Heavy defeat for Coleraine Thirds

With some enforced changes the team that took the field were still more than capable of performing. Yet any performance requires the use of a cricketing brain to the skills possessed by the side.

If anything, batting should have been this side’s stronger suit.

Winning the toss and batting first against a young and inexperienced Brigade side. Coleraine openers Bullock and Carson started positively, taking 24 runs from the first three overs and looked to be having no difficulty with the opponents bowling attack.

Rash shots, unthinking play and poor application to unfolding circumstances saw the team collapse to 82 all out. An abysmal return that left a weakened bowling attack with nothing to play for.

A wholesale change in dedication to the cause of team and club is called for and players need to appraise themselves with the rudiments of competitive cricket. This is as much about performance as winning or losing. No truly competitve side would lose in this fashion.