Round 7 - new and old faces

game	opponent	us	them
7	team ramrod*	140	68

* 15 run handicap

BATTING

		out	partnership	total
brendan	lenno	6	23	23
jamie	richo	2	33	56
john	rob	5	23	79
g	nachos	3	61	140

BOWLING

	wickets	runs
brendan	3	9
g	1	9
jamie	4	26
john	2	3
lenno	2	2
nachos	2	-2
richo	3	-2
rob	2	8
handicap		15
	19	53

(re-draw! re-draw!) Match Slapper: G


Perhaps the week off, but is it just me or was it warmer work than normal tonight? The smell of victory was pungent.

Un-pleasantries aside, Tim continued his practice of sending new teams in against us. Of course as new teams go there were some familiar faces, reflected in the modest 15 runs they received as a start. While we are still not in the official odds for the premiership at the time of writing, Fossil deigned to umpire us in between snarfing his pizza and leveling abuse at Johnny.

Without the services of Keano, the Skipper let loose an immediate return of Lenno for the opening exchanges alongside of Brendan. A stirring start had it appearing to be another Richo masterstroke until five wickets in nine balls had us all questioning his judgement. Opinion seems unanimous that Lenno was blameless in the carnage, though this is solely attributable to Brendan's failure to appear at the pub afterwards.

Jamie and Richo continue to eke out runs in the second pairing, collecting their third consecutive partnership of 30 or more. Having firstly proposed our latest ring-in, future brother-in-law and Newest Slap Rob, John then telegraphed that they may be twenty to thirty minutes late due to shopping for the upcoming nuptials. No I couldn't believe it either. Visions of John and Rob trying on tuxedos together until 6:30 was troubling, however it was evident after finding Rob warming up in the nets prior to the game that the man was focused. Figuring the family that slaps together, well you know, the Skipper was left with no choice but to bat yours truly last. Sorry Nick - thankfully we brought the total up to 140.

The legspinners took a bag in the field, Jamie also handling the batting power neatly. Lenno, Richo and John were all rapid and on the spot - indeed Johnny managed to rip half the webbing off one of the keeping gloves. Rob's first ball wicket, Nachos power over wickets, all timely. Hard to isolate moments in the field aside from Jamie's acrobatics, a great all round effort gents (awwwww).

Finally, controversy reigns regarding this weeks Match Slapper voting. Richo didn't appear confident of the count, John disbelieving of the process entirely.

I remain satisfied of the result.