•Login Home | Our School | Calendar | Academic | Arts | Sport | Parents | Contact | OBs Cricket Cricket Match Reports 2012 Cricket Match Reports 2013 Cricket Match Reports 2014 2nd XI v Loretto Brief Sunshine Spell for Super Seconds by Our Eastern Corespondent - Pavil Yun 20-20 match Lost by 90 runs Loretto 148 for 6 Belhaven 58 all out Loretto won the toss and chose to bat, thus falling into a well-laid trap that had been planned the night before by Captain himself. Would the plan work? A biting sou'westerly made players and supporters wish they had brought an extra layer and LC knew in his heart of hearts that the cold weather would ruin the bowling attack as those cold, numb fingers would not be able to grip the ball properly. Jake "Iron Man Green and The Voice had the first two overs and they were fairly accurate - so much so that Cap Himself decided to take them off and give the ball to young Josh "Tiddler" Nevill (a raw U11 recruit who had been abandoned by the Under 11 Team and then scooped up by the desperate caring LC for the afternoon). Tiddler, though finding the length of the pitch a little longer than he was used to, bowled some excellent 'flippers' with top spin, which had the batsmen somewhat flummoxed. At this point some explanation is required. Owing to injury and illness, the Super Seconds had been reduced to 8 players - hence LC's snathicng of Tiddler. Loretto was very generous and hired out lent 2 players (Angus and Findlay) who more than got into the spirit of what Super Seconds' cricket is all about - many thanks to them. Raptor was given the ball next and with his distinctive and now trade mark style of delivery (ball launched and dropping from a great height towards the batsman's head) he made the first strike by clean bowling Loretto's No. 2. 13 for 1 and joy unbounded by the team. Not to leave anyone out, Himself put Angus (Loretto) on and he promptly bowled Loretto's opener! When Iron Man came back on the next over, he dismissed Nos 3 and 5 to bring forth yet more joy and jumping around by the team. Never has LC seen the team so animated this season! 32 for 4 and although the weather was dull, the signs looked bright for the Super Seconds until Loretto's Nos 4 and 6 decided they had better up the run rate and began to smash the abll all over the place! There didn't seem anything that the team could do about it and all bar one player had a go at hurling the red pill at the tiresome batsmen. Nothing doing until Himself finally made a breakthrough about 100 runs later by getting 2 wickets in the 20th over. Not too sure who was the more surprised, LC or Himself! Definitely time for a warming cup of tea as hands had turned a very pale colour and most of the feeling with it! The Super SEconds now had a target. Not just the 149 runs to win but also to beat last week's score. However, to secure a win they only needed 7.5 an over - no sweat! (Certainly no sweat on a cold day like this one anyway! Ed) Well, at least everyone had a bat and we beat last week's score! And we lasted 20 overs. There, how's that for a bit of positive spin? Sadly we just could not time the ball and hit it hard enough but thank goodness we had Mr W. Ides and BN. O. Balls who scored a creditable 31 runs - thanks guys. The runs came slowly until Raptor came in at No. 3. all he could think about was running; running everything; even if the ball had travelled straight to a fielder; just run! Nobody dared argue with him and it flipping well worked! Well, sort of. Unfortunately there were 5 run outs - so this part of the game needs a little bit of attention before next match! Kermit was the not out player and also sadly ran out Tiddler on the last ball of the match - such a shame as it would have been nice for Tiddler to have gone back to his U11 mates saying he had not lost his wicket. But that's cricketing life. At least the sun shone during our batting innings and began to warm us up but this is the area which needs most attention - yes, that's right; the weather! Many thanks to the stalwart Super Seconds' Supporters for braving the elements once again in order to see these fine young gentlemen provide an afternoon's entertainment. SEMPER LAETUS Back to Top David Peek, 11/05/2014 Insight by Endis Low Graphics | Copyright | T&Cs | Privacy | Help Registered Charity SCO 07118