May 9, 2025 • 50 mins
Tonight, it’s a full house (when they eventually turn up) as Gav, Gaz, Joe, Joe, and Jez join forces to break down the last three First Eleven games. We focus on the defeat to Littleborough—yes, we know we usually only pod when we’re winning, but here we are!
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Good evening everybody, and welcome to the House Cast.
No, we haven't started yet, Jess.
I was just starting the recording.
Just in general. We can't go away.
It's everyone out of here. Take a clock, Joe.
Yeah, but it's all right. It's not.
Can I? Introduce you please.
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Welcome everybody to the House Cast Law House Cricket Clubs
podcast. We're a bit stuck for time this
evening but we were desperate toget this episode in because we
have been accused previously of you only pod when you're
winning. But we got beat on Sunday and it
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was such a great game and for what what has happened on
Saturday as well and the way theseconds have been playing, we
decided to record 1 and for this.
One, we're only going to discussthe Norden game.
Yeah, we can discuss that as well.
Maybe only that one. Yeah.
Well, no, no, no. We'll discuss everything.
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So we wanted to work to get started.
Unfortunately a couple of the the Co hosts are late, but they
are on now. But we've already got 4 to 5
minutes, so we need to cram a lot in.
So are you Duch? Hello, Jess.
Are you OK? Yeah.
Which which host is late? Well, you were one minute late
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and Gary were 1 1/2 minutes late, and Gav's not even here
yet. He'll still be either walking
his dog or having a siesta. But thanks for joining in.
Joe Martin, you OK? Hi.
Jess. Yeah, I'm terrific.
Thank you. How are you?
Yeah, yeah, all good. Thanks.
Yeah, I've had a lovely tea. There's the weather's great
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since I got back and doing quitea bit in the garden and.
What did you have for? Tea we had, it was like a
chicken supreme type thing. We roast potatoes.
Yeah. Yeah, we're nice.
Gary, great to see you. Thank you very much for for
dialling in. You're welcome, Jeremy.
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Good to see you all. Yeah, and you I'm sorry about
pushing this on and but I I do believe we've got so much to
discuss and like I said, with 45minutes to do it before we go
into the the cricket etcetera. Thanks everyone, all you
listeners out there for your fantastic feedback with regard
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recent podcasts, not only the the more house one with with
Fran and grace invest in it, butthe other podcast we had a chat
at weekend. Me and Duke were were wandering
around the ground and then sat with some, you know, some really
good, good people X players, andthey said they're really
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enjoying it. So that's good for us because we
carried on and we enjoy doing itif if people are listening.
So thanks to everyone. So let's move on to the cricket.
What a game on Sunday. We're going to go into it as
deep as we can and talk about how it happened.
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Me and Duke sat together and and, you know, watched it and
saw how how we all folded. I'm sure Gary followed it from
afar, but I think I'd like to goto Joe Martin 1st and just talk
about, you know, the game in general, how it was from a
player's perspective. So then we can give our input as
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to how we saw it from spectatorsand and fans.
How did it go to you on Sunday against Littleborough?
I think it was. It was a really good game to
begin with. High scoring, which is what you
want. I think that they, I thought
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they battered, they battered pretty well.
You know, we put them under a little bit of pressure at
different times in their inningsand they also battered, battered
well and put some good partnerships together.
But we still managed to, still managed to ball them out which
was great. Obviously we started really well
in our in our innings. Ben and Johnny had a great start
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and Henry Henry followed that on.
We had a little bit of a wobble in in that middle order, which
happens and and and we just couldn't quite get just couldn't
quite get over the line in the end.
But still lots of positives to take to take from that, from
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that game. I think in in previous years, a
team had probably got 230. I think we might have maybe,
maybe scraped to 16170 just trying to stay in the game, but
I think the way that that we went about it meant that meant
that meant that we gave it a good run in the end.
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I agree. Hi, Gav.
You're right, Paul. How?
Are we doing? Yes.
Sorry gents. Sorry gents.
Just lost track of time there. Sorry.
It's all right, no problem. No, we just we're getting into
it. We've we've only got 40 or 50
minutes of recording time today Gav for a few reasons.
So we just straight into the cricket very briefly.
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George just talked us through the players side from the the
little bit again, and I'm going to ask Duke to, to, to comment
as to how he felt the game went and just his experience of the
of the occasion. But before I do that again, it
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sounds like a stuck record this.But the pitch and the outfield
and the whole ground in generally, it's amazing enough.
You know, the way it looks, the colour of it, the way it's
caught, the way it plays, which is obviously the most important
thing is he's an absolute creditto Stan and Dave and and Roger
and the team. So thanks very much.
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Because that does create games like we saw on Sunday.
Yeah, we got beat and we're all gutted, but it produces good
cricket pitches for good cricketplayers.
So thanks very much to that, to that group who maintained that.
I don't know the weather is goodfor us at the moment but let's
see when it starts raining. Dutch, talk us through your
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viewing of the game and how you felt it went and what could have
made have been done differently.I thought obviously the position
that the platform given ourselves was fantastic, very
aggressive, very positive and watching it, I thought the
little beside didn't know whether they were coming or
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going really. I thought we put them under so
much pressure. It just looked like it was going
to be one way traffic for the rest of the innings.
You know, there were sort of a couple of odd bowling changes
that couldn't, we couldn't really fathom out when we were
watching it. The pro came on and went off
again and to me it looked like they were struggling little bro.
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But then obviously we lost a fewwikis.
Just probably just at the wrong times with once we lost Ben and
Henry, we, we never really sort of recovered from that.
We didn't really get another partnership for the rest of the
innings until right at the very end, by which time it was
probably too late. If that partnership could, if we
could just eat that out sort of 10 overs earlier, we, we might
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have, we might have been OK. But unfortunately the all the
momentum was with Lithubra and we couldn't really, we couldn't
really rest it back. But just to echo yours point, I
mean, what what did we finish with?
Six points? Yeah, so we've got six points
for that on on Sunday, which obviously you know, we're
disappointed that we lost, of course.
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But if you look at bonus point tables from previous years where
we've done well in the league, but not not well enough.
Our born, our bonus points tallyhas been way down.
And obviously on Sunday we showed that, you know, we, we
could get close to their score, a big score and that, that
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obviously and there's a few, a few extra points.
So whilst it was disappointing, I don't think it was a disaster
by any stretch. And it is a point I was going to
go on to your own bonus points. I don't think and I don't know
why we've it seems to be almost a decade or two.
We don't seem that bothered. It's how the win or lose and and
Burnley are experts at it and other clubs in achieving bonus
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points which just sneak an extraposition sometimes a
championship. Was that in the players mind
Joe? I mean, I think that certainly,
certainly in the first innings our, our plan is, I think your
previous year it's probably been, you know, contained, you
know, try and try and try and control, try and control the
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game. I think now we're actively
trying to take 10 wickets and found in a way to do that.
So I think that's, that's one side of it, making sure that we
that we do our best to, to bowl teams, to bowl teams out.
And it, it wasn't really discussed on on Sunday.
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I think it's more a kind of awareness amongst everybody that
if you take the game, you know, the full, the full distance,
you're more likely to, you know,the closer you are.
Yeah, and I suppose that psychologically and you know,
obviously Dan's into that big style, you know, to start
talking at the interval, you know, let's make sure we get to
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here and then we get 5.6 points or whatever.
Then that's that's probably cameto productive.
But you could see at the end, you know, he was such a close
guy. I was convinced we were going to
win. You know, when we were 789 down.
I don't know why, I just had a good feeling, but I was.
I still thought we were going towin.
Yeah, I mean, we, I think we did.
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Yeah, yeah. And we've all played in enough
games where it can, it can swing, it can swing either way,
can't it? You know what I mean?
Just at the cup final last year.Yeah, exactly.
Exactly. In your favour or it or it
doesn't quite doesn't quite go. So yeah, one of those games, you
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know. Yeah, it is.
Then again, you know what else, and I'll come on to you in a
minute, Gav, just to, you know, because I know you were there
watching the whole game. I just felt we just got that
little edge all the time. Your Charlie was so intense, so
on it that he wasn't going to get out.
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I'm going to get there and get awin this.
And I know what dude just said there about their bowling.
I don't think they did it on purpose, but I think it worked.
They did obviously realise they had to get rid of another over
from the car park end and that'swhy they brought the lad on the
right arm. I think he's he was an off
spinner, but he did OK. You know, I was that the time to
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go after him. You know, with like, I think
there's four overs to go or not again, you know, it's time to
Charlie, it's time to the skipper and and the batters.
But that's why, you know, since it's, you know, we'll go to the
on Sunday night. But since I thought about it and
looking back on it, you know, itwasn't a case that they flashed
us or anything. You know, we got six points,
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they got 12 and who knows in theseason there's lots of cricket
to go. You know, we don't start
counting our chickens now beforethey've even hatched.
So we'll see how the rest of theseason goes.
Gaff from a spectators, you're having some good crack with some
of your own lookers. And how did you see the game?
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First and foremost, I thought itwas a really good game of
cricket, both sides, some good players on shore and everybody
were glued to it right to the end.
Yeah, but disappointing to lose.But, you know, I think, you
know, that's that's the divisionthat we're in.
