Match
reports
Cavs vs. The Bush
Following a quality performance the
previous week, which saw the Cavs beat the Players and Jesters,
Lloydy hoped the tone was set for the main body of the season.
The band wagon rolled on for the visit of old adversaries
- the Hollybush. The fixture was quite a late addition to
the Cavs fixture list following a debacle last season which
saw Tant ‘scratched up the wrong way’ by a couple
of Bush-ites. But the Bush were given one last chance by
the Cavs and prove their worth. Frankly, they were a shower
of shite and if a few Cavs senior pros had their way, the
Bush would be struck of the list for next season.
But less of them and more of us.
The current bun had come out and it was firmly shining on
the home team all day. Amazingly Captain Lloyd won a toss
and choose to bat on a typical green-un at Rotho Park. Step
forward Arron and Jay who started the innings with style
and panache and a bit of luck as well for the Cavs favourite
Kiwi. First to go was Jay who holed out at mid off for 49
and surely to buy a jug but not for one run more!! The air
was so blue when he found out his score that even the bagpiper
from the Highland Gathering stopped playing and about bloody
time too!!!
But Terrey remained at the crease
and he held the innings together as a succession of Cavs
players joined him for cameo roles around he - lead male.
First to go was Sir Glancelot who went for the big-un to
be skittled for 4 runs. Cavs youth policy Toddy Baines,
who can definitely play more often if he bring those birds
again, upped the run rate with 30 odd of 20 odd. He was
followed by Russ Timms on a Cavs pair but, fret ye not,
his arse didn’t twitch and he scored 10. Left to bring
up the rear was Wordy and Lloydy who mustered 17 between
them of about 17 balls. But what I hear you cry of Arron
Terrey – well he only scored a bloody ton and not
out to boot. And that’s with a dose of the two bob
bits as well. All in seriousness, the boy played really
well so nuff respect Kiwi.
Off walked the Cavs, Arron through
the now traditional guard of honour, with the highest ever
Cavs 40 over score of 259. Surely a big ask for the any
side to chase let alone the redbourn pikeys!!!
The Bush needed a quick start and
that was impossible to achieve following a superb new ball
bowling display by Lance and the Truro Express and by the
10th over the Bush already needed Lazurus himself to get
padded up. Enter Kimberly Fireman. Now a few in the field
had mentioned that the boy looked a bit on the quiet side,
dare I say it, even a bit stroppy but his opening delivery
was placed Firm –ly in the corridor of uncertainty
and there he stayed collecting 2 wickets in the process.
Shauny Roy, Burto and Wordy finished of the Bushs’
overs and their figures could have all been a lot, better
had it not be for a Bush boy, seeing it like the proverbial
fussball and on his way to a ton.
But the result was academic from
early on and the Bush ended their 40 with 199 and well short
of the Cavs. Victory for the ‘liers and well deserved
with a performance full of buzz, energy, competitiveness
and positively (can you guess who’s written this yet!).
Nuff respect to Arron. Great ton.
Lets have another at the Cavs next match against the farting
bitter specialists from the Lower Red Lion.
