Milnerton Results

This post is not just a landmark because I could not wait for Monday morning and effectively is posting this from my mobile phone in bed, but because we now have two very big wins notched up in two succesive games. We had a 9 wicket win over a side that, based on previous encounters, should have had the edge on us. St Augustines are a strong side with the best bowling we have seen in the three games we have played thus far and their batting…lets just say that he our fielding was not as good as it was on Saturday we could have chased 200 plus on a difficult pitch. No doubt our biggest success story is the unbroken 140 odd run partnership that George Kamfer and myself posted. True, we were both dropped 3 times, but you make your own luck. And the only thing you can do when you get that lucky is “make them pay dearly”! With the exception of two bowlers that understandably struggled into a very strong wind, we bowled very well to restrict them to 150 all out. Wray made it clear before the game that his ankle would not allow him to bowl on the day, but when i turned to him in the game he had no objection to take the nut and spin a few. 4 wickets later for next to no runs he was smiling from ear to ear!! So after the game the question gets asked on what our chances are to walk away as league champs in April next year…and the answer is simple. If we keep our heads right, keep the core of the side, chase the runs down as convincingly as we did thus far and keep the same level of competitiveness it should be in the bag! Last reason Wray scored a big ton to win a game for us, and it was awesome to see George and my teammates on the side guide me to my first “official” ton for the club to do the same for us on Saturday. So here is to us giving the league contenders hell this season…you guys have my vote for team of the season. Exciting times ahead no doubt!