Stiffs Hit Paviors For Six

Skipper Cowlard returned to lead a strong looking Stiffs side. With Mrs Legge away, Boss Hogg had struggled to dress himself, turning up in his pink pyjama top.

Old Paviors had clearly got mixed messages about the KCC Twenty20 cup weekend, turning up with only six players. Cowlard bowled first, sensing the chance to be in the boozer before tea time. Recent rain had left the Field of Wet Dreams looking more like early May than late August.

AC was hardly electric with the new ball bowling four wides in his first two overs, but then only went for four more runs in his next four overs. At the other end Leggy got punished for some short stuff but made the first breakthrough getting an edge to Benji at gully. The next pair were soon on the wrong wavelength both arriving at the same end, allowing Dave Garland to hurl in from the mid wicket boundary for a simple run out.

Poor old Leggy was having a ‘mare at extra cover: first turning slower than the Ark Royal for a mis-timed shot looping over his head, then diving in installments over a cover drive, before finally conceding two overthrows as a throw from Cowlard went through his legs.

Boom Boom replaced Leggy up the hill and had the ball ducking in from the off. Paviors danger man tried one slog too many and four Millers fielders took responsibility shouting ‘yours’, letting Ernie pouch the catch just before being tackled into row Z by Dave Garland. Drurs then took a safe catch at mid off, before Ted wrapped the innings clipping the top of off stump.

Paviors made 71 with just 16 overs bowled. Ted had best figures of 3-21 from 6 overs

We went straight back out on a hiding to nothing. Drurs was in awful form taking 29 balls to get 8 runs. Then managed to find one of the four outfielders who took a blinding one handed catch. Benji repeated the trick edging to deep gully for 3.

After last weeks heroics, Duncan Disorderly was promoted to no.4 and was fed five successive full tosses which he clipped away to double his career top score to 8. Sadly the sixth ball was straight and full and the county leave was not the ideal shot selection. Dunc returned to a hero’s reception in bullish mood: “if I keep doubling my score each game, I’ll get 50 at the start of next year”.

At the other end Dave Garland was having no nonsense, using plenty of bottom hand in an entertaining knock of 37. We reached our target off 16 overs at 3.59pm.

Dave Hiller was on tea duty and many feared the worst. But the hour spent in the kitchen saw a bigger improvement in culinary skills than Glyn off Big Brother. Freshly cut apples were the highlight for many, although when asked for his own highlight, Leggy replied “nothing”, for another pound fine.

MOM: Duncan
MOM in running: Leggy 1, Lay Jnr 1, Benji 3, Drurs 3, Cowlard 1, Top Man 2, A.Hiller 2, D.Hiller 1, Duncan 1