The Jolly Boys Cricket Club

Once again Dave wins the toss and we naturally decide to bat.

But what's this ? Tom is half way to the crease when we find this weeks other opener is none other than Dave Stoddard !

And Dave's quickly off the mark with a single. So with the dreaded Golden out of the way he's got the opportunity to settle in and play some shots.

And Tom's in his usual good form with the bat as he starts with a few well placed singles.

Well a scant few overs later and Tom has already retired (Hmmm... I wonder what gave him the short boundaries idea ? - ed.) so in comes Will to support Dave who is still going strong.

Well Will was certainly keen to follow Tom's example as he positively stormed to a quick 25. So in comes youg Joe who sadly gets bowled by a cracker before he could even get off the mark.

Which means it's time for Jol to show us some more proper cricket shots.

Botheration. Just when it looked like Dave would manage to get his 25 and retire he gets bowled on 22. But congratulations are still in order as I believe that's a personal best (definitely for this season - ed.)

Well Stuey Holloway comes in having seen Tom, Will and nearly Dave retire so he decides to join in with some attacking shots.

Well Jol's been bowled by another good ball so in comes POwelly. But it's not a good day for team Powell as he gets a top edge and is caught for 1.

And it was an even worse day for your humble scribe as he gets a edge on the first ball to be dismissed for a Golden. Still this means Dave's in to bat.

By this point the runs have positively piled up, Stuey Holloway has retired on 25 and the midges haven't even turned up in force. All in all it's a good day for the spectators !

And team Stoddard continue their good form as Baz gets himself 9 runs.

But now there's a mystery as my memory has failed me (no change there then - ed.) and it's clear that Tom has returned to the crease, Dave is marked down in the book as "not out" but Baz hasn't been marked down as being dismissed. Ho hum...

But what's this ? Is the the karate Kid ? No ! Thanks to the miracles of modern technology we've acquired two cheap Chinese MD80 clones which have been fashioned into an "Ump" cam and a "Stump" cam.

So with Dave carrying a strain here's Stuey modelling the "Stump" Cam.

Meanwhile Frosty has donned the "Ump" cam and immediately feels it's Ninja powers rushing into his veins !

(Grud on a Greenie ! it's the Hai Karate kid - ed.)

And what's this ? With Ogs still out injured from last week he's arrived just in time to take over camera duties and he starts by getting a cracking shot of a flying Wyre batsman (who was wearing quite the slippiest boots ever seen on a cricket field - ed.)

And in case you're wondering this isn't a shot of the "Fortress" Hodgson midges it's the local rookery settling in for the evening.

Well Wyre are keeping up withthe run rate but they're getting a little too eager and Ogs captures Dave as he's just about to break the wickets to put their last man in to bat.

So with 4 overs left Wyre need 26 to win but a mighty blow sees the ball fly off towards the boundary... straight into the waiting hands of Jol who catches it cleanly then looks round to check that he's still on the field.

Meanwhile in the foreground a delighted Joe punches the air as we end our run of bad form with a Win. But commiserations also to Wyre who put up a splendid fight.

So once again we return to the Old Town Hall where Kirsty refuses to pose for her usual picture with the butties. However this results in me getting another picture of her bottom so a spot of blackmail later she aggress to posee for a more flattering shot in exchange for me not publishing the other picture !