{"id":16572,"date":"2018-08-09T11:57:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T03:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/?p=16572"},"modified":"2018-08-09T11:57:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T03:57:02","slug":"moist-eggplants-an-emoji-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/moist-eggplants-an-emoji-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Moist Eggplants &#8211; An Emoji Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Bashers\u00a0\u2692\ud83c\udfcf\ud83c\udfaa\u00a0Cast of Characters:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Bhenchod \ud83c\udff0\ud83d\udc6d\ud83c\udf2e\ud83c\udf46<\/li>\n<li>Giraffe \ud83e\udd92\ud83c\udf46<\/li>\n<li>Fisty Cymbals\u270a\ud83c\udf69\ud83d\ude49<\/li>\n<li>Stroker \ud83c\udf46\ud83c\udfca\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/li>\n<li>Fluffer \ud83c\udf46\u2601\ufe0f<\/li>\n<li>Pope \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udf46<\/li>\n<li>Tucker \ud83c\udf46\ud83e\udde6<\/li>\n<li>Reckless \ud83c\udf4c\ud83d\udeaf\ud83d\udea8 (\u264d\ufe0f)<\/li>\n<li>Fake News \ud83c\udf4a\ud83e\udd21\ud83d\udc4e\ud83d\uddde<\/li>\n<li>Inches \ud83d\udccf\ud83c\udf46(\u264d\ufe0f)<\/li>\n<li>Birdshit \ud83e\udd86\ud83d\udca9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>also present briefly<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sharapova \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\udfbe\ud83d\ude40\ud83e\udd30\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc78\u00a0and son \u2692\ud83e\udd34<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>also\u00a0\ud83d\udca9\ud83d\udca9\ud83c\udfe2\ud83c\udfcf\ud83c\udfad\u00a0(Pudong)<\/p>\n<h5>Sunday 29 July 2018<\/h5>\n<p>Started out from Cages \u2692\u26be\ufe0f\ud83c\udf7b\ud83d\udd4c.<\/p>\n<p>Coupla\u00a0\u2692<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>\ud83c\udf52\ud83d\udeab\ud83c\udf7e Virgins in tow (\ud83c\udf4c\ud83d\udeaf\ud83d\udea8&amp;\ud83d\udccf\ud83c\udf46).<\/p>\n<p>Wellington \ud83c\udfdf was \ud83d\udca6. The \u26f2\ufe0f\u23f3 had not \ud83c\udf9a\ud83d\udeab.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Pitch-Inspection-e1533786707829.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16578\" src=\"http:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Pitch-Inspection-e1533786707829-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Pitch-Inspection-e1533786707829-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Pitch-Inspection-e1533786707829-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd85\ud83d\udca9 was able to \ud83d\udee0 a \ud83c\udfcf\ud83e\udd87 and a \ud83d\udc60 and with \ud83c\udff0\ud83d\udc6d\ud83c\udf2e\ud83c\udf46\u2019s help \u2699\ufe0f the \ud83c\udf0a\ud83d\udc4b. \ud83d\udc4d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Super-Sopper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16579\" src=\"http:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Super-Sopper-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Super-Sopper-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Super-Sopper-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udff0\ud83d\udc6d\ud83c\udf2e\ud83c\udf46 lost the \ud83d\udcb0\ud83c\udf46\ud83d\udc4b. \u00a0\u2692\ud83c\udfcf\ud83c\udfaa\u00a0would \ud83c\udf5a.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd92\ud83c\udf46 opened from the \ud83d\udccf\ud83c\udfc3\ud83c\udffe\u200d\u2642\ufe0f despite the \ud83c\udf36\ud83c\udf21.<\/p>\n<p>He kept to his proposed strategy of bowling no wides, except for one wide. \ud83e\udd92\ud83c\udf46 collected the first \u2620\ufe0f in the \ud83e\udd47 over. He eventually got 2\/21<\/p>\n<p>Keeping the \ud83d\udc63 on was \ud83c\udf46\ud83e\udde6. He finished 1\/20.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf46\u2601\ufe0f (1\/39) with Murali style bent arm and \ud83d\udc27\ud83d\udca9 (1\/26) also contributed \u2620\ufe0f\u2620\ufe0f while \ud83c\udff0\ud83d\udc6d\ud83c\udf2e\ud83c\udf46(2\/8) was the \u26cf of the \ud83e\udd63ers.