"Matty D believes toss will be important at Thames Ditton"
Thames Ditton 1xi vs HWRCCHWRCC 92 Vishy 20*
Thames Ditton 80 Nomaan 7-40 Scorecard Forget what you think you know about cricket, cos you aint seen nuffink yet. Saturday was an incredible game in a season that is fast becoming one for squeaky bums... We played Thames Ditton in the cup earlier in the season and won well although not totally convincingly. The weather was however always going to be a leveller and the greenest of green tops welcomed us at the Village Green. They did however have covers, which actually meant the difference between a match and no match. At 1310, in dry but sunny conditions both teams were warming up, before the heavens opened and fleeing to the clubhouse I was reminded of Sanderstead from 2010. Nail biting stuff. An hour later after the heavens had tired, we ventured out to find an outfield moist but drying, and a track dry but green and even softer than before. This would be a crucial toss, or so you would think. The odds of losing the toss 6 times in a row is 1 in 64. This therefore makes me as clever as Paul the Octopus, who correctly predicted the path of Germany successfully through the recent World Cup, only to say they would lose in the final, which they did. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10567712. If we had as many arms as he does we may be able to catch a bit better and make our lives a lot easier. Rather than describing the game, I will show you the Blackberry message narrative between two Wick members (who shall remain nameless) – one who watched the entire game, the other who was a keen observer. Their emotional rollercoaster mirrored those playing and provide the clearest description of the action: Day off Wick: Keep me updated on the score.
Day off Wick: 4 balls into the 3's game and the heavens have opened and stopped play. Pissing it down.
Day off Wick: Are you playing?
Spectator Wick: Just about to toss up here & heavens open....chucking it down
Day off Wick: Forecast got it spot on. Heavy rain from 1pm to 4pm across Surrey. In the bookies. Best place to be on a day like this.
Day off Wick: Got covers?
Spectator Wick: Yes, I reckon we'll be on in a couple of hours.
Day off Wick: Always the optimist.
Spectator Wick: Covers coming off.
Day off Wick: Who won the toss?
Spectator Wick: Haven't tossed up yet. Won't be using the lucky coin ;)
Spectator Wick: Starting at 14.30.
Day off Wick: Who's bowling?
Spectator Wick: We're batting, Matty D lost the toss...
Day off Wick: ATS
Day off Wick: Playing?
Spectator Wick: 11-1 after 6. Can bat for 44
Day off Wick: Who is out?
Spectator Wick: Nomaan. Bowled by Curtley Ambrose. 19-1 off 9. Difficult track, green.
Spectator Wick: 23-2 Mattyd bowled
Spectator Wick: 23-3 Kam bowled duck.
Day off Wick: Start doing a rain dance!
Spectator Wick: 38-4. Day bowled. Bonay & High in
Day off Wick: All 4 wickets bowled? Raining now.
Spectator Wick: Yes! Spitting, clear behind
Spectator Wick: Sunny now!
Spectator Wick: 51-4. High has hit 2 boundaries.
Spectator Wick: 51-5 High holes out. Caught mid off
Spectator Wick: 53-6 Cronin yorked. Turning into a bit of a Jakki (Jakki Brambles – Shambles)
Day off Wick: Bonay still in?
Spectator Wick: Yes with Zohaak
Spectator Wick: Er......no. Just caught at mid wicket. 53-7
Day off Wick: I'm surprised Matty was so desperate to play. Always think in conditions like today, anything can happen?
Spectator Wick: 63-8 Zam gets under a slower ball, caught mid on
Spectator Wick: 68-9
Spectator Wick: Zohaak caught 1st slip.
Day off Wick: What did we end up with?
Spectator Wick: 92 all out 41.1
Day off Wick: Deary me.
Spectator Wick: Bad toss to lose
Spectator Wick: 2-1. Nomaan wkt with 1st ball
Spectator Wick: 2-2 another bowled!
Day off Wick: Game on.
Spectator Wick: 11-3 Nomaan c&b
Spectator Wick: Suddenly 92 looks a long way off.
Day off Wick: Fact. Should have declared on 80 and given themselves more time to bowl the oppo out.
Day off Wick: All gone quiet?
Spectator Wick: Kam has dropped 2, 2 lbw's not given 52-3 now
Spectator Wick: 59-4. Their top man run out
Day off Wick: Run out! Chasing only 90! Schoolboy.
Spectator Wick: 60-5 played on
Spectator Wick: Kam catches 1 at cow 68-6
Spectator Wick: 68-7 Nomaan bowled
Spectator Wick: 68-8 kam bowled
Spectator Wick: 75-8. Curtley hit a huge 6. Facing Nomaan now...
Day off Wick: Curtley the key.
Spectator Wick: Riley has just given him lbw b Kam, plum in front of middle 80-9.
Spectator Wick: WICK win 80 all out
Day off Wick: WICKWASH
Spectator Wick: More like WICKWASHout.... ;) ...and relax... A few points that you may have not picked up from the above: 1. Vish and Shri put on 24 for the final wicket. Vital, vital, vital.
2. Their opener was excellent – decent pace and got 5-50 from 21 overs unchanged.
3. The track was lethal, so 92 was below par, but not by much
4. Teas were very good – the softest bread Ive had in a while, although as always lacked the variety of HWRCC
5. Cricket is a game played in the mind....92 was 1 more than they were gonna get.
6. Nomaan got 7 wickets, and had 2 cathces dropped off his bowling (Day had one drop as well)
7. The run out turned the game – MattyDs throw from the boundary, Tuggles Zam demolishing the stumps to get rid of the danger man #4.
8. Cheers to Ali for scoring, Riley for umpiring following the 2 s cancellation, Lloydy, Lown, Sissen and Bonay’s mum for watching.
9. Epic. MOM - Vish. Diving around like a gazelle in the field and scoring 20 vital runs at #10. Shri was the same. Neither got a bowl (despite being bowlers), but with the bat they made the difference and turned 3 or 4 points into 20. Nomaan is Nomaan. Class.
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