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The Bad... A team of 7 assembled out at the N-Force Arena to do battle with the Pudong Power this afternoon - most feeling the effects of the previous night (see below). With only half a team at the start the Bashers batted first - Shitshoes and Badabing opening up. It was a solid opening partnership of 40 runs (no wickets) against a pair of plump "spinners" who bowled short for 4 overs. The batters were able to play off the back foot and tap the ball into the net to get some bonus runs. One well timed pull shot by Shitshoes bouncing up to hit one of the oversized Pudong players in the chin. Filthy and Sinbad followed up with a good effort of 21, but not quite achieving their best due to some disastrous running and an easy catch off Sinbad. Long Dong and Korean took the third partnership and contributed another 20-odd, but once again, it was a partnership that promised much but lost its way with a couple of good runouts by Pudong. Korean timed a couple of lovely straight shots and was using his feet well to the spinners. Pudong chose Long Dong to bat again, and with Paps, finished strongly with a 30-something partnership. Paps cracked a couple of elegant drives off the back foot, and Long Dong looked solid in support. However, 2 wickets in the last over cost the team a bit of momentum at the end of the innings and the final score of 102 was only a middling total. At one point the umpire told the Bashers to be quiet during play, but we maintained a respectable level of vocal support throughout the batting innings.