All Gloom and Doom in the Cymru Gurgitaters' Dressingroom I'm afraid! We were comprehensively outplayed. Cymru Gurgitaters 228/6, Staveley 72 (117), Dunfield 53 (71), Carless 27 (24) - Glasby 4/53, Todd 2/39. Lancashire CCC 232/2, McGowan 102 (129), Woolley 73 (94), Naipaul 34 (30). The only bowlers to come out of it with any credit were Bewers, 1/42 and Mullins, 1/41 (9.0). Mullins also became the first Feeble bowler, to my knowledge, to take the wicket of a Strong batsman - At least I guess he's strong with wages of over £1700 a week?
But, given the S&M nature of my unadulterated thrashing and humiliation, the ratings were remarkably close.
LancashireCCC
Cymru Gurgitaters
Top Order:
respectable
competent
Middle Order:
mediocre
mediocre
Lower Order:
worthless
abysmal
Seam Bowling:
mediocre
mediocre
Spin Bowling:
mediocre
useless
Fielding:
mediocre
feeble
*
And the news doesn't get any better I'm afraid, as my next league opponents had Prof top order and Resp seam bowling - So it looks very much like I'll be waiting well into February for my first Division IV victory. I would TIE my Cup match and GFI next Fri, at least giving me a glimmer of a chance, but I can't! Firstly because I need to make sure I win the Cup game to guaranty three home games in a row to pay for my ground improvements. But more importantly, B, the manager of my Cup opponents is a woman - And whilst I think I'm probably going to get use to abject humiliation this season, I'm not prepared to lose to a bird just yet!!