{"id":5355,"date":"2012-07-25T21:54:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T21:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=5355"},"modified":"2012-07-25T21:54:57","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T21:54:57","slug":"cricket-at-hampton-wick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/uncategorized\/cricket-at-hampton-wick","title":{"rendered":"Cricket at Hampton Wick"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So, the hottest day of the year so far. A muggy 30 degrees, under a blue sky with just a hint of haze. And time for some wine trade cricket, against Royal Hampton Wick Cricket Club.<\/p>\n

It’s a beautiful ground, inside Bushy Park. I arrived just in time to take the field, after changing hurriedly, and applying some sun screen. It meant my fingers were slippy and, taking the second over, I had a horrid start, with three full tosses. Lawrie, the other opener – and genuinely fast – bowled one of the openers.<\/p>\n

I started the third over badly, but then produced a peach of a delivery that swang and then cut off the seam, bowling their number 3, a first XI batsman. I ended up with respectable figures of 8-1-27-2, and Hampton Wick were restricted to 167-9 off their 40 overs.<\/p>\n

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The Wine Trade struggled to keep up with runs required, alas, right from the start. In the end we were bowled out for 130 odd (my measly contribution a 2 not out from no 11). But it was a glorious day to be playing cricket. Nice pint of pride enjoyed while sitting in the scorebox in Hampton Wick’s fabulous pavillion.<\/p>\n

We had brought along some wine, and did a bit of an informal\u00a0tasting at the end. My favourite was a Faiveley Mercurey 2008, which was elegant with some real complexity. Also enjoyed: a chilled Beaujolais, a Hawkes Bay Sauvignon from Jolivet of the Loire, and a Georgian Saperavi. Unfortunately I didn’t take notes, and can’t remember producers. My bad. But this\u00a0was true off-duty time. We all need to\u00a0play\u00a0a bit more…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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