Gregory’s Blog

Hi again,

I’m moving my blog again it is now at http://gregory3.wordpress.com/  See you there.

Hi again,

On Saturday I played cricket for my club. It was a warm morning and the pitch wasn’t too damp. My team won the toss and elected to field first. We were playing Cambridge which was going to be a hard game as we haven’t done well against them in the past. We started off well getting a lucky run out in the 4Th over. We soon dismissed their other opening batsman in the next over after dropping him earlier. I had to quickly leave to go to an event the school band was playing in during the 21st over when Cambridge were 4 for 67. By then I had bowled two overs for 8 runs taking no wickets. I also managed a run out before I left.

The band didn’t go as well as the cricket was going. (That’s all I’m going to say about that)

I was going to open again in this match but didn’t get back in time. Cambridge made 135 runs after all 35 overs because of our team’s extras. When I got back my team was 2 for 20 in the 8th over. I was written down to bat at number 10 but because our batsmen kept getting out it wasn’t a long time before it was my turn to pad up. I came in during the 17th over with my team only having 58 runs on the board. I got off the mark with the second ball I faced taking a quick single. I was batting with Jake who was our number 9 batsman. We put on a 33 run partnership after 8 overs before Cambridge brought back their opening bowler. I ended up getting 12 runs off 18 balls before being caught by the fielder at gully. We were all out for 93.

I’m pleased with my 12 runs getting the third highest score as well as hitting 1 of the only 3 boundaries by my team.

Bye for now, Gregory.

Hi again,

On Saturday I played cricket against Berkley for my club. It was another overcast day and the pitch was damp after rain that night. Berkley won the toss and elected to bat first. The ball was wet and slippery and was hard for our opening bowlers to grip and control the ball while bowling fast. The first wicket fell in the fifth over thanks to a brilliant one handed diving catch by the man at point. At drinks break my team was in trouble, with Berkley on 96 for 2. We would need some really tight bowling to have any chance of winning. In the 22nd over we got the breakthrough with the ball keeping low on the wet surface bowling one of their top batsmen. The next two batsmen had a good 41 run partnership before their number 5 batsmen holed out to the fielder at mid wicket. At this stage they were 159 for four with about another 6 overs to go. A few balls later another big wicket fell with their number 3 batsman bowled after making 53 runs. Their tail enders didn’t manage to put on a big score for Berkley but because of my team’s extras they managed to make 172 in total after all 35 overs. After 3 overs my bowling figures were 0 for 17 and I ran someone out.

I was opening again this week and once again I was very nervous. My team didn’t get off to a good start as the first over was a wicket maiden. I was still in and played out the over at the other end with three wides coming from it. One of the opening bowlers was fast and hard to play but he didn’t manage to take a wicket. When our number 3 batsman got out for just 4 runs our team was in trouble as I met the new batsmen in the middle. We both solidly played out the opening bowlers not managing to score many runs. But in the eighth over when he got out our chances of making a big total like the 173 we needed were fading away. We were needing about a run a ball to win off 25 overs. We had a solid partnership but he was soon caught by the close in fielder. Our team ended up losing this match making a total of 100 all out after 28 overs. I made 23 not out batting all through the innings and seeing everyone in my team dismissed.

I was pleased with how solidly I played and batting all the way through the innings making my new high score and making my average 24.00 this season.

Gregory