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First win of the season as 'youth; sparkles

First win of the season as 'youth; sparkles

Chris Giles14 May 2018 - 18:14
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Is he a batter, he is bowler, he is a fielder ....no he's all Three....Terry Barnes!

After a disappointing result last week, the CXI were in good spirits going into their second game of the season. With Vice-Chairman Terry Barnes making his long-awaited debut for the fifths and Darren Shean coming out of retirement, the team looked stronger throughout.

One again captain Giles won the toss (2 from 2) and put Bitton in to bat. With the terrifying bowling attack of Owen Peacock, Jake Smith and Oscar Sullivan unleashed it wasn't long before wickets fell steadily. Peacock got the breakthrough in his last over of his spell, when the batsman holed out to mid-off. Dave 'Teflon' Peacock dived forward in slow motion to take a spectacular catch off son Owen's bowling.

The 'dive' was Tom Daley like, like the Godfather movies, it took place in three parts. Haven held on to the ball, Dave Peacock then continued to wine about a 'cut' to his ring finger. A trickle of blood running down his hand gained the usual sympathy from captain Giles 'man up and go to third man you tart'.

At the 'tough' end, running uphill into the breeze Oscar Sullivan delivered a fine opening spell of 5 overs, which somehow didn't bring about any wickets, but kept the score line tight. With the score at 40, Jake Smith delivered a brutal spell taking 3 wickets for 18 runs. Figures of (5-0-18-3) were enough to help keep Bitton to 123 runs.

Shopland making his bowling debut finished with 1 wicket, as did Giles, Sullivan, Shean and Barnes. Shopland bowling very straight and very full, the complete opposite of Barnes. Terry was only brought onto finish the over that Shean couldn't manage. After three balls of the 18th over, Shean pulled up apparently trapping his left testicle too tightly in his jock strap (something that cleared in time for him to bat).

Barnes delivered a spell of medium pace bowling along with the odd grenade that somehow got him a wicket. A full toss, top edged to square leg, where Owen Peacock somehow managed to stay in the fielding position he was put in long enough to take a fine catch.

Good catches were the order of the day (apart from the edge George Pearce dropped off captain Giles), notably Mogg taking two fine catches at point; although; as with last week he missed the easy one, and Barnes who kept like a Salmon full length to his left to take a 'stunning' catch off Smiths bowling. If anyone hasn't heard about this, you are either deaf or lucky.... later is was discovered that the landing made BBC breaking news.... hitting a record 7.8 on the Richter scale!

Once captain Giles took the last wicket to gain some fantasy points; the team tucked into a fantastic tea. Nikki Jones take a bow, the pasta was wasted, but those Mr Kipling’s were sublime with the young Bedminster team!

Captain Giles made a tactical masterstroke and surprised everyone (not by opening with Barnes), but by keeping Dave Peacock at the top of the order. The two Bedminster openers set about the Bitton attack in typical fashion, 4, 8, 12, 16....and so one until 32 runs were on the board and then they HAD to run a single!

Dave looking for a two.... mainly to see if Terry Barnes could run it, only managed to pick a single to ruin the perfect boundary scoring match.

With the opening partners having taken the steam out of the Bitton attack it took Terry Barnes to 'run' down the track missing a straight one to get stumped, leaving Bedminster on 84 runs. Needing only 40 to win, Dave decided he couldn't be part from his batting partner and followed Barnes to the showers!

New batsman Shean (who testicle had been released by Micky Pearce) and Danny Constable wasted no time in knocking off the runs with no further wickets lost. Danny hitting 20 off 24 balls and Darren 16 off 19, sailing past Peacocks strike rate with ease.

A good win and good team performance. Very unusual to only lose two wickets in a match at that level. Here's to many more!

Match details

Match date

Sat 12 May 2018

Kickoff

TBC

Meet time

12:15

Instructions

Meet 12.15 at Clanage or 12.45 at Playing fields. Please advise which.

Competition

Fourteenth Division

League position

3
Bedminster CC - 5th XI
6
Bitton CC - 3rd XI
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