LOSCC vs Woodford Green.

Report vs Woodford Green

Match Report
Date 02/09/12 
Oppo – Woodford Green (a)
Type – Time
Report by Ludwig Wicks-genstein

Since the beginning of time mankind has considered the big questions and mysteries of existence. 
How did the universe begin? Why are we here? Is there life after death?  Several millennia on the human race 
continues to contemplate the mysteries that life throws up. The Leyton Orient Supporters game against 
Woodford Green B's this Sunday brought the big questions back into focus once more as Alan Wicks took time 
out during his bowling spell to challenge the slip cordon to look deep into the abyss and consider the reasons 
that lie beneath the veneer of reality. 

Time and time again the batsmen played and missed. Time and time again the ball smashed the pad. Time and 
time again the ball looped into empty spaces. As the overs ticked over no wickets came and Alan was thrown 
into an existential crisis that has matched no other since time began. 

"WHY?" WHY?!" he roared. "WHY NO EDGE?! WHY NO EDGE?!!"  Cars slowed to a standstill in the nearby road to 
witness the onslaught of enquiries bellowed by the troubled soul of Wicks. 

"WHY NO LBW? WHY NO CATCHES?!"  The slip corden had no answers and could only strug at the great philospher 
as he returned to his mark each time to thunder back in and hurl anther question mark at his team mates.  
Woodford Green had no time to ponder and set about chasing the target of 194 the supporters has set them, 
with Patel (95*) providing the pillar of the innings.  

Earlier in the day Liam has notched up his 100th fifty of his career and with some support from Tooth (33) 
and Marsh (32) guided the O's to a defendable total but once tea had been consumed there were no answers to 
the steady stream of runs from Woodford Green or reasons why the O's fielded so badly or why Martin Runeckles
kept overstepping and bowling no balls. Alan plugged away in an excellent 12 over spell containing 6 maidens 
and 57 questions on the spin and when Runeckles got his flight and length right his bowling was a joy to 
witness (however when he got it wrong it was hard to watch and even harder to find once despatched into 
the trees by the batsmen).

A closely run finish saw Green needing 6 from the last over and they duly finished the game off with a few 
balls to spare, but winning and losing seemed almost irrelevant once Al had rocked the dimensions of reality 
itself with his searching inquiries.
 

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