1 00:00:18,860 --> 00:00:23,340 Morden Morden send more house to save the house. 2 00:00:32,820 --> 00:00:35,940 Fantastic. Hello, welcome to House cast. 3 00:00:36,220 --> 00:00:37,740 We've got a mildly interesting guest. 4 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,600 No, we've got Ben with us just because we've not had a podcast 5 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:49,880 for ages or on the season mitigating circumstances. 6 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:54,800 I think Jez was away the. Only pod when we're winning, 7 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:56,120 don't. We. 8 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,920 Well, allegedly. It's worth mentioning that Jez 9 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:02,080 is still away. Yeah, Jez is still away. 10 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:05,000 He's the, he's like the driving force of this, isn't he? 11 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,240 Really. So But we've we've done it in 12 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,600 person now because me and Dukes were available and others were 13 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,360 away and Ben is available. So we thought we didn't really 14 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:16,920 do like a preview of the season either, did we? 15 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:20,320 So we might as well have a have a go on it. 16 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:22,960 Hello, Ben. Good evening, Joe. 17 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:23,880 Good evening, Joe. How are you? 18 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:26,840 Doing. I'm all right, yeah. 19 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,880 How was your mood this Monday compared with last Monday? 20 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,000 A little bit better, Yeah, a little bit better. 21 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:43,920 It's a. Monday, isn't it? 22 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,360 Yeah, OK. Shot aren't the best of times, 23 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,720 yeah. But that really changed. 24 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:50,680 It really changes your mood though, doesn't it? 25 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:55,480 For the your outlook for the week, I'm finding now depends on 26 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:58,840 what happens on a Sunday. Really changes how I approach 27 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,800 how I approach the working week. Yeah, definitely. 28 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:06,080 Last week. But I think, you know, I need to 29 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:13,480 give me a wide birth. Well, well, is it worth talking 30 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,280 about the Rami game before we before we get onto this? 31 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:17,960 Week. So briefly, yes, I'm OK. 32 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,840 All right, so go and enjoy. You're the you're the regular 33 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,720 horse who's a player. You talk us through how the game 34 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:25,680 went. Yeah. 35 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,080 So we were obviously supposed to play there on the Saturday, but 36 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:36,160 I got rained off on the Friday because of the weather. 10 on 37 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:37,960 the and then we went there on the Sunday. 38 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,040 I think preparation pretty good. Ben hadn't it really. 39 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:43,600 Yeah, we've done plenty. Really. 40 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:47,960 Most of us think we've. Done at least as much, if not 41 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:49,680 more than everybody else, I reckon. 42 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,600 Yeah, a bit of travelling. Yeah, you know, to get absolute. 43 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,440 Crap, had a nice remote to Liverpool. 44 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:56,920 Oh yeah, I heard about that. Yeah. 45 00:02:56,920 --> 00:03:00,360 That's worth telling everybody into that, that we had a 46 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:02,880 preseason friendly. Was that the weekend before the 47 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:04,800 season? What start it was wanted? 48 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:07,800 No2. Two weeks, Yeah, it was the 49 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,080 first weekend in April, right. OK. 50 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:11,880 And. We were playing at Northern 51 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,840 Away, which is in Crosby, yeah, which is an hour and 10 minutes, 52 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:18,160 yeah. Something like that. 53 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,400 Yeah, an hour after me. We've played there a few times 54 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:23,760 and you've always got a chance of playing there. 55 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,720 To be fair, we've been there for a friendly in the past. 56 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:30,320 When I woke up 1 morning a couple of years ago and I woke 57 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,440 up 1 morning it had been snowing here and text their captain and 58 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,640 it were kind of like what you want to buy what snow? 59 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,240 And we went and played a full game. 60 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:44,520 And so yeah, we'd had a wet week, but all was good set off 61 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,120 Sunday morning and. You'll have to speak to anybody 62 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,680 from Northern about the game. Well see this is where it gets 63 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:54,520 messy because one dance El Pietro was it was involved in 64 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:58,200 arranging this friendly. So the plot thickens with that. 65 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,560 So the person that had arranged the friendly on northern side, 66 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:07,520 that wasn't the captain either and he was in, he was in Spain, 67 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,880 which I didn't realise with some of the, yeah, some of with some 68 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,000 of the Lancashire set up. So there was a breakdown in 69 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:21,000 communication shall we say. Anyway, I got there for the me 70 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:27,720 time to see their covers halfway across the 8 field and all their 71 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,520 lads in the net about two miles away that you can just make out 72 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,840 in the distance and their captain saying we've been trying 73 00:04:34,840 --> 00:04:39,480 to get hold of you. But Lakes is in Spain, so no 74 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:41,760 one's had your number even though. 75 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:43,840 So when he said I've been trying to get hold of you, not 76 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:45,680 actually. He probably has me on every 77 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,800 social media going, but hey ho, we had a nice try drive out to 78 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,320 Crosby. So lads drove over and no game, 79 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,560 yeah. Yeah, covers are blown off, but 80 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:58,400 yeah, we're not. We've done plenty when it's 81 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,720 rained, we've gone for an indoor session. 82 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,240 It's been pretty, pretty good preparation I think, and then we 83 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:08,200 had the game at Little Lever, which was probably up there with 84 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:12,840 the coldest I've ever been on a cricket pitch for both sides. 85 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:19,120 To be fair, we're sort of good to each other on that day and it 86 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:22,160 was actually worthwhile we could have. 87 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,120 Called it off at any point I reckon. 88 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,720 Yeah, I mean, it was on the verge of getting ridiculous at 89 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:32,080 one point, but it sort of stopped raining and the sun came 90 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:33,800 out and we just kind of put up with it. 91 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,840 But yeah, it was cold, but well worthwhile. 