Double-D Cups

The Double-D Cup competition is over and the title has been snatched from my grasp

The Double-D Cup

Basically we had our annual end-of-season double-wicket comp last Saturday, on what was the hottest day I've ever seen of a September. With the weather being so good I was expecting a big turnout, but surprisingly, only 12 actually made it!

Undaunted, we soldiered on with 6 teams of 2. While each pair were batting we all fielded and one of the other teams (chosen at random) bowled at them. Each pair batted 4 overs, and bowled 4 overs and their final score was runs scored - runs conceded. A wicket was -5 too.

It's not a particularly serious competition either, as it was being run in tandem with a BBQ and a few beers - and there was some fundraising going on in the form of "fines". These were handed out for all manner of infractions like "Impersonating a fielder" (for diving over a ball), "having a shoe fetish" (changing spikes numerous times), "Being afraid of a bra" (see pic above), among numerous other offenses. I was fined a few quid for dropping 4 catches! - and then fined again for having the nerve to take two later on!

Our president was there for about 20 minutes with his camera and timed it perfectly to coincide with my batting There are some dodgy looking shots among the pics, but I'm reasonably happy with how some of them look. This one particularly, as it's very rare that I get a ball to go on the on-side. You can also see how bloody long the grass was!

God knows what kinda shot this is

Incidentally, I didn't get a run for this as my partner didn't realise that the cameraman wasn't fielding!!

Later in the week I might stick up a few of the other pics so I can see where I'm going wrong.

AGM tonight, it looks like I'm running uncontested for Secretary - so I'll be busy for the next year!