[themaclad]

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Almost snatched victory from the jaws of defeat on to have the jaws of defeat snatch it back. The ground with the duckpond on it almost saw an epic finish as we failed by 10 runs to achieve the rare feat this season of winning a game.
As with last week Wrea Green won the toss swapped the batting order around, to be fair we did the same with ur bowling order as I was put on for the third over of teh game, two wickets in my first two over we had them three down for not so many, enter Jamie Todd smote my third over for 14 and that was my spell over for teh afternoon. He doesn't defend he swings from the hip and the ball is propelled at a series speed hence the massive bruise on my foot having had teh misfortune to get in the way of a drive heading back to me at warp factor 10
Decent partnership with Iain Malone who had got 90 plus against us last week and after about 10 overs they were scoring at 7 an over.
Good slip catch by Lever to get rid of Malone before Ackers with hisleggers got Todd for a violent 50. We worked our way through the rest of the batting with possibly a couple of favourable decisions. But Malone junior and Langley took the score to 109. On 98-9 Malone scooped the ball in the air between three close fielders not one of them reacted, little did we realise that that was a pivotal moment especially as we were 14-6.
The McCleod brothers lasted five balls made none between them only Beveridge with seven suggested permanence although Mr Horsfall lasted nearly 50 balls for little as he likes to do. First baller for me, inswinger didn't really pick it up did not bounce hit stumps, balls that do not bounce are liable to get me out this season, third time.
Skipper Duffield and Lever rallied the skipper doing the bulk of the scoring, slowly we began creeping towards their score mainly from the bat of Duffers although Lever did contribute 10. Hughes came in retired hurt and Ackers didn't last long, in went Hughes again with a runner and we edged closer. Hughes departed and it was left to the skipper and Neil the wicket keeper.
Duffers scored the majority of the expectations grew on the sidelines until it was cruelly dashed when Wlletts was bowled. The skipper ended up with 59 not out to go with his three wickets otehr mentions to Ackers who got five wickets which more than made upform his hammering at Ingol.
Wrea Green's last match they spent 50 quid on booze and we toasted the end of their season, we have one more to go Blackpool 4ths next Saturday