Business Lumberjack vs Devils

Lumberjack courtesy of Fruitbox

Business lost on Sunday to an under strength Devils team. Bowled and fielded well, barring one exception. Batted atrociously, barring one exception. Please feel free to stop reading.

It’s the hope that kills you. We strolled out to field after a good length fielding warm up and positive net for most, with an air of confidence going into bowl despite the heat. Enthusiasm soared when Longdong (3) struck first ball! Swoop (2) compiled the pressure and the two bowled well in tandem to put us in a decent position; Devils not many for 3. After good support from change bowlers Square root, Skid row (3) and Fruitbox (1) we managed to keep the Devils down to a competitive 180 despite a blip (see Mancow’s over below). A stunning one handed diving catch from Lunchcutter should also get an official mention, in case he ever needs to prove that it happened. Square Root managed to break a box, again requiring a mention in case he needs to prove it happened.

Bambi, who brought a new geisha later named ‘Thumper’, spent much of the afternoon attempting to peacock his masculinity and proceeded to live up to his name by falling over when called into action in the field.

But what is a lumberjack for if not to make you smile?! Why try and find humor where there is none in one place, but tons in another? Step forward Mancow, the man, the cow, the visionary. Like all great art I feel at this stage, the critics can longer do it justice, true beauty is in the eye of the beholder….

1 Over, 26 runs, (15 no-balls, 4 wides; 19 extras)……………………wait for it…………………………..1 wicket (John Newton LBW).

Is there anything quite as poetic as a Basher fail?! We seem to have a history of failing gloriously! Please just take a second to re-read the above figures… and be sure to congratulate Mancow if you see him on Thursday and of course John Newton if you see him EVER.

Moving forward onto our innings, this gets rather more faily, a lot less glorious and a lot more predictable. So again, please feel free to stop reading.

Fruitbox continued a clotted vein of form out first ball, more followed including a catalogue of horrible shots from swipes to flails all down the order. Skid row saved some respectability with a well earned 23 and Longdong hit a 4 off John Newton (concluding a dream day for him)! Bashers out for 88, utterly pathetic.

Fines, though uneventful on the way back, did give Bambi the opportunity to impress ‘Thumper’ with his stunning intellect and quick wit, an opportunity he declined in louder and progressively stupider ways as we moved on to the camel.

We met The Chancellor’s son, seems a nice bloke and he joined the fines, so we called him Minister.