The Cork: Game 2 - The Hairdryer 12.02.14 When Sir Alex Ferguson (considered one of the greatest coaches of all time) was angry with his players, he shouted at them with such force, it was like having a hairdryer switched on in their faces. It became known as the hairdryer treatment. At times yesterday I believe we could have all had some of this treatment. I can’t put my finger on it, maybe too many of the studs in the team were worried about not having a game plan for valentine’s day, but never the less our heads were not it the game. With a few key inspirational players out due to being old and broken we were still able to field a fairly experienced team including one international, to face a team with huge street credit. Some players questioned the batting order with one of the most inexperienced players leading the charge opening the batting and the other coming in last to close out the game. Needless to say we won/lost the toss and elected to bat first. Inexperience came through right from the beginning with me not able to figure out how to put on a thigh pad, I could feel the pressure mounting. I had to draw some strength from the player of the day Youngy who looked as cool as Burt on tinder and insisted he took the first ball/bullet. The bowling attack was average and with sMalla coming in hot at third batsman I thought I would take my chances to hit big, but with a swing and a miss I was out and made way for what CCC believed was going to be a great batting display. BURRRRRRRPPP sMalla, while choosing his weapon to destroy the bowler’s confidence and boost his 600 run average took a huge gamble and decided to pick the lightest bat he could find to composite for his recent loss of body mass and strength. . His decision was to come back and haunt him when he tried with all his might to muscle a 6 from an average bowl to see him being caught, and effectively send him walking not only back to a cold Speights but back to the UK doubting his ability and the competition he plays in. With sMalla going cheap the egos came out and Lowey went to the crease eager to prove a point. Maybe a little too eager, some classy shots and then the temptation to go big got too much for the stand in skip and was caught by their “safe hands, never dropped a ball “ keeper. Calls from the cheap seats were coming fast and furious with “settle it down boooooiiiiiiiiisssss” “we got a bit on here Boooooiiiiiiiiiiisss” All which was much need for a cricket team that looked like we were losing faith in our ability. A Good and entertaining batting performance from Brats lifted the spirits slightly with Big Bad Brats showing that hitting boundaries is way better than running and from a players perspective it’s good to see him going from strength to strength each week proving that dropping him last season was a huge mistake. Player of the day next week Beachy also looked to be settling at the crease in his new comfortable shoes that he never goes out in, until something went wrong possibly blisters and was sent packing, leaving Ev to get Gary the Impaler up to speed. Gaz the Impaler was the last man standing for CCC and held his ground for as long as he could, until they sent in an “athlete” according to ace to bowl. Aces athlete judgement was not wrong with him dismissing Gaz the Impaler in two balls. 102 to defend …. “WE GOT A BIT ON HERE BOOOOIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSS…………” Fielding – OMG - Costly The amount of Miss fields and lack of enthusiasm lost us the game it think. Lucky for us this is all basic technique that we can improve on. The lack of chat in the field was concerning. As a band of brother everyone has a role to play even if your just the “pat on the butt” kind of guy … get involved. CCC . The fines are coming thick and fast, so let’s sharpen up and let the team we meet next week at the new venue be gobsmacked from the NOISE that we are going to bring.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 02:20:20 +0000
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