Lizards 2019
21/09/20 16:34 Filed in: 2019
For the first time this LMS season Liverpool Bar returned to Aigburth with a full compliment of 8 relatively match fit players. Stalwart Harthan returned to add experience to a youthful side. Season debutants in J. Baxter and J.Reeve, the former bringing much needed enthusiasm and the latter some bowling ‘umph’, founds themselves in a classic LMS match.
Our opponents were a boisterous outfit known as the Lizards ee98dfo9u or something like that. Strangely their entire team had forgotten their cricket whites and were playing in loose fitting shorts much to the dismay of the team’s traditionalist members.
After winning the toss and keen to show renew old partnerships Harthan and Clarke took to the crease and proceeded to put together a sedate partnership characterised by captain Clarke consistently trying to run out Harthan will erroneous run calls and straight drives back into Harthan’s stumps. Unfortunately, Clarke couldn’t take the honours with Harthan leaving the crease after a handy innings of 19 off 21 after a dolly to mid on. Clarke continued to build runs with Shazad, the former trying to provide A. Jones with some much needed catching practice in the stands with a couple of lofty drives. With Clarke continuing form from last season and retiring Austin an Shazad applied further pressure with Austin connecting with the screws to send the Lizard’s fielders scurrying to the boundary before bringing his entertaining innings to an end 17 off 17. Brownson and Baxter added a couple more with Baxter again showing technical promise retiring not out on 1 run with the wet outfield slowing a certain 4 in dryer conditions! A respectable total of 143 was put up for the Lizards to chase.
In a relatively threatening bowling attack Brownson was the pick of the bowlers with 3 wickets. Brownson had some choice words for the opposition after a clear run out led to complaints that he had interfered with the stumps without the ball..These complaints fell on deaf ears and only seemed to stoke the fires within the Bar’s paceman with subsequent batsmen fearful of more than the odd rib tickler.. As seems to always be the case A.Jones was a magnet for the ball wherever he fielded and rather strangely managed to catch 2 of 3. Remarkable! The match headed into the final over with 13 required of 5 balls. A quick single was taken with some excellent death bowling by Brownson the Lizards required 12 off the last ball. Unfortunately for the Bar the Lizard batsmen picked Brownson’s slow ball and, having eaten all his Weetabix that morning, slogged through the onside over the expectant Jones’ head for 6 and therefore 12 in the LMS rule book. The match was drawn much to the jubilation of the Lizards and dismay of the Bar who deserved the victory.
Our opponents were a boisterous outfit known as the Lizards ee98dfo9u or something like that. Strangely their entire team had forgotten their cricket whites and were playing in loose fitting shorts much to the dismay of the team’s traditionalist members.
After winning the toss and keen to show renew old partnerships Harthan and Clarke took to the crease and proceeded to put together a sedate partnership characterised by captain Clarke consistently trying to run out Harthan will erroneous run calls and straight drives back into Harthan’s stumps. Unfortunately, Clarke couldn’t take the honours with Harthan leaving the crease after a handy innings of 19 off 21 after a dolly to mid on. Clarke continued to build runs with Shazad, the former trying to provide A. Jones with some much needed catching practice in the stands with a couple of lofty drives. With Clarke continuing form from last season and retiring Austin an Shazad applied further pressure with Austin connecting with the screws to send the Lizard’s fielders scurrying to the boundary before bringing his entertaining innings to an end 17 off 17. Brownson and Baxter added a couple more with Baxter again showing technical promise retiring not out on 1 run with the wet outfield slowing a certain 4 in dryer conditions! A respectable total of 143 was put up for the Lizards to chase.
In a relatively threatening bowling attack Brownson was the pick of the bowlers with 3 wickets. Brownson had some choice words for the opposition after a clear run out led to complaints that he had interfered with the stumps without the ball..These complaints fell on deaf ears and only seemed to stoke the fires within the Bar’s paceman with subsequent batsmen fearful of more than the odd rib tickler.. As seems to always be the case A.Jones was a magnet for the ball wherever he fielded and rather strangely managed to catch 2 of 3. Remarkable! The match headed into the final over with 13 required of 5 balls. A quick single was taken with some excellent death bowling by Brownson the Lizards required 12 off the last ball. Unfortunately for the Bar the Lizard batsmen picked Brownson’s slow ball and, having eaten all his Weetabix that morning, slogged through the onside over the expectant Jones’ head for 6 and therefore 12 in the LMS rule book. The match was drawn much to the jubilation of the Lizards and dismay of the Bar who deserved the victory.