Cricket and Drinking

This weekend is the Memorial Day long weekend. We get Monday off work which pretty much marks the beginning of summer. When asking about what a co-worker had planned for the long weekend I was told that he planned to install a sprinkler system; wire his house for high speed internet and a whole series of other errands. I remarked that it is amazing how much you can get done when the first two items on your "to-do" list are not "Cricket" and "Drinking".

Saturday was the cricket part of the weekend. We were playing our 2nd WSL match of the season and wanted to continue our good form. Additional motivation was the fact that we wee playing Columbia University, typically a bunch of wankers who have made the final in our league for the last 3 years (getting beaten every time...twice by us!). Batting on a tricky pitch, we lost a few early wickets but were managing to keep the score ticking along thanks to a few wides, some aggressive running and cashing in on the odd loose ball. I was done in by the pitch - had a ball stop on me and played an incredibly poor shot as a result. We did have a couple of nice partnerships and got our total to 163 from our 35 overs. I always thought that it would be enough and so it proved. We never let them put together a partnership and by the drinks break we had them at 4/70 after 17 overs. The game was kind of still in the balance so it was key that we started well...so I guess us taking 3 wickets in the first 7 balls after the break would qualify. At 7/70, the game was pretty much over and they limped to 100 before getting bowled out. A few beers after the game ended a quite enjoyable afternoon.

Sunday brought the drinking part of the weekend. A BBQ at Gary's house involved much beer; cooked meat and great company. Mindy drove home and I crashed in bed, waking with the expected dry mouth and splitting headache.

Monday was a day with the family. Running up and down the street helping Naomi learn to ride her bike and trying to avoid the parades etc that are always held on Memorial Day. Not that I am against Memorial Day...but the parades end up being incredibly dull and pointless actually, with the main participants being local kid baseball players and firemen. Feeling pretty tired after Sunday so we will likely have a relatively early night I guess. I know the kids are pretty much out of it and will certainly crash when we put them down (I hope!).