Battersea Ironsides B against Sopwith Camels, Sunday May 17th, 2009
Battersea Ironsides Sunday A versus Fawe Park CC, Sunday 14th June Hi, sorry about gestern. After the game on Sunday I stiffened up overnight, but I think the real problem is being overweight and putting too much pressure on the knee and ankle joints. Sunday was an amazing day, playing Fawe Park CC, a club at least 3 notches above us. They batted first and made 202 off 40 overs. Then we batted and made just 85. Five of the guys made ducks and I made just 4, a late cut boundary, typical openers shot, but stuck around for 5 or so overs with my partner, a Pakistani batsman called Walleed who made just 8. Eventually one popped up on me and bounced up off the splice then a good catch by one of their fielders. Then the captain Neil O'Brien made8, superbly caught as I was, but this time by the slip. An Australian batsman came in and made 43, he looked an aggressive hitter. The other opener made a duck (0) and 4 of the other guys, not showing enough determination to stick around e