There then followed 36 overs of standing where the ball never went, getting rather disillusioned with it all. I'd envisaged a strong game today, especially as I thought we were light on batting and bowling. But no, it was a fielding only required job today, as Midland racked up 171 for 8 off their 36 overs.
I was second in the club bowling stats before today, so I must be finding the stumps somewhere!
I wouldn't mind so much if co-ordinational difficulties make fielding rather difficult for me. I felt horribly uninvolved. There wasn't much in the way of amusement either, although the usual suspect from an in general nice bunch of Midland chaps was being a pain in the backside again, trying to claim he wasn't out when he was caught off a full toss.
I didn't even have to ask if I would be batting number 11, I just took as it as a given and so wandered around the outfield in circles, muttering touretically and darkly, cursing the game of cricket as a foolish pursuit.
It doesn't help that I tend to take everything personally and was a right grumpy sod. Although our players soon got grumpy when we batted as the Midland umpire had a shocker, giving LBWs with the speed of Zorro for balls that wouldn't have hit a barn door let alone the stumps.
This meant that only two of our batters got going, although the 72 scored by one of them before he was euthanised by the umpire was a high class innings.
I did get to bat, always feeling off balance and clumps before I missed a spinning ball that just clipped the leg stump for 2 so to be fair I probably deserved to be 11 today, although other days I certainly haven't.
We were bowled out for 120 or so, before an argument broke out with the mouthy chap again, with him saying their umpire was giving folk out because ours wouldn't, which was flagrant nonsense.
So that's that. A damp squib and I just feel like a crap cricketer again.
Si
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