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I think, you know, it's full of good sides.
It's good cricket, you know, andI think, you know, we are trying
to be, you know, clever. I think, you know, it won't be
the the last time that we that teams lose a game that they
probably should win and you know, and vice versa.
I think that's just the nature of a very good division.
You know, we've got a lot of experience in our team and a lot
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of good players as of as of other teams.
I, like you, thought we were going to win it and George said
all players did. But yeah, you know, we've come
out with some, you know, we've come out with six points.
We go again, you know. Yeah, I agree.
I agree. Gus, did you watch much of it?
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Did you follow it online or wereyou just Twittering?
Hey, Gus, can you hear us? Yeah, sorry.
Yeah, I will. Yeah.
No, I caught quite a bit of it, mostly second-half dicton and I
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first innings. So obviously 300 miles away, I
rely on you guys to say, you know, tracks, you know, playing
well, etcetera, etcetera. I can't get a feel of the vibe
and the atmosphere and all that sort of thing.
But just purely the tunnel vision of YouTube showing like
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the middle third of the the ground.
It was enjoyable. I couldn't take myself away.
There were a lot of other sport going on and I find myself find
myself glued to that more than more than the other stuff.
I think the immediate thing is obviously that lot, the
disappointment to lose it is given, you know, the approach
that Ben's been clear about. He wants to sort of turn this
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year. You know, you're probably going
to get a few who instantly just jump on that bandwagon and no,
no, we can't play. It's going to, you know, have a
good motorbike stuff that's Folliacs.
I think there was, you know, everybody looked on it there it
it did look good. Great start, as people have
said, you know, sense Henry got a little bit frustrated not
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turning the score over a little bit.
But there'll be plenty of people.
I'm so made-up. There's we've got a young lad
there at number batting #3 look in the par holding that position
down and you know, and that's the policy going forward.
We're going to be far better offfor it.
And he's got so much experience around him who'll help him
through that, you know, incidents like that or you know,
and, and he'll be better for it.And he seemed a level headed
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kid. So, you know, hopefully that's
all that's that's great for the future.
Yeah. We lost five at 20 odd in that
middle spell. And then but you just I just I
just thought Chaz and Paddy, we're going to, you know, see it
right over the line. So, you know, one of those
things, like I say, there'll be there'll be a few naysayers, you
know, around the place who, who have a bit of a whinge of it.
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But you know, I'd watch cricket like that every week, you know,
obviously not, not not hoping welose them all, but but you know
what I mean games of of good quality and funny when you said
that dude, but from afar it looked like I thought, oh, their
skipper looks he's made some balling changes here that pay
that, you know, at times like paid off with with things.
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But if you say they, they look like they were, they were a bit
clueless, then maybe he just gotlucky.
But from where are we? It just seemed how things
unfolded that I thought, oh, he's no, he's not, you know,
he's maybe on it. He's he's saved some of his or
he's, he's tried to break a partnership or whatever.
But so it's funny how you get that different perspective.
Yeah, and look, you might be right, Gary.
I, I just to me, they, they looked like they were scratching
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their heads. And not, not, I'm talking about
metaphorically. I didn't actually physically see
him scratching his head, but they did look like when, when we
were still only two down, when Henry and Ben were going.
To me, it looked like we were, you know, almost throwing the
dice because they were, they were, they were out of ideas.
That's how it looked to me. But I could be I could be doing
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them a disservice. No, you've got the full
perspective being there, so I'lldefer to you on that one.
But but yeah, so yeah, a bit disappointed at the end of it.
But you know, like I said, I think we'll win far.
Many of them we lose, you know, with that positive approach and
OK, good, we've come out with with bonus points.
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And you know, I think the he's finding out those those
boundaries, isn't it literally and metaphorically, but just of
where, how far to push it and when just to sort of, you know,
right, OK, we're in control, stay in control and everything
else. So, you know, I've no, I've no
concerns really. I'm sure, I'm sure the bends all
over it and pros all over it. Thanks, guys.
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And I'm going to stop with this game.
You know, we will go through theother games and I really want to
talk about the same team about well they've done.
But I'm going to throw it out there and I'd like John Martin,
if you can either comment or just let the listeners think.
Yeah, you're right, Ben and Johnny, you know, so positive.
The pitch was so true. They were hitting through the
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ball and playing very well. I thought Johnny's was a poor
shot. I think before that they played
a lot of good, positive cricket,but it was sensible.
I thought. Johnny seems to lose a bit of
concentration and then for some reason when that's happening,
you know, Ben's going mental on the pitch about, I think I've
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heard that the ball hadn't come back.
Is that right, Joe? Yeah, so Bennett hit a drive.
A drive. Yeah.
I'm, this isn't hyperbole, The hardest I've ever seen a ball
hit in my life. I've been deadly serious,
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absolutely laced it and it rocketed into the into the
groundsman's Hut. We must have spent half an hour,
45 minutes looking for the ball and we just, we just couldn't,
we just couldn't find it. So obviously do you then get a
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spare ball that's already a little bit softer and it'll get
softer quicker than the one thatthat was lost.
So again, just one of those, just just one of those, just one
of those things and you know, ithappens so.
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The ball went into the park as well, didn't it?
At one stage, because I was sat with Johnny Russell and we saw a
quite a very old man jumping over the over the wall to to, to
fetch it back. I don't think he had a walking
stick, but he he was very old, this chap who was climbing over
the wall to get it to get the ball from the park.
Have you checked up how he is Joe since Duke since he.
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Went we can do it now. Jez, how are you doing?
Right. Well, I mean there's two things
to come in in here. We'll come back to the greens
up. It's very important.
Gary used to teach me this when he was the captain, that when
you're batting, the harder the ball the better it is.
When you're bowling, the softer the ball.
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The two openers, Ben and Johnny,are whacking into the park.
It's clear that there's some quite elderly men looking over
the wall and can see the ball but can't get it.
And when I talk elderly, we're talking late 80s, probably mid
90s. Johnny Russell and Joe Beneducci
sat about 5 metres away, just sat on the fat horses having a
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big cup of tea and a can of pop and not going to get the ball.
So I saw me, I saw me backside and thought right, well I'll go
and get it. And I jumped over the wall and I
didn't realise how far it was. So it's about 3 foot on the
ground side and about 6 foot on the other side.
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But I survived. I threw the ball back and we
continued to smash him everywhere.
But then it took me 20 minutes to get back over the wall and I
walked past these two clowns andthey were both giggling the red
off. But I've got to say, I've never
heard Duke say this. He actually said and I think he
meant it. I do feel a little bit bad now.
I don't know if he meant it or not, but anyway, the Grindsman's
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Cup thing, Joe I, I accept what you're saying, but you were all
looking for it because it was a softball.
Didn't get Johnny White today. No, no, no, that's not what
that's not what I was. I was trying to provide context
to Yeah. And as I say, I was looking for
the ball. So I didn't I didn't see John.
I didn't see John. And you know, again, it's the
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game of decisions, right? You both it is, of course it is.
And that's why, you know, I think it's important that we
discuss this realistically and and we critique, you know, the
game because it's what people want to listen to.
I'm not doing things to be outrageous for the sake of being
outrageous, but I do think Johnny, and when he went off,
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I'm sure he thought that was a poor shot.
I've played so well this game and Ben's going like a train.
Henry came in and I know what you're saying, Gaz, but Henry
there, he looked as accomplishedas I've seen him.
He looked, he looked. It was his time.
He was, you know, they had a good side, a little brother.
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There's no dummies who were bowling.
And he was working it, moving around and hitting good, you
know, cover drives. No, I agree.
He isn't. He's up to that that that lasso.
I don't know how long he was stuck on 20 or out of 29,
whatever he thought. But up to that point again, no,
no issues batting again thought he looked in good nick.
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And if they I don't know what itwas, it would just that pay
where they seemed to like tryingto work some sitting and goes
straight to a fielder going for a run getting sent back
something like that. But I didn't really just again,
I can't tell from from this distance, but whether he just,
he got a little bit frustrated and then just tried that, that
shot and yeah. I think it is I'm probably a
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little bit of, you know, experience, you know, required
and a bit frustrated, but I justthought it's set and he's going
to end up anything between 60 and 80 not out the rest of the
team back around him and get thethe 100 and, you know, 50 that
they need and win it. You know, so there is certainly
no criticism there, but you you could see the game changed
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slightly when Dan came in because of Tom Walker and
Charlie's Charlie Gansler's dismissals and they're pro, I
thought did a fantastic job, certainly on Charlie, you know,
and again, it's not something that I'm I want to debate here.
I thought the empire in was good.
There was some good. There was pressure from
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certainly from the pro and and some of the other little bro
players. I mean the wicketkeeper, I don't
know. I don't know him at all, Matt
Hernan, but he he looked like a wrong blue smartest.
I've never seen anyone run around and and be be jumping up
and jumping up and down and shouting and scream.
He's, you know, a bit like Frankin his days when he's come back
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full of whatever. But so it was pressure and and I
do accept where that, you know, Charlie Gansley, you know,
first, first ball smashes it forfour over over long gone, but
then gets a little bit tied downthere Pro as to you know, I'm
not long gone. So I can't say whether they're
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out or not. But two really big shouts for LV
and then the third ball bowls him now as the bowler, I'd have
been saying to umpire those lasttwo or eight wickets as well.
