There is no such thing as bad weather… Just soft people.

Leisure braved the elements on Sunday with a spirited performance that flew in the face of the swirling wind and rain and deserved more than a loss to this season’s most likely rivals.

Hard On came over all Michael Fish in the run-up to the game, providing frequent updates on the weather, as well as the bitching and moaning of the opposition, who were vocal in their concerns that one of them might break a wrist in the slippery outfield! Well, there goes the love life!

The Bashers are made of sterner stuff though. Unless your pie is too hot eh Windy?

Captain Fisty continued to rally the Bashers who wouldn’t let the rain dampen the day, and persuaded the Cheetahs to play, agreeing to make it an 18-over match. After winning the toss, and stealing the big squeegee thing from the tennis courts to clear the water off the pitch, Bashers elected to take to the field and put Cheetahs in to bat.

Giraffe, Friendzone and Natural all had decent spells, with Natural making sure the Cheetahs opener fell short of a 50, and Friendzone taking a great catch considering the blustery conditions for the second wicket. Michael Schumacher would have struggled to make anything turn on a track this wet but Omega came on to take two wickets himself before Giraffe came back to close out the innings and bag himself a brace. Pope also took one for the team keeping wicket, getting his lovely Bashers sweater all mucky after diving for the stumps.

With the weather getting worse, Cracker and Natural opened for the Bashers, chasing 125.

When faced with this much rain, most people are thinking about building an ark. Not The Cracker. The Cracker builds an innings, having more fun in muddy puddles than Pepper Pig in the midst of a meth binge. Some beautiful strokes to the boundaries, coupled with hard running between the stumps, saw Cracker make 46 in no time before succumbing to the unpredictable wicket.

It was this unpredictability that ultimately did for the Bashers batting order as the pitch got wetter than a hen party front row at a Chippendales’ show. Despite a brave showing from the Skipper and Omega, Leisure ran out of overs and finished with a score of 106.

Leisure also welcomed Basher number 371, Ash ‘Clam’ Farr to the fold, although no one seems to be able to explain how he got his name. Reports from the bus suggest it took them half an hour to come up with it as well.

The records will show that Cheetahs (who did their best impression of hyenas every time something went their way) were the winners this day, though we all know that the real winner was cricket.