Foxton 2nd XI vs Madingley 2nd XI
Result: Foxton won by 63 runs.
‘Gingers love a bowl off’
So begins the 2’s road to Wembley on the cup trail in pursuit of the CCA Lower Junior Cup. Hmmm, the Lower Junior Cup. Why didn’t they just call it the ‘You pathetic bunch of talentless wankers cup’?
For the 3rd time this season, Griff called correctly and put the oppo into the field, on what looked like a typical Foxton road. And so it proved. Foxy and Webbo set about giving us a solid start, putting on an opening stand of 140, both latching onto any width and a healthy supply of full tosses, happily served up by the oppo’s 4 pronged bowling attack. Both departed in quick succession of each other, after both displaying the kind of fatigue that is only associated with a night on the piss. Breathing out of their arses, bloodshot eyes, and Sambuca laced sweat being the tell tale signs. Webbo was first to go for 73, followed by Foxy for 69. A combination of the Skip, Hugo, and Itchy finally got us up to 212 from our 40 overs.
As we all wandered in for lunch, it pissed it down. Solidly. As we glumly tucked into one of Bev’s bulimia friendly teas, the 2 captains got together and tried to decipher the CCA handbook. They came to the conclusion that the only option was a bowl out. Worried faces all round. Who would bow to the pressure? Who fancied it? As it turned out, the oppositions rotund ginger scorer fancied it very much. It was just a shame that the rain eased off enough for us do without the shootout, much to the bloodnut’s vocal disgust. ‘It’s a bowl off, we’ve shaken on it now’ he said vehemently. Sorry sunshine, the only thing you were shaking was the empty family size bag of Nachos into your mouth.
So out we went to field, the rain now stopped, but admittedly, the top was a touch ‘greasy’, and it was now bloody freezing! Tommy Williams first over went for 7. Foxy went for 10. This pattern continued for the next 2 overs. This wasn’t part of the plan. They had a bloke who could bat. Bowl off anyone? Then something happened. Tommy Williams, hips looking nearly new, came off his long run (3 paces) and induced a nick behind. And in his next over he managed to sneak one through the defence of their premier batsman! Foxy, though initially expensive, manged to burgle a couple of wickets at the other end and the game was effectively won. Webbo twirled some loopy left arm spin that proved too good for their middle order and picked up 3 cheap scalp, including their skipper, who lofted one to Foxy at Long off and momentarily stopped him from chatting up a 15 year old female dog walker. Apparently his opening gambit was ‘I’m in a band you know.’ Either way it worked, as he promised to help her with her paper round the next day. Itchy wrapped up proceedings with two wickets in two balls, meaning he’s on a hat-trick next week. Bookies are favouring him spearing one down the legside for maximum jug avoidance. Well done to the 3 young lads, Hugo, Jacob, and Sam, for fielding like demons and keeping concentration in what were extremely difficult conditions. They’ll get plenty of chances to show their abilities with bat and ball in the coming weeks, so keep going lads.
Bring on Girton in the next round. Up the Foxes!
MoM: Adam Webster