Lancashire League: Captain's Log (26 June 1999)
If the recent World Cup was the "carnival of cricket" then I suppose the Lancashire League is the "Party of Pluviation" (from the Latin for rain, "pluvia" - for those of you not from Bacup or without a classical education)
26-Jun-1999
26 June 1999
Lancashire League: Captain's Log
The Lancashire Evening Telegarph
This week, with David Thompson (Bacup CC)
If the recent World Cup was the "carnival of cricket" then I suppose
the Lancashire League is the "Party of Pluviation" (from the Latin
for rain, "pluvia" - for those of you not from Bacup or without a
classical education).
It was often said around the League last year that it was the worst
season in living memory for rain though so far this season has
actually surpassed it. It is a poor do when all three rain replay
dates are already filled by the end of May. I cannot remember who
said it but the famous quote by an American about the British weather
- "you get nine months of winter followed by three months of bad
weather" - is very true. How about starting the season later and
ending it later as invariably the weather seems to be better in
September than in April?
One of the plus points for this season are the new rules. I believe
the League should be congratulated for getting the rules just about
right after last year's debacle though the rain recalculation targets
are about as easy to understand as the "Rosetta Stone?!!" (again
those with classical educations will know what I am talking about).
As far as my team Bacup are concerned we have been our usual
inconsistent selves beating teams at the top of the League such as
Nelson and East Lancs, and losing to teams at the bottom such as
Accrington and Ramsbottom. I suppose one day soon everything will
click and we will amass a score in excess of 300, and bowl the
opposition out for less than 50.
Finally, I think the Lancashire League can be very proud of the fact
that half of the World Cup-winning Australia team have in the not too
distance past played in the League, namely Steve Waugh, Tom Moody,
Shane Warne, Paul Reiffel and Damien Fleming, plus squad members
Shane Lee and Brendan Julian.
I think this proves that the League is as strong as ever, and I urge
people to come and watch Lancashire League cricket as you never know
but you may well be watching members of future World Cup-winning
team.
Source :: The Lancashire Evening Telegraph