92 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,880 And then, yeah, we go to Rams Bottom in good spirits and and 93 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:45,920 prepared well really. But as Joe Joe was saying it, it 94 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:50,560 rained for bits during the week. There's a track ready in the 95 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:54,440 middle that got wet and they were concerned about that. 96 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,120 They were concerned about playing on the wicket that we 97 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:00,560 did play on because that had already had a friendly on it. 98 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,960 So they, you know, didn't want to play on that one again on the 99 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,920 Saturday. It was an extremely short Byron 100 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:10,880 Ritter one side probably not fit for the Premier League cricket 101 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,920 if we're being honest. You know, you're talking about a 102 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:18,480 4045 yard Byron Ritter one side. Having said that, it's same for 103 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,800 both sides. We did, we did pretty well to 104 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,920 start. We have to think first game and 105 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,720 got them 60 off for four 57. For four they were. 106 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,560 Yeah, 57 for four pros out, you know, we're in a really, really 107 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:37,440 good position and a couple of couple of LBW sharks that could 108 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,440 have gone our way at that stage. I felt, if I'm being honest with 109 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:45,280 when Toxie was bowling, but that's the way it goes. 110 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:48,520 And then with a really, really short boundary and you've 6 111 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,400 wickets in the tent, you can do what they did down the stretch. 112 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:54,880 And then we get off to a great start. 113 00:06:56,520 --> 00:07:00,080 And I just think due to a lack of clarity of how we were going 114 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:05,400 to approach the chase and under a little bit of pressure, we 115 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:09,720 just played a little bit recklessly against their pro and 116 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,880 sort of let them in the back door really after a fantastic 117 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:16,920 start. So yeah, it felt like a game 118 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,280 that we could have won and probably should have won. 119 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:29,560 And through our sort of or lack of clarity and readiness under 120 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,320 pressure, gifted in the 12 points I felt. 121 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,160 I think when if you were to look at the scorecard, you'd look at 122 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,920 it and you'd go we've been battered, but I think it was 123 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:43,800 actually a really like a really winnable, winnable game at lots 124 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,560 of different stages, even when they got to two sort of 10/2/15. 125 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:49,760 I. Still sort of thought. 126 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:54,480 Well, especially, especially when we were yeah, 6060 for none 127 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,760 after about 8 overs or whatever it were, yeah. 128 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:59,200 Yeah. I mean that's, you know, that's 129 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:03,600 it's, you're on a used wicket there. 130 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,800 And then when you do put yourself under a little bit of 131 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,720 pressure through a couple of dismissals and you're on a used 132 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,680 wicket. And then the prawns, obviously 133 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:15,400 an half decent baller for Ram's bottom and he comes on and it 134 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:17,920 and it does start to take to a little bit of spin. 135 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:22,120 Then you can understand how we end up, how we end up under a 136 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:24,600 little bit of pressure. But yeah, we've probably gifted 137 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:28,800 some of our wickets away. But I was. 138 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:33,600 You know, there was some positives and I'd rather losing 139 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,799 that fashion, if I'm being completely honest with you, then 140 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,919 being overly cautious and running out of time chasing 200. 141 00:08:43,039 --> 00:08:45,960 You know, I sort of believe that the bigger games, when 142 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:50,080 everything's on the line, you're going to win more on the front 143 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,560 foot, looking to score, looking to get the runs within the overs 144 00:08:53,560 --> 00:08:55,600 rather than stretching the game out for too long. 145 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,880 Yeah, there were. Probably times a couple of years 146 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,920 ago when that situation we would have probably would have 147 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:09,480 battered 45 overs, 50 overs and got to 151. 60 and I just, I 148 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:13,320 just remember games like that where we've just expected too 149 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,640 much of the tail. You know, we've sort of thought, 150 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,600 right, the pros are now we're just going to see the pro out 151 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:21,920 and we've ended up needing far too many in the last 10. 152 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:27,040 Realistically, you know, we're a short boundary perhaps that 153 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:30,600 could have balanced out slightly differently, but yeah. 154 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:34,840 The two lads for them battered very well, let's be honest. 155 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,880 We've got to give credit where it's due. 156 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:38,640 Absolutely. And I think you, but you in the 157 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:42,960 first innings when the there is less scoreboard pressure, I feel 158 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:45,360 like you can set the game up like they did. 159 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:48,480 I think there were about 120 with 1112 overs left, something 160 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,800 like that. Still only four, nine. 161 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:54,680 To me that has a slightly different feel to it. 162 00:09:54,680 --> 00:09:59,760 Rightly or wrongly, if you're in the second-half and you're 120 163 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,360 and there's 11-12 overs left chasing 250, there's a there's a 164 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,320 slightly different feel to it. Yeah. 165 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,880 And again, going back to the first things I, I watched all of 166 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:13,480 the game, we didn't, we didn't look to get that much wrong 167 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,560 really in the first first things, perhaps a little bit of 168 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:19,200 rustiness with the ball, but we, we didn't, we didn't feel badly. 169 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:24,560 We didn't drop catches. We just the 2, the two boys 170 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:26,600 batted very well, didn't they? And we just came out on the 171 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:27,560 wrong side of it. Absolutely. 172 00:10:27,680 --> 00:10:29,360 And they said they took advantage of the. 173 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:32,000 They won the they won the Cup last year and they'll be there 174 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,480 or thereabouts. So although. 