Coaver Gerries v Exwick Jokers at Coaver, 18 May 2025
35/35 Exwick CRS 50, Gerries no CRS
Exwick 188/9, Gerries 190/0 [zero], Gerries win by 10 wickets
On a raging hot Sunday afternoon our Skipper lost the toss, and we didn’t have our now famous huddle, would this stop us winning our 3rd Sunday Match in a row, read on avid viewers.
Clewlow and Lobb opened the bowling and Lobb almost immediately bowled their opening batsmen for 1 run. The umpiring of wides was very officious, and we were punished quite heavily. Ellis the other opener was seeing the ball very well smashing it to all parts until he retired at 50 with the run rate at 8 an over. With the searing heat and the ball flying off a very quick outfield our heads could have dropped but no, our #oneteam mentality took over as Legend and Icon Mike Giles arrived and the team was visibly lifted.
Lobb took a fantastic caught and bowled and the introduction of Sewell and Evans quietened the opposition with some tight bowling and took 4 wickets between them including a diving catch from JP and he took another stunning high catch off Evans.
Those wily old foxes Dyer and Smith bowled a tight line taking 2 for 42 off 13 overs.
The Chairman and Hon Sec bowled an economic spell against Father and Son Ricketson, the Chair finally bowling the young upstart. Ellis returned but couldn’t get a bat on ball, he even had the audacity to try to play a reverse sweep against your Chair but to no avail.
At one stage we were looking at chasing down 250+ but some tight bowling and good fielding with 2 catches for JP, 1 for Lobb and very good catches for both Kiwi and James meant we were chasing 188 for victory.
So, 188 to win, could we win our 3rd Sunday game in a row…
Jones and Guest strode out to bat full of form and confidence. After yours truly gave 5 wides for the first ball there was no stopping them.
The young pace attack of the Jokers was put to the sword early on with us reaching 50 after 6 overs and 100 off 12. Wright and Evans looked on pensively from the sidelines.
Guest was the first to his 50 and the Skipper followed him soon after.
There was one sharp catching opportunity but apart from that the Jokers had no answer to the elegance, poise, control and the ruthless brutality of our batters.
Guesty finished on 87 not out and the Skipper on 65 Not out. Total Extras on 38.
A win by 10 wickets achieved in the 21st over, a candidate for the Derek Boobier Trophy and a great catch from JP for the Champagne Moment. The 2025 Sledging Trophy was won again by your Chairman who was heard to be ‘ecstatic’ after the game.
Rumour has it that the cricketing folk of the West Midlands were visibly shaken by this news from Exeter.
Now for the tour!
Bowling:
Clewlow 4-0-21-0
Lobb 4-0-38-2
Sewell 6-0-22-2
Evans 5-0-24-3
Smith 7-0-21-1
Dyer 6-0-21-1
Adam 2-0-18-0
Wright 1-0-6-0
Chairman
P.S Chairman has the bag!
Coaver Gerries Cricket Club 
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