Baltic

After winning the toss, skipper Rob Houghton inserted Darwin, knowing that after the tea interval the weather would get even colder.

In gale force conditions new signing Oliver Newby opened the attack and showed his class early, picking up the wicket of one of the Darwen openers, to be fair he put him out of his misery, so Rob Brown told me, as I didn't see it, I attempted an afternoon of fly fishing but the wind won in the end.
Paul Tattoo our groundsman/umpire reported good vibes about the other new ball bowler Matthew (The cleverest man I Know) Fanning, bowled in good areas, into the wind.

An excellent 3rd wick partnership and some buffet bowling and shoddy fielding helped Darwin to 191 inning ended, then time to watch the National and get warmed up. Sean Dunning benefiting from the winner and 130 odd quid better off, Parker and Pilky 1st and 2nd in the sweepstake........FIX!!!!
Rob H and Danny Naylor opened up, to some tight bowling, then Dan fell over and got bowled, Rob Brown got a start as did Mark (Bear Grylls) Atherton but both perished mid teens.
Oli Newby showed class and some top drawer shots in an innings of 30 odd, before being caught behind, be an asset this lad for the season, his fashion sense has still got some way to go though.
Sean Dunning caught and bowled, Kieran Paisley looked good, until he realised he hadn't backed the latest tips off Brian Dunne and gave catching praccy to sq leg.
Danny Higham looked good, Fanning hung around and Jason Dunning won Danny Naylor a tenner off brother Sean for correctly predicting a first ball duck.
Team Mates who needs em!!!!!

All in all a good workout, everyone had a go, Charlie Honour would have been better off watching the Wanderers, but its a learning curve.
We lost by 20 odd and so did our tips off Brian Dunne, things can only get better.