Sunday Cricket is Morally Wrong!

In most religions playing any sport on the holy Sunday is forbidden....... I now know why!

Watching this atrocity unfold from the sideline can only be compared to the pain a hamster feels when giving birth to an elephant! It was that bad. The morning started with another toss lost to the now infamous Aussie $2 coin owned by the oppo skipper. Every time that coin is flicked up in the air it feels like an underarm delivery hitting the middle stump......

It got worse from there on. With a batting line up that capable of holding its own against most prems sides, the general feeling was that the Te Rapa bowlers would be easy enough to play on a good track with overhead conditions suited to batting. The openers looked good, as they always do, but our number 3 was in there soon enough as Counsell got one to bounce a bit. At number 3 was David March. He painfully constructed some form of resistance to the ever so average Te Rapa bowling, but he was a lone cowboy until the long absent Charles Johnstone announced his return to A's cricket with a good fifty smashed of very few deliveries. His heroics got Star through to a very mediocre 125 all out.

Upon his departure some of the Te Rapa boys took the celebrations a bit too far and said a couple of things they probably shouldn't have. As a result the customary Star-Te Rapa scuffle broke out. Chuckie chased a wary looking Te Rapa bowler up the hill with his bat, and the game descended into chaos for just a little moment. The beast was tamed and the game was brought back to a more civilized event, but posting only 125 with the bat will dent the confidence of most bowlers, and this proved to be the case. The bowlers struggled with their line, and before the sun had even dipped enough to lengthen the shadows it was all over. Te Rapa winners by default, actually they cheated........ Te Rapa are the One Day Champions........... At least we have still got our health....... Participation is more important than winning..... bla.... bla..... bla....... whatever, bring on the rugby season!

JAMP