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf52\ud83d\udeab\ud83c\udf7e \ud83c\udf4c\ud83d\udeaf\ud83d\udea8 was \u26a1\ufe0f\u2757\ufe0f\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udca3\ud83d\udca5 while he lasted but after \ud83c\udfafing one too many \ud83c\udf49s he was \ud83d\udc6e\ud83c\udffe\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83d\ude93\ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd\ud83d\udecc.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf4a\ud83e\udd21\ud83d\udc4e\ud83d\uddde\u00a0was present.<\/p>\n<p>The main talking point of the innings was the \ud83d\udcaf effort in the \ud83c\udfdf. \ud83d\udcaf\ud83c\udf88\ud83e\udd4a. 0\ufe0f\u20e3\ud83c\udf88\u23da. \ud83d\udca9\ud83d\udca9\ud83c\udfe2\ud83c\udfcf\ud83c\udfad managed just \ud83d\udd90\ud83c\udffc boundaries. \ud83d\udc4d and \u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f given the \u2600\ufe0f and \ud83d\udec0\ud83c\udffb\ud83c\udf21. \ud83c\udfaf\u00a0throws from\u00a0\ud83c\udf46\u2601\ufe0f\u00a0&amp;\u00a0\ud83c\udf46\ud83e\udde6.\u00a0\ud83c\udf46\u2601\ufe0f\u00a0also inventing the left arm reverse discus throw \ud83d\ude32.<\/p>\n<p>\u2692\ud83c\udfcf\ud83c\udfaa would be \ud83d\udc40 to beat 128\/8.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crichq.com\/matches\/661793\/1st_innings\">https:\/\/www.crichq.com\/matches\/661793\/1st_innings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Old \ud83d\ude80\ud83d\udc56, \u270a\ud83c\udf69\ud83d\ude49 started and almost ended things.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf46\ud83c\udfca\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2642\ufe0f got the first \ud83c\udfc3\ud83c\udffe\u200d\u2642\ufe0f off the \ud83c\udfcf sometime during the second over before being stumped.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf46\u2601\ufe0f and his one good \ud83d\udcaa next for a 39 run \ud83d\udc6c of which<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u270a\ud83c\udf69\ud83d\ude49 scored \ud83c\udfb1.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf75\ud83e\udd64\ud83c\udf76\ud83c\udf77\ud83c\udf78\ud83c\udf79\ud83c\udf7a\ud83c\udf7c\ud83c\udf7e\u2615\ufe0f break.<\/p>\n<p>\u26ea\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udf46 \u23f0ed in next and would \u26fa\ufe0f for some \u23f3. He \ud83d\udc40 \u270a\ud83c\udf69\ud83d\ude49 get one off the \u23da (43rd ball).<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf52\ud83c\udf7e \ud83c\udf4c\ud83d\udeaf\ud83d\udea8 did enough to earn \u2692\ud83e\udde23\ufe0f\u20e33\ufe0f\u20e38\ufe0f\u20e3 (\u00b7\u00b7\u2620\ufe0f)<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2708\ufe0f \ud83c\udff0\ud83d\udc6d\ud83c\udf2e\ud83c\udf46 stepped in (19\ud83c\udfc3\ud83c\udffe\u200d\u2642\ufe0f19\u26bd\ufe0f).<\/p>\n<p>All this \u23f3 the \u2692 has kept lockstep with the \ud83e\udd86worth\ud83d\udebdis\u303d\ufe0f. \u26ea\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udf46 decided he wanted his \ud83c\udf13\ud83d\udcaf and \ud83d\ude80ed a pact with the \ud83d\ude08 (6\ufe0f\u20e36\ufe0f\u20e36\ufe0f\u20e3) which inevitably ended in \u2620\ufe0f.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf46\ud83e\udde6 took us to the \ud83c\udfc1 with a \ud83d\udc2b\ud83d\udc2b.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crichq.com\/matches\/661793\/2nd_innings\">https:\/\/www.crichq.com\/matches\/661793\/2nd_innings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf89\ud83c\udfaf\ud83e\udd42\u2757\ufe0f<\/p>\n<h5>In summary:<\/h5>\n<p>\ud83c\udf21\ud83d\udca6\ud83c\udfaf\u2692\ud83d\udd79\ud83e\udd47\ud83c\udf7e\ud83c\udf7f\ud83e\udd84\ud83c\udf46.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udff0\ud83d\udc6d\ud83c\udf2e\ud83c\udf46 : All round inspirational captaincy.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83e\udd92\ud83c\udf46 : Miraculous off the long run.<\/li>\n<li>\u270a\ud83c\udf69\ud83d\ude49 : What&#8217;s not to love about this dotty old bugger.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf46\ud83c\udfca\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2642\ufe0f : Where did he go?<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf46\u2601\ufe0f : One arm is better than two.