175 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:36,280 They did get beat yesterday. Yeah. 176 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,240 OK, fantastic. Yeah, lovely. 177 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:47,160 So then we played Enfield yesterday again a good The 178 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:50,440 weather makes a big difference, doesn't it, to the atmosphere of 179 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:51,440 the week. I think you can. 180 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:53,720 I've been down at the club every night. 181 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,520 Yeah. And I could not believe I was. 182 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:57,760 It was. Yesterday, I mean, I was down 183 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,400 for the 3rd 11 game on Saturday and the the again, loads of 184 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,200 people there. They've been more on that than a 185 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:08,280 lot of the first team games. So it's it's looking, it's 186 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:10,280 looking good. And obviously the new building 187 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:13,640 work will be ready soon as well. So that'll be that'll be really 188 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:16,280 great. But yeah, Enfield they've come 189 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:21,360 up promoted. They've got some very good 190 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:22,440 experienced players, aren't they? 191 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:27,520 Bracey and and Simon's of a bowler and Jack off. 192 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,480 So they're always going to be dangerous. 193 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:32,440 Did you have any thoughts about yesterday, Ben? 194 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:38,280 Yeah, like you said, they've, they've a sort of close knit 195 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,440 group, aren't they really that have played a lot of cricket and 196 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:45,600 been together for a long time. It was a bit of unknown around 197 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:51,800 that who, who the professional was and that's always, you know. 198 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,640 Yeah, it's, it's difficult to plan and you don't know what to 199 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:57,640 expect. So he was, he was a sub 200 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,200 yesterday, Imran Rafiq. Yeah, yeah. 201 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:03,240 Where's he play? I'm not sure. 202 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:05,200 I'm not. Sure, I've seen his name 203 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:10,880 knocking around once or twice before, but yeah, as we've 204 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,800 experienced in the past, it's sometimes you're at the look of 205 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:17,360 the draw and he battered well for his 100th, didn't he? 206 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,200 But yeah, I thought that the wicket was pretty flat. 207 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:28,720 We got a little bit frustrated at times, myself included, but 208 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:32,480 overall thought it was, you know, a tidy enough ball in 209 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,280 display really on a, on a pretty dead surface. 210 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,560 I think you look around the results yesterday and I said 211 00:12:38,560 --> 00:12:41,840 this afterwards to the lads, you look around the results 212 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:46,000 yesterday and quite a few of the games teams didn't get bowled 213 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:51,440 out in either innings. And I just put that down to, you 214 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,720 know, reasonably soft squares. And then and then and then a 215 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,040 week or so, I think everything had just slowed up and 216 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:03,120 everything was happening slowly. And so I didn't think, I didn't 217 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:08,000 think we we did Lords wrong. But there's probably another 218 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:12,520 1015% to come from everybody just yet in the field and with 219 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:17,200 the ball, I would say. But yeah, fairly comfortable at 220 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:21,680 half time knowing that how fast our outfield is and that if we 221 00:13:21,680 --> 00:13:25,280 if we got a way and put up a couple of partnerships that 222 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:27,000 their heads have dropped pretty soon I think. 223 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,960 And. Did get off to a good start 224 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,520 again, didn't we? Yeah, yeah. 225 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:32,720 Really good. So they they battered first and 226 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:36,120 got 210. Yeah, sub professional 102. 227 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,600 Looks like he battered for the vast majority of the innings, 228 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:41,840 yeah. Yeah, I don't really think he'd 229 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:45,080 give a chance, Ben. No, no, but you know I'm I'm 230 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:49,680 he's a left hand bat, so I'm still at slip for however many 231 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:51,800 overs. Paddy and Southie bowl for the 232 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:53,560 majority. I'd have been at slip with a 233 00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:57,920 left-hander in a new on numerous occasions. 234 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,080 The ball looks like it's going to take the outside edge and 235 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:04,400 potentially go to your hands, but just due to the the slowness 236 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,880 of the wicket, he manages just to sort of block it into point. 237 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,120 There was just no zip or. No. 238 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:12,280 Or bite. I don't really. 239 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,360 I can. I can only really remember 1 240 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:19,720 ball that turned a lot and the one that dam bowled I think yeah 241 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:20,880 it. Was pretty wide, weren't? 242 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,400 It pretty wide, it bounced a lot and it just gripped. 243 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:26,320 I think that was the only one where I thought that's so. 244 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,840 What you're saying is your brother didn't spin one all day. 245 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:33,200 We spun that half tractor that pulled it halfway down and all 246 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:34,480 went all the grounds in his shed I. 247 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:39,480 Thought Pat Ball were. Well recovered thank you. 248 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:45,560 Let's quickly touch hard embrace Wells knock because he got 25, 249 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:51,040 but he got 83 sixes and 1/4 so that 25822 of them in 44. 250 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,840 I mean, I've, I've, I've seen that on numerous occasions. 251 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,280 A big, strong boy. Yeah, it's a clean ball and it's 252 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:02,560 entertaining. And look, if he gets away from 253 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:03,800 you, he can win a game on his own. 254 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:05,040 I. Think he did that last weekend 255 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:09,400 and he did play hassling and I think the week before he. 256 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:13,600 Got 90 or 50 balls, but yeah, he's always, he's always got 257 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:17,480 that in the mandate and you need to get him early, certainly. 258 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:22,080 But yeah, Tom binds back well there a couple landed in the 259 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,040 road, didn't he? But he he had the last laugh, 260 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:25,120 didn't. He yeah. 261 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,680 And then our innings, like Joe says, got off to a very good 262 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:34,840 start and obviously the crucial game-winning partnership between 263 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,560 Tom and SAPS. I just wanted to mention the 264 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:43,240 change in the batting order. A few of our supporters were 265 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:45,280 mentioning it as I was walking around the ground yesterday. 