The last game of the season played a few weeks back saw Greenies Too pitted against the league leaders, Esso Cubs.  Someone must have videoed the match and sent it on to the England squad before the Headingley test as they stole the story line almost word for word.  Winning the toss, we decided to bat first and were all out for around 100 (sounding familiar yet?).  Some pretty ordinary batting  did not help, but credit must go to the Cubs opening bowling attack – Ebanks was consistently hostile, picking up some early wickets and was backed up well by Cato Snr.  After this they were pretty rank, but psychologically  the damage had been done.  With such a small target to defend, we needed some quick wickets.  A small glimmer of hope came in when young Cato was caught with Carey’s first ball in the second over (again, a Headingley moment), but an onslaught of batting by Sealy and Ebanks put paid to our chances and they wrapped things up in the 15^th over, not before Sealy was well caught by Geoff off John King with a couple of runs remaining.  Not a great end to the season, but a very enjoyable season not the less.

Looknig at the season stats, some pretty average averages on the batting front that underlies what I believe to be our main problem. Kudos to Simon, Tex and Watto for making 50’s, and well done to Marc Randall for topping the averages in his first season.  Bowling-wise, another good season by McGrath, capped by taking his first five-for, and also Troskie, who will be missed next season and was unlucky not to get 2 five-fors.  Also some good performances by Randall, Tasker and others that meant we were generally competitive in the field.

Much to work on for next season, but I think a win/lose ratio of 5:4 is pretty good, and I was hugely proud of the spirit and the manner in which we played.  I would also like to pay tribute to the supporters who turned out to make game days so enjoyable.