And it's pressure. You know, it's legitimate
pressure is that. And then, you know, I just found
it was interesting Dan's body language.
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Joe, I don't know if it's that much was said afterwards, but
when Charlie was out and obviously Tom had been out just
before that again bowled by their pro, he seemed to be
leaning on his back thinking, right, this is going to go the
distance now was much said aboutthat.
And obviously I know you can't give away tactics, but was much
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said about that, that short period of those 5 or 6 overs?
No, no, not really. It was it.
I think there's something we, I think, I think the players in
the team have played long enoughto kind of know and learn from
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different experiences. So I think that, you know, when
we were, you know, 15 and 16, welikely needed to be told about
certain situations, about when things happen.
This is where we go. These are pretty experienced.
I know they're young, but they're experienced first team
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cricketers. Yeah, yeah.
And, and, and again, they're, they're, they're aware of, of,
of, of what they want, what theywant to do and the kind of
choices. And, and they'll learn from,
they'll learn from, they'll learn from that to think, you
know, is it, is it something I can do differently?
There is it, you know, did I getsomething?
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Did I not quite execute what I wanted to?
Quite right. Yeah.
And, and they'll, and they'll think about that.
They'll think about that themselves.
And then, you know, they'll be, they'll be better for that
experience in the throughout theseason.
So. Yeah.
Yeah. And that is, you know, that is
perfect. You know, description of how how
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things will move on from that. It was just, you know, he's gone
from even when they were batting, you know, the balls
flying around. There's a lot of person in the
outfield quick and then all of asudden we've got down.
And I know Charlie, they didn't stop in together long, but it
was clear that the game plan hadchanged completely.
This had turned on its head and rightly so.
And then unfortunately, and obviously this is a game
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changer, but I didn't think it will be a match winner.
But when Dan got caught and bowled, it was fantastic catch.
You know, you know, he's a greattake that that that lad.
Willman's done. And you can see Dan's gone off
and thinking, you know, he wanted to be there right at the
end. And with all respect, if he's
batting with you, you know, hockey or Paddy or Toxic, you're
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going to stick with him and you will.
We would have won the game if that happened, hadn't happened
without a doubt. And I still think we would.
And so when I'm walking around the ground, Dan sat up at the
top of square log on his own, onhis own, just sat on the bench,
didn't want to speak to anyone. So he knew what had happened
there. But that's, you know, and I
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think the way Charlie was mindset was that it had all
changed there. You know, I just feel, and
again, I could be at a shot down.
It's a little bit like the Ben, Brendan, McCullum and Stokes.
This is the way we play. This is where we're not going to
change. I'll have it all day long and as
Gary said, I'd love what I love watching that cricket, you know?
But sometimes there's little moments that just change.
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Again, going to move on. Sorry, just one point, just just
a question for John, John Martinbecause I didn't like I said, I
didn't see a whole lot of the first ladies, but there were
there were 21 wides and we lost by what 16 runs?
I'm not saying the wides were, but what what was it moving
around or was it just a like a leg side sort of policy?
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We were sort of balling or what was the drill they.
Were they were probably in the space of five overs, 3 three leg
side wides off the spinners thatall went for five, you know, all
right, OK, the the turn and justthat just that turned quite a
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lot. And, you know, I was thinking
whether I could do a slightly better job of getting to them,
but it's, you know, tricky down the leg side.
But it it was one of those whereon on a different day that they
hit, they hit the five pad or and you know, they might trickle
for one or whatever. So just some of those that
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actually turned up turned quite a lot and just went went down.
It wasn't. Yeah, I know.
That's fine. Like I said, it wasn't, it
wasn't a dig at you, Joe, but itwas just, you know, did they
have 20, was it 21 individual wards and they had 21 extra
balls, that type of thing, or? Yeah.
You know, it's only Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I reckon they're about 15, yeah,35 wards.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was. No, no, chippies resurfaced into
the world. He he messages me all the time
about it. Anyway, you were going mental
about these wides and I said exactly the same as you just
said there joints in the old days we used to get bollocked in
the gallery that, you know, if we bought 24 wides, well,
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they're getting an extra 4 overs.
Well, it's not the case when it goes to 5 or, or in our days
when it went to four, but now a really good game of cricket.
And again, I think another advertisement for the Lancashire
League is, is fantastic. And you know, they're a good
side, little Bruno, None of those players, 8 of the 22
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there. You know, we're being carried.
The old deserve the old good Lancashire League players.
So it's just, you know, like I said, it's a long way.
It's a long time is this season.You know, some people are
celebrating now because they beat us.
Let's wait and see what happens.You know, at the end of the
season there's an away fixture. There's a lot of other big games
to to happen, so let's see what happens over the next few
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months. Second team again.
I don't know if anyone could help me here buddy.
Fantastic performances over the last few weeks.
They are in Division 2 now but they've they've won all the
games as far as I can. I can see dude, can you, can you
assist me whilst they just fire up a scorecard?
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Yeah, they've won three out of three in the league and they
beat E lanks in the cup on Saturday.
They don't always play the same teams now as as obviously they
used to back in back in our day with this, with the league
split. Sunday they were at Rottenstall
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few players missing for Rosas isalways the case with with the
second team, it's probably the It's certainly the most
challenging from my side of getting the teams out because
the the teams a lot more unstable from a selection point
of view. Skipper was away, both Sims were
missing. So Charlie Bithel has been
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leading the team while Deck's been away and he's done very
well. They've defended A relatively
low scorer at Ronstall on Sunday.
I think it's about 170 ish that Lorehouse got batting first and
at one stage it looked like Ronstall.
We're going to, we're going to cost it.
They got off to a very fast start but then we started
getting a few wickets, chipping away, chipping away and we ended
up bowling them out. So yeah, 12 points for the twos.
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Sure, Cat got 5 for didn't it? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I've got them
up now. And the good performances that
happened there, they're consistent.
You know, some good players in there.
Like you said, there's a few missing, but you know, we get
Metcalf now pushing and pushing and he he played over at Nordend
into Frozen, you know, and will will Norcross as a steady enough
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player and and Keegan. So there is a good side there
and a decent squad. So let's hope they can continue
that and get promoted. I don't want to dwell too much
On Saturday. Our first team played E lengths
in the Worsley Cup first round. A bit of a demolition really.
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Joe Martin, do you want to add anything?
Do you want to talk about anything?
I find it a bit sad, you know, club like East Lancs are in the
position they're in and you knowthey're getting absolutely
smashed. I mean that's a proper smashing,
not a smashing where you get 6 points, you know, proper
smashing. What what will you view, what
the players view on that I? Mean we played we, we played
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very well. We obviously know that there's
a, there's a difference in, in, in probably where we're at and
where they're at at the minute. So it was again a case of making
sure that we did what we needed to go well.
Don't go like searching for wickets or just expect to just
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bowl them out or whatever. I mean, it's the same plan
there, same plan as usual. So again, executed, executed
really well. Yeah, in North County games,
anything can. Anything can happen.
So you've just got to, you've just got to make sure you do
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what what you need to and do it well.
Yeah, and Dan, you know, Dan's getting in the Wick.
He's quietly away into coming on, you know, second, third,
fourth choice and he's getting afew wickets there then ended up
138, all right, And we knocked him off in 14 overs, you know,
so it's. He's probably the lead in the
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last year as I think in the whole league.
Yeah, yeah. So yeah, he and he takes some
really important wickets as wellas yeah, very, very, very
impressive. So let's go back to the Norden
away game again. Looks a good cricket pitch to,
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you know, two really good sides.I think, you know, they've lost
two good amateurs, which is obviously Hanford their their
performance against those and and maybe some of the other
games comprehensive. In the end, I think it's fair to
say Joe. Yeah, yeah, I think so.
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We battered, we battered well, we got into some interesting
positions as well. But but we came what we came
through and some really good performances with the bat again
with, you know, Ben getting 50 yard Topsy, Topsy batting well
again and place coming in at theend and and getting us to that
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kind of 2525050 score, which waswhich was really which was
really good and obviously targeted you and you and you and
Dutch at the end of the inning as well.
Yeah, I'm going to come on to I'm going to come on to that
because I did, you know, I'm thinking that pro Jamiel Stewart
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is, you know, the decent player.He can get big scores on his
own. So it would nice to get over
that 230 mark. And me, Chippy and Dutra sat
down long off as it as it was all nice and comfy.
And Blaze comes in and it's likethe Blaze of all starts smashing
it. And Duke actually said, Listen,
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I'm I'm not got a chariot. So he comes over this neck of
the woods saying, I'll sort it and make sure that because
there's there were two or three balls that had gone into the
into the housing estates and we didn't want to lose any more.
So when this one comes, though, I actually said to to Chippy,
look, I'll catch this Chippy. And Chippy said, no, no, Duke,
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you'll get it. He's behind us.
And and next thing you know, Duke is under the chair hiding
from it. Am I right dude?
Yeah, whatever. Yeah, yeah, fine.
No problem. What else?
I mean, imagine going to catch it and dropping it, though.
I mean, it'd be, well, embarrassing, wouldn't it?
I mean, you're better off just letting it bounce.
