Tasmania University Cricket Club
Scores and Reports
Season 2004/05
Third Grade
Round 12 v. Lindisfarne
Played at Fergusson Park, 6th. and 13th. February 2005.
(Toss won by : Lindisfarne)
James Jubb 49* Mark Goodman 46* Matthew Dare 25 |
Sam Lambert 4-6 Matthew Dare 2-19 |
(Day 1). No play. (Day 2). For only the 3rd time this season the Uni 3's were going to be taking part in a 2 day game. Unfortunately, as last week was washed out, we had to try and 'manufacture' a result in 1 day. The good thing was we were back on turf, and at our adopted home ground of Fergusson Park at Pontville. The plan was simple - win the toss, put them in, knock them all over, get the runs, celebrate. Unfortunately the toss that had to be won was lost, as the Farnies captain called correctly and sent us in to bat - they stole my plan!!!!! With Fenna out of the side having a rest, Rocket took up the job of opening the batting with Chicka, with the thought of trying to get off to a quick start. The score had only progressed to 10 when big Rosie Dickens got a ball to cut back in to Chicka, and unfortunately found it's way through the gate and into off stump. Rocket soon got the score ticking along a bit with 11 off Rosie's next over, but was out for 15 with the score on 22 trying to flick a ball to the on-side, only managing to get a leading edge which was caught at mid on. The score soon became 3/33, as Simbok was adjudged LBW after apparently smashing it right out of the middle! Stevo entered the arena, but wasn't there for that long, as he flicked a ball off his hip/legs and was caught at square leg with the score on 47. This soon became 5/48 when Streety was bowled for a duck - THIS WAS NOT WHAT I HAD WANTED! The Product joined Ginger Meggs, who had been batting ok to this stage, and they set about trying to resurrect the innings. The Product got off the mark with a textbook cover drive, while Ginger was textbook in his playing and missing! With the score on 80, Darey departed for a well made 25, and it looked like we might not get the 140 or so that was part of plan b! Gooders (aka BHP - The Quiet Achiever) made his batting debut for the club and, with the use of my bat, showed us all how to play good attacking strokes, particularly the cover drive for 6! Meanwhile Jubby was perfecting a shot of his own - the edge over slips for 4! Not quite as pretty, but just as effective! These 2 took us through to tea safely, with the score a much improved 6/126 off 36. The plan at tea was discussed, and the batsmen would have 4 overs to get about 20 runs, leaving the Farnies a chase of something like 145 from 30. Upon resumption Gooders smashed everything they served up to him, and we soon made out way to 6/154 off 39. 1 more over, Jubby on 48, Gooders on 40. First ball - Ginger blocked it. Second ball - Ginger blocked it. Third ball - Ginger left it outside off stump! Not quite the team plan..... Fourth ball - Ginger got a single to fine leg. Fifth ball - Gooders scored 2. Last ball - Gooders smashed a boundary. Team score 6/161 off 40, with Jubby 49 and Gooders 46. What to do? Let Jubby face 1 ball to get his 50?.......... Nope! Rocket jumped out of the scorers box and stuck to the team plan, declaring the innings closed. This resulted in raptures of laughter from his Uni teammates, with Stevo laughing so uncontrollably that he couldn't even stand up! Ironically, we had been discussing at lunch how Graeme Hick was declared on while 98* in a test, and Stevo said our beloved former President Murray Mac had declared an under 17 innings while he was on 48. We had a minimum 29 overs to bowl, and 10 wickets to take. However we would be sprinting at the end of each over to get more bowled, which would also benefit the Farnies in giving them more overs to score the runs - very sporting of us! Something not so sporting was the new nickname The Ladder gave Rocket given the declaration - Captain C@#t, or just CC for short! Anyway, Rocket took solace in the fact that he had once again scored more runs the Stevo.......... The Product and Stuey took the new ball and had some early success, with Stuey picking up scalp number 1. During the wicket celebration it was decided that Darey needed an 'extreme makeover', so with Girths white headband now wrapped around his melon, and his shirt buttons undone, The Product had been transformed into either Dennis Lillee or Australian Fast Bowler! As stupid as he looked (well, not if it was 1975 and Max Walker was bowling at the other end!) it worked! The last ball of his first over as a new man produced an inside edge that was well taken by a diving Streety, who had the gloves in the absence of Hicks. Not long after DK produced wicket number 3, again taken by Iron Gloves behind the stumps. The Uni boys had made a good start, and a victory was not out of the question. Twang and Rocket took over from Stuey (1/25 off 6) and DK (2/16 off 6), and bowled well, but with no success. With 20 overs gone and only about 52 minutes left to play, Rocket dragged himself after 4 overs and bought on the G Force to try and spin the Lions to victory. From ball 1 he dropped right on a perfect spot, and he soon had the Farnies bamboozled. Edges flew to Streety and Chicka, and along with an LBW going his way, we soon had the opposition in all sort of bother. Speaking of things flying, the slips cordon and close in fielders did a great job of letting the batsman know how boring they were being, and how they obviously didn't want to play finals cricket by not trying to secure 6 valuable points (they are only 1 game ahead of 5th spot in the ladder). It's obviously something they get taught over the river, as they batted out a draw in the semi last year, and the 2nd grade game the day earlier saw a declaration that made sure they couldn't lose the game, rather than try to win it. Anyway, Gooders was handed the ball at the other end and gained early success, hitting middle stump and bowling tightly for 1/9 off 4. Girth (4/6 off 7) had some bad luck at his end though, with a bat-pad catch taken by a diving Rocket but not given by the umpire, and an edge Simbok in the gully being held long enough to be awarded a mark in footy, but not long enough for a catch in cricket! If we'd have thrown him a chainsaw and machete it would have been an awesome circus juggling act! To try something a bit different The Ladder was given a couple of overs (hoping that the batsmen would get hypnotised by his epileptic hand actions), and he was VERY unlucky not to be given an LBW decision in his favour, as he hit the batsman on the front foot in line with middle stump. Anyway, 35 overs were bowled before the umpires pulled stumps, and the Farnies held on to be 8/83, drawing the game in a very boring fashion. An early scare to our innings was resurrected by some great lower order hitting, and our bowlers did a great job as usual. Special mention should go to Girth for his bowling spell, as they only managed to score off 3 out of 42 deliveries! It was probably the best spell I have seen from him, and his good form is coming at the right time of the year. A 2 day game next round - hooray!!! And we're playing at Uni - UNBELIEVABLE!!!!! Hopefully the rain can stay away and we can play 2 days of good hard cricket against Clarence, the club we love to hate, but love to beat even more! |
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