How's Your Season Going? CW Cricket Diary

I didn't realize you guys played on cement sometimes zuhair. Guess I'm just so used to England where we don't have any cement wickets at all (I don't think I've ever played on one, event he U10's play on turf).

Had an average day on Sunday, my captain put me down at 6 for the T20 game despite the fact I'd scored as many runs for the season as most of the rest of the top 5 put together. Predictably we crawled along and I came in in the 19th over before getting stumped for nought trying to hit a huge six. We only posted 99 and they won by 3 wickets. I know it sounds arrogant but I think that if I opened we could have won it with the form I'm in.

Then I had another game straight after where we were sent into bat on a terrible wicket. I opened up and we lost 2 quick wickets, I had a good partnership with our number 4 and I started to time it well. I even hit a huge 6 over long on which is very rare for me (first in over a year). Unfortunately 2 balls later I was given out caught behind and I'm certain I didn't hit it. I got 31 and we posted 153-8 declared. In reply they lost regular wickets until they got 1 good partnership together, I came on to bowl my leg breaks and nearly broke it in my first over when I had a catch dropped at short fine leg. I bowled fairly well and got 3-0-10-0. I then got a run out to break the partnership and we took a few wickets near the end before they settled for the draw and they finished on 130-8.

Originally posted by zuhair_abbasi Great work Spiny!!! You are my man of the match matey!!

W/K have the best view in the house and that's why I think Dhoni does a good job at captaining India - he also has a charisma factor to him which helps a lot too.  I've played a few U19 trial games where the keeper was the skipper and I got to admit, he did a fantastic job.

I had yet another school game yesterday. They batted first and got off to a flyer, at one stage they looked like getting 200 off the 30 overs, but in the end they fell away and finished 160-6,  which was a decent total but not impossible to get. I opened up and my partner got off to a flyer and made 30 before getting out and leaving us at 53/1. That proved to be the only success their bowlers go as I finished 68* and our number 3 finsihed 50*. We had a great partnership and ran really well together (apart from one horrible mix up). Sounds like I may be playing 1st team cricket this Saturday which is quite a daunting prospect.

No, my personnal best is still 72* which I got 5 years ago. I really thought I was going to beat it on Saturday but I fell 1 run short in the end. I have a feeling I'll beat it this season though because I still haven't played many adult club games and I should have a pretty decent chance of getting to 3 figures then.

It's the time of year in England Clobs.

160, that's an awesome effort spin, well done.

I'm suffering today after my last couple of games where the ball has taken a fancy to thudding into me. First last week I missed a slip chance off a nippy bowler where I never even got a hand on it and it went straight into my stomach. That didn't hurt too much - I was more irritated at not catching it - but left me with a nice ball shaped bruise.

Then yesterday when batting first I got a ball that exploded off a very full length, so I very quickly dropped the hands to stop myself getting out, and took it on my upper arm instead.

"Did it hurt?" asked a nearby fielder, more in hope than concern.

"No...but it will later" I replied (and boy did I get that right).

Two balls later another one leapt off a length, this time crashing into my stomach and ribs. As it was the end of the over I walked up the pitch, taking a small detour towards the same fielder, smiled and told him"Now, THAT one hurt".

I'm really surprised how sore both those still are, almost 30 hours later, and my body looks like I have been given a good hiding!

Wow thats an amazing effort spin well played.

I had a game on Saturday that I still haven't posted about, we won the toss and batted first, I got 36 before dragging one on to my stumps, my opening partner got 115 and we put on about 140 odd for the first wicket. No-one else contributed much and we finished at 252-6. They didn't bat very well and only made 132 all out. I got 2 catches as keeper so it was a reasonable day for me. Unfortunately that dismissal ended a run of 80 overs in school cricket without being out, I scored 175 runs in that time (71* in 35 overs, 68* in 25 overs and 36 in 20 overs).


Edited by slogger72N/O - 12 May 2009 at 7:39am

Hmmm,Off season so I hardly actually play,but I played a match with random teams.(I.E.,some players who play locally and me just chose random teams and played a match,pretty simple way of practicing!)

I ended up bowled for 1 with a horrible attempt at a cover drive,and got figures of 1-0-18-0!
Probably a record for worst econimy for me!

Originally posted by Clobber I'm really surprised how sore both those still are, almost 30 hours later, and my body looks like I have been given a good hiding!

Originally posted by slogger72N/O . I was 9* after 17 overs in the game......

  And I thought Sir Geoffrey had no offspring !

Originally posted by zuhair_abbasi Contact Buchanan mate. KKR needs you.

Ugggh,no way!

Cricket at KKR? You will rather be writing the blog

I have a 40-over a side match at National Stadium Karachi tomorrow. Playing for Rashid Latif Cricket Academy. There will be at least 7 test players playing the game. I am so excited. I hope I perform.

I am off for my match in half an hour time.