Eltham CC

Match Report

Match report Eltham CC Vs Kent Ramblas CC

The first match of the 2023 season, following an extremely wet April, saw an enthusiastic Eltham arriving early to sort out the whereabouts of the club kit. With Pete Fisher designated as the most likely to get into the nooks and crannies of the Footscray store cupboard, things were soon underway with the uncovering of the kit bag, stumps and boundary flags. Fish emerged victorious from the store cupboard, albeit somewhat dustier than he had been.

Due to rain on the previous day, a pitch inspection revealed that we would have to play on the artificial strip if we wanted to get a game in, as the cut strip was so soft that Wouldham was in danger of sinking into it. Thankfully all players had been prepared for this possiblility, so it was game on.

Pad, who had arrived fully changed in a bid to prevent anyone noticing that he was one of the last to get to the ground, won the toss and elected to put our new opponents, the excellently named Kent Ramblas, into bat. Eltham fielded two debutants, Alex Mead and Callum Burgess, so Pad was eager to see what they could do.  As it turned out, they could do a fair bit!

Alex opened the bowling and immediately looked fast and accurate, worrying the Ramblas batsmen with his pace and movement (two words you don't often hear in our match reports, so I thought I'd get them in here.)