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| SAO aka 'Tony Danza' |
Last night a full strength FFCC squad assembled, for a change. The air crackled with anticipation of what was to come.
The first lambs to the slaughter were HAQ FC, a confusing name for a confused team.
Buckets and Zippy led the Fathers charge and battled gallantly for a steady 19 runs (they were -15 after the first ball). Next in were Itchy and Choc who smashed 21 runs for their allotted four overs. The third pair was all about the father and son duo of Beaver and Rio. A stoic but unlucky innings ended in only 5 runs.
Three pairs down and only 45 runs in the bank, up step Nads and Harmie. Their innings went something like this: smash, smash, tonk, dink, TONK, TONK, SMASH. Once the smoke cleared Harmie and Nads had poured on another 62 runs and the Fathers had something to defend (107 for those of you who are mathematically challenged).
Long story short, HAQ were much better bowlers and fielders than they were batsmen and they need to be much better against the bowling attack that the FFCC had assembled.
Bowling:
Itchy: 3/5
Zippy: 1/16
Beaver: 3/2
Nads: 3/9
Harmie: 1/16
Choco: 2/17Rio: 1/27
Buckets: 4/-3
HAQ amassed only 91 runs, 17 runs short of victory.
NEXT!
Up step the genetically challenged Partridge Family. Looking resplendent in their usual ensemble of kmart chic tops and too short shorts the miserable bastards sent the FFCC straight back into the field, that was their first mistake.
The Fathers were warmed up and raring to go. Another exceptional bowling and fielding effort (exceptional by FFCC standards you understand) saw the Fathers restrict the shallow end of the gene pool to only 74 runs.
Bowling:
Zippy: 0/24
Tony Danza: 3/10
Beaver: 2/21
Harmie: 3/1
Rio: 5/-6!!
Itchy: 4/-3
Nads: 1/22
Buckets: 3/5
Next comes the batting bit and Buckets and Sao opened. What a show! Not a cricket show but some sort of show that this cub reporter is still struggling to comes to term with almost 24 hours later. 20 runs from the first pair and thing are looking good. Next in were Zippy and Itchy. Run outs and catches aplenty in that pair and only 21 runs scored. Third pair was the famous father and son pairing of Beaver and Rio. An entertaining innings saw them better their first game total by 2 runs to finish up on 7 for the third pair. 48 runs after three pairs, pretty pathetic really. 27 runs need for victory.
Nads and Harmie step up again and bludgeon a lazy, lucky, languorous, limber, loose and lusty 74 runs (the innings had everything) to give the Fathers 122 runs and victory number two for the night!
No time to rest on the laurels however because next week's game is at 2130 hours and the team is as follows:
9.30pm 12 February
Harmie: captain
Nads: beer boy
Itchy
Sao
Zippy
Beaver
Choc
Buckets
Gilly
