A Belated Coastal View

Hi folks - once again the 3's play in any and all conditions!

I'm going to start with the end to get the disappointments out of the way!

Mike and I opened against some very stuffy (left hand over by Farrell) and quick (right hand over by Bala 16 overs 13 runs and 2 wickets!!! (moan over buuuut)

Mea Culpa I was rather toooooo coastal and this inevitably put too much pressure on the rest.

"Note to myself "I must learn another stroke to go with my forward defensive!!!

So we failed to get the runs we needed! No-ones fault except perhaps mine - I left too much to do in too few overs for it to be the "walk in the park/meadows" that it should have been for us!

The good! Scott top score with 18 Coastal a very scratchy 15 (mind you 6 off 2 noballs in one over!) Richard, Usama and Keith all provided hope but it was not to be! Never mind - Now for the positive!!!!!!!

Catches!!!! the 3's took 8! yes EIGHT! (that is 2 less than 10) catches and we dropped only 3 (2 sharp and one back pedaler, never easy those)

Of the 8 taken -

Coco - sharp and high to his right at slip
Andy Quinn (2) very sharp (inspector Gadget arms stuff)
Mike Nevin (2) both very good catches (one exceptional one a real rocket)
James Pope - slip and high
Usama - high spinning top edge
Coastal - low left at gully

2 maybe 3 worth of a mention for the COTS award

We fielded well bowled well, changed it about well! Everyone backing up and everyone giving 110%. Well done lads another great performance, sorry about the result!

A wee note here!!! This season we have fielded like demons against most sides (taken 127 wickets and lost 98)! and we have batted really well for the most part too (so far we've scored 2065 runs and conceded 2218 runs, defecit mainly courtesy of Broomhall!! and Kirkbrae!!) ----Soooo much better than last season!!!

When we bring this together just a teeny wee bit more consistently which I'm confident we will we'll be a real force to contend with in whatever division we end up in next season

A very proud Coastal!!!!!!!!!!!!