Monday, October 16, 2006

The day after...

First BIG day of cricket for the season, 7.15am dropped Rory at his game to WATCH, due to injury and went with Jack to under 13's. Jack came into bat at 2 wickets down for 3 and 10 overs later departed 23 retired, a great effort considering he made the grand total of 9 for all of last season. Ended up with the man of the match and a great boost to the confidence, and a win to boot.

My seniors game started at 12.30, we bowled and 40 overs is a long time, took a catch, grassed another one, bowled 3 overs (no wides or no balls, major achievement) and took 1 for 9. We were chasing 150 and were never in the hunt, I batted at 6, came in at 4 for 30 after 30 overs on a hat trick. Saw off that, hit some nice shots, got to 5 and with the adrenahlin pumping full on ran myself out in a very embarrassing way, stranded halfway down the pitch, ah la Simon Katich style...

Still a very succesful re entry to the cricket field, and what's better, didn't feel too bad today at all... just a little tired. Now a 2 week break before the next onslaught, I'm sure the Australian selectors were out in the paddock somewhere watching...

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