1st Team

The Originals – in all their glory!

 

 

Captain: Carlos “The Jackal” Needham

Vice-Captain: Stu “Big Dave” Leonard

 

A confident opening from Jules and Jakey who went on to notch the first 50 of the season, was followed by cameos in the 40’s and 30’s from Big Dave and our new boy from up t’north; Wayne. A bit of a scramble at the end and a smattering of run outs, courtesy of Dave, saw us to 191 for 8 in 40 overs.

As I was blessed with bowlers (of all shapes and sizes), it was unlikely that Horwood would reach this total and an opening salvo from Wayne took out their number one bat straight away. Our accuracy was mixed and probably as expected for game one, but all bowlers put some in the right areas and got some encouragement. Granty was military accurate and picked apart the middle order, (thanks to the safest slip fielding hands in the league!!) He took a well deserved Five-For. Horwood’s skipper batted well and made an untroubled 60+. Something to think about here….how do we remove the stubborn organised batter who leisurely scores at 4 or 5 an over? In the end, we bowled them out 40 or so runs short and a useful friendly served its’ purpose.

There’s a long season ahead and I am pleased to see the competition for places is going to be fierce. It will be about proving yourself on the pitch, earning your place – then keeping it!

This is going to be THE Season to play for MARSH GIBBON..! The Jackal.

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