Match Report vs Barry
Wanderers 16 May 2010@ Hayes Point (Skipper and Report
Pablo)
I write this match report with little detail due to some
knob head forgetting to bring the scorebook to the game ,
apologies everyone. The day started with changeable weather,
it never full out rained but we did get that spitting rain
that can get you wet through.
To most peoples surprise there was a game and I won the toss
and decided to bat and sent Ash and Darren in to start us
off. And start us off they did, the pitch was uncommonly hard
and a little uneven, a full ball from a bowler pitched and
shot over the keepers head for 4 standing about 12 yards back
and the odd ball was popping. Ash played a great know of 37
off 51 balls (thanks for the stats Andy), along with some
massive spanks for seven fours Ash played straight and correctly
playing and missing every now and again outside off before
a misjudged back foot swipe in the 15th over lost him his
wicket bowled off the inside edge.
Darren at the other end was playing steadily hitting four
4’s in his 27 in an excellent 70 run partnership with
Ash, he showed great common sense leaving the good balls and
scoring off the bad ones until our excitable number 3 Stevo
ran him out going for a suicidal 2nd run after Darren said
NOOOOO which had no effect on Steve setting off and Darren
sacrificed his wicket. Steve did start off well, his 1st scoring
shot was a flat 6 over square mid wicket but the looming of
Mr Ashton and a chip back to Mike 1st ball which was caught
and then dropped as he landed made Steve doubt himself against
the wily spinner. He scratched around against Mike but hit
another huge 6 and a 4 front the other bowler before skying
a catch to mid off Ashton for a 23 ball 21.
Ed joined JR at the crease and seemed to struggle with his
timing, JR at the other end was steering prodding and thwacking
the bowling before Ed was bowled trying to get on with it
for 13after hitting a single 4. I joined JR who informed me
he was knackered and couldn’t run much. So I decided
to have a swipe to up the rate a bit, I edged 2 4’s
before hitting a decent shot over mid of for another boundary.
I then miss timed a slap off a long hop to cover for 20 off
21 balls. At this point we were on about 150 off 34 overs
and Scott joined the tired JR to hit a quick fire 19 off 16
balls including 2 4’s and JR was 32 not out off 52 balls
leaving us with a good total of 192 for 5 wickets off the
40 overs.
Tea was good and plentiful as usual at the Wanderers and
we entered the field with my intention to give as many people
as possible a bowl. Digger and Shandy opened the bowling and
they both bowled well but the odd loose delivery was dispatched
for 4, Shandy finished with 4 overs 0 for 13 in a good spell
and Digger had a spell after his 1st 4 overs bringing Jeff
and Dave on to replace them. Jeff bowled his usual few loose
balls to start his spell before the 1st wicket fell to a stunning
catch by Digger diving forward at mid on of a flat well hit
ball, a brilliant catch. Dave couldn’t get a consistent
line or length going but didn’t go for many runs.
Tesh and I were the next pair of bowlers and Tesh accounted
for the other opener bowled with a ball that looked like it
moved down the hill a little. The number 3 bat was now in
full stride and took me apart at the other end, my 4 overs
going for 36 and quite a few 4’s and 6’s. Their
3 and 4 took the score past a hundred, number 3 hit 60 of
about 40 balls before a well hit ball to mid wicket was brilliantly
caught on the boundary by Ed off Tesh. I think only Ed could
have made that catch for us and thank god he did or we would
have had no chance in this game.
4 and 5 were now in and they seemed to be in complete control
of the situation, I think I looked over to the scoreboard
and they were on about 143 off 28 overs, they should have
done it easily. I brought Digger back on from the forest end
and he quietened the scoring rate a lot, the batsmen did go
into their shell a bit and Digger finished his 8 overs with
2 maidens for only sixteen runs. He bowled well enough to
get a wicket although there was no actual chance missed off
him. Ed came on from the old Hospital end and bowled a good
4 over spell for 24 runs. They were on about 160 odd at the
stage where I brought Jeff and Dave back on to bowl out the
match.
Then all hell broke loose and things started to go our way.
Jeff bowled their number 4 with one of his patented 2-inch
floor clingers, off stump. Then Jeff got their number 5 to
sky one to backward square leg, we all held our breath as
Daren settled under it and took it with the ball thudding
into his chest. Dave then had the oppo skipper caught at cover
by Darren again with a simpler catch that still took some
catching.
Next the oppo wicket keeper was brilliantly run out by Ed
throwing to the bowlers end from point with a direct hit.
Jeff then got his 4th wicket bowling a youngster for figures
on 4 for 20 off his 8 overs. Dave had the last over, they
needed 13 from it, we were all a bit stunned at the collapse
and the fact that they needed so many runs off the last, Dave’s
1st ball was a half tracker cracked for 4 by the new bat,
my encouragement from square leg may have been a bit blue
in content and the next ball went for a single leaving another
youngster to try and play out the rest of the over which he
failed to do when Dave bowled him last ball of the match.
Casuals oddly winning by 7 runs after being behind the 8
ball and a Wanderers collapse of Casual like proportions
Well done all 2 in a row
Batting – Ash 37
Darren 27
Steve 21
JR 32*
Ed 13
Pablo 20
Shandy 19*
Bowling- Digger 8 overs 0 for 16, 2 maidens and a catch
Shandy 4 overs 0 for 13, 1 maiden
Jeff 8 overs 4 for 20, 1 maiden
Dave 7 overs 2 for 33, 1 maiden
Pablo 4 overs for 36
Tesh 5 overs 2 for 29
Ed 4 overs for 24, 1 catch and a run out
Darren 2 catches
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