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Yeah, I suppose so. I suppose so.
So, but that like, I mean, it's just reminded me now.
I made a few notes on Sunday. We've got to have a shout out to
Frankie, our legendary X Pro andand fantastic amateur that's
just taken a bit of a sabbaticalfor the people who weren't there
or didn't see it. Frankie's walking around the
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pitch and he started, I think it's Jameson's and ginger ale.
That's it, not Andrew Jameson's and ginger ale.
And he's walking down the lengthof the the park end, one of all
batters. It doesn't matter.
It's the six. It's not going into the park.
Frankie. Seriously, Gary, you'll probably
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won't see it on the frog box. He just stands there, worked for
it, and it lands in his hand right next to him.
He just sticks out his hand withStar, catches it and just throws
it back on pitch. He.
Says he's the best catcher I've ever seen.
I. Mean, I sound like Roy Keane,
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but that is his job, isn't it? One of the.
Easiest job. Well, not not on Saturday, but
he honestly, Jess anything that goes up high, he he used to get
bored of it because he just found it so easy.
So when he would catch them one handed, left hand, right hand,
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catch him above his head, catch him, catch him low down just
because he found it. He was funny, really.
He used to try. And get as many claps in as
possible. Used to do that in a game.
Yeah, yeah. And I spoke to him and he said
he was a little bit disappointedbecause he did spill a bit of
his ginger ale, but I'm sure he'll get over that.
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So a good win at Norden and you know, he ended up there, you
know, they felt quite a bit short.
I didn't think at one stage there pro Yeah, at timed his
innings very well. I thought Joe, he was, you know,
batting, you know, well around some of the batters.
And then I think it was the number 7 #8 Divine.
Divine came in and they looked like, you know, he could
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potentially could end up with 151 sixty and win it on his on
his own. It was funny.
Obviously sat with Duchin and Chippy and a few others and he
did Gary reminding me a little bit of going back to the Old
West Indians that will play whether it's Richard's or
college king or, you know, curtsy these players that would
just complete. I know this love blocks the West
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Indian, but completely take the the game away from the
opposition by smashing it. It was so different to see
someone like that. But was he a nice fellow
Geordie? Was he?
Yeah, I know him anyway. Yeah, it's a very nice, very
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nice. Yeah, Anyway.
Yeah, that's good. OK.
I think you have flown through all that.
Is there anything else we need to discuss?
I'd like to discuss these are, you know, slightly, but the the
threes and fours as well have obviously started.
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Absolutely. Get it.
You know, get it out there. The threes have had a have had a
really good start. I think they've they lost at the
weekend but I think they've won either.
They've won a couple of games before that.
So they've had a really good, they've had a really good start
with some good, good performances in their jacks.
Edwards has has got his maiden like 5 wicket haul and that kind
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of thing. So that's that's really good.
And the fours, which are a really, really young team run by
Pinky who came back to play lastyear, are having to play
against, having to play against different teams.
And the last two games that they've played have really
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played against 3rd and 4th teams, but they've also had some
second teamers in and both the second teamers have scored
hundreds, which is really challenging for them because
there's a reason not for people playing in the seconds.
And these young kids just learning to learning to play
adult cricket and senior cricket.
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But they've stuck in, they've stuck in really well.
We try and give them a bit of a a bit of a target which is can
they stay, can they stay in the game?
Can they bat the 40 overs, you know, and and try and get close.
If they get some points and that's then that's great.
But it's just about their development and they've done
really well. You what?
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Sorry Joe. Yeah, Fantastic.
He battered really well. He got 8080 odd and battered,
battered brilliantly. It was really great to see and
he works really hard at his son.He works really hard at his
game. So that's and and and he got us
and he got us really close and we and we were close at the end,
probably in the lost by teens, teens really, and and Josh
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Nelson. Who was that?
Joe, Joe, just give us the name again because we we always
spoke. Yeah, Sunny, Sunny Whitaker, 15
and we have a young leg spinner as well called Josh Nelson
really well as well. So 3 for three to 48.
So he's the leg spinner? He is a leg spinner, in case you
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didn't. Yeah, in case you didn't know.
For the listeners, Joe was put bowling leg spin on the screen.
But yeah, no, but it is really good, really good to see and
lots of lots of improvement being made and and them just
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finding the way around Brown senior cricket.
So yeah, things are, things are,things are positive, really
positive at the minute. It's good.
And it's good to hear because weknow that there's this machine
that's down, churns out these players year after year from,
you know, from being real juniors and, and yourself and
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your Paddy and, you know, Nigel Brown just got to be shout out
to these coaches. And I'm sure there's another
dozen that you could mention, Joe, but it's not easy.
You know, you can't just keep going and keep going and and
having six or eight players every, almost every, you know,
year that are coming through. There is gaps and we know
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there's gaps where you miss these players.
So and it's great for the youngsters and their families to
watch that and you know, the going down for a pint.
So people please who are listening, have a look on social
media, Frank sends out an e-mail, have a look on the
Length League website, our website as to when they're all
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games down the club might be thirds, might be fourths, might
be under fifteens or any of the junior sides.
Go and support them. The bar will be open a few pints
and in this decent weather go and give them a support Joe.
That's really, really helpful. That and we need to do more
around the juniors and the seconds and thirds and we will
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get people on in the next two orthree weeks even if we're
winning because we you know, we only pod when we win so we can
we can keep that that going. I know a couple of people have
got to shoot off but I think we've got 5 minutes left if I
just go around people. Gav, did you have a late one
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Sunday? It looked like it was getting a
bit heavy, not. Particularly late, but I've done
enough damage by the time I went, Yeah.
So, you know, really good, good atmosphere.
Like I said, you know, just a bit disappointed that we lost,
but no good atmosphere. Everyone seems to be having a
good time and I think Bartoko Baba too.
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So that's always important today.
Yeah, and I think I might as well throw it out there, you
know, because obviously Burnley were promoted prior to that and
such Burnley football such a great, you know, games with with
Leeds just pipping them. But I could tell you and Matt
Stanley had had A and a day out as well celebrating that.
So it's it is good to see some good people there and no dramas
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whatsoever. Gary anything from yourself
before we we conclude this episode only just comment on the
Wesley Cup second round draw. Yeah, good shape it.
Is rematch of last year's final totter Tom good?
A good draw to obviously to get home draw great.
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And that'll be well, well attended game no doubt.
So hopefully we have a good result there and twos away at
church in on the same day in in the junior knockout.
So yeah, look forward to that aswell.
Yeah, yeah, and people please get it in your diary, get
yourself down and and support the lads on the in that second
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round of the Wasley Cup. It'll be as I'm frantically
trying to find the day, 24th, 24th of May.
So people get down. If you can get the lads, get
behind them and hopefully we canprogress.
As you know, we've done quite well over the last few years.
I think it's worth mentioning about Ben's runs in the the
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Wellesley Cup, you know, that's outstanding.
The, you know, the records that he keeps beating to get where
he's got and also Joe for the spectators.
It's my understanding you've been now got 99 stumped victims
in the Lancashire League. Is that correct it?
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Could be. I don't think it's not far off.
I don't think Adam mentioned it the other week.
Yeah, I think it's I think it's 99.
So if he if he's stumped, hang on a minute.
Incoming, incoming. We've had a pigeon drop a
message 98. Well, actually, I mean, this is
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well, there was, there's. Come on, spit it.
Out lad. 15,000 and 10 There's awicket against Round bottom.
There's I think it was Aaron Heel.
He bowled Keith Webb out but it was actually stumped.
So should be 99 but not to worry.
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Not that you carry team. No, not no.
I need. And I don't know, although I
remember it now, I can still. Remember it there there must
have been occasions where you'vegot a stump in and and his fault
was just on on the line or just behind the line.
So there's gives and takes, gives and takes all out, gives
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and takes. Duke over to you before we we
conclude this great episode. Nothing particularly obviously
we've got the Friday night game away at Padiham this week.
I don't know if when if this episode will be out in time, but
we've got that to look forward to.
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Is that this Friday or is it next Friday?
Sure. Next Friday.
It's not even this Friday. Apologies. 16th Friday the 16th
that is AT20 friendly away at Padiham this week should
Middleton on Sunday. So yeah, it.
Was originally going to be on the 23rd Joe wasn't it?
Yes. Yeah, I've booked a concert.
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Well, their their league, their league games, their league, T20
campaign starts then, so we haveto bring it for a week.
Do you want to play in that friendly jaw if.
I'll play if I'm picked, absolutely no problem at all.
But if you want to, if you want to pick someone else and crack
on. But I'm available.
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That's interesting you're playing a friendly with all
these games that are going on. We will start to preview the T
20s again. Have a look at social media,
there's some great bands on downat the club after the T20 games
and it's always a massive occasion, so keep your eyes out
for that. So we didn't plan to do 1 this
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week, but I'm really glad that we have because you know,
there's been some fantastic cricket, you know, probably down
to the weather, but also down tosome good preparation of
pictures and some quality cricket.
So thanks everyone for listening.
Don't forget to send us messages, subscribe and give us
any feedback. It was interesting on Sunday we
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were walking around the ground, a lot of people were saying and
what's the enjoy listening to the the comments.
