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Nicholls595 27 Aug 2:05pm, 27 Aug 2024 32,092 posts	0 Nicholls595 Last weekend, Eastwood CC held their first ever beer festival, "Bails and Ales". Beginning at 6pm Friday, there was an open session for all juniors. Saturday the men's Second XI gained promotion with a victory over Thrumpton. On Sunday the club hosted 4 women's clubs in a Hundred tournament, 2 semi finals and final. The standard looked great, but it was very chilly, so mostly watched from inside. Yesterday, the weekend was rounded off with a women's softball festival. 8 teams, playing 12 matches on 2 pitches. Special mention to Spondon CC, it was their first ever games, they are so new, they haven't even organised kit yet. Women's cricket locally is booming. For any ale lovers out there, Dog & Parrot organised the beers. Thornbridge Jaipur was a personal favourite, then Blue Monkey Marmoset when the Jaipur ran out.
fetcheveryone 27 Aug 2:18pm, 27 Aug 2024 31,032 posts	0 fetcheveryone Fantastic
57.5 Degrees of Pain 27 Aug 3:59pm, 27 Aug 2024 20,640 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain Were the juniors being schooled in cricket or beer? Or both. I know I learned about the two at the cricket club when licensing laws may have been less strictly observed.
Nicholls595 27 Aug 4:20pm, 27 Aug 2024 32,093 posts	0 Nicholls595 57.5 Degrees of Pain wrote:Were the juniors being schooled in cricket or beer? Or both. I know I learned about the two at the cricket club when licensing laws may have been less strictly observed. LOL there may have been the odd teenager sneaking a beer, but the juniors were strictly cricket. They had a visit from a Minion, Spiderman and Tony The Tiger. The mascot race was hilarious, I think Spiderman had been at the ale, because he came last, despite not being in a big costume.
paulcook 27 Aug 4:58pm, 27 Aug 2024 6,291 posts	0 paulcook Ocelot Spleens wrote:I think I have faced less balls in a season bbc.com My finest innings (!) partly because it won us our only point of the season was scoring 1* to save a draw from the final 15 overs. So about 48 deliveries faced. But that was as a number 11. There may be similar context to this story but an opener!? Quite either ridiculous or an achievement.
HellsBells 28 Aug 10:24am, 28 Aug 2024 34,283 posts	0 HellsBells Trent Bridge has gone to a ballot for internationals next year, that’s my cricket watching severely curtailed. I got nothing in either of the Lords and Oval ballots this year.
Ocelot Spleens 28 Aug 12:13pm, 28 Aug 2024 39,532 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Really. That's pants!
fetcheveryone 28 Aug 12:14pm, 28 Aug 2024 31,041 posts	0 fetcheveryone I thought they had a ballot this year too.
Nicholls595 28 Aug 12:17pm, 28 Aug 2024 32,095 posts	0 Nicholls595 I've registered for the ballot. England women ODI v India in June
GregP 28 Aug 12:23pm, 28 Aug 2024 153,155 posts	0 GregP No ballot for Essex vs Worcestershire tomorrow.