The Wild Duck Cricket Club

Match Summary -
Wild Duck CC 219/6 (30 overs)
Rob Hiscock XI 164/8 (30 overs)

As a cricket loving Englishman, the wait in between Ashes series always seems like an eternity, and we’re all longing for some serious competitive cricket to entertain us on these long summer afternoons. Well, yesterday (Sunday 12th June), on said summer afternoon, with the Wild Duck back at their fortress, Tarbarrow, a match was played that may have left even the Ashes in the shadows.
The match in question, was a charity match, played between The Wild Duck CC and the Rob Hiscock XI. It was raising money for Prostate Cancer UK, and at last count we had raised over £800. I say we, this was all the brainchild of Judith Hiscock, who put on a fantastic day and without her, none of this would have been possible.
The captains where called out into the middle by the two official umpires (not something a village cricket team is used to, and we’re certainly going to feel a little put out when called upon to do the job in between playing going forward) for the toss, the Wild Duck started well by winning this, and decided they were going to have a bat, slightly risqué, given their last efforts at Rodmarton, but they were ever optimistic.
N. Jenner (17) and W. Hewer (31rtrd) walked out and went about setting up a good run rate early on, in the effortless way only opening batsman can. G. Martin (31rtrd) came out at 3 and set about finding every available gap in the outfield, putting us in a very commanding position. C. Huck (1) and A. Wilson (0) were unfortunate not to score more, both having to deal with some rather inconsistent bowling and A. Jackson (10) continued his blistering form, although slightly slowing the run rate down in the process. Still, this was a steady start and at drinks, with 15 overs to go, 200 looked possible. W. Hamond (27) put on a Ben Stokes esc performance, knocking 27 off 16 balls, although there did seem to be some brown paper bag stuff going on after he was dismissed on his second ball. Our newest recruit A. Nicholson (30rtrd) strolled out next, and none of us really knew what to expect, we certainly didn’t expect to see him again 14 balls later having knocked 30 retired. Captain not so fantastic J. Smith (21no) did a slightly better job this match and even managed a couple of straight bat defensive shots whilst closing it out with A. Marriott (4no) who made sure we went the distance, and with a score of 219/6…..that’ll do nicely.
Having all eaten rather too much of the BBQ, with the same being said for cider consumption, it was the Rob Hiscock XI’s turn to swing the willow, and boy didn’t they swing it. With no wickets falling for the first four overs, we all started to get a little twitchy, so, we again turned to the Player of the Match and our newest recruit A. Nicholson, who took a wicket in his second over, and that’s the thing about wickets, they’re a little like buses, because shortly after that, C. Huck took our second. Our form in the field continued from the last match and everyone did a excellent job of stopping boundaries, well, once we had finally gotten their opener out on 29, although not before he hit two sixes over the longest boundary. Having missed out on having a bat, O. Nichols gave the selectors something to think about, bowling a wicket maiden and going for just 3 runs off his 3 overs whilst taking 2 wickets in the process, sensational. Although they went the distance, our tight bowling and work in the field meant we managed to keep them to 164/8, meaning a Duck victory by 55 runs.
So, there we have it, all the excitement and drama of the Ashes, but in one day…….one location……and (after much debating in the pub afterwards) every year.
****DISCLAIMER – The Wild Duck CC fully supports test cricket and doesn’t believe one day is better!

Please come and show your support this Sunday!

On Sunday, The Wild Duck CC hosts the Robert Hiscock XI at our home ground, Tarbarrow Cricket Club (GL7 7BA), to raise money and awareness for the Prostate Cancer UK Charity. We’ll be sharing more details plus a Justgiving link throughout the week.
Please come and join us for cricket festivities, Raffle, Bar and BBQ!

Match Summary -
Wild Duck CC 84-9 (20)
Rodmarton CC 85-4 (17.2)

Rodmarton CC won by 6 wickets

Match Report -

With the game going ahead despite the weathers best efforts, the Wild Duck lost the toss and were put into bat. It was made apparent very quickly that it was a slow wicket that wasn’t going to offer anything in the way of bounce and claimed the wicket of our opener N. Jenner in the first over, although not before he dispatched a quick 4 down the leg side. Unfortunately, this looked to the be way of things to come, with G. Martin (6), E. Tobin (13) and C. Huck (7) also struggling with the ball not coming onto them at all too. Captain not so fantastic J. Smith (0) decided his opening shot should be to dolly one up over the bowler’s head to the fielder at long on, so strode back in on a Golden Duck. H. Gouriet (3), W. Hammond (2), A. Marriott (9) and A. Wilson (2) all tried valiantly to dig in and put some runs on, but Rodmarton decided this was the time to bring on the quicks, to fire some fast yorkers down, and they all departed to join the rest of us in the pavilion. So, two Jackson’s at the crease, could they drag us up over 100? Despite some excellent shots from Player of the Match M. Jackson (15no) and some quick running between the stumps from A. Jackson (9no) we fell just short on 84. Was that going to be enough to sn**ch our first victory away at Rodmarton?
We couldn’t have asked for a better start when G. Martin took an excellent fizzing catch off the bowling of H. Gouriet on the third ball of the innings. We continued to frustrate them with variation of quick one end and spin the other and dismissed their number 3 for just 8. Could this be the turning point? Out came judas A. Norrie (who has previously donned a Wild Duck shirt), and slapped the ball about for a quick 12 ball 25retd. With Norrie back in the pavilion we got back to the task of frustrating them and they couldn’t seem to manage more than singles and a couple of boundaries, mainly down to the incredible work in the field by us, but by this time, the damage was done. A. Wilson did an excellent job of dismissing their opening batsman for 23 and their number 5 for 18 with figures of 12-2 from 2. Rodmarton finished the job in the 17th over to win by 6 wickets. Bu**er! A Special mention to our two wicket keepers E. Tobin and H. Gouriet, who did a brilliant job with the gloves.
A solid display from all and certainly a closer game than it appeared on paper. On to the next game, where we will be back at our fortress Tarbarrow CC to play in the Hiscock Charity match on June 12th.

Charity Cricket Match
In Memory of Richard Hiscock
Proceeds for Prostate Cancer UK
The Wild Duck V Rob Hiscock 11
Sunday 12th June
30 OVERS ++++++ 2pm Start
At Tarbarrow CC Cricket Ground GL7 7BA
Refreshments, BBQ and Raffle
Prizes include
2 Night Stay on Wide Beam Narrow Boat in Stratford on Avon
Wine Tasting at Little Oaks Vineyard
Plus more prizes
Please come along and support

A strong turn out last night for some practice out in the middle at Cirencester CC. Please get in touch if you’re interested in getting involved with the club 🦆 🏏

We have our first game of the season on Tuesday 26th April against Five Mile CC. This will be played at our home ground Tarbarrow in Cirencester and will be a 6pm start. Please do come along and show your support and don’t forget to get in touch via messenger if you would like to join the club 🙌🏻🦆🏏

Indoor net session tomorrow

Venue - Cirencester Leisure Centre
Time - 12pm-2pm

£7each

All welcome, message if interested! 🙌🏻 🏏🦆

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