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Don't appeal for run outs or stumpings. Square leg has no idea

R.I.P

Dale Martin. This might help

So is the 16th Jan going to be odds v evens or old boys day? Asking for a friend 👍

And go

Last minute ground change puts both teams in a spin so game starts at 2pm and
we are playing 30 overs a side. Mick wins the toss and we are having a bat.

After relentless badgering from D***o, Mick moves up the order and it pays off with
the big unit hitting 90 not out with good support from Ruan 19 and David A 26.
The Blues end up 5 for 159 off our 30 overs.

The New ball is given to New Dan and Old Andy and we get off to a good start.
Some good fast fiery bowling from Dan get him 2 Wickets and Andy chimes in with 1.
Ruan and Professor, or should I now say Doc, both chips in with 2 wickets and after
some great fielding we get the job done.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!!!!!!!
Great first win for the year, let hope it becomes a regular occurrence

Honorable Mention
* Mick for hitting more run today then his last 2 season combined
* Dan for getting us off to a great start with the new ball
* The whole team in the field, great effort with only 9 but still taking 6 Catches and a Runout
* Andy for not being a little bitch after rolling his ankle before drinks, went back out
and still chased everything

Dishonorable Mention
* The Emslie family for not planning their Holidays from Sunday to Friday
* Association for changing the ground last minute
* Benny for having kids so he couldn't play

Good luck Legends.

Just a quick update, our Home Ground is now Novocastrian Oval and a few of our opposition teams lost their home grounds so not sure what their new grounds will be yet

Interim Draw has been published and we are in B1. We got screwed with our home ground but what can you do. At this stage Home Ground is Wallarah Oval (Synthetic) (Second ground over across from the footy Stadium)

Our opposition this season is:
* The Journeymen (Pat Jordan Oval)
* The Gardens (Blackley Oval)
* Elliotts Lambton (Lambton Oval)
* Waterboard Bowling Club (Jesmond Park)
* Medowie Cricket Club (Ferodale Oval)

Looks like a tough group of teams so we have our work cut out for us. Bring on the Season!!!!!

From what im reading there has been further politics at play between NCSCA, District and everyone in between so I think there is potential for changes to the Draw and Grounds so we will have to wait and see

Hey Guys, I hope everyone is doing well in these strange times we are currently living in. We had our first hit out last week and the body is just starting not hurt.

There are a few details released regarding the upcoming season. At this stage the First Game will be Saturday 17th October. There will be 6 teams in the comp and we will play each team 4 times (20 Games).

I will need to get rego forms sorted soon so I will send out SMS's to everyone later this week to get this started. I will let you know more details as I find out but let me know if anyone has any questions

Cheers boys for all the memories. Best of luck next season and I will continue to follow the results online.

Regards Dougie

Away game against Valentine. Winner plays semi's, loser is out.

Mick wins the toss and we are batting. We are rolled for 154. Gareth 59 and Chris 31 stood out.

Valentine pass our score 6 down after 34.5 overs. Cain 2/21 & Mick 2/36 both grabbed doubles. There were a couple of decision that went against us but basically, we didn't score enough runs.

Season over, Dougies farewell tour has finished and it is now down to the Preso.

MOTM - Gareth

Nice work Gareth, lets see another hundred on the weekend to cement top spot

Away game against Cardiff.

Rob loses the toss and Cardiff bats first.

They reach 7/180 after 35. Dougie 3/26, D***o 3/28 and Ben 1/25 take the wickets.

In reply we were 3/0 after 2 overs thanks to 3 goldens by Brad, John and Gareth. D***o and Rob put on a 137 4th wicket partnership. Rob 45 and D***o 95 but we fell short, dismissed for 159.

Not the lose we needed.

MOTM - Daniel 95 runs and 3/28

Last home game for the season against Medowie. A win the toss and win the ffame pitch.

We lost and batred first.

All out for 88. Gareth 25, John 20 and Dale 13no reached double figures.

Medowie past our score in the 23rd over at 6/90

Dale 2/9, Dougie 2/34 and Mick and Gareth 1 each.

MOTM - John with 20 and 2 sharp catches.

Been a while since we had a post.

Today we played Mudrats in possibly 40 degree heat. 20/20 game and Mick wins the toss, Blues to bat.

We post a score of 1/160. Gareth 115no and Professor 22no had an opening partnership of 128 before Professor retires due to the heat. Benny 2 LBW was the only wicket lost and John remained 5no.

We kept Mudrats to 9/135. Dale found his groove with 3/11, Dougie 2/22, Paul 2/25. Mick and Gareth picked up a wicket as well.

MOTM - Gareth despite his dropped catch

Cricket NSW releases a press release for the Coronavirus. If we get called off, they can far cough 😉

Home game against Cardiff and with a couple of late pull outs we are down to 8 players.
Out come the weather apps with hopes of 43+ degrees so we can get 2 points and go home.
Cain checks his phone, 43 and it feels like it. Check the official weather zone app and its 28.8. WTF.
So game is on but we decide 20 / 20 will be enough. Get Chris late so back to 9 players

Mick Wins the toss and we are batting!!!! (what a legend that Mick bloke is)

Not a great start with Cain securing himself a boxie and Gareth going early for 14. In steps Professor and Benny who dominate the bowlers hitting 41 and 47* respectively. Chris chipped in with a quick 25* and we hit a mammoth 141 of 20 overs

Our bowlers come out firing, turning this T20 into a test match. Dale untouchable with 1 for 4 off his 4 overs
and after great support from D***o and Gareth, Cardiff are 4 for 33 after 10. Cain the Destroyer gets 5 for 21 and Mick chimes to clean up the tale with 3 for 7

Great win with only 9 players on a hot day.

