Gregory’s Blog

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.