T20 v Northcote - No Training Just Killing Dragons, Again

Mid week T20 arrives, game forced to move down bottom as the other carpet (real turf) has arrived and been planted on the main Planet surface where we should be able to train in a short period of time. Credit to installers as all looks in good quality, confirmed at a later stage by the Small Man as he calls upon his green keeping credentials.

Skipper Dick casually approaches the group busily warming up on the side, nobody had noticed he arrived in full maroon regalia, tossed and declared we are batting with 150 the target. Different look to the team with many of the 1st XI players unavailable, Smash at the G on 12th man duties and Max1 having to face Death in Canberra. That is correct, Death - Nick Death a promising young left arm quick from the Hussey backyard of Wanneroo now plying his trade for the ACT in pursuit of future glory after initially breaking through as a WA Rookie. Death has a profession as a digital mapper, what a useful combination if the name is applied. Max1 will return,now he has "avoided Death" added to the list of experience.

Plenty of wides are offered from a slippery furball in the first over before he starts to belt a few through off and with Little Guus they move the score past the half century. Little Guus then belts a few over the chainmesh into the fans, a treble of zaks in fact. Gas Box and Fearsome upped the rate after a slow start, both fell in succession leaving Mad Dog Ginger to run himself ragged and force feed the strike to Moose who delivered with 31 from 12 balls faced - a final total of 4/167.

Skipper Dick very shrewdly assessed the white ball was doing a bit so decided to open with the pace off pair of Dyno Bells and himself that had the desired effect at 2/19. Some calm was restored to the Dragons chase, some would suggest even carnage as the first delivery from Flegwart was thumped into the forestry of Templestowe. However in the time it took for the ball to return, Flegwart had concocted a genius plan, throw it up again, another tempter. It worked as the edge was taken by a backward diving, double twist with forward pike Mauritian.

From here it all went bang, smash, demolish as first Torch and the Badge each crashed the stumps, Flegwart threw down direct from the boundary and in a finishing move with Fearsome the new spin duo wrecked the remainder. All out for 121 and the percentage boost puts the Lions back in the hunt for this exciting format of the game.