Postman Tons Up As Firsts Deliver 300

Absentees this week were Drurs, desperately trying to find Radio 4 LW in France, Strongy, still suffering from his groin injury, and Jay, probably out for the season with knee ligament damage from last week.

Keyworth welcomed back Degsy for an unexpected cameo and Bobby Baker, back from his 8week mid-season sabbatical.

The Field of Dreams wicket resembled a Calcutta dust bowl, and the Southwell skipper didn’t hesitate to insert the hosts after winning the toss, a decision which meant a long afternoon chasing the ball around in the sun.

XX and IG opened up, hoping to bat more than a couple of overs together – not something they had done so far this season. Dale kept his part of the bargain, but IG soon departed for unlucky 13, miscuing a drive high to mid-off. Skipper Tinno came in to put on a 106 run partnership before DC (65 off 80 balls) edged one behind at 126-2 off 24. Benji then came in and quite literally took the attack apart (64 in 39 balls including 5 sixes), with the undulating KCC outfield proving too difficult for the visiting fielders to cope with in the 104 run partnership. At the other end the normally cultured Tinno was in the 80’s and resorting to horrible slogs to keep up with Ben. He reached his deserved hundred before finishing on 111* (113 balls), with the firsts posting a massive 305-7 at the break. It’s also worth mentioning that Sam Wood’s mates and his dad had a good laugh at him when he got caught out by the girl fielding for the opposition.

Tea was a strong contender for Mastertea 2011, with Tuckers and Mrs Tuckers pulling out all the stops. It was a fine effort, with gherkin being an inspired addition to the tuna mayo open sarnies. The fruit platter was fit for a king, with watermelon being the taste of summer and the mother-in-law’s cake a chocolaty treat. With our Greg Wallace (Drurs) off duty it was left to a committee decision to award the tea 9/10, with Tuckers £1 short from a perfect 10, with no dips being a schoolboy error.

In reply young Sam elbowed Rendu out of the way to get hold of the new ball down the hill, and he immediately struck to bowl the visitor’s skipper in his first over. The KCC spinners were chomping at the bit to see how much they could get it to turn on the sub-continental surface.

Fielding point went to Degsy whose Opta index stats clocked up over 10km’s and took a great catch in the deep to end the Southwell opening bat’s attempt to knock off the runs single-handed (hitting 50 out of the first 60 from 45 balls).
Bobby bowled like he’d never been away, and took a wicket in his first over, before mopping up the tail with 5 for 37 off 11, three of which were LBW’s given by Dimps, a feat never seen before in KCC history.

The 20 points kept the Millers top of the league with 2 games remaining. Still all to play for at the business end of the season, but the right end of the table for a change this year.