On Sunday, we had our last game of the season against a representative team from Benfleer. Again, we won the toss and batted first and I opened with Wellsy but it didn’t go to plan. Wellsy was first out, in the fourth over, with the score 27, before I was caught at deep mid-wicket in the 6th over for only 7, having chewed up too many dot balls. We ended up making 5/137 thanks to an excellent unbroken partnership of 74, by Sam Fanning and Joel Curtis, two guys I work with every week. It wasn’t enough however, as the Benfleet XI chased it down, for the loss of only 2 wickets, with one over to spare. I bowled the 14th, 16th & 18th overs and finished with figures of 1/11 off my 3 overs, but it was too little too late. In our review, we acknowledged that we were well off the mark in all 3 facets of the game and it was another reminder how difficult it is to transition between formats with little time to practice and adjust plans & techniques. Fortunately, we have another game this Sunday, so we have the chance to bounce back.