Captains Day 9 Sept  2002

Well. The weather looked a bit murky to start , but the sun really shone on Salix on Captains Day. Here's what we got:

And below the usual report and score card

Report

This year the Rodbertonians faced the Clarkstars (or Gents versus Players..). The format was 2 x 15 overs, max 3 overs a bowler , retire at 30 and crucially, reverse the batting order between innings. The Rodbertonians got off to a reasonable, if not spectacular start, however mean, mean bowling from our very own Rahul Spillane and Steve-o Jacobs saw the Rodbertonians all out for 93. The Clarkstars powered out of the blocks and some hard fielding from the Rodbertonians saw Andy Bush put our wicket keeper, James, in hospital, which wasn't too helpful, but we persevered. At tea the Clarkstars were sitting on a decent lead (thanks to the leader himself and Mr Swindells)

After our Ribena and egg sandwiches, the Rodbertonians engineered a familiar Salix batting performance as they struggled to 93, highlights being Dave H eager to make up for his first innings golden and Clarkster making a great diving catch to get Fletch round the corner. And so as the clouds lengthened the Clarkstars had a fairly doable target which they made with 9 balls to spare, thanks to a great innings by Steve-o (who got more in one innings than he got all season), our very own Dominic Dravid, and of course, the man himself, Clarkster.

So it was back to the bar, to discuss next season and dream dreams of winnings. In the words of 10CC - "I don't like cricket, oh no, I love it"

Scorebook

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Man of the Season Clarkster	Players Award Mr J	Captains Award - Matt Swindells	Fielder of the Year - Dr Dustman	High score Paul Rogers (absent in St Lucia...)
New Player of the Year Tinker	Batting Award Andy Bush	Man kisses wife	Batting Award Rahul Spillane	Worst Fielder. Fletch
Players Award Chris K	well, it's his camera	Mr K lets one go	we practise dropping catches	New recruit models "worst fielder" wig
New Dom celebrates getting Fletch	Bushy pads up to face Mr J	Dominic Dravid dobs one down	Fletch whacks out and gets caught out	The Shill scores
	Mr Ellis bowls a sinister one to Mr Shilling

Season Report (up to but not including Captains Day 2002)

The figures never lie. On average it took us 21.7 runs to get a wicket, but we gave our wickets away for 13.5 runs.  We dropped nearly half the catches (45%) that came our way. Our batsmen had an equal chance of being bowled or caught (75 each) and, bizarrely, an equal chance of getting LBW or run out (15 of each).  Only the main protagonists are shown – everyone else is on the spreadsheet.

Top wicket taker was Fletch, but at some cost. Paul Rogers and Andy Rayner  got wickets the fastest, and Andy Bush, Clarkster and Steve J were our most frugal bowlers.

The Lurpak League

After two years at the top, Mr Spillane was, I am sure looking forward to his silver cup.  But it was not to be as our ancient slip fielder Fletcher edged him out by dropping more (but holding a higher percentage.).  A close thing. Easily the safest hands belong to Mr Newton

An overall pathetic year for batting. Overall Andy Bush, Clarkster and Paul stood out as did Dominic Spillane for his true grit.  We also need to co-opt Mr Extras into batting higher up the order. At the lower end of the order, Mr J set a new record by hitting a four and Fletch had the highest ever number of not outs ever recorded by the team.

Other Matters

We played 19 games, won 5 , drew 2. and in all 35 people donned the Salix Cap.

Our Role of Honour this Year:

Salix CC Captains Award 2002: Matt Swindells, Alex Newton  

New Player Award  2002: Graham Nannery, Andy Rayner

Player Award  2002 Steve Jacobs, Chris Kulasingam

Batting Award   2002 Andy Bush,  Dominic Spillane

High Score 2002 Paul Rogers

Catch of the Year 2002   Ollie Carter

Best Bowler   2002  Tony Fletcher

Player of the Year  2002:  Neil Clark