Certainly from the players side,Joe, I know you don't give a lot
away, but they do enjoy listening to what what the
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and Duchess point of view. So thanks everyone for
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to save the house. Come on, the House.
Good evening everybody, and welcome to the House Cast.
No, we haven't started yet, Jess.
I was just starting the recording.
Just in general. We can't go away.
It's everyone out of here. Take a clock, Joe.
Yeah, but it's all right. It's not.
Can I? Introduce you please.
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Welcome everybody to the House Cast Law House Cricket Clubs
podcast. We're a bit stuck for time this
evening but we were desperate toget this episode in because we
have been accused previously of you only pod when you're
winning. But we got beat on Sunday and it
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was such a great game and for what what has happened on
Saturday as well and the way theseconds have been playing, we
decided to record 1 and for this.
One, we're only going to discussthe Norden game.
Yeah, we can discuss that as well.
Maybe only that one. Yeah.
Well, no, no, no. We'll discuss everything.
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So we wanted to work to get started.
Unfortunately a couple of the the Co hosts are late, but they
are on now. But we've already got 4 to 5
minutes, so we need to cram a lot in.
So are you Duch? Hello, Jess.
Are you OK? Yeah.
Which which host is late? Well, you were one minute late
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and Gary were 1 1/2 minutes late, and Gav's not even here
yet. He'll still be either walking
his dog or having a siesta. But thanks for joining in.
Joe Martin, you OK? Hi.
Jess. Yeah, I'm terrific.
Thank you. How are you?
Yeah, yeah, all good. Thanks.
Yeah, I've had a lovely tea. There's the weather's great
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since I got back and doing quitea bit in the garden and.
What did you have for? Tea we had, it was like a
chicken supreme type thing. We roast potatoes.
Yeah. Yeah, we're nice.
Gary, great to see you. Thank you very much for for
dialling in. You're welcome, Jeremy.
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Good to see you all. Yeah, and you I'm sorry about
pushing this on and but I I do believe we've got so much to
discuss and like I said, with 45minutes to do it before we go
into the the cricket etcetera. Thanks everyone, all you
listeners out there for your fantastic feedback with regard
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recent podcasts, not only the the more house one with with
Fran and grace invest in it, butthe other podcast we had a chat
at weekend. Me and Duke were were wandering
around the ground and then sat with some, you know, some really
good, good people X players, andthey said they're really
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enjoying it. So that's good for us because we
carried on and we enjoy doing itif if people are listening.
So thanks to everyone. So let's move on to the cricket.
What a game on Sunday. We're going to go into it as
deep as we can and talk about how it happened.
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Me and Duke sat together and and, you know, watched it and
saw how how we all folded. I'm sure Gary followed it from
afar, but I think I'd like to goto Joe Martin 1st and just talk
about, you know, the game in general, how it was from a
player's perspective. So then we can give our input as
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to how we saw it from spectatorsand and fans.
How did it go to you on Sunday against Littleborough?
I think it was. It was a really good game to
begin with. High scoring, which is what you
want. I think that they, I thought
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they battered, they battered pretty well.
You know, we put them under a little bit of pressure at
different times in their inningsand they also battered, battered
well and put some good partnerships together.
But we still managed to, still managed to ball them out which
was great. Obviously we started really well
in our in our innings. Ben and Johnny had a great start
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and Henry Henry followed that on.
We had a little bit of a wobble in in that middle order, which
happens and and and we just couldn't quite get just couldn't
quite get over the line in the end.
But still lots of positives to take to take from that, from
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that game. I think in in previous years, a
team had probably got 230. I think we might have maybe,
maybe scraped to 16170 just trying to stay in the game, but
I think the way that that we went about it meant that meant
that meant that we gave it a good run in the end.
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I agree. Hi, Gav.
You're right, Paul. How?
Are we doing? Yes.
Sorry gents. Sorry gents.
Just lost track of time there. Sorry.
It's all right, no problem. No, we just we're getting into
it. We've we've only got 40 or 50
minutes of recording time today Gav for a few reasons.
So we just straight into the cricket very briefly.
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George just talked us through the players side from the the
little bit again, and I'm going to ask Duke to, to, to comment
as to how he felt the game went and just his experience of the
of the occasion. But before I do that again, it
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sounds like a stuck record this.But the pitch and the outfield
and the whole ground in generally, it's amazing enough.
You know, the way it looks, the colour of it, the way it's
caught, the way it plays, which is obviously the most important
thing is he's an absolute creditto Stan and Dave and and Roger
and the team. So thanks very much.
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Because that does create games like we saw on Sunday.
Yeah, we got beat and we're all gutted, but it produces good
cricket pitches for good cricketplayers.
So thanks very much to that, to that group who maintained that.
I don't know the weather is goodfor us at the moment but let's
see when it starts raining. Dutch, talk us through your
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viewing of the game and how you felt it went and what could have
made have been done differently.I thought obviously the position
that the platform given ourselves was fantastic, very
aggressive, very positive and watching it, I thought the
little beside didn't know whether they were coming or
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going really. I thought we put them under so
much pressure. It just looked like it was going
to be one way traffic for the rest of the innings.
You know, there were sort of a couple of odd bowling changes
that couldn't, we couldn't really fathom out when we were
watching it. The pro came on and went off
again and to me it looked like they were struggling little bro.
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But then obviously we lost a fewwikis.
Just probably just at the wrong times with once we lost Ben and
Henry, we, we never really sort of recovered from that.
We didn't really get another partnership for the rest of the
innings until right at the very end, by which time it was
probably too late. If that partnership could, if we
could just eat that out sort of 10 overs earlier, we, we might
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have, we might have been OK. But unfortunately the all the
momentum was with Lithubra and we couldn't really, we couldn't
really rest it back. But just to echo yours point, I
mean, what what did we finish with?
Six points? Yeah, so we've got six points
for that on on Sunday, which obviously you know, we're
disappointed that we lost, of course.
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But if you look at bonus point tables from previous years where
we've done well in the league, but not not well enough.
Our born, our bonus points tallyhas been way down.
And obviously on Sunday we showed that, you know, we, we
could get close to their score, a big score and that, that
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obviously and there's a few, a few extra points.
So whilst it was disappointing, I don't think it was a disaster
by any stretch. And it is a point I was going to
go on to your own bonus points. I don't think and I don't know
why we've it seems to be almost a decade or two.
We don't seem that bothered. It's how the win or lose and and
Burnley are experts at it and other clubs in achieving bonus
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points which just sneak an extraposition sometimes a
championship. Was that in the players mind
Joe? I mean, I think that certainly,
certainly in the first innings our, our plan is, I think your
previous year it's probably been, you know, contained, you
know, try and try and try and control, try and control the
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game. I think now we're actively
trying to take 10 wickets and found in a way to do that.
So I think that's, that's one side of it, making sure that we
that we do our best to, to bowl teams, to bowl teams out.
And it, it wasn't really discussed on on Sunday.
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I think it's more a kind of awareness amongst everybody that
if you take the game, you know, the full, the full distance,
you're more likely to, you know,the closer you are.
Yeah, and I suppose that psychologically and you know,
obviously Dan's into that big style, you know, to start
talking at the interval, you know, let's make sure we get to
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here and then we get 5.6 points or whatever.
Then that's that's probably cameto productive.
But you could see at the end, you know, he was such a close
guy. I was convinced we were going to
win. You know, when we were 789 down.
I don't know why, I just had a good feeling, but I was.
I still thought we were going towin.
Yeah, I mean, we, I think we did.
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Yeah, yeah. And we've all played in enough
games where it can, it can swing, it can swing either way,
can't it? You know what I mean?
Just at the cup final last year.Yeah, exactly.
Exactly. In your favour or it or it
doesn't quite doesn't quite go. So yeah, one of those games, you
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know. Yeah, it is.
Then again, you know what else, and I'll come on to you in a
minute, Gav, just to, you know, because I know you were there
watching the whole game. I just felt we just got that
little edge all the time. Your Charlie was so intense, so
on it that he wasn't going to get out.
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I'm going to get there and get awin this.
And I know what dude just said there about their bowling.
I don't think they did it on purpose, but I think it worked.
They did obviously realise they had to get rid of another over
from the car park end and that'swhy they brought the lad on the
right arm. I think he's he was an off
spinner, but he did OK. You know, I was that the time to
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go after him. You know, with like, I think
there's four overs to go or not again, you know, it's time to
Charlie, it's time to the skipper and and the batters.
But that's why, you know, since it's, you know, we'll go to the
on Sunday night. But since I thought about it and
looking back on it, you know, itwasn't a case that they flashed
us or anything. You know, we got six points,
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they got 12 and who knows in theseason there's lots of cricket
to go. You know, we don't start
counting our chickens now beforethey've even hatched.
So we'll see how the rest of theseason goes.
Gaff from a spectators, you're having some good crack with some
of your own lookers. And how did you see the game?
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First and foremost, I thought itwas a really good game of
cricket, both sides, some good players on shore and everybody
were glued to it right to the end.
Yeah, but disappointing to lose.But, you know, I think, you
know, that's that's the divisionthat we're in.
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I think, you know, it's full of good sides.
It's good cricket, you know, andI think, you know, we are trying
to be, you know, clever. I think, you know, it won't be
the the last time that we that teams lose a game that they
probably should win and you know, and vice versa.
