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The first of a double header against Charnock Richard on a warm afternoon and a non too shabby pitch with a bit pace and bounce in it. Consensus win toss and bat which is exactly what Charnock did. A cautious start losing their first wicket at 25 enter Anwar first scoring shot was a stunning shot over cover which went for four to say he was not going to hang about was an understatement although he lost Bond, he hit the ball to all places before holing out on the cover boundary for 37
Brown and skipper Ball steered the ship up to 123 before Ball went, Brown meanwhile stayed the coarse he ended up with 80 helped by Roberts took the score to 192-8 a more than useful score however has to be said our inbility to catch a ball did cost us quite a lot of runs, we also had a coupe of refusals
Ackerman 4 wickets the right type of wicket for leg spin, however the pace Mick Bevridge put in as now got him the nickname of the Ginger Jofra Archer
We got of to a good although slow start losing our first wicket at 37, al the top order contributed which was unusual for us although our painfully slow run rate meant there was absolutely zero chance of getting the 193 to win, so it was about getting batting bonus points The Charnock bowlers Anwar, Mitchell and Meadows gave nothing away all accurate on or just outside off stump, as good as any bowlers in this division.
Bevridge came in whacked his way to a rapid 44 but received scant resistance from the tail and we fell short of a bonus point.
Michell 4 wickets Anwar 3 and the points duly went to Charnock as they also did today.

Another of my unusual ways to get out, standing at the non strikers end, Scott Taylor middles one staright back to the bowler who drops the catch however the power on the ball meant it his the stumps at teh other end, yep out of the crease didn't even wait the Umpires finger or the Hancock as it is now known. Match report on this epic later