266 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:47,880 Do you want to just talk us through that? 267 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:50,320 What your what your thoughts are there? 268 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:54,080 Yeah, I mean, to be honest, it's not a massive change really in 269 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:57,680 terms of the 11 lads in the in the dressing room. 270 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,920 I mean, I guess to those paying close attention, it's exactly 271 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:04,400 the same as we set up in the cup. 272 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:14,320 And, you know, obviously it's about balancing things as well 273 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,160 and getting people in the right spot. 274 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,240 And it's no knock on anybody else that's battled at the top 275 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:27,240 or, or #3 previously. Well, obviously Tom's batting 276 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:32,720 is, you know, is improving at a rapid rate and he's sort of went 277 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:34,840 at his best. He's pretty free flowing and 278 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:38,200 matches what we what we're trying to do as a side. 279 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:44,520 And young Henry slotted in at 5 and that's sort of crucial 280 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,600 really as a balancing act because he's the only 281 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:52,760 left-hander that we've got and you know, more sides are trying 282 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:56,600 to recruit, should I say left arm, left arm spinners. 283 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,240 So I've been having him there in the middle order, helps us 284 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:04,119 balance that when the left arm spins coming on as he showed at 285 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,640 Rams bottom in fact. Yeah, there's a good player of 286 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:07,359 spin anyway. I mean. 287 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:12,760 I've got no doubt that he'll, I think over his career he will 288 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:15,720 want to bat three or open batting, whatever. 289 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,160 But I actually, I actually I've always really liked him batting 290 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:24,599 at 5:00 and 6:00. I think he I think when he gets 291 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:26,240 in, he rotates well. I can remember the words, the 292 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,440 cup innings that he played, played. 293 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:32,920 You know that was at 5 or 6. I think he, I think he played 294 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:35,680 and he does play spin. He does play spin really well. 295 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:40,960 So I've got no doubt till bat at the top of the order at some 296 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,640 point. But but I think it's not, I 297 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:47,400 don't think it's a bad thing that is that he's batting, that 298 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,480 he's batting there because it's a really good. 299 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,080 It's not. Not a lot of players can do 300 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,720 that, I don't think. You're often pigeonholed, aren't 301 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:57,240 you? At the well, I certainly was. 302 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,120 I could either bat at the top or I was at the bottom. 303 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:04,320 And for him to be able to do a few different roles I think is 304 00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:05,840 brilliant. Yeah, that's a good point. 305 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:07,400 That's a good point. Now, also for his own 306 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,320 development, he's batting in between Salpe and Frankie. 307 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:14,000 Yeah, yeah. Again, we are probably, well 308 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,160 they definitely are Our best two players have spin so. 309 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:18,400 Yeah. Very good, yeah. 310 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,440 But yeah, it's not too dissimilar to what we've done in 311 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,160 the Worsley Cup and the way we've set up in that. 312 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:25,800 So it's not really too early into the rest of the lands, I 313 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,760 don't think. OK, good. 314 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:29,960 Anything else from yesterday? I. 315 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:32,760 Don't think so. I think it was just a pretty 316 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,200 professional performance, weren't it really, in the end, 317 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:37,520 Yeah. Like I said, it's probably 318 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:42,440 another 1015% to come from everybody really, but yeah. 319 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:48,000 I'm getting, I'm getting the vibe that you're not 100% 320 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:52,440 satisfied with where we've been so far in the two games. 321 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,200 Is that fair? Yeah, probably. 322 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,520 Yeah, probably, but not through the lack of effort or 323 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:02,040 preparation. I just think, you know, 324 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,080 sometimes it it takes a few games to hit your straps and 325 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:10,400 just sort of remember what sort of gel this together in the 1st 326 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,920 place. And, you know, it's a new 327 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:16,720 feeling for some of those boys coming into a season being 328 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,920 champion. Yeah. 329 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:26,040 And I just think, you know, probably in the middle of the 330 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,520 middle of the summer with a few more games under our belt would 331 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:31,200 have probably bowled them field out yesterday. 332 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,760 Yeah, I think so. When there's a little bit more 333 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:37,960 in the pitch, yeah. Yeah, I think, I think so. 334 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,080 Just because people are in natural rhythm then at that 335 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,040 point, aren't they? They know what they're, they 336 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:45,440 know what they're what they're about. 337 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:49,120 So yeah. Yeah, I think that brings us 338 00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:50,720 nicely on to Gary's first question. 339 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:56,640 Yeah, Guangzhou. It's so this is from Gary, who's 340 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,440 in, Who's on the Continent? Yeah, he is. 341 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:04,640 Is there any change to game strategy this year to openly 342 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:08,680 discuss last year back first, go hard, etcetera? 343 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,240 And are you expecting opponents to play differently to counter 344 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:19,920 that success? See, I don't, I don't think if 345 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:22,920 I'm being honest, I don't think we were all that predictable in 346 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:24,840 what we were going to do at the toss last year anyway. 