I think that's just the nature of a very good division.
You know, we've got a lot of experience in our team and a lot
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of good players as of as of other teams.
I, like you, thought we were going to win it and George said
all players did. But yeah, you know, we've come
out with some, you know, we've come out with six points.
We go again, you know. Yeah, I agree.
I agree. Gus, did you watch much of it?
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Did you follow it online or wereyou just Twittering?
Hey, Gus, can you hear us? Yeah, sorry.
Yeah, I will. Yeah.
No, I caught quite a bit of it, mostly second-half dicton and I
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first innings. So obviously 300 miles away, I
rely on you guys to say, you know, tracks, you know, playing
well, etcetera, etcetera. I can't get a feel of the vibe
and the atmosphere and all that sort of thing.
But just purely the tunnel vision of YouTube showing like
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the middle third of the the ground.
It was enjoyable. I couldn't take myself away.
There were a lot of other sport going on and I find myself find
myself glued to that more than more than the other stuff.
I think the immediate thing is obviously that lot, the
disappointment to lose it is given, you know, the approach
that Ben's been clear about. He wants to sort of turn this
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year. You know, you're probably going
to get a few who instantly just jump on that bandwagon and no,
no, we can't play. It's going to, you know, have a
good motorbike stuff that's Folliacs.
I think there was, you know, everybody looked on it there it
it did look good. Great start, as people have
said, you know, sense Henry got a little bit frustrated not
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turning the score over a little bit.
But there'll be plenty of people.
I'm so made-up. There's we've got a young lad
there at number batting #3 look in the par holding that position
down and you know, and that's the policy going forward.
We're going to be far better offfor it.
And he's got so much experience around him who'll help him
through that, you know, incidents like that or you know,
and, and he'll be better for it.And he seemed a level headed
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kid. So, you know, hopefully that's
all that's that's great for the future.
Yeah. We lost five at 20 odd in that
middle spell. And then but you just I just I
just thought Chaz and Paddy, we're going to, you know, see it
right over the line. So, you know, one of those
things, like I say, there'll be there'll be a few naysayers, you
know, around the place who, who have a bit of a whinge of it.
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But you know, I'd watch cricket like that every week, you know,
obviously not, not not hoping welose them all, but but you know
what I mean games of of good quality and funny when you said
that dude, but from afar it looked like I thought, oh, their
skipper looks he's made some balling changes here that pay
that, you know, at times like paid off with with things.
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But if you say they, they look like they were, they were a bit
clueless, then maybe he just gotlucky.
But from where are we? It just seemed how things
unfolded that I thought, oh, he's no, he's not, you know,
he's maybe on it. He's he's saved some of his or
he's, he's tried to break a partnership or whatever.
But so it's funny how you get that different perspective.
Yeah, and look, you might be right, Gary.
I, I just to me, they, they looked like they were scratching
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their heads. And not, not, I'm talking about
metaphorically. I didn't actually physically see
him scratching his head, but they did look like when, when we
were still only two down, when Henry and Ben were going.
To me, it looked like we were, you know, almost throwing the
dice because they were, they were, they were out of ideas.
That's how it looked to me. But I could be I could be doing
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them a disservice. No, you've got the full
perspective being there, so I'lldefer to you on that one.
But but yeah, so yeah, a bit disappointed at the end of it.
But you know, like I said, I think we'll win far.
Many of them we lose, you know, with that positive approach and
OK, good, we've come out with with bonus points.
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And you know, I think the he's finding out those those
boundaries, isn't it literally and metaphorically, but just of
where, how far to push it and when just to sort of, you know,
right, OK, we're in control, stay in control and everything
else. So, you know, I've no, I've no
concerns really. I'm sure, I'm sure the bends all
over it and pros all over it. Thanks, guys.
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And I'm going to stop with this game.
You know, we will go through theother games and I really want to
talk about the same team about well they've done.
But I'm going to throw it out there and I'd like John Martin,
if you can either comment or just let the listeners think.
Yeah, you're right, Ben and Johnny, you know, so positive.
The pitch was so true. They were hitting through the
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ball and playing very well. I thought Johnny's was a poor
shot. I think before that they played
a lot of good, positive cricket,but it was sensible.
I thought. Johnny seems to lose a bit of
concentration and then for some reason when that's happening,
you know, Ben's going mental on the pitch about, I think I've
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heard that the ball hadn't come back.
Is that right, Joe? Yeah, so Bennett hit a drive.
A drive. Yeah.
I'm, this isn't hyperbole, The hardest I've ever seen a ball
hit in my life. I've been deadly serious,
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absolutely laced it and it rocketed into the into the
groundsman's Hut. We must have spent half an hour,
45 minutes looking for the ball and we just, we just couldn't,
we just couldn't find it. So obviously do you then get a
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spare ball that's already a little bit softer and it'll get
softer quicker than the one thatthat was lost.
So again, just one of those, just just one of those, just one
of those things and you know, ithappens so.
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The ball went into the park as well, didn't it?
At one stage, because I was sat with Johnny Russell and we saw a
quite a very old man jumping over the over the wall to to, to
fetch it back. I don't think he had a walking
stick, but he he was very old, this chap who was climbing over
the wall to get it to get the ball from the park.
Have you checked up how he is Joe since Duke since he.
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Went we can do it now. Jez, how are you doing?
Right. Well, I mean there's two things
to come in in here. We'll come back to the greens
up. It's very important.
Gary used to teach me this when he was the captain, that when
you're batting, the harder the ball the better it is.
When you're bowling, the softer the ball.
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The two openers, Ben and Johnny,are whacking into the park.
It's clear that there's some quite elderly men looking over
the wall and can see the ball but can't get it.
And when I talk elderly, we're talking late 80s, probably mid
90s. Johnny Russell and Joe Beneducci
sat about 5 metres away, just sat on the fat horses having a
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big cup of tea and a can of pop and not going to get the ball.
So I saw me, I saw me backside and thought right, well I'll go
and get it. And I jumped over the wall and I
didn't realise how far it was. So it's about 3 foot on the
ground side and about 6 foot on the other side.
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But I survived. I threw the ball back and we
continued to smash him everywhere.
But then it took me 20 minutes to get back over the wall and I
walked past these two clowns andthey were both giggling the red
off. But I've got to say, I've never
heard Duke say this. He actually said and I think he
meant it. I do feel a little bit bad now.
I don't know if he meant it or not, but anyway, the Grindsman's
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Cup thing, Joe I, I accept what you're saying, but you were all
looking for it because it was a softball.
Didn't get Johnny White today. No, no, no, that's not what
that's not what I was. I was trying to provide context
to Yeah. And as I say, I was looking for
the ball. So I didn't I didn't see John.
I didn't see John. And you know, again, it's the
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game of decisions, right? You both it is, of course it is.
And that's why, you know, I think it's important that we
discuss this realistically and and we critique, you know, the
game because it's what people want to listen to.
I'm not doing things to be outrageous for the sake of being
outrageous, but I do think Johnny, and when he went off,
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I'm sure he thought that was a poor shot.
I've played so well this game and Ben's going like a train.
Henry came in and I know what you're saying, Gaz, but Henry
there, he looked as accomplishedas I've seen him.
He looked, he looked. It was his time.
He was, you know, they had a good side, a little brother.
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There's no dummies who were bowling.
And he was working it, moving around and hitting good, you
know, cover drives. No, I agree.
He isn't. He's up to that that that lasso.
I don't know how long he was stuck on 20 or out of 29,
whatever he thought. But up to that point again, no,
no issues batting again thought he looked in good nick.
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And if they I don't know what itwas, it would just that pay
where they seemed to like tryingto work some sitting and goes
straight to a fielder going for a run getting sent back
something like that. But I didn't really just again,
I can't tell from from this distance, but whether he just,
he got a little bit frustrated and then just tried that, that
shot and yeah. I think it is I'm probably a
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little bit of, you know, experience, you know, required
and a bit frustrated, but I justthought it's set and he's going
to end up anything between 60 and 80 not out the rest of the
team back around him and get thethe 100 and, you know, 50 that
they need and win it. You know, so there is certainly
no criticism there, but you you could see the game changed
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slightly when Dan came in because of Tom Walker and
Charlie's Charlie Gansler's dismissals and they're pro, I
thought did a fantastic job, certainly on Charlie, you know,
and again, it's not something that I'm I want to debate here.
I thought the empire in was good.
There was some good. There was pressure from
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certainly from the pro and and some of the other little bro
players. I mean the wicketkeeper, I don't
know. I don't know him at all, Matt
Hernan, but he he looked like a wrong blue smartest.
I've never seen anyone run around and and be be jumping up
and jumping up and down and shouting and scream.
He's, you know, a bit like Frankin his days when he's come back
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full of whatever. But so it was pressure and and I
do accept where that, you know, Charlie Gansley, you know,
first, first ball smashes it forfour over over long gone, but
then gets a little bit tied downthere Pro as to you know, I'm
not long gone. So I can't say whether they're
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out or not. But two really big shouts for LV
and then the third ball bowls him now as the bowler, I'd have
been saying to umpire those lasttwo or eight wickets as well.
And it's pressure. You know, it's legitimate
pressure is that. And then, you know, I just found
it was interesting Dan's body language.
