney top scoriong with 89 superb runs in fron of the family. Emotional. Teas? Standard. 7. No variation this week - although the promise of curry later in the evening stopped Davies from eating too much. That, and some slight nerves that we may not be able to take 10 wickets on a flat deck. Our only option was to take the old ball and start with Zammy. The only bowler to get anything out of the deck for Long Ditton was a leggie (presumably part time). He found some bounce, but certainly didnt escape run punishment either. Hers where the circus starts. There were two games of cricket being played in the middle. One was against mr Jason Matthews. The best batsman in the league (check the stats), and the other against Long Ditton. In a score of 134, Jason scored 97*. He carried his bat. Apart from his 3rd ball, the scuttled off the edge between slips 1 and 2, his innings was pretty much flawless. In 16 innings, he has reached 50 on 11 occasions. He hasnt scored a ton because, presumably, he runs out of partners. This was LITERALLY the case on Saturday, as Zammack proved far too good for the entire Long Ditton team, scoring 37 between them. Even Kam managed 40! Mr Matthews was suitably annoyed and I was suitably bored. Take nothing away from Zammack. He bowled well, but not that well. Ive seen him bowl teams out, but on Saturday he merely had to put the ball there as the wickets were always going to follow. Embarassing, but that's cricket. Indeed, that's life. We finish the league in 3rd position, 2 points off a promotion spot having been 2nd all year. Take nothing away from Stoke - the league table doesnt lie. Even though we scored 30 more points than the team in 2nd last year, we need to recognise that both Guildford and Godalming also eclipsed said score. We know were we lost this promotion, it certainly wasnt on Saturday. Mahusive congratulations to the 2XI and 3XI, but Im embarassed that HWRCC 1XI are still in Fullers going into 2009. [Here O'Mahoney demonstrates how he has become the club's leading fielder - Ed]
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