Charlton Down Cricket Club

Charlton Down versus Bere Regis

Wednesday May 6th 2009

And so to the start of another season, a trip to Bere Regis. A new ground for us and against a team who were relegated last year. The weather did its bit- turned cold and dark as soon as Mr Lingham exposed himself and the kit bag to the elements.

Bere Regis elected to bat against a strong looking (and smelling) CDCC side. Some tidy bowling by Rich F (1-17 off 5 overs) was complimented by a pile of poo from Markie Mark (His words!); Ed came on and took a few quick wickets which helped slow the scoring, and Mark’s return proved worthwhile with some excellent bowling. JB bowled steadily if a little unluckily (the ball kept going near Sid!). The ground fielding was excellent, with Mike rolling back the years with his agile close in fielding and Adam performing heroics on the boundary.  Bere Regis went for their shots and on a small ground 127 in 18 overs was a  challenging if gettable target.

Skip and Ian Doyle (suggestions for a nickname on a post card please) then proceeded to whittle away at the target with what looked like neat efficient running and nurdling, but in reality neither of them could see bugger-all!). Skip finally succumbed as a result of too many pies and being run out. This simply allowed Ed to come in and showed that slapping is far and away an easier option; one of his sixes disabling a parked car! No more wickets fell and CDCC eased home with almost 3 overs to spare.

 Big thanks to Sid, Adam, Mike, and Jesus who didn’t bat and bowl, but as mentioned were lusty in the field!

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