Match abandoned - rain
At 10:30am,
optimism was rife. Despite steadily falling rain, hopes were high, and after
several phonecalls to captains and opposition, it was
deemed that we should try to play – after all, the showers of the previous day
had eventually given way to a beautiful weather, and many games had been
fulfilled.
But when Clippy arrived at
While the
Morden scout told his team-mates to enjoy their Sunday roasts, we had to inform
a rather dismal Khalil that his 2-hour journey from
Walthamstow had been in vain. But the day wasn’t lost – Kamal
and his wife had provided an excellent tea, and Ollie’s house was nearby, so we
re-located to Ealing for a nice cuppa.
By half
one, everyone except Ollie had found their way to Ollie’s house, where his good
wife Julia had already got tea in the pot. Ollie arrived somewhat later, having
got lost on the way home. Kamal’s tea – especially
the home-made samosas – was enjoyed by all, and we
then de-camped to the local for a couple of pints and a good catch up with Ad,
who had travelled down from Oxford for the day having just returned from 6
months in Central America.
After Dan
had finished trying to explain to us why he still hadn’t saved the world from
pending environmental doom, we left the pub to find that the rain had all but
stopped – but the Whalers had already lost a day of cricket for the first time
since 2005.
Match
stats:
Abandoned
without a ball being bowled.
Man of the match: Kamal for providing such excellent samosas
Champagne moment: Julia
for having tea in the pot when we all arrived at Ollie’s house
Muppet moment: Ollie,
for getting lost on the way to his own house…