347 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:31,040 I think that was probably more relevant in Salpe and Ben's 348 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:35,840 first year, in my opinion. I think if you go back and look 349 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,800 at some of the scorecards last year, actually, we bowled first 350 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,720 quite a few times and bowled teams out for next to nothing 351 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:47,280 and chased it down quickly. So I don't get that feeling of 352 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:50,600 being reliant on batting first anymore with this group. 353 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:56,160 And I said this in the changing room yesterday, you know, even 354 00:20:56,160 --> 00:21:01,480 though I departed fairly early and this is not in a 355 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:05,080 disrespectful way towards Enfield whatsoever because I 356 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:08,640 felt it against other sides. But after those first couple of 357 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:12,000 overs went the way me and Johnny set off, I didn't get a sense 358 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,920 that Enfield believed that they could win the game. 359 00:21:16,120 --> 00:21:20,120 You know, and I, you know, I sort of when you look back in 360 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:23,960 retrospect, you know, I probably have been a captain that's sort 361 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:29,360 of aired on the side of batting first majority of the majority 362 00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:31,360 of the time. But I don't get that feel with 363 00:21:31,360 --> 00:21:35,000 this side anymore, really with the strength in depth from 1:00 364 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,680 to 11:00, I mean. It's really interesting that 365 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:40,120 what you said about what you felt Enfield was thinking, 366 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:43,840 because that is, I mean, we've been on the. 367 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:45,920 Receiver just about 9:00. Times aren't we, you know, when 368 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:49,400 we were when we were first, probably less so you, but we're 369 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:51,360 certainly when I was first playing first team cricket, 370 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:54,120 there were grounds that you would go to which you felt beat 371 00:21:54,120 --> 00:21:57,880 before you even got there. And interesting that, you know, 372 00:21:58,120 --> 00:22:00,520 maybe some teams think that about us now if they don't, if 373 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,000 they don't get you or Johnny out for a couple of overs and. 374 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,040 That's what it felt like yesterday. 375 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,200 And I'm not, I'm not suggesting for a minute that everybody's 376 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,120 going to feel like that. But in terms of how we approach 377 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:17,480 it, I do honestly believe that there's less focus on the toss 378 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:20,800 in terms of what we're doing than probably previously. 379 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:26,640 And in terms of the second part of the question of higher up, 380 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:30,840 the opposition are going to adapt, pretty much. 381 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:33,000 We've seen that already. And that's fields on the 382 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,880 boundary from the off, which you don't always see a lot more. 383 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:42,080 So I think for us it's, you know, still looking to have 384 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:46,480 plenty of intent and be aggressive, but be smart when 385 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,600 people are right on the boundary and not let your ego get in the 386 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,080 way. He used to do that a lot. 387 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,640 Didn't he? You start this sweep is. 388 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,200 That, yeah. Yeah, Graham, like was renamed 389 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:56,800 for it. Really. 390 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:58,280 Yeah. Yeah, I was. 391 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,600 I was actually. I used to be quite critical of 392 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:02,800 it as well. But it's almost negative in it. 393 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:04,680 Yeah, it can be viewed as negative. 394 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,840 Yeah, it's probably not really. If you remember, Australia did 395 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:09,560 it to England, didn't they? Do you remember when they came 396 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:10,360 over? Exactly. 397 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:12,960 It's probably smart, isn't it really in amateur cricket, if 398 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,280 you think about it, if you if you can take away the boundary 399 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:23,920 option and the the sort of four ball, then it's not a bad tactic 400 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:25,960 is it really to frustrate an amateur? 401 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,880 And on slow wickets it's not always easy. 402 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,440 If you've got a couple of men out from the start, it's not 403 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:37,160 always easy to to rotate strike. So we'll see how that develops. 404 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,800 I think that's. What his position, it just, I 405 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:44,560 think he thought that amateurs just can't, can't rotate, can't 406 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:49,480 rotate, strike and they'll end up trying to hit, trying to hit 407 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:53,040 themselves out of it. And yeah, it's, I mean, we 408 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:54,800 didn't mention, I thought Johnny battered very well. 409 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,000 Yeah, he played very, very chop and cheese. 410 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,760 So he ran it because by his own ambition, he scratched it. 411 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,680 Ran me, wasn't it? Yeah, he did look very good 412 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,280 yesterday. Question 2, Ben. 413 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,080 From Gary. From Gary. 414 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,520 Are you managing the team any differently to avoid complacency 415 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:20,800 or second album syndrome? Second album syndrome? 416 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:24,880 I've not heard that one before. All my favourite artists have 417 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:26,400 great second. Albums. 418 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,960 Well, we've already talked about the batting order change. 419 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:36,640 I mean, that's one proactive change that you've made, I guess 420 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:39,280 to try and get the most out of what we've got and keep us 421 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,720 ahead. Is there anything else that 422 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:47,960 you've sort of thought of that might need a tweak here and 423 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,240 there just to no? Not really, no, no. 424 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:52,640 I think I won the league by 60 odd points this year. 425 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,360 Let's let's not look for stuff that we don't need that. 426 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:56,680 We exactly. And you know what? 427 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:58,680 That might never be repeated ever again. 428 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,120 Ever again. No, I mean, yeah, I mean that. 429 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,960 I mean that genuinely. That might never be done ever 430 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,160 again in this league. So, you know, you have to be 431 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:11,080 careful of drawing too many comparisons to last year, I 432 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:13,520 think. But I think more than anything 433 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:18,200 is putting more onus on the individuals in the side. 434 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,280 We've been together three years now, some of us have been 435 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:25,200 together for 15 years now. But you know, as a sort of core 436 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:29,840 group going in this direction that we have done recently, it's 437 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,200 the third year. So I think putting more onus on 438 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:37,960 the players to make sure that they that their their reason for 439 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:42,160 playing is the right one. They've set standards that they 440 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:45,000 need to exactly maintain. That they stay hungry. 