A classic evening of cricket unfolded away at Middleton on yet another dry Thursday night.
Agnes were soon 20-4 and at 35-6 it was looking like an early trip to the Robin Hood was on the cards. This was until FastFreddieGunning played one of his better life knocks and blasted his way to 54. With 7 balls left and FastFreddie seeing it like a beachball it was not ideal when Charlie Watts triggered him (sorry Charlie).
The Agnes bowling reply was perfect with Middleton soon at 20-4. One of the Middleton lads then carted many sixes, making it advantage Middleton. Poor Finn Ward had the unenviable task of bowling the penultimate over. With 2 of his first 3 balls going for six and with Finn seen mouthing, “this is sh*t” on the Sky Sports cameras it was looking like the game was gone. With 3 runs needed off 8 balls and 3 wickets remaining, Finn removed the dangerman and then produced a dot ball.
Final over. 3 runs needed, 2 wickets left and a confident Marley Ward with ball in hand. First ball was defended and the second ball was left (which made no sense). The 3rd ball was caught by a visibly nervous Fred Langton. 3 runs now needed from 3 balls. The final ball saw the ball roll to Fred Langton who then rolled it to the stumps for Marley to intercept and guide Agnes to an unlikely victory, sparking wild scenes in little Richard’s basement. Fireworks were also released from the windows of West Hill Pharmacy.
Port Moment – shared between Ben Traves, Marley Ward and Fast Freddie.
Across in Italy, The Manager has paid for Glen Quagmire Dodds and Charlie Watts to attend an emergency evening league umpiring course. The lads will have to watch the video below for 12 hours straight (with no toilet breaks).