Low Full Toss...

Miele rocked up with a team consisting of mainly Germans and Kaz Miles. They wanted to bowl, we wanted to bat, and so to the crease went Nigel Hessey and Wilf....
...and back in came Wilf. To the untrained eye he looked like a madman galloping up the wicket for an ill-conceived swat at the ball, however upon his return to the pavilion, he confirmed our worst suspicions- a low full toss. They say that with a good batting partnership when you lose one, the others not too far behind, Moreton have extended this philosophy to include the entire middle order.
Only the skipper, with a committed performance, stemmed the tide of wickets (semi-ably abetted by my good self) hitting a lovely 27 not out. A short while afterwards Moreton were all out for 75 off 15 overs.
There were some other notable moments from the innings including;
-A slightly aggrieved Fuz traipsing back to the pavilion having been run out by Kaz, whilst standing just short of the non-strikers end. It was a rocket of a throw mind.
- Matt, who looked in good touch, holing out to a man on the boundary just seconds after the bowler had yelled 'bloody hell' at lobbing down a long hop.
- Yaxley and yours truly running 3, then needing to recover for the rest of the over - we're not all as sprightly as Nigel you know.

It was just after the last wicket fell that Miele's ringers abandoned their German accents.
Their opening pair set about despatching Moreton's bowlers into the neighbouring field, and despite Simon 'the magnificent seven' Claridge and Peter 'the bomber' Lancaster's best efforts they just could not recreate the elusive low full toss. Despite the rain, which would have been Moreton's saviour, the visitors knocked up the total with the loss of just 2 wickets- both to the captain.

So that's the first game then... next week we play the boys with rubber balls.

Nic