441 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:51,320 We can talk about that. They are, you know, doing it for 442 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:52,920 the person next to him in the field. 443 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:57,960 And yeah, more accountability on each individual is probably 444 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,080 they've been the biggest change behind the scenes. 445 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,320 You know, it's not, it's not my team. 446 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,000 It's our team. And we're the Champions. 447 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,280 So, you know, you've got to look around that dressing room and 448 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:11,880 still make sure that you're you're doing it for the person 449 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:17,480 sat next to you. 11 change that is I'm particularly interested 450 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:22,960 in is the caterers, what I placed teas like this year with 451 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:24,960 the new caterers, what do you get? 452 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,600 I I thought we're off to a very good start this Sunday. 453 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:31,880 What do we have? So there was a chilli, there was 454 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:40,080 a salsa, some tortilla chips, rice, selection of cakes, fruit. 455 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,800 So I think there was. I might be wrong on this. 456 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:45,840 Yeah. There were, there was a 457 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:49,560 chocolate cake and there was, I don't think it was a lemon 458 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,480 drizzle cake, but it was. Do you know when you have those 459 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:53,520 like powdered? Cakes. 460 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,120 But it's got like crystallised. Sugar. 461 00:26:57,680 --> 00:26:59,200 Embedded. Into it. 462 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:04,320 And two of those chips there were chippies. 463 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:08,760 So. So. 464 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,800 Yeah, excellent, I think. Good choice. 465 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:13,480 Lovely. Yeah. 466 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:15,000 Lovely start. Where do you get? 467 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,000 Best fed the best in the league these days. 468 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:23,440 Well, if they carry on like that, they'll be flocking. 469 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:25,440 Yeah. Little bro. 470 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:26,200 Usually. All right. 471 00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:29,880 Norden. Norden, Norden. 472 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:31,920 Yeah. Excellent. 473 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:37,120 Unbelievable selection. Let me tell you this funny story 474 00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:39,320 before I forget. I went to watch the second on 475 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:45,400 Sunday at Rochdale and I got there about 5 minutes after the 476 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,880 start and I walked onto the ground and I don't know if they 477 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:51,560 do this in the first team but the scorers were sacked outside. 478 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,760 You know unlike one of they've got some Pitney benches around 479 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,760 the front of the right hand side of the clubhouse, she's looking 480 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:00,280 at it and walked past Stuart's scoring. 481 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:04,120 She's got no glasses on. There's no way you can see 482 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,760 what's going on over there. He's blind as a back, he's got 483 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:10,120 no glasses on but he's like he's got his score but 2 inch on his 484 00:28:10,120 --> 00:28:12,600 face and then he's looking up to see what's going on. 485 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,240 I walk around the thing and I don't think to Yanis and first 486 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:20,160 thing he says to me is have you heard about Stewart's glasses? 487 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:24,280 He's been playing footy, warm up and Sidney's shoot the ball. 488 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:28,480 He's Stewart flushing face and brought his specs. 489 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,360 Oh, Paul Stewart. Sorry, I have to score, do you 490 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,280 know? What I was saying that I did see 491 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,600 this with all glasses on and I thought I don't think what his 492 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,240 glasses on. I don't think I've ever seen him 493 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:41,640 on his glasses on. There you go. 494 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:44,720 They've had two good wins, haven't they in? 495 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,960 The second test, yes they have. They started very well. 496 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:51,000 They've been Rams bottom the first weekend, which you know, 497 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,920 they're historically quite strong. 498 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:59,760 Second team yesterday, they beat Rochdale comfortably, they got a 499 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:03,280 very good score on a difficult wit on a difficult pitch and 500 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:07,160 then bowled them out for 70 odd I think it was and. 501 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,320 There's been some good performances across both games, 502 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,960 didn't they? I mean, Joe Clark got 30 odd in 503 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,800 the first game and yeah. Shortcut runs in the first game. 504 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,760 Yeah, and a few wickets as well. And then Blaise got 50 505 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,560 yesterday, Yeah, on Axe on a very difficult pitch. 506 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:26,280 Yanis 5 wickets. Yeah and Simi got a few 507 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,200 yesterday as well. I've sent to Ben before you got 508 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,040 here. Seem like Sime batting with 509 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:35,040 Blairs probably helped Sime quite a bit, you know, just in 510 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,040 terms of focus and. Well, it would want to, yeah, 511 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,200 Yeah. So it's good to see them doing 512 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:42,960 well I. Like watching Sime bat. 513 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,400 Who's the least focus swing in seconds when he's out there 514 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:50,760 batting? Well, he backs next to Joel 515 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:55,320 Sharp in in batting order. I mean, maybe, maybe that's it. 516 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:59,000 In fact, he's between Shorka and Joel in a normal batting. 517 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:06,960 Or that I mean, I don't know. I say this to, I think I say 518 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,280 this story, tell the story every week to the second team. 519 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,520 It's still my favourite thing I've ever seen was when his 520 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:18,800 strength came out with his whites, he didn't didn't replace 521 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,320 his wise, he just got the string, tied it round like a 522 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:24,160 belt like a belt and then folded his folded his. 523 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:29,600 What about when he said yeah? Yeah, this. 524 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:37,800 No playing in Norden. Bear in mind, Jackson now wants 525 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:42,280 to become a police officer. I think. 