Tonight’s match was a good test for the team, and I think we learned a lot from it. Overall, I was pretty happy with the way we went about things. We batted first and couldn’t really get much going. Jordan and I opened and we had a run out off the first ball (jackpot ball so -10 to start). From there we made an alright recovery, getting our score for the partnership back to 12. [...]

Today I went shopping and got a few new toys for myself. The main reason I went was to continue my hunt for a new cricket bat. I felt like I needed something a little lighter, and my previous one was getting a little tatty. The one I bought I didn’t like at first because the handle is thinner than I am used to, but I think I’ll adjust to that easily and it will [...]

I spoke the other day of my transition from $100 buy-in games to $200 buy-in. Moving up is always tough and a session where I was on an absolutely sick card heater helped. I started with a bang, AA vs KK twice, holding both times and a flopped flush holding over a flopped set. I seemed to be picking up big hands left right and centre and getting action to go with them. I ended [...]