Beds League Update

After four matches of the Bedfordshire League campaign, Scott Boatwright's Sunday Specials are third in the table with three wins from four matches.

Wins over Lutonians, Queens Park and Aspley Guise have been accompanied by a solitary loss against Steppingley where debutant R. Inger destroyed the Offley bowling, unleashing one six against James Barker that bordered on child abuse and would have taken out a satellite if a tree hadn't obligingly got in the way.

Josh Hook's unbeaten 110 in the opener against Queens Park remains the standout batting performance while Dan Goord batten through the innings to make 68 to seal the win over Aspley Guise.

Boatwright has not allowed his batting to hamper his captaincy and showed real signs of a return to form with the willow in making 6 before being narrowly run out by eight yards at Aspley Guise.

The bowling has seen regular wickets for the Barker Boys as they've claimed 15 between them. The only difference is that James spins it and Richie obviously doesn't. Additionally in the field James catches pretty much everything that comes his way and thus far this season Richie has given a splendid impersonation of a blind man with no hands.

Kais Ul-Haq has weighed in with useful runs down the order and has also demonstrated the ability to find the boundary and clear the ropes.

John Davis may have failed to make much impact with the bat as yet but he's taken several outstanding catches, most notably a blinder at Aspley Guise that seemed destined to remove his teeth. At least then those teeth would have gone nicely with his ice hockey jersey...

All this means that the Specials are third going into Sunday's match with top of the table Lutonians, a game that could could go a long way to deciding the title.

Are the Specials for real?

Will they melt in the heat?

Find out on Sunday....

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