6th XI v Eastwood 4th XI

 This isn't looking like an easy game either. Last weekend this mob bowled out their oppo for 30 runs, with one bloke who's only played one game for them taking 5-0-4-6 (Hasnain H). Hopefully someone at the club has seen that and moved him up to the 3rd XI or banned him from friendlies? One other geezer (Justin Blenes) who I don't know either, took  2-0-6-3. 

So hopefully our captain will see sense and bowl first so that the bowlers can have a game. I'm not optimistic though as its Mitchell Robinson and he's a batter. 

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The only player I recognised from last weeks game is Armitage.

The game...

Lovely sunny day, probably a bit hot given the fact that its only May 11th (25-27 c). The opposition won the toss and decided to bat. I had no idea how that was going to go, but given their performance last week with the ball I was happy that we'd be bowling, meaning that at least 6-7 of us will get a game!

Stumpgate. The game had to be restarted mid-way through the second over after one of our junior players Ali Abbass had just bowled his first ball and taken a wicket with it. The captain Mitchell had put the stumps in before most of us arrived and now mid way through Ali's over noticed that he'd put them in on the popping crease! So, what with it being a friendly we just re-started the game, which was a real shame for the kid Ali. 

Bowling figures above (Note my figures are wrong I didn't take a wicket) One of our new blokes (Lee Thompson) SLA dibbly dobbly, took five wickets, this is his 2nd season! He had the Yips last year, but this year has come back with vengeance. He bowls differently this year, loopier and slower, but seemingly more accurately. 

So we were happy to have restricted them to 89 and felt that we might have a chance. I'd figured out who the bowler was from the previous week and he was a junior player and he'd apparently bowled 'Slow out-swingers'. Some of the other players in the opposition mentioned that the wicket was 'Sticky' inferring that it was favourable conditions for the bowlers, whereas today it was dry bright and sunny. 

With the dry wicket the kid (Hasnan) was ineffective going for 4-0-11-0 and wasn't at all threatening. In the same game he took 6, the other bowler J-Blenes took 3 and similarly Blenes in this game came away with 4-0-20-0. 

Our batsman after losing the opener Mitchell Robinson cheaply took their bowlers to task.

I've not done a good job here on the score-sheet missed credited the bowler Reid with his wicket, although its in the analysis. 

Basildon & Pitsea 6th XI

Front left to Right -  Dave Thompson. Lee Five fer Thompson, Jake Wright, Ali Abbass.

Rear row L to R - Mitchell Robinson, Matt Cruse, Shashank Shekhar, Nishant Khare, Akash Kale and  Asad Abbass. 

Pitch for this match (The un-numbered pitch "The sewage farm pitch).