Monday 21st April 2008

 

Ljubljana CC vs Morton CC 19th April 2008

 

Cricket season has finally arrived again and it was time for our first game of the year with old friends Morton CC from Scotland. Debuting for Ljubljana were Mike O'Dowd and Rok and Gregor Bohinc. Tom Furness lost the first toss of the year and Morton chose to bat in damp grey overcast conditions. Ljubljana proved a little bit too stong for their opposition from the start as Brad (4 wickets for 4 runs off 4 overs) and Rob Howland ( 2 for 4 off 5 overs ) had them struggling (6 down for 7 runs at one stage) but they rallied to score 55 in the end, despite some great bowling by all the debutants (both Bohinc brothers producing identical figures of 5 overs 0 for 10) Dave Farrell produced a good performance with the gloves on his return to the 'keepers position

55 was always going to be a difficult target to defend and Ljubljana socred the runs without too much difficulty and although Mike O'Dowd (1) gave himself a scare - none of the debutants joined the notorious Duck-on-debut club which helped maintained its exclusivity.

 

 

 

 

Gregor (left) and Rok (right) Bohinc prepare their batting debuts for Ljubljana	Rok Bohinc watches the ball carefully
The new slimline figure of Egon Jakofčič stands tall and cuts loose.	Mike O'Dowd watches one carefully in his debut innings.
Gregor Bohinc pushes to off during his innings of 20 not out	Brad in rare off side photograph. The big bowler looks to smash one through the point region (he missed the ball)

Scorecard here

 

Ljubljana CC vs Munich CC 26th April 2008

 

Another season, another early game against Munich CC, and sadly another loss to them.

Munich won the toss and batted first scoring 237 all out off 40 overs due to their final wicket falling on the very last ball. Brad showed some more early season form with ball (4 for 17 off 8 overs) and Urban bowled beautifully without luck (0 for 37) and Egon chipped in with (2 for 46), but the sensational story in the field was the debut of Slovene newcomer Simon Kaučič. Despite only having been to one training in his life, he looked as if he's been playing all his life when with almost his very first touch of the cricket ball appeared in the form of holding onto a catch off a blistering drive to mid-off. The veterans in our side all cursed under our breath at how easy he had jsut made that look. When Captain Tom Furness threw him the ball to have a bowl, he showed why bowling good line and length can pay off as he uprooted the stumps of a Munich batsman who had already scored 80 runs and was seeing them like a football. He managed to get 2 more as well in his spell of 5 overs 3 for 32.

Batting. Ah well that's another story. Despite a fine and patient 45 not out by Tom Furness, the rest of the team failed to add any batting highlights at all and we eventually fell short of the Munch total to the tune of 117 runs.

Scorecard here

Matt Charlesworth plays his favourite cut for 4	Brad Eve looks for a 2nd run
Jaša Zidar batting	Tom Furness off drives
Urban Blaznik	Egon tries to hit himself into form
Dave Farrell plays a late cut. The Munich slip fielder tries in vain to grab the disappearing ball	We don't usually include blurry pictures, but this one demanded inclusion. Sorry Lalantha