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After what seemed like an eternal wait, he has finally done it.........

Welcome to the world of real mens cricket chunky.

BREAKING NEWS!!

It has been revealed by the AWCC Saturday 1st XI captain M. Buckley that "....i never normally struggle with length..."

In geometric measurements, length most commonly refers to the longest dimension of an object.

This breaking news will come as a great confidence booster to his new fiance.  Unfortunately she declined to comment on the subject.  Howver the news may come as shock to many of his team mates, especially those close to Buckleys kit bag.  One of the reserve team players D. Blatch commented "i've always wandered if it gets lost behind his hair seems he resembles a woolly mammoth neck down"


Which ever way you look at it, AWCC 1st's are in a strong position with Buckley at the helm.  We all pass on our congratulations to him and his to be.  May the length be with you both.

AWCC V OWCC

Ashton headed to the depths of Bedfordshire to make their debut at the pretty ground at Old Warden CC. Led by part time skipper Chapman, who lost the toss, Ashton took to the field in brilliant sunshine.
Opening the bowling was the might of Awdry and Heath. Feeding off a mixture of fast medium dross, pies and straightish deliveries, the Old Warden openers made a steady start to their innings before Awdry finally delivered a good ball & induced an edge from their no. 2.
A change in bowling to Allen’s dolly drops led to a clatter of 2 wickets, whilst their left pawed number 4 kept the spin twins of Allen & Ray at bay. Ray bowled with all the cunning & guile we at Ashton come to expect, leaving him with the figures of 3-23 off his staple of 8 overs. Miser Barnes teased the mid to late order of Wardens batting line up and induced an edge to part time Chapman who parried a simple catch to Stavros at first slip which even he could not put to ground.
A number of chances did go to ground however, which let Wardens accumulate a total of 173 off their allotted 40 overs; about 50 more than Ashtons players had hoped for at the drinks interval; particularly with the experience of Melvyn patrolling the field like a modern day Jonty Rhodes.
Chapman decided to open the batting with himself and Blatch, the latter of whom decided to leave yet another straight delivery and moped back to the pavilion to contemplate life. Playing like Gilchrist, Chapman picked off runs at will, with the occasional hoick to the boundary. Run machine Palmer hit 3 bondaries including 1 maximum before offering catching practice to a willing gulley fielder.
This bought Stavros Buckley to the wicket, who began with 3 boundaries before dropping anchor to protect his average. Meanwhile, Chapman continued on his way, milking the strike a la Francis and taking a single off the last ball of each over.
Learning that he needing 6 runs for his ton and the team requiring 6 to win, Chapman tried to do the decent thing and hit his first 6 for Ashton. An edge for 1 enabled him to again farm the strike at the end of the 37th over, followed by an extra or two meant he now needed to hit a four with 2 to win. Giving the nervous bowler a charge a Spanish bull would be proud of, he was run out for 96 following a deflection of the hapless keeper. Stavros nudged the winning single to finish 35 not out.
Ashton would like to thank Old Warden CC for an enjoyable game with tasty teas and look forward to another game in the future.
Stavros

Sun glorious sun!

Mr. Ray, enjoying some rays.

Ashton Wold vs Farmers.

10th June 2012


It was another fine English summers day sun nowhere to been seen, a damp wicket and a heavy grey sky a perfect day for bowling surely no batsman was going to score any runs today…..

You could see the relief on the faces of the Ashton team as their part time skipper was back at the helm for another win or bust game!! Farmers won the toss and the opposition captain thought it would be a good idea to put Ashton into bat. Things got off a poor start for Ashton despite the positive sight of seeing Chris White opening the bowling for the opposition. Pete was removed cheaply, but an early wicket does not normally spell disaster for Ashton since the emergence of their superstar 3 batsman, Sam ‘see you in the IPL’ Palmer. But today was different there wasn’t going to be one early wicket there was to be many. Chapman was soon on his way back to the pavilion wishing he had keep himself in his self-imposed exile a week longer, to the shock of the grandstand Sam P followed shorty after, that meant the two batsmen at the crease were the untried pairing of Alan and Jordan. To no ones surprise this partnership didn’t put up much resistance to the straight bowling of farmers. At this point the score was 56-6 and the Captain was starting to twitch surely the mighty Ashton weren’t going to be slain by the lowly Farmers. Hope was restored when Dan headed to the crease and hit the first ball to the boundary, time for the Ashton fight back. Well no not quite as he suffered his usual brain freeze and left a straight one. It was Ashton’s number 7 batsman Doug ‘surely his technique isn’t good enough for 100’ Heath. No one in the crowd could be prepared for what was to unfold in front of them as he strode defiantly to the crease. The score was 28-5 as Doug entered the fray, when he was finished it 182-7 he had scored an outstanding 107 not out hitting seven 6’s in the process. Doug rode his luck at times but the innings consisted mainly of hearty blows to different parts of the leg side boundary, the odd slash and a miss of the faster bowlers , then back to clubbing the slower bowlers all around PE8, he had a reliable partner in one Nigel ‘go’ Barnes who played sensibly by letting Doug get on with it. Congratulations on your first 100 Doug I didn’t think I’d see the day…..

The lunch break the mood was one of shock given the prehistoric 100 we had all witnessed but soon the captain had the players focused on the task ahead bowling out the famously difficult farmers batting line up.

As Chapman was behind the stumps he thought the best bowlers to open with would be Dan ‘I think a sports bar is in order’ Blatch, and John ‘ I am sure his arm has got lower’ Ray. Well this proved an inspired choice as Dan did his normal trick of removing the opening batsman with a ball that was be best described as vomit. Ray was steady from the other end claiming a wicket with a sharp catch at slip by Jack ‘I can’t quite believe it either’ Alan. He would have had more if Doug had have been concentrating instead of reliving his 100 and Ashton had a descent WK. After a while it became obvious that the Farmers weren’t that interested in trying to win the game, so the captain felt it was safe to let Jack have a bowl. He bowled steadily as usual, lighten the mood Alan also got a bowl. Chapman tried some mind games halfway through Jacks spell but only ended up succeeding in reducing himself and Doug to floods of tears with his perfectly timed flatulence. B Joyce bowled 4 good overs picking up a couple of wickets he would have had more if Dan could catch but the Ashton players have long grown used his ineptitude in the field. N Barnes was solid in the 5 overs he bowled GP was erratic in his 2 over spell picking up a wicket in the process and the innings was brought to a close by SP and JA bowling in tandem. I think it would be fair to say everyone felt like they had been involved in this important victory as we always say at Ashton it is much more fun to laugh at people trying to play rather than not letting them!!



Well that’s it for another week hopefully if the rain stays away the next chapter in the Ashton saga will continue next Sunday….



HC