The first match of 2009 with our new sightscreens
Skipper, Simon Bailey.
Bailey and his magnificent sightscreens.
Manny doing a fantastic job. Not only doing the score book but......
...operating the fantastic electronic scoreboard allowing all motorists on the M1 to keep up to date with the score and any delays on the motorway.
Timmy Davis adds some experience to a youthful team.
Another wicket for Bailey.
Young players getting a little excited when they spot the camera.
Bailey finishing off another excellent spell of bowling having once again taken 5 wickets.
Vice captain Phil Dyer takes over from Shah at the Brook End. Joe Bolton at mid-on where he had just completed an outstanding run out, picking up a firmly struck shot and throwing down the stumps to leave the batsman well short of the crease.
At the point of delivery.
Phil Dyer
Dan Sheahan, fourth in the Division 7 league bowling averages last season, starts his season with another 3 wicket haul.
The ever reliable Wasyl behind the stumps with Bailey and Pickering in the slips.
A wicket taking ball from Sheahan.
Congratulations from the team but all a bit puzzled as to how that ball got a wicket.
Scott Hammond has the batsman playing and missing.
And again.
The last wicket falls,bowled Sheahan, caught Bradley-Smith.