This years Tour brought us back to meet our old friends Idle CC who are based in their relatively new grounds at Bosco Grosso Casirate D’Adda near Treviglio Lombardy Italy.
Our trip was a short stay from Sept 13th to 16th and we managed to fit in 2 matches. A 25 over game on Sept 14th and a 35 over game the following day before we flew home.
We stayed in Milan City Centre and got thetrain out to Treviglio where Joe and Marco had arranged to meet us in their cars to transport us out to their ground.
The opening match was a close enough encounter but Idle CC proved their strength in depth and pulled away with a win by 10 runs. Idle CC 127 for 5 with The Walnuts 117 for 6 with Vipula starring for Idle with a knock of 30. Silvio the deserved Man of The Match.
Our second game was less of an encounter and more of a whitewash with Idle CC winning by 10 wickets! The Walnuts could only manage 126 for 11 in 33 overs. Idle reached that target in the 23rd over. Sunny top scoring with 35.
As in most of our away Tours the real results are not written on a scorecard but in the enjoyment we share as a team and with our hosts. We had a number of outstanding individual performances and led by a dedicated
Captain Garret and everyone stood up and played their best.
Many thanks to Joe and Marco and Silvio, Carlo and Richard and all at Idle CC for hosting us in such a friendly way and for all the help and support in arranging the fixture.
This was our second trip over to Italy to play Idle CC and we had hosted them in Terenure in 2022. Our hope is to once again welcome Idle back to Ireland at some stage in the near future.