Back to winning ways
Cincers put tour defeats behind them this weekend to notch an impressive victory against Actors Anon at Greenwich Park.
Selfish reached the extraodinary milestone of over 2,000 runs for the team in (almost) four seasons while Tim M wielded the formica to his second successive 50 at Greenwich Park.
Actors acting (no pun intended) skip Jamie won the toss and put Cincers in a 35 over contest in very warm sunshine.
Problem. Test Match had been up all night as the flats above were leaking water into his.
Happily, Amy's brownies - a double helping, no less - were unaffected but the Skip had to get the pads on to resume his old opening role with Selfish.
Note: the Vice-Skip was absent with an injured shoulder. 'I've been dropped.' No, you had an injury. See you next week.
Anyway, the Skip rapidly realised that with Actors comes Sanjeev. He bowls at about 70-odd mph.
Oh dear. Selfish played him superbly and the Skip survived a few off him, including a rather fine backward cut (guess who's writing this rubbish).
It didn't last long. After seven overs, Sanjeev shivered the Skip's timbers bringing Tom to the crease.
He looked on form. More than that, he hit a sparkling cover drive. Through the offside. Yes, the offside. All along the ground.
Tragedy. He then edged one behind on 17 and did what is now known as a Whitstable Walk - so named after Tom walked at Whitstable last month before coming back and querying the dismissal.
This one involved a scenic route out to square leg, a sharp left and then a pointed glance back at the umpire. Who was unmoved.
Enter the Shelving. Tim M is on sparkling form for Cincers.
He soon began spanking the ball to all corners while Selfish powered his own way back into form, punishing the over-pitched ball on a lightening quick outfield.
Actors have a good attack but were probably a bowler short on the day.
Selfish passed 50 without a murmur of applause from Cincers looking on. Not even an acknowledgement from the Meerkat hunched over the scoreboard.
He then passed 2,000 runs for the team since joining in 2005. Still nothing.
Eventually, clapping broke out for Selfish's 63rd run. A new milestone to be marked throughout the cricketing world.
The emotion got to Selfish who promptly got out for 65.
Shelving was joined by Test Match, and the two took Cincers to an impressive 212 for 3 off 35. Shelving finished on 62 not out (he does play for another side but he doesn't get out for Cincers) and Test Match ended on 28 not out.
Tea. What a tea. A joint production by Amy and Test Match. Sumptuous.
Oh god, we've got to take the field. May be one more brownie.
What followed was a curate's egg. Good bowling mixed with dross, not helped by a rather sharp interpretation of the wides rule.
New player Inam - courtesy of Abid - struck a vital early blow removing Actors' Turner who has hurt Cincers in the past.
Then Max bowled a beauty to remove batsman Flood.
Actors revived with number three Sanjeev - he of the quick bowling - smashing his way to 23 until bowler Test Match combined with point fielder Tom to remove him.
Max chipped in with another while the Meerkat put in an impressive spell of 2 for 31 off 6, including the key wicket of oppo skipper Jamie for 35.
Wides, loads of them, marred the performance even allowing for hasty signalling from the umpires.
Actors' Richard tried to wind up one of our number by quipping that the bowling was 'too cr*p to hit' or some such. 'Just a bit of sledging,' the batsman chuckled.
But keeper Adam put in another polished performance by removing batsman Knox with a fine stumping off Craig.
The Skipper brought himself on with nine down and bowled one ball.Owzat! LBW.
Actors were all out for 163 but including 27 wides.
You can't blame the brownies. You can NEVER blame the brownies!
* Man of the Match - Selfish for a superb innings and congratulations on an extraordinary milestone of 2,000 runs.
** Quote of the Day - Tom. 'Skip, I think you should open all the time, with me at 3. You can blunt the openers but I'm always guaranteed to get in fairly early.' Thanks, Tom.
** Other bowling figures: Inam 1 for 21 off 4, Test Match 2 for 25 off 4, Craig 1 for 40 off 6, Abid 1 for 11 off 2.
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