No toss, as far as anyone knows, but we batted.
Weather, typically Bank Holiday, breezy and overcast. Quite humid.
Off we went to Retford, almost the farthest flung of our games, to try and finish what we started last year. Dean and Jamie opened up but Dean went very soon, and Jamie got his second 13 score of the weekend. Superstitious? Paul hung on for a while but missed a straight one on 14, and Rob came in at 4 (after turning up late) and didn't use the middle for his first 12 runs. Rode his luck like a rented horse. Hard. However, he and Ben settled down and started to find that mythical middle, Ben in particular belying his years and playing lovely and straight. 8 ish overs to go, Rob went for it a bit and was soon gone, but a valuable 32 next to his name. In comes Benno, and out soon after, but after some quality blows, including a monster 6. We ended up after some lusty slogging at the end with a respectable 143, but it would need a good bowling performance to get something out of this game. Bowling was variable, the pick being Singleton, who bowled a nice line of away swing but had no luck, finishing with 0-19.
Tea was excellent, highlights being mini pizza, rice crispie cake and hot sausages. A good score there and no doubt.
Retford's team of mostly second teamers came out to a great opening spell from Alec and Smudge, both deservedly getting wickets, whilst moving it nicely. Dave Spencer was the part time wicket keeper and was kept busy by first change Dean especially. Benno bowled a lovely spell and wickets fell regularly, and with Dean being alternately great (at at stage on a hat-trick) and not so great, Ant was called up to bowl a fine spell of orthodox right arm spin, and Adam bowled well at the end, again belying his years. It ended up with 10 needed off the last over, with Ant to bowl it, and it never looked on, with DCC finally fielding well on the ground. Rumours that we're showing our ages have surfaced recently, and its hard to deny them after some of the teflon fingered, glass backed stuff that went on at times. Must have less cake at tea......
A last over win then, and a nice drink in the clubhouse.
MOM Singleton of Retford picked it up for his 47 runs in the chase and some decent bowling.
DCC 143 all out in 30
overs (Rob 32, Ben 25)
Retford 137-9 in 40 overs (Dean 3-21)