Match Report – Club XI Claim win despite the run fest

by Tom Mason

A  strong team was out on another sweltering day the club x1 lost the toss and not surprisingly fielded first. Ginge and Cresswell opened the bowling and they both bowled fairly well with Cresswell picking up the opening wicket. Then after about 10 overs me and Kaush bowled from either end and I managed to get a wicket after a phenomenal catch by Kaush at point. The run rate was always staying at around 7 and soon after I picked up another wicket with a superb stumping by Johnny Murray who later on also got another great stumping. After me and Kaush had finished our spells there were about 15 overs left which was enough time for Ritesh and Tarty to come on and get three wickets between them. Pete then also came on and claimed what on another day could have been given as a wicket as it was given as a no-ball. Towards the end, runs became easier to come by but a great last over from Bones restricted them to 281 from their 40 overs which was a great effort considering the conditions.

Stu and Kaush opened up getting us off to a flying start with Kaush in particular taking a real liking to the bowling and it looked as if he was on for a 50 but unfortunately was out for 27. This brought in Ginge, who with Stu, had a tremendous partnership and when these two were batting it did look as if this high chase could happen. Stu then very quickly passed 50 along with Ginge and it looked like that both of them would get a century and we would get a win. However, for the second week running Stu was out in the 90’s getting bowled again in another innings which deserved a century. This brought in Joe C who got some quick runs which was exactly what was needed he was however out for an innings which was like a t20 one which brought in Johnny M who along with Ginge both batted superbly and once Johnny got going this was looking like a modest total as they completed the chase with about 6 overs to go. Some notable innings from Ginge who got a well-deserved century whilst Stu deserved one and Johnny, who scored his first run this year, came in and sent the ball all over the place and Ginge won us the game.