According to plan

The CCC league has now paused for Christmas, and at the moment things are going according to plan for the FGCW boys. Victory number four was completed last Saturday with a 41-run win over the NCF development side, thanks mainly to an unbeaten 69 from Femi Oduyebo, and a spell of 3-12 from Femi Olayiwole. There is still a long way to go, but so far so good.

In each match so far, one of our batsmen has produced a half-century, and on each occasion it has been a different player. It is important to have players throughout the side who can deliver runs in different situations, and so far we have demonstrated this capability. There are also a lot of bowling options in the side, particularly in the fast/medium department. We perhaps need to work on our slow-bowling capacity going forward.

Off the field, we are trying to move the club forwards in terms of organisation, equipment etc. Funding remains a challenge, which we are trying to address with a little support from some of our old boys. Keep reading, there is a lot of cricket to come...