Just like THE D-day landings did for the Generals of the allied forces, the uncertainty of the weather occupied the minds of the Greysman in the days and hours running up to the clash against Cutters Choice. It was decided that the match would go ahead and eleven brave Greysman stormed St. James’s cricket pitch in the name of honour, beer, liberty and cricket. Similarly to Day-Day, there were delays to proceedings due to the aforementioned weather conditions. Fortunately, the delays were only minutes rather than days. The officers in charge finally decided to play a shortened 25 over game after early rainfall meant having to retreat from the field several times.

The enemies bowling attack was relentless, the skies filled with bullets of water and the wet pitch was unstable and variable. The battle worn Greys fought hard to put on a total of 114 but many men fell before their time. Lieutenant Biff and captain Ben just about managed double figures. Private Dan made a great 17 without taking injury to bolster what was looking like an average score. The standout soldier with the bat goes to second Lieutenant Dom who put on 63 at a pivotal time after Cutters disarmed Tim, Jake and Alex for next to nothing.

It was the Greys turn to counterattack. Cutters started steady with the batsman playing themselves in nicely. It was around this stage, tragically, that private Tim after committing to a diving catch was brutally wounded and fell to the ground. Like the hardy soldier that Tim is, he scrambled to his feet and marched forward shielding his wounds from the enemy. You could feel morale starting to drop amongst the troops. Was this mission a mistake? Some started to doubt if Operation Overlord was foolish. Did D-day actually stand for Defeat-Day? That was until private Dan broke their defences and claimed the first kill. Shortly after, Major Rob took two quick wickets which killed their momentum completely. Private Tim, while nursing his wounds and looking like a ghost at this point took a regulation but instrumental catch before realising that his own personal welfare was far more important than a cricket match. The run rate slowed, and the battle was slipping away from the Cutters. They turned to the heavy artillery and tried to hit big, but little did they know private ‘bucket hands’ Jake was lurking around long on/cow corner area to gobble up their efforts to score a six. The battle was decided, and the war was won, another victory for the greys.  

A historical art piece has been commissioned to celebrate this famous victory and to commemorate our fallen soldier, Tim Laing. Lest we forget. #DFWTMG

PSM was won by Jake’s 4th catch to close out the match.

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Statto’s report

Self-indulgent Stats… First off – another win – 14 from 18 must be the best ever season? I should know this but don’t have the figures to hand.
Back to something I do know about, this year’s trophies: In the batting the pushem pullem that is Dom and Biff sees Dom edge ahead by a measly 24 runs. Tim’s long shot challenge is over courtesy of busted ribs – bad luck mate and hope it doesn’t take too long to mend.
In the bowling the skipper seems determined to hand the trophy to Diamond as he doesn’t bowl himself for another week. The flame hair hipster is now only 2 runs behind. Season’s best bowling figures, this week, for James F and yours truly both bagging a brace for the first time this year.
In the catches Biff pouched another at mid off to take him just one behind Dom. Jake is into the top three with a bullet after taking 4 catches in a single game, all at cow corner.
In the lifetimes….not a lot going on…Biff is nearly a 1000 runs clear at the top of the batting…
Next week it’s L.A… so dust off those passports and check you’re up to date with your jabs…