526 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:46,240 Well, yeah, allegedly, yeah. So how many years ago this had 527 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:47,800 been? Only two, two years. 528 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:49,080 I hope it. Was playing yeah. 529 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:54,480 So we started having, you know, coursing fielders, right? 530 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,040 So Simi and Simi was a designated. 531 00:30:58,600 --> 00:30:59,160 Target. It. 532 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,200 Was plenty of area. But he had he had the kit, you 533 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:11,800 know, the pads and stuff. So, Simi, Simmy, do you have 534 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:13,600 your do you have your fielding kit? 535 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,920 Yeah, it's in my car. Manage. 536 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:21,200 Go and get his kit. Some managing Walker on the car 537 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:26,160 park. Where is it? 538 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:30,640 Just Simmy, where's your car? It's a low rash. 539 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:49,440 It's about 10 minutes. You don't get, we say that a few 540 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,880 times, always a throwback cricketer. 541 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,360 You don't get, you don't get any like that anymore. 542 00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,400 It'd have been a good 90s cricketer. 543 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:05,000 Yeah, I've got another quick question. 544 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:08,040 For you to find some questions. Yeah, here you go. 545 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:12,720 If I can find it. If you had to pick three names, 546 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,280 if you had to pick three names of it, their first 11 debut in 547 00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:18,560 the next three years, who would it be? 548 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:27,120 In the next three years, yeah. Well, Olly Williams, he won't be 549 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:33,200 far off. Yeah. 550 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:34,520 Do you think that might be too soon? 551 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:36,680 Well, three years. Not gonna be 16. 552 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,080 Yeah, three years. You'd expect Clarky to be there 553 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:41,480 or thereabouts. Third one, I'm not sure. 554 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:44,000 Joe, go on. You're the APP head coach or 555 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:48,320 joint head coach. We've got a left arm semen 556 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:51,200 that's in there. Oscar Jackson balls with good 557 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,160 pace. He's only 13, but by the time 558 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,040 he's 16, you know, we were, we were playing, weren't we, 559 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:56,520 Sophie? Yeah. 560 00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:03,600 How old's jacks? Jacks, I reckon will be. 16 I'm. 561 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,160 Not sure I'm. Thinking I. 562 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,200 Guess around that kind of age, yeah. 563 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:13,240 Yeah, he's still very raw and they're still very raw, but who 564 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:16,000 knows, in three years it could be there or thereabouts. 565 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,760 It's. Very competitive. 566 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,360 I like that about. I think, yeah, definitely ball. 567 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:26,040 Background, but yeah, KIRO. KIRO, is he playing any first 568 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:27,120 team? Yeah, I think so. 569 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:33,720 We need a new wicket keeper. Yeah, anytime we've. 570 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:39,800 Had a question from Drew, he says. 571 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,240 Can you ask Ben if he's got any stories from Johnny? 572 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:43,320 Why Ted stag do? It's 573 00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:59,320 moving on, right? We've got coming up. 574 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:03,840 We've got a double header this weekend, we've got Accrington on 575 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:05,360 Saturday in the Worsley Cup is that. 576 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,199 At the home. They're both at home I think. 577 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:13,400 No, it's Clitheroes. Away Clitheroes away Accrington 578 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:16,600 at home in the cup, Clitheroe away in the league on Sunday. 579 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:19,520 We have a few missing, aren't we on Saturday? 580 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:24,239 We have, yeah. Johnny's wedding, Frankie's 581 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:28,800 working, Hawk is working, so a few missing, so a few 582 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:32,639 opportunities for some of the lads to get some first team 583 00:34:32,639 --> 00:34:35,320 cricket. We had played Atkinson for a 584 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:37,960 while. I don't think T20T20 maybe, 585 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:39,120 yeah. Was that last year or the year 586 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,199 before he? Was the year. 587 00:34:41,199 --> 00:34:44,920 Before, yeah. Yeah, that was a decent play and 588 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:48,199 he nearly won it for him, didn't he at the end just left himself 589 00:34:48,199 --> 00:34:50,960 a little bit too much to do in that T20 away I remember. 590 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:53,159 Yeah, I do. He had a lot 6 that's been in 591 00:34:53,159 --> 00:34:55,440 that, yeah. Well, pretty much. 592 00:34:55,560 --> 00:35:00,080 I think probably for the last 7 overs, I think he probably faced 593 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:04,600 nearly every ball, yeah. But I bet we got 15160 and he 594 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:06,280 got 100 and not 100 and not out and. 595 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:08,960 They lost. Yeah, Yeah. 596 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,240 Yeah, I think they. Admit some signings that this 597 00:35:12,240 --> 00:35:15,760 time, Accrington. Yes, yeah, I. 598 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:20,560 Think Simon Hanson's gone back, Yeah, from Rami's gone there 599 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:22,240 opening the batting, so yeah. And. 600 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:27,160 The ball, what's he called Kean? Yeah, Farnwith. 601 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,800 So yeah, like you say, that's what you know, it's the nature 602 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:37,880 of the fixtures isn't it? It's an opportunity now for for 603 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:42,440 people to get a Chuck in what is normally a very strong amateur 604 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:46,080 bowling line up in the 1st 11. So there'll be opportunities on 605 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:51,520 Saturday and it's down to the lads to to take them, you know, 606 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:55,000 those that haven't had first team experience or many overs in 607 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,440 the last couple of years. And then Clitheroe Way on 608 00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:01,520 Sunday, which has always been a tough game whilst we've been in 609 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,320 the the whilst they've been in our division shorts, so whilst 610 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,560 they've been in our league historically been a very strong 611 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,320 side. It's always a good day out 612 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:12,160 there. Personally, I always enjoy going 613 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:14,680 there. I think they're always pretty 614 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:19,280 good games over there. Tracks usually nice to bat on 615 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:20,920 and nice to bowl on. Yeah. 616 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:23,640 Outfield low, Yeah, Outfield's a bit roppy, but it's probably 617 00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:28,040 better than ours at minute. But yeah, the tracks are usually 618 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,600 pretty firm. But I've got a bit of bit of 619 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:31,880 nibble, won't you say, John, I think. 