Continuing with Cricket

Cricket has continued to consume our Wednesday and Friday evenings!

The training held on Wednesday is mostly handled by Andy who works from home. However I have attended on several occasions due to Andy being absent. On these days, I managed to drag Katy out for a 'run' along the parklands but mostly following the drain! I say 'run' but it barely qualifies really as it's neither fast nor continuous although we have managed to do a negative split on the return journey. On the second occasion, we convinced the sister of Ella's team mate to come along with us. During this 'run' the girls jumped across the water numerous times before investigating in the algae! Ah what fun!

Friday nights are long but we are getting a little more into a routine. Usually we leave the house by 4.15, pick up fresh turkish bread and hommus before continuing on our way to the designated venue for that week.

Last week it was a huge trek into country NSW to ...... Googong! But the trek was so worth it! The girls played on an immaculate pitch, we were blessed with beautiful views of the Queanbeyan Escarpment and Katy was in heaven with an awesome playground!

The only drawback was post match when at the local takeaway in Karabar we encountered an aggressive, grumpy local who was using lots of colourful language to abuse the owner who hadn't got his order correct. Of course he left empty handed...

Despite not yet winning a game, the matches have been really close. The girls skills and techniques have improved out of sight. They have a few VERY exciting opportunities coming up :)

Here is a few action plays by Ella including taking a wicket!