Aug

27

An Ode to Team Spanish Inquistion

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In days of old
when knights were bold
and god revealed their mission
A dozen lads in whites and pads
convened an inquisition

Their eyes were in, there legs were square
Their general mien was mannish
Their name invoked fear everywhere
‘tho’ none of them were Spanish
Relentlessly they fought the fight
on any likely wicket
For every mans god-given right
to barbeques & cricket

With steely gaze & sinews tight
with skills and wits collected
Behold, in baggies red & white
the team no-one expected

by Jo
(the better half of David Williams)

Aug

26

Spanish Inquisition Season 2008 Wrap

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It is my sad duty to report that our season came to an end yesterday at the hands of Inside Sportz in the semi-final.

The pitch felt hard, and in order to avoid a run chase under pressure, I elected to bat first. I suspect this was a mistake as the wicket exhibited a little more life in the morning than it did in the afternoon sun.

As has characterised our season, we again struggled to string together partnerships of any substance. Wickets fell regularly, unfortunately assisted by some fairly ordinary umpiring, but ultimately it was once again that lack of a solid partnership that contributed to our modest total of 150.

Once again Dale sparkled with the bat, as he has done all season. His knock of 77 included some magnificent shots, and lots of boundaries including one big straight six. Dale’s aggregate for the season is approximately 230 runs which is a great effort.

Backed by our strong bowling combination, we started optimistically, but it seemed that luck ran against us with a number of inside edges and near misses in slips. Their openers, one of whom in particular looked a good bat, got the upper hand and played very positively. At none for 88 at drinks it looked very much as though the game had slipped from our grasp. A couple of quick wickets after drinks exposed a much weaker middle order, and for those of you curious as to whether or not they reversed their batting order, I can tell you from my observation of their scoresheet that they did not. Unfortunately, we had left it a little late to get at their soft middle order and despite the loss of five quick wickets they reached the target of 150 fairly comfortably. Michael picked up three wickets for not much, and John bowled well at the other end but without much luck.

I would like to take the opportunity, on behalf of myself and Glen, to thank you all for playing this year. Once again it has been a real pleasure to play with such team orientated individuals. We hope that you will all come back next year, and that some of you will be available to play some cricket over summer.

Special thanks to Glen who has been doing the shopping, cooking and kit hauling side of things all season.

David Williams
(co captain, Spanish Bard)