Match Report: League Game v Sanger
Finally an evening that could be accurately classified as “summery”. The captain from the Goose-poop Institute called wrongly and we took the chance to bat on a bone dry pitch. Only Damo’s faulty petrol gauge and a late meeting at Brett’s new place of employ threatened to prevent us from racking up a decent total. Colin (42) got things off to a good start and anchored the innings while a series of deceptively straight, slow balls caused a procession until new man Sohail Ejaz strode to the crease. The only incident to marr his debut occurred when Colin confidently called him through for a single, advanced down the track and then realised that he was still leaning casually against his bat recovering from the previous run. Colin reared (for an instant resembling the startled Cavendish crocodile) before retreating to his nest only a split second too late. Sohail made amends by caressing a sweetly timed six back over the bowler’s head and into the tennis courts, and finished on 31 not out. Despite the scoreboard reading otherwise, the book shows our total was 129 for 7. (Mental note: must get Dadhichi to check his arithmetic in future).
After receiving adequate aid from the AA on the A14, Damo decided to give us an A grade performance with the ball. Despite his first ball being the most obvious caught behind in the history of the universe, the opposition decided otherwise, but Damo soon picked up a well deserved 3 wickets with accuracy and swing. JB ably supported with a wicket of his own, and then took a good catch off Thomas’ tight bowling. I managed to benefit from the cricketing equivalent of an own goal when the somewhat inexperienced batsman decided to watch the a deflection roll onto his off stump without impeding its path. Brett finished off the show with 3/8 (very nearly completing a hat-trick from his first over) to have the fat lady singing Sanger’s tune, all out for 73. That’s 6 out of 7, and 4 wins on the trot.
Batting
C. Evans RO 43
M. Riddle B 4
B. Miller C&B 9
J. Palfreyman B 11
J. Benesch C 7
K.J. Thomas B 3
S. Ejaz NO 31
C. Filayson B 0
D. Paretkar NO 12
D. Gardiner DNB
C. Harpur DNB
Extras 9
Total 7/129