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Joe, I don't know if it's that much was said afterwards, but
when Charlie was out and obviously Tom had been out just
before that again bowled by their pro, he seemed to be
leaning on his back thinking, right, this is going to go the
distance now was much said aboutthat.
And obviously I know you can't give away tactics, but was much
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said about that, that short period of those 5 or 6 overs?
No, no, not really. It was it.
I think there's something we, I think, I think the players in
the team have played long enoughto kind of know and learn from
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different experiences. So I think that, you know, when
we were, you know, 15 and 16, welikely needed to be told about
certain situations, about when things happen.
This is where we go. These are pretty experienced.
I know they're young, but they're experienced first team
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cricketers. Yeah, yeah.
And, and, and again, they're, they're, they're aware of, of,
of, of what they want, what theywant to do and the kind of
choices. And, and they'll learn from,
they'll learn from, they'll learn from that to think, you
know, is it, is it something I can do differently?
There is it, you know, did I getsomething?
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Did I not quite execute what I wanted to?
Quite right. Yeah.
And, and they'll, and they'll think about that.
They'll think about that themselves.
And then, you know, they'll be, they'll be better for that
experience in the throughout theseason.
So. Yeah.
Yeah. And that is, you know, that is
perfect. You know, description of how how
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things will move on from that. It was just, you know, he's gone
from even when they were batting, you know, the balls
flying around. There's a lot of person in the
outfield quick and then all of asudden we've got down.
And I know Charlie, they didn't stop in together long, but it
was clear that the game plan hadchanged completely.
This had turned on its head and rightly so.
And then unfortunately, and obviously this is a game
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changer, but I didn't think it will be a match winner.
But when Dan got caught and bowled, it was fantastic catch.
You know, you know, he's a greattake that that that lad.
Willman's done. And you can see Dan's gone off
and thinking, you know, he wanted to be there right at the
end. And with all respect, if he's
batting with you, you know, hockey or Paddy or Toxic, you're
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going to stick with him and you will.
We would have won the game if that happened, hadn't happened
without a doubt. And I still think we would.
And so when I'm walking around the ground, Dan sat up at the
top of square log on his own, onhis own, just sat on the bench,
didn't want to speak to anyone. So he knew what had happened
there. But that's, you know, and I
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think the way Charlie was mindset was that it had all
changed there. You know, I just feel, and
again, I could be at a shot down.
It's a little bit like the Ben, Brendan, McCullum and Stokes.
This is the way we play. This is where we're not going to
change. I'll have it all day long and as
Gary said, I'd love what I love watching that cricket, you know?
But sometimes there's little moments that just change.
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Again, going to move on. Sorry, just one point, just just
a question for John, John Martinbecause I didn't like I said, I
didn't see a whole lot of the first ladies, but there were
there were 21 wides and we lost by what 16 runs?
I'm not saying the wides were, but what what was it moving
around or was it just a like a leg side sort of policy?
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We were sort of balling or what was the drill they.
Were they were probably in the space of five overs, 3 three leg
side wides off the spinners thatall went for five, you know, all
right, OK, the the turn and justthat just that turned quite a
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lot. And, you know, I was thinking
whether I could do a slightly better job of getting to them,
but it's, you know, tricky down the leg side.
But it it was one of those whereon on a different day that they
hit, they hit the five pad or and you know, they might trickle
for one or whatever. So just some of those that
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actually turned up turned quite a lot and just went went down.
It wasn't. Yeah, I know.
That's fine. Like I said, it wasn't, it
wasn't a dig at you, Joe, but itwas just, you know, did they
have 20, was it 21 individual wards and they had 21 extra
balls, that type of thing, or? Yeah.
You know, it's only Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I reckon they're about 15, yeah,35 wards.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was. No, no, chippies resurfaced into
the world. He he messages me all the time
about it. Anyway, you were going mental
about these wides and I said exactly the same as you just
said there joints in the old days we used to get bollocked in
the gallery that, you know, if we bought 24 wides, well,
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they're getting an extra 4 overs.
Well, it's not the case when it goes to 5 or, or in our days
when it went to four, but now a really good game of cricket.
And again, I think another advertisement for the Lancashire
League is, is fantastic. And you know, they're a good
side, little Bruno, None of those players, 8 of the 22
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there. You know, we're being carried.
The old deserve the old good Lancashire League players.
So it's just, you know, like I said, it's a long way.
It's a long time is this season.You know, some people are
celebrating now because they beat us.
Let's wait and see what happens.You know, at the end of the
season there's an away fixture. There's a lot of other big games
to to happen, so let's see what happens over the next few
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months. Second team again.
I don't know if anyone could help me here buddy.
Fantastic performances over the last few weeks.
They are in Division 2 now but they've they've won all the
games as far as I can. I can see dude, can you, can you
assist me whilst they just fire up a scorecard?
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Yeah, they've won three out of three in the league and they
beat E lanks in the cup on Saturday.
They don't always play the same teams now as as obviously they
used to back in back in our day with this, with the league
split. Sunday they were at Rottenstall
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few players missing for Rosas isalways the case with with the
second team, it's probably the It's certainly the most
challenging from my side of getting the teams out because
the the teams a lot more unstable from a selection point
of view. Skipper was away, both Sims were
missing. So Charlie Bithel has been
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leading the team while Deck's been away and he's done very
well. They've defended A relatively
low scorer at Ronstall on Sunday.
I think it's about 170 ish that Lorehouse got batting first and
at one stage it looked like Ronstall.
We're going to, we're going to cost it.
They got off to a very fast start but then we started
getting a few wickets, chipping away, chipping away and we ended
up bowling them out. So yeah, 12 points for the twos.
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Sure, Cat got 5 for didn't it? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I've got them
up now. And the good performances that
happened there, they're consistent.
You know, some good players in there.
Like you said, there's a few missing, but you know, we get
Metcalf now pushing and pushing and he he played over at Nordend
into Frozen, you know, and will will Norcross as a steady enough
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player and and Keegan. So there is a good side there
and a decent squad. So let's hope they can continue
that and get promoted. I don't want to dwell too much
On Saturday. Our first team played E lengths
in the Worsley Cup first round. A bit of a demolition really.
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Joe Martin, do you want to add anything?
Do you want to talk about anything?
I find it a bit sad, you know, club like East Lancs are in the
position they're in and you knowthey're getting absolutely
smashed. I mean that's a proper smashing,
not a smashing where you get 6 points, you know, proper
smashing. What what will you view, what
the players view on that I? Mean we played we, we played
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very well. We obviously know that there's
a, there's a difference in, in, in probably where we're at and
where they're at at the minute. So it was again a case of making
sure that we did what we needed to go well.
Don't go like searching for wickets or just expect to just
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bowl them out or whatever. I mean, it's the same plan
there, same plan as usual. So again, executed, executed
really well. Yeah, in North County games,
anything can. Anything can happen.
So you've just got to, you've just got to make sure you do
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what what you need to and do it well.
Yeah, and Dan, you know, Dan's getting in the Wick.
He's quietly away into coming on, you know, second, third,
fourth choice and he's getting afew wickets there then ended up
138, all right, And we knocked him off in 14 overs, you know,
so it's. He's probably the lead in the
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last year as I think in the whole league.
Yeah, yeah. So yeah, he and he takes some
really important wickets as wellas yeah, very, very, very
impressive. So let's go back to the Norden
away game again. Looks a good cricket pitch to,
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you know, two really good sides.I think, you know, they've lost
two good amateurs, which is obviously Hanford their their
performance against those and and maybe some of the other
games comprehensive. In the end, I think it's fair to
say Joe. Yeah, yeah, I think so.
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We battered, we battered well, we got into some interesting
positions as well. But but we came what we came
through and some really good performances with the bat again
with, you know, Ben getting 50 yard Topsy, Topsy batting well
again and place coming in at theend and and getting us to that
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kind of 2525050 score, which waswhich was really which was
really good and obviously targeted you and you and you and
Dutch at the end of the inning as well.
Yeah, I'm going to come on to I'm going to come on to that
because I did, you know, I'm thinking that pro Jamiel Stewart
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is, you know, the decent player.He can get big scores on his
own. So it would nice to get over
that 230 mark. And me, Chippy and Dutra sat
down long off as it as it was all nice and comfy.
And Blaze comes in and it's likethe Blaze of all starts smashing
it. And Duke actually said, Listen,
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I'm I'm not got a chariot. So he comes over this neck of
the woods saying, I'll sort it and make sure that because
there's there were two or three balls that had gone into the
into the housing estates and we didn't want to lose any more.
So when this one comes, though, I actually said to to Chippy,
look, I'll catch this Chippy. And Chippy said, no, no, Duke,
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you'll get it. He's behind us.
And and next thing you know, Duke is under the chair hiding
from it. Am I right dude?
Yeah, whatever. Yeah, yeah, fine.
No problem. What else?
I mean, imagine going to catch it and dropping it, though.
I mean, it'd be, well, embarrassing, wouldn't it?
I mean, you're better off just letting it bounce.
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Yeah, I suppose so. I suppose so.
So, but that like, I mean, it's just reminded me now.
