As I read the Echo on the afternoon before the game all the talk was about Nicole Cook’s heroic Olympic gold. Readers were asked their personal sporting glories and my mind drifted. Hat tricks and penalty saves for Morning Glory FC, surviving a match at tight head prop against an French under 21 provincial side and breaking down in tears after the final whistle, nearly winning the BMW series down the Parc golf club before throwing it away on the 17th, my near hole in one after a fluffed tee shot on a golfing tour with D.Stagg, comprehensively beating the kids in school at tennis every June during Wimbledon and numerous 50′s, catches and trophies for the Canes.
My greatest sporting achievement was surely yet to come. One to put all the other great achievements in the shade. Captaining the Canes unbeaten for a whole season. And so the scene was set in my eyes and the steamroller that is the Highway Hurricanes CC would roll on flattening all in its path under the astute and heroic leadership of Griff.
Batting first the Nathan’s got off to a flyer; Jaffa hit boundaries on a soggy pitch before holing out for 35, exactly his average this season. Others came and tried in vain to match the Jaffa’s scoring especially Dave who was unlucky to pick out a fielder at cow corner to deny him a few 4′s before heroically, with no concern for his average were bowled with the last ball. Greg also did his best Jeremy, sorry Rudy impression scoring not a lot off a lot of balls.
A score of 90 odd looked defendable but early wickets for Danny only resulted in the Casuals big hitters entering the fray. With 7 an over needed off the last 5 overs matters seemed in hand until a wayward over (15 runs) from J-Lo. This put the opposition back in control and Griffs hopes for a 100% winning record in 2008 were dashed. Looking back D.Stagg lost the toss before I got there, does that technically make him captain? Not really. Unlucky Canes and like Jaffa says it is the future that is important. To the next victory!
P.S. Can someone bring some coins to the next match as Chris found it difficult counting the balls when umpiring using feathers.
— Griff
Griff — August 18, 2008 at 9:33 am
With a knock of 35 and 2 run out assists clearly taking him into the bed in Magaluf it has to be the (for the time being) superior Nathan.