Tale Millers Cricket Club

The recent heatwave has seen us take to the field 7 times since the last report . We have sweated our way to four wins and three defeats and there have been days when the ground staff have been very pleased to be able to strip off ( not completely ) and have a dip in the cool waters of the mighty Tale – thankfully we weren’t attending a concert by the son of one Exeter’s finest caravan dealers from a year or two back ( hint – surname Martin)  and so there is no recorded footage to embarrass either […]

As predicted last month, the return to home games and Ed’s cooking has seen a remarkable upturn in our fortunes! After starting the summer with four consecutive defeats, in the past month we have blown away Exeter University, Blacksmiths and Artizans, Branscombe Ravens and Coaver Gerries (formerly The Geriatrics, but we aren’t allowed to call anyone ‘geriatric’ anymore) followed by a mid-match abandonment with Talaton Inn and a narrow two run defeat to Bakers XI. In the absence of Skipper Kittow (on holiday), Ben Peters took the reins and as things stand has an unblemished captaincy record… lets see how the […]

We are mid May as I write – the sun is shining and surely the weather couldn’t be better for cricket? You might think so but not if you’re a Miller as, despite our best efforts, the season has started with three consecutive defeats – if I knew how to make a very sad face in print I would ! The run started in late April with a 39 run defeat to Clyst Hydon, who made a not unbeatable 108-5 on a sticky track, but we just couldn’t get any momentum in our reply and despite Jon Pengelly making 26 […]

I can’t quite believe that we are fast approaching the end of another cricket season but as we’ve already had the first league game of the football season at St James Park then it must be the case. Why does time seem to fly by as we get older ? It can’t of course , but it does feel like it sometimes! At this point it would be easy to get side-tracked and start to discuss the surprising appointment of England’s record goal scorer as manager of our friends down the A38 in Plymouth or how long he might survive […]

With The Millers celebrating 10 years at Tuck Mill, we are having a very anniversary game on: Sunday, 14th July against The Kittows! With The Kittows drafting in ‘ringers’ from the Southern Hemisphere and their usual cohort of plumbers and farmers, The Millers will have their work cut out. With their own bunch of farmers, a solicitor, an oil driller, a marketeer, a builder, property tycoon, fitness coach and many more, we have every resource (and trick in the book) needed to get that win! With a 2pm start and an afternoon of quality village cricket and banter guaranteed, why […]

I don’t want to start off by mentioning weather but we have at last managed to get a few games in and this week it even seems a bit more Summery ! Our month began with a visit from the students of Exeter University – before anyone comments that this is a bit above our level its not their First Team but the Social XI who are always a friendly bunch . With the wicket still a tad damp and not over bouncy The Millers batted first , making a steady 87 all out, largely thanks to a fine knock […]

Here we are in the second half of May, The Millers season hasn’t had the brightest of starts , our record reading something like: Lost to weather -3, Lost to Oppo-3, Won-0. An optimist might call these results a “mixed bag” and prior to this winter I always thought I was one of those optimistic types but having spent much of today dodging yet more showers to try and get a home game on, I’m really starting to wonder whether its time to join the glass half empty brigade and when something good happens you can knock me over with […]