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- Nov 3, 2012
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Yesterday, I played the first match of the cricket season (U-17) for my local club, Azaad CC (a team compromised of all Pakistanis) which plays in the Heavy Woollen District League (in Wakefield). We scored a mere 57 and the other team chased it down in 8 overs (with me scoring 19 runs). However, many of our players were happy because it was our second highest total. Usually, we score about 30 runs all out while the other team score around 100-120.
We never won a match last season and I never get a bowl and bat at number 10 (essentially playing as a specialist tail-ender) but yesterday I told our new captain that I wanted to move up the order and so I did to the #5 position. I came in when we were on about 3/1 (the one run being a bye, I think) with two of our batsmen scoring ducks and the other scoring a mighty diamond duck. In addition, I never get a bowl (even though I possess a dangerous doosra alongside some turning off-spinners) but in this match I did because we had a new captain (as our last one was too old to play). To top all of this off, we were playing with only 9 players (and so made a complete embarrassment of ourselves)!
However, I have better hopes of us doing well this season. That is if we play with a full side.
Can a local cricket team's woes get any worse?
Any people know teams worse than this?
We never won a match last season and I never get a bowl and bat at number 10 (essentially playing as a specialist tail-ender) but yesterday I told our new captain that I wanted to move up the order and so I did to the #5 position. I came in when we were on about 3/1 (the one run being a bye, I think) with two of our batsmen scoring ducks and the other scoring a mighty diamond duck. In addition, I never get a bowl (even though I possess a dangerous doosra alongside some turning off-spinners) but in this match I did because we had a new captain (as our last one was too old to play). To top all of this off, we were playing with only 9 players (and so made a complete embarrassment of ourselves)!
However, I have better hopes of us doing well this season. That is if we play with a full side.
Can a local cricket team's woes get any worse?
Any people know teams worse than this?
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