Inter House Sports and All That Jazz

Bonjour mes amis,
Finally we have had some sort of sports. It's been a while.
Inter house cricket finally took place. Though unsurprisingly, it ended with all three teams winning one game and losing the other. The Merlins seemed to be the team to beat and technically, they did have the highest run rate meaning they should have won(no shock there) but sadly, the rules never said it was going to consult the run rate to decide victory.(The Merlins victory blockade still in effect I suppose.) As good as the Merlins might have played, the best player of the day was without a doubt Tejaskar Rana of the Condors. His knock of 57 was highly entertaining for the spectators and highly infuriating for the "Mighty" Eagles bowling attack. It seemed as though they simply did not know what to do as Rana was hitting them all over the park. The other entertaining point of the game must have been the amount guys playing who didn't have a clue of what they were doing.(Not really surprising in Woodstock.) There were some talking points in the game regarding certain LBW (leg before wicket) decisions and players getting frustrated at each other, but I guess that's the beauty of the "Gentleman's game" in Woodstock. Inter house basketball was also an interesting affair, with the condors simply mauling everyone in each division. There were games such as the inter boys Merlins vs Condors which stand testimony to their destruction. In a game which seemed to be pretty evenly contested, the Merlins ended up losing 14-48, more than triple of what the Merlins were able to score. The Merlins were at least able to salvage the top spot in the inter girls division, giving them second place in the end of it all. The Eagles on the other hand were wrecked by one poor performance after another. Quote fitting for the team which sniped the sports day trophy from right under the noses of the Merlins. Well hopefully these sports are just a sign of things to come.