Man of the match was tough, first thoughts were give it to Mick for winning the toss but that was quickly squashed.
3 great performers today with Cain and Professor just missing out to

Man of the Match - Benny

What are the chance Aleem Dar can umpire for us? Reckon I could get 70 wickets

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Gareth to the 100 club.

What a way to bring the milestone up. 92no (equal highest score) a wicket & a direct hit run out.

What a Man of the Match effort.

Away game today against Ulinga.

Rob offers to bat first and we reach 4/185. Gareth smacked 92no, Paul H 34, Dale 26no and Professor 26.

Bowlers restricted Ulinga to 138. Micky led the charge with 4/13, Dougie 2/30, Dale 1/26, Gareth 1/6 and Paul 1/5. Gareth jagged a run out.

Fines were minimal. Rob duck $2, Dale and Dave dropped caught and bowled chances - $2 each

MOTM - Gareth

We played Valentine this week away. Mick loses the toss and we are batting.

We score 8/178 thanks to 71 from Chris. Ruan retired hurt with one arm on 31 and we were actually 2/122 at drinks. Dave H 18, Professor 14no and Cain reached double figures.

Valentine passed our score in the 34th over with the loss of 3 wickets. Gareth 1/36 and Cain 1/46 got the wickets and Dave H scored a run out.

Fines we plenty. D***o a duck and a dropped catches. Murray run out and a hard catch dropped. Dave dropped 2 and apparently 1 landed between Mick, Adam and John.

MOTM - Chris

Mmmm, no one in our team is there??

Hi Guys,

Just updating the LOB (yes still the LOB as B would sound stupid)

Congratulations to the following

Ruan and Rob - record first wicket partnership against Journeymen of 116 for the club
Ruan and Rob - record third wicket partnership against Cardiff of 102 for the club

Milestones

Cain 100 wickets against Elliotts
Gareth 2000 runs against Mudrats
Ruan 1000 runs against Journeymen
Chris 2500 runs against Medowie.

There are a number of smaller milestones which will cbe in the LOB

5 half centuries Ruan 88, 76 Adam 62 Rob 59 and 53*

Mick with a 5 wicket haul 5/16

Hopefully we can build on the season

Away game againt Cardiff at Thomas Percy Oval.

Synthetic pitch. Rob wins the toss so Blues to bat. We scored 7/209. Ruan 88, Rob 53no, Chris 38 and Dougie 18 reached double figures.

Cardiff managed 6/194 in reply. Gareth took 3/51, Mick 2/45 and Dave 1/41.

We made it hard for ourselves with 5 dropped catches - D***o 2, Ben, Rob (Tufnall?) and Dave off his own bowling. Ducks also featured today - Gareth Golden and D***o/Mick silver.

MOTM - Ruan

Home game today against Medowie. Little bit of juice in the wicket and a strong breeze. Prefect bowling conditions and Michael loses the toss. Lass to bat.

We were all out 145 n the 33rd over. Adam top scored with 62 with Chrs 14, Ben, 14 and Brad 12 reachibg double figures. Sundries had a good day with 24.

Medowie were rolled in the 32. Mick picked up 5/16, Dougie 3/34 and Gareth 2/18.

Daniel picked up a duck and Dale dropped a catch. Mick was fined for dropping a catch as he fell over his own feet and the ball almost landed on him. Bring on the Tufnell.

MOTM - Adam

Today we played The Journeymen. Rob won the toss and elected to bat.

We posted 5/223. Ruan 76, Rob 59 , John 35no off 19 balls, Gareth 20 and Mick 18 were the runscorers.

Bowling proved difficult and we were passed in the 32nd over at 4/224. Rob 1/30, Professor 1/31, Mick 1/33 & Dougie 1/50. We played well enough to win the game but somehow found a way to lose it

MOTM - Ruan

Home game this week against Mary Ellen Mudrats. No toss taken as they were late so Dougie in his last game as captain elects to bowl with the gale force breeze.

Mudrats rolled for 53. Dougie 3/12 Dave H and Cain 2/10 , Paul 1/0 D***o 1/5 & Dale 1/13

Boys made quick work of the total at 2/56 after 8 overs Chris 35no and Gareth 15no

Dougie awarded MOTM

First game for the season and we have been moved to Hexham to play Elliotts.

Dougie wins the toss and we are batting (loose term)

We are rolled for 33 with Benny top scoring with 19. We had 1 Golden duck Dave A, Silver duck Micky and 4 Wooden ducks Rob, John, Dougie and Professor.

Elliotts passed our score in the 14th over at 2/35. Cain 1/4 and Mick 1/9 got the wickets

On a positive note, we put plenty of cash in the kitty from Ducks today for end of season

MOTM - Benny