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Students Replay Their Runs

Four weeks is a long time in Cricket. England was the worst team in Test History, Stuart Mould wasn’t a batman, and the Fitmen smashed a bunch of soap dodging, generation Y-ers by eight wickets.

Thankfully the B’ham uni team returned to the graveyard, although there weren’t many recognisable faces from May, and our man on the inside, Little Joe, informed us that this was a much stronger side.

Toss lost, and a bullish student captain didn’t hesitate with choosing to bat. Fitmen in the field and all 11 on time.

Little Joe started proceeding from the golf course end, ball 4 of the over, on a good length, opener pods forward, feather edge, straight into Timmsy gloves behind the stumps, field up in unison appealing, the umpire raises a finger. - It actually felt like proper cricket!

Normal bin juice cricket resumed as the number 2 and 3 shared a 174-run partnership, giving Fitmen a target of 175 to chase. Both bats hardly put a foot wrong, didn’t play across the line and never looked rushed. 7 Fitmen bowlers were used to try and break up the partnership, each bowler going for a bit of tap.

Special mention goes to Mouldy in the field trying to stop the ball with his scrotum.

175, probably 20 too many, but us Fitmen will always give it a bloody good go.

Timmsy and Little Joe opened the batting. Timmsy fell six balls into his innings, swinging wildly after Moudly gave him a sledge from the pavilion. With friends like that….

Little Joe played nicely for his 29, especially driving off the back foot, looking at times like his namesake Root.

The top score again went to Sam Moore, 74 off 42. The match report should give a paragraph about his batting, but (, back in the pavilion, he started whinging about how he “just can’t help playing straight”. “I wish I could slip it to cow corner but can’t’ Such a shame! There wasn’t particularly much sympathy from the lads averaging single figures sat next to him on the bench.

TT got a good one first ball. Howarth, who did wonders the day before to get the game on, chipped in with a run-a-ball 16.

The batting artist formally known as Mouldy took the battle to the students marching down the wickets for a bashful 23 off 11 getting us near the target.

Twelve needed off the last over. Five wides helped off ball one. Then Jonesy joined the Billal Run Out Hall of Fame. Billal then got bowled next ball. Nutter and Nokia went for it but sadly couldn’t find the middle of the bat. We ended four short.

But all in all, a bloody good effort against some young solid cricketers. Good game and a good beer after.