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New Longton



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Penworthnam 4ths





A rarity a double header on what probably the hostest weekend of the season, both games away against sides that play on other teams grounds both in the Southport area so two round trips of about 60 miles in successive days .
The New Longton was played at Tarleton and the Penwortham game at Bretherton, both smallish grounds.
We actually got to ue the changing room at Tarleton a first this season. Odd looking wicket been used before a bat first first wicket, as it looked like it would get worse as the game progressed. We won the toss and batted half the job done or it would have been if we had actually batted well, we didn't only Mark Luxton with 15 looked to have any hint of permamnance however your truly ran him out, also ran Jamie Hughes out however Jaamie can best be described as a rabbit and I was just trying o get the strike back that's my excuse.
So 75 never really looked a good score although the usual Wyre inability to catch a ball. Both long on and off spilled one in the first three overs.
We got a couple of early wickets but Pepi and Tynan put on nearly 30 to get them to 48-3 which menat common sense batting would take them home. More catches spilled including 2 in the first two balls from me, I had an smile on my first as I trudged back to the boundary at the end of the early, A 46 finish from my bowling meant the end of the game.
Went in a pub the Cock and Bottle Tarleton, get a table go to the bar order your beer and they bring it too you, still prefer the old ways.

Sunday rinse and repeat although Hallett's innings of slogging should have led us to a better totale but the rest of the team's inability to bat again reared it's ugly head although Penwortham had a leg spinner Orikhail who was without doubt the best bowler we have played against this season. I got a bueaty pitched turned and bowled however some got out to dire shots.
With the sun burning down catches were spilled again and short boundaries on either side meant pitching short meant lost balls.
Carried on in the same vein with the bowling first two bals went 46 first over went for 20 as Padmananabha 43* kept putting me into orbit.
They won with ease as we cement our position at the bottom of the league.
And the pub across the road wasn't open Shameful

Will do yesterday's epic later in the week did the wheel's fall off the Wyre wagon? Too right they did