Bhai Log Game 3 (14/04/09)

Following on from our below par performance from last week Bhai Log surely lived up to it.  This is a team which came from winning the last season it played to being demolished by two mediocre opponents in two consecutive weeks.  Mind you the team is not the same as last season but yet, it is not the losing that matters, it is the way the loss occurs.

This week we had a 9.35 game and only five team members showed up on time.  You would’ve thought that a late game would mean that everyone would turn up on time.  Worst part is that one team member didn’t show up at all.  Quite a disappointment but that was expected given the history.  So the game began and the only thing we have won so far is the toss.  Elected to bowl considering we have a better chance of chasing and winning as we know how our game should be depending on the score, although that didn’t help at all.

First over was a shocker and unfortunately I was to blame for that giving away 13 runs although the shambles did not stop there.  We bowled atrociously, short balls galore and the batsmen did well to utilise our underpowered field.  There was no urgency in our fielding and I think that’s what lost us the game.  The opponent posted a huge total of 178.  In indoor cricketing terms that is close to impossible to attain.

Our batting started off well with 46 and 40 coming in the first two partnerships although the third partnership didn’t go as well as hoped leaving us to get 58 in the last partnership.  This was a huge ask on its own.

To sum things up, it was yet another below average performance from Bhai Log and shabby umpiring work was partly to blame.

I hope we bounce back in the next game to record our first graded round game win.  Neil and I bowled three overs each.  Matthew Scott batted twice as we were short one player.