Sunday 1s vs Captain Scott Invitational XI
Author: Robert Taylor
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Paraclausithyron: a type of poem which details how a man is locked out by his lover and stands by the door, lamenting and bemoaning the fact that his sweetheart has spurned him. Any cricket-lovers will have empathised with such a plight on Sunday when preparing to face the famous Captain Scott Invitation XI. We rocked up to find that some unknown person (almost certainly from the Saturday 2s) had broken the key to the shed with all the paraphernalia needed to actually start the game. Hacksaws, hammers and screwdrivers were applied, but as with the locked-out-lover, there was no hope of getting in. However, like a shining light of cricket salvation, a bright-red motorbike appeared and hats off (or should that be helmets?) must go to this oppo player, who went to Battersea to pick up a spare set of keys. An hour later, after mulling around and kicking a football about, we got into the hut, set up the pitch, reduced the overs to 30, lost the toss (of course) and went out to bowl (of course). I heard tales of the previous Captain Scott game: it will be easy, they said; we got them all out for 94 last year, so they won’t stand a chance, they said; we will be home early, they said. They were wrong. After a glorious early wicket from this week’s opening bowler (good areas, a little swing and tricky bounce leading to an edge to gully) their other opener and number 3 set about building a sizeable platform. 110 runs later, we decided to play our trump card. Self-proclaimed as “under-bowled”, JJ came on to bowl. Trying to emulate Shane Warne in his glory days, he handed his tobacco to the umpire, checked how old she was (one can only wonder why), loosened his shoulders and tore apart their top order batters. “Filth takes wickets” and the filthier JJ’s bowling got, the more he took. In the end, they got 241; cue the tea break. modo egredior - I’m just going out. Captain Scott’s last words translated into a Latin motto used by our oppo. Our batting line-up seemed inspired by these words. They just went out to bat for a little bit then were soon back on the pitch-side, changing out of their whites and being carted home by the missus. Only one man had it in mind that we might chase the runs down. Fresh from his 3 wickets, JJ was keen to prove himself even more and put the oppo bowling attack to the sword. A series of cuts for four and heaves for six got him into the nervous 90s (95 to be precise). Luckily he thought he was only on 89 and smashed the next ball into the road to reach his maiden Putney century. Celebrations and jugs of beer ensued. We didn’t chase their total, but what a hell of a way to lose a match! |
Date | Time | Team | Opposition | Location | Putney | Opposition | Result | Scores | Points | Toss |
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16/09/2018 | 1pm | Sunday 1st | Captain Scott Invitational XI | H | 204/7 | 241/5 | L | 0 |