620 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:36,160 There's something in it. Yeah, yeah. 621 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:37,280 I mean. They turned on. 622 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,960 Me and Johnny got to bat for 8:00 to 9:00 overs on the one 623 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:43,720 last year and they would have liked to have took that under 624 00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:47,720 his under his armpit. Somewhere else they've played 625 00:36:47,720 --> 00:36:50,840 212 'cause they're all so far. Yeah, yeah, close game 626 00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:53,120 yesterday, wasn't it? Yeah. 627 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:56,120 They're always, they're always strong though, aren't they? 628 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,960 Yeah. Made some silence again. 629 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:06,880 Yeah, yeah. But yeah, it'll be a another 630 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:08,520 good tight game over there, I think. 631 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:14,280 And we'll have to. We'll have to be on it 100%, I 632 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:15,040 think. Yeah. 633 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:18,320 Yeah, definitely. Yeah. 634 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:23,080 Seconds. Second, as I play Accrington as 635 00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:26,880 well. Yeah, and possibly because 636 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:31,080 they're all as well. Yeah, well they've made a good 637 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:35,280 start the second, so please, because I came out talking to 638 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:38,760 Paul Stanley yesterday about it and the last time they're in the 639 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:40,520 top division, they've had a lot of change. 640 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,440 And because Matt Open stood down as captain in the decks first 641 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:46,840 year and whatever, and it did, it took a little bit of time, 642 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,080 didn't it, for them to sort of acclimatise to. 643 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,360 That league? Really settled teams this. 644 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:56,280 Year, it's interesting in it and I said this last year that you 645 00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:59,760 know, winning games of cricket at any level can become a habit, 646 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:03,120 you know, become a habit and they learn how to win games of 647 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:09,160 cricket. Last year, albeit you know it 648 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:12,360 probably, you know, there was probably room for improvement in 649 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:15,160 some of the the batting displays at times. 650 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:18,960 They've learnt how to win games of cricket and to be 2 from 2 651 00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:23,040 and we'll just breed confidence around the dressing room more 652 00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,000 than anything that they can compete at this level. 653 00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:27,560 And they're they're only getting better individually as well 654 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:30,800 because they are a young side generally. 655 00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:33,280 And you know, you like you mentioned Oliver Williams 656 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:37,320 earlier, you know, he's getting better as he's growing. 657 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:40,040 He's probably still and he's getting more experience. 658 00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:43,680 Yanis has got wickets shortcuts doing really well you. 659 00:38:44,240 --> 00:38:46,600 Forget how young they are because you. 660 00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:52,240 I've played for a long. Time we've got Holly's only. 20. 661 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:55,960 When you look at the scorecards from last year and early on this 662 00:38:55,960 --> 00:39:00,880 year as well, there's all there's also definitive roles as 663 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:02,640 well. I think within the side, you 664 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:07,040 know, Ollie and Charlie pretty much know that they're going to 665 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:08,440 be opening the ball in every week. 666 00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:12,160 Deck Stanny Young Joe Clarke's in there now and replace Step 667 00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:14,720 Metcalf. That really picks itself. 668 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:19,360 The middle order picks itself. They've got destructive batsmen 669 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:25,720 further down the order and then you've got short cap who's going 670 00:39:25,720 --> 00:39:28,920 to come on and spin the ball both ways through the middle. 671 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,520 So I think the definitive roles there, they're probably all 672 00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:33,280 turning up and it's a good place to be. 673 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:35,600 They're all turning up knowing exactly what they're doing. 674 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:37,520 Yeah, and they've got Blaze William as well. 675 00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:41,120 Yeah, absolutely. You know, let's, let's not play 676 00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:42,960 that down. That's massive for, for that, 677 00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:44,200 for that group of lads. Massive. 678 00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:48,240 Yeah. So we'll see how that goes. 679 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:51,080 What else, Joe? Have we got anything else to 680 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:51,440 talk about? I. 681 00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:54,880 Don't think so. We don't have a draw to do no. 682 00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:58,000 So God play, guess the winner this week. 683 00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,640 That's a shame. Like a game I guess the. 684 00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:00,880 Winner. Yeah, you've been good at that 685 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:08,320 then, Female. He's a great lad, he's. 686 00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,800 A great lad, I. Must have missed that. 687 00:40:12,720 --> 00:40:14,640 When we play. When we do the draw, when we do. 688 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:17,960 The draw we've now, it's now, it's now turned into a game, 689 00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:21,080 Jess, when we when we first did it, Jess said. 690 00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:22,680 And I've come up with a name for it. 691 00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:26,280 It's called Guess the Winner. Which? 692 00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:31,440 Is remarkable how? Many players of the draw it's. 693 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:36,240 577. Yeah, so he'll he has two. 694 00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:38,560 Clues. Yeah, give you a few few clues. 695 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:46,720 If if he were a player, he'll say he's a great lad, played at 696 00:40:46,720 --> 00:40:52,720 some point in time, age range between 20 and 50, decide if 697 00:40:52,720 --> 00:40:55,920 it's a if it's a woman, he'll say female. 698 00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:00,080 And then you've just got a list of of ones that you can go 699 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:01,800 through. You thought Chris has to win it 700 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:10,000 over 50 fifties. I don't think we've got anything 701 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,240 else. So yeah, let's do it. 702 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:14,000 Thanks for listening. Bye. 703 00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:18,080 It's the House cast. Goodbye, we're the chest back. 704 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:43,400 Gordon Gordon, send more house to save the house.