Just realised no thread on this as yet...
My second season playing for Kempton in the Surrey Championship started last Saturday. Was due to be in the safe confines of the 3s (my preferred team from last season), only there was a dropout in the 4s and they'd found a replacement who could only play at home, so I stepped aside. Instead of playing a very weak Kingstonian 3s at home I played against a far stronger Kingstonian 4s away - not sure how they worked out their squads on that basis!
After creaming a cover drive off the middle of the bat straight to cover first ball, that was as good as it got as I played an early season shot, attempting a big drive the ball stopped on me and went straight in the air instead of crashing to the boundary, and I was C&B for 3. We recovered from 20/5 to post 87 all out, but it was never going to be enough as they knocked them off for the loss of 2.
I got an apologetic phone call from the 4s Skip (and club Chairman) this week saying because the 2s had a load of extra players meaning several dropped to the 3s I'd be in the 4s again - I don't care where I play as long as I get a game, I'm not precious etc. Plus it means I'll be playing at home, which suits me.
My second season playing for Kempton in the Surrey Championship started last Saturday. Was due to be in the safe confines of the 3s (my preferred team from last season), only there was a dropout in the 4s and they'd found a replacement who could only play at home, so I stepped aside. Instead of playing a very weak Kingstonian 3s at home I played against a far stronger Kingstonian 4s away - not sure how they worked out their squads on that basis!
After creaming a cover drive off the middle of the bat straight to cover first ball, that was as good as it got as I played an early season shot, attempting a big drive the ball stopped on me and went straight in the air instead of crashing to the boundary, and I was C&B for 3. We recovered from 20/5 to post 87 all out, but it was never going to be enough as they knocked them off for the loss of 2.
I got an apologetic phone call from the 4s Skip (and club Chairman) this week saying because the 2s had a load of extra players meaning several dropped to the 3s I'd be in the 4s again - I don't care where I play as long as I get a game, I'm not precious etc. Plus it means I'll be playing at home, which suits me.