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udf46 : Almost a miracle.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf46\ud83e\udde6 : What we had in reserve.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf4c\ud83d\udeaf\ud83d\udea8 (\u264d\ufe0f) : Red card on debut.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf4a\ud83e\udd21\ud83d\udc4e\ud83d\uddde\u00a0: Turned up this week.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udccf\ud83c\udf46(\u264d\ufe0f) : Was also present.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83e\udd89\ud83d\udca9\u00a0: Tended to the ground, scored accurately.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>New caps:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>338 Archie \u201cReckless\u201d Supple (named for being banished by the umpire because of his total disregard for occupational health and safety)<\/li>\n<li>339 Rich \u201c19 Inches\u201d Lester (bought 19&#8243; left over pizza)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-09-at-11.38.09-am.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16575\" src=\"http:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-09-at-11.38.09-am-1024x488.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-09-at-11.38.09-am-1024x488.png 1024w, https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-09-at-11.38.09-am-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-09-at-11.38.09-am-768x366.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-09-at-11.38.26-am.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16576\" src=\"http:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-09-at-11.38.26-am-1024x484.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-09-at-11.38.26-am-1024x484.png 1024w, https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-09-at-11.38.26-am-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-09-at-11.38.26-am-768x363.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-09-at-11.39.32-am.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16577\" src=\"http:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-09-at-11.39.32-am-1024x453.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-09-at-11.39.32-am-1024x453.png 1024w, https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-09-at-11.39.32-am-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-09-at-11.39.32-am-768x339.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Metaphor.mov\">Metaphor<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bashers\u00a0\u2692\ud83c\udfcf\ud83c\udfaa\u00a0Cast of Characters: Bhenchod \ud83c\udff0\ud83d\udc6d\ud83c\udf2e\ud83c\udf46 Giraffe \ud83e\udd92\ud83c\udf46 Fisty Cymbals\u270a\ud83c\udf69\ud83d\ude49 Stroker \ud83c\udf46\ud83c\udfca\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2642\ufe0f Fluffer \ud83c\udf46\u2601\ufe0f Pope \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udf46 Tucker \ud83c\udf46\ud83e\udde6 Reckless \ud83c\udf4c\ud83d\udeaf\ud83d\udea8 (\u264d\ufe0f) Fake News \ud83c\udf4a\ud83e\udd21\ud83d\udc4e\ud83d\uddde Inches \ud83d\udccf\ud83c\udf46(\u264d\ufe0f) Birdshit \ud83e\udd86\ud83d\udca9 also present briefly Sharapova \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\udfbe\ud83d\ude40\ud83e\udd30\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc78\u00a0and son \u2692\ud83e\udd34 also\u00a0\ud83d\udca9\ud83d\udca9\ud83c\udfe2\ud83c\udfcf\ud83c\udfad\u00a0(Pudong) Sunday 29 July 2018 Started out from Cages \u2692\u26be\ufe0f\ud83c\udf7b\ud83d\udd4c. Coupla\u00a0\u2692\u00a0\ud83c\udf52\ud83d\udeab\ud83c\udf7e Virgins in tow (\ud83c\udf4c\ud83d\udeaf\ud83d\udea8&amp;\ud83d\udccf\ud83c\udf46). Wellington \ud83c\udfdf was \ud83d\udca6. The \u26f2\ufe0f\u23f3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[233,455],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leisure","category-lumberjack"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16581,"href":"https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16572\/revisions\/16581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basherscc.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}