On a day when, in 57 overs only 7 wickets were taken, what can it be??? Good batting, great partnerships, non-penetrative bowling or just sloppy catching????? After a debacle in the last match it was important we picked ourselves up and got back to our winning ways…indeed we did!!<\/p>\n
Having lost the toss again the home side elected to bat on a wet, drizzly afternoon. The opening bowling attack (Bugs\/Billy) had all elements a fielding Captain could wish for……swing, pace and aggression!! Yet after 8 overs the score stood at 40 odd with just the one wicket. Change was brought about in Sinbad bowling his “dollies”, tantalising the batsmen with intelligent spin. A great spell which went for 24 runs, a maiden, no extras and a dropped catch!!<\/p>\n
At the break the home side were 2 down for 75… tinker and tanker were growing from strength to strength and it was only in the late 29th<\/sup> over that we were able to break this partnership and get “BIG Eric” to walk all the 60 yards for an introductory ball!!<\/p>\n Target 173…sharp ground fielding but miserable catching…8 dropped catches\/chances!!<\/p>\n Our pursuit of this total got off to a good start, with openers Pot Hole and Tantric playing some delightful shots, taking toll of some loose deliveries by the opening attack. Both batsmen played with a mixture of watchful defence and savage hitting… always keeping us within the range of the target. Swoop joined in…for quickie 25 which included a HUGE six out of the ground.<\/p>\n A couple of quick wickets by the change bowlers altered the picture somewhat and the game was nicely poised.<\/p>\n At the start of the twentieth over we required 55 to win and were scoring at a rate of about 5 an over. Genghis provided the necessary stability, holding up one end whilst korean picked up the scoring rate again with some hard hitting and well-taken singles. The pair gradually proceeded to take the game away from the home side… eventually bringing us to 15 runs required off the last four overs.<\/p>\n A cool head was needed at this juncture and it came from the erstwhile skipper who hit all the required 15 runs in the 27Th over including a glorious 6…remaining not out for a well contrived 35. An exciting end to an otherwise mediocre show of fielding display from both sides!!<\/p>\n \t\t