Charlton Down Cricket Club
Charlton Down versus Parley 2nds
Sunday 27 June 09
Was it a Thriller or just plain Bad? ( A tribute to Michael Jackson)
A warm and humid day the game started at 2pm and not at the Break Of Dawn. Sunday skip lost the toss and Parley chose to bat. Matt Lowther got the early breakthrough but Parley’s 2nd wicket partnership was proving Unbreakable as they pushed the score towards one hundred. James Pretty was Working Day and Night at one end making bowling look as easy as ABC but with little reward and it was a Heartbreaker for JP not to get the wickets he deserved, he was heard muttering several times when walking back to his mark “Give In To Me.” Eventually CDCC started to take wickets steadily although the bowling was not always as Dangerous as we’d have liked through the innings although it was not easy as we were a few bowlers short. The CDCC fielding display was not the best and seemed like Monkey Business at times. Despite calls for fielders to ‘Get On The Floor’ and ‘get their body behind it’ this was going unheard and excuses such as I Can’t Help It, Blame it On The Boogie and Will You Be There? Were being used, leaving Sunday skip Speechless, muttering aaargh you guys The Way You Make Me Feel!!!! although Phil Holdcroft was as usual a Speed Demon in the outfield. Some of the umpiring decisions seemed pretty much Black or White but such is Human Nature, they were not given and CDCC just needed to Keep the Faith. Parley scored 199 and asked the question of Charlton Down, can you Beat It? Sunday skip’s reply was phlegmatic and said we don’t feel Threatened by that Score, Whatever Happens we’ll give it a good shot!!
Sunday skip wanted his best opening partnership to Come Together and Coates-Dale (P.Y.T) )and Roe opened the batting for CDCC, Snail saying to Roe I’m Going to Rock With You as they strode out, Roe replying yeah Snail I Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’. Disaster struck as Snail got out first ball, Gone Too Soon hooking down to Fine Leg, Snail made his way back to the dressing room letting out a Scream and moaning Leave Me Alone as he had a Cry and just wanted some Privacy!! Wickets fell regularly as CDCC got themselves into a Jam and Sunday skip had Butterflies as no one was able to hang around with young Roe as he progressed past another brilliant 50, was the talented opener going to repeat the History of last week and score another match winning innings? We could have done with Ben Golledge! Towndrow accompanied Roe but disaster struck as Roe wanted to run two, “Will You Be There Jesus”, “I’ll Be There Nick” but alas he was not and was Run Out!! The instructions to Roe were now clear and simple Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough! Everyone else was ordered to just hang around with Nick and we tried to say You Are Not Alone, but in fairness he was really! CDCC ended on 138. Roe batted brilliantly and is a real asset to the club. CDCC were left to reflect as This Time Around we were not Invincible, it was said “forget this game and put it In The Closet” but hey Remember The Time we beat Bournemouth 2nds? As for Parley, well played to them but then, They Don’t Care About us!!
So on to next week’s game, against…. Who Is It?
Author: Chris J Coates-Dale