I made a few notes on Sunday. We've got to have a shout out to
Frankie, our legendary X Pro andand fantastic amateur that's
just taken a bit of a sabbaticalfor the people who weren't there
or didn't see it. Frankie's walking around the
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pitch and he started, I think it's Jameson's and ginger ale.
That's it, not Andrew Jameson's and ginger ale.
And he's walking down the lengthof the the park end, one of all
batters. It doesn't matter.
It's the six. It's not going into the park.
Frankie. Seriously, Gary, you'll probably
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won't see it on the frog box. He just stands there, worked for
it, and it lands in his hand right next to him.
He just sticks out his hand withStar, catches it and just throws
it back on pitch. He.
Says he's the best catcher I've ever seen.
I. Mean, I sound like Roy Keane,
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but that is his job, isn't it? One of the.
Easiest job. Well, not not on Saturday, but
he honestly, Jess anything that goes up high, he he used to get
bored of it because he just found it so easy.
So when he would catch them one handed, left hand, right hand,
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catch him above his head, catch him, catch him low down just
because he found it. He was funny, really.
He used to try. And get as many claps in as
possible. Used to do that in a game.
Yeah, yeah. And I spoke to him and he said
he was a little bit disappointedbecause he did spill a bit of
his ginger ale, but I'm sure he'll get over that.
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So a good win at Norden and you know, he ended up there, you
know, they felt quite a bit short.
I didn't think at one stage there pro Yeah, at timed his
innings very well. I thought Joe, he was, you know,
batting, you know, well around some of the batters.
And then I think it was the number 7 #8 Divine.
Divine came in and they looked like, you know, he could
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potentially could end up with 151 sixty and win it on his on
his own. It was funny.
Obviously sat with Duchin and Chippy and a few others and he
did Gary reminding me a little bit of going back to the Old
West Indians that will play whether it's Richard's or
college king or, you know, curtsy these players that would
just complete. I know this love blocks the West
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Indian, but completely take the the game away from the
opposition by smashing it. It was so different to see
someone like that. But was he a nice fellow
Geordie? Was he?
Yeah, I know him anyway. Yeah, it's a very nice, very
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nice. Yeah, Anyway.
Yeah, that's good. OK.
I think you have flown through all that.
Is there anything else we need to discuss?
I'd like to discuss these are, you know, slightly, but the the
threes and fours as well have obviously started.
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Absolutely. Get it.
You know, get it out there. The threes have had a have had a
really good start. I think they've they lost at the
weekend but I think they've won either.
They've won a couple of games before that.
So they've had a really good, they've had a really good start
with some good, good performances in their jacks.
Edwards has has got his maiden like 5 wicket haul and that kind
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of thing. So that's that's really good.
And the fours, which are a really, really young team run by
Pinky who came back to play lastyear, are having to play
against, having to play against different teams.
And the last two games that they've played have really
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played against 3rd and 4th teams, but they've also had some
second teamers in and both the second teamers have scored
hundreds, which is really challenging for them because
there's a reason not for people playing in the seconds.
And these young kids just learning to learning to play
adult cricket and senior cricket.
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But they've stuck in, they've stuck in really well.
We try and give them a bit of a a bit of a target which is can
they stay, can they stay in the game?
Can they bat the 40 overs, you know, and and try and get close.
If they get some points and that's then that's great.
But it's just about their development and they've done
really well. You what?
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Sorry Joe. Yeah, Fantastic.
He battered really well. He got 8080 odd and battered,
battered brilliantly. It was really great to see and
he works really hard at his son.He works really hard at his
game. So that's and and and he got us
and he got us really close and we and we were close at the end,
probably in the lost by teens, teens really, and and Josh
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Nelson. Who was that?
Joe, Joe, just give us the name again because we we always
spoke. Yeah, Sunny, Sunny Whitaker, 15
and we have a young leg spinner as well called Josh Nelson
really well as well. So 3 for three to 48.
So he's the leg spinner? He is a leg spinner, in case you
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didn't. Yeah, in case you didn't know.
For the listeners, Joe was put bowling leg spin on the screen.
But yeah, no, but it is really good, really good to see and
lots of lots of improvement being made and and them just
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finding the way around Brown senior cricket.
So yeah, things are, things are,things are positive, really
positive at the minute. It's good.
And it's good to hear because weknow that there's this machine
that's down, churns out these players year after year from,
you know, from being real juniors and, and yourself and
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your Paddy and, you know, Nigel Brown just got to be shout out
to these coaches. And I'm sure there's another
dozen that you could mention, Joe, but it's not easy.
You know, you can't just keep going and keep going and and
having six or eight players every, almost every, you know,
year that are coming through. There is gaps and we know
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there's gaps where you miss these players.
So and it's great for the youngsters and their families to
watch that and you know, the going down for a pint.
So people please who are listening, have a look on social
media, Frank sends out an e-mail, have a look on the
Length League website, our website as to when they're all
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games down the club might be thirds, might be fourths, might
be under fifteens or any of the junior sides.
Go and support them. The bar will be open a few pints
and in this decent weather go and give them a support Joe.
That's really, really helpful. That and we need to do more
around the juniors and the seconds and thirds and we will
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get people on in the next two orthree weeks even if we're
winning because we you know, we only pod when we win so we can
we can keep that that going. I know a couple of people have
got to shoot off but I think we've got 5 minutes left if I
just go around people. Gav, did you have a late one
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Sunday? It looked like it was getting a
bit heavy, not. Particularly late, but I've done
enough damage by the time I went, Yeah.
So, you know, really good, good atmosphere.
Like I said, you know, just a bit disappointed that we lost,
but no good atmosphere. Everyone seems to be having a
good time and I think Bartoko Baba too.
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So that's always important today.
Yeah, and I think I might as well throw it out there, you
know, because obviously Burnley were promoted prior to that and
such Burnley football such a great, you know, games with with
Leeds just pipping them. But I could tell you and Matt
Stanley had had A and a day out as well celebrating that.
So it's it is good to see some good people there and no dramas
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whatsoever. Gary anything from yourself
before we we conclude this episode only just comment on the
Wesley Cup second round draw. Yeah, good shape it.
Is rematch of last year's final totter Tom good?
A good draw to obviously to get home draw great.
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And that'll be well, well attended game no doubt.
So hopefully we have a good result there and twos away at
church in on the same day in in the junior knockout.
So yeah, look forward to that aswell.
Yeah, yeah, and people please get it in your diary, get
yourself down and and support the lads on the in that second
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round of the Wasley Cup. It'll be as I'm frantically
trying to find the day, 24th, 24th of May.
So people get down. If you can get the lads, get
behind them and hopefully we canprogress.
As you know, we've done quite well over the last few years.
I think it's worth mentioning about Ben's runs in the the
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Wellesley Cup, you know, that's outstanding.
The, you know, the records that he keeps beating to get where
he's got and also Joe for the spectators.
It's my understanding you've been now got 99 stumped victims
in the Lancashire League. Is that correct it?
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Could be. I don't think it's not far off.
I don't think Adam mentioned it the other week.
Yeah, I think it's I think it's 99.
So if he if he's stumped, hang on a minute.
Incoming, incoming. We've had a pigeon drop a
message 98. Well, actually, I mean, this is
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well, there was, there's. Come on, spit it.
Out lad. 15,000 and 10 There's awicket against Round bottom.
There's I think it was Aaron Heel.
He bowled Keith Webb out but it was actually stumped.
So should be 99 but not to worry.
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Not that you carry team. No, not no.
I need. And I don't know, although I
remember it now, I can still. Remember it there there must
have been occasions where you'vegot a stump in and and his fault
was just on on the line or just behind the line.
So there's gives and takes, gives and takes all out, gives
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and takes. Duke over to you before we we
conclude this great episode. Nothing particularly obviously
we've got the Friday night game away at Padiham this week.
I don't know if when if this episode will be out in time, but
we've got that to look forward to.
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Is that this Friday or is it next Friday?
Sure. Next Friday.
It's not even this Friday. Apologies. 16th Friday the 16th
that is AT20 friendly away at Padiham this week should
Middleton on Sunday. So yeah, it.
Was originally going to be on the 23rd Joe wasn't it?
Yes. Yeah, I've booked a concert.
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Well, their their league, their league games, their league, T20
campaign starts then, so we haveto bring it for a week.
Do you want to play in that friendly jaw if.
I'll play if I'm picked, absolutely no problem at all.
But if you want to, if you want to pick someone else and crack
on. But I'm available.
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That's interesting you're playing a friendly with all
these games that are going on. We will start to preview the T
20s again. Have a look at social media,
there's some great bands on downat the club after the T20 games
and it's always a massive occasion, so keep your eyes out
for that. So we didn't plan to do 1 this
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week, but I'm really glad that we have because you know,
there's been some fantastic cricket, you know, probably down
to the weather, but also down tosome good preparation of
pictures and some quality cricket.
So thanks everyone for listening.
Don't forget to send us messages, subscribe and give us
any feedback. It was interesting on Sunday we
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were walking around the ground, a lot of people were saying and
what's the enjoy listening to the the comments.
Certainly from the players side,Joe, I know you don't give a lot
away, but they do enjoy listening to what what the
players aspect is around it and you know from from Gav, Gary and
and Duchess point of view. So thanks everyone for
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listening. Please support the sponsors, the
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