Colts 180-4 v Totternhoe 119-5

The Colts were celebrities and Totternhoe got out of there in a hurry last night in a match that featured some excellent batting from The Colts. Regular captain Simon Williams had been voted off for the evening in a Bushtucker Trial and so the new camp leader for the night was Graeme S. ably supported by Mike H., Hugh S., Dave W., Murph & Spence. The toss was lost and The Colts were sent in to bat first in the cricket equivalent of trying to hit the various private parts of a kangaroo to the back wall whilst trying not to be run out by a witchetty grub.

Graeme (63*) and Mike (18) got their teeth in to matters quickly with 16 taken off the 2nd over and 21 taken off the 4th. 43 off 3 overs was a great start from the opening Ant & Dec. However, by the end of the 5th over the score had settled to 58-2 with Dave W. out caught trying to smack the ball straight as if it was a rogue fruitbat and Mike H. finally missing a good one to have his camp fire knocked over. From this point though the innings got away from Totternhoe as the 6th over went for 20, the 10th for 21 and the final one for a monster 30. Spence (31) batted like a man who had only had beans and rice for a week and was suddenly confronted with a cold buffet whilst Hugh (49*) started quietly but then opened his shoulders to smack several 5's, a 6 and an 8. To have failed to secure the public vote with 180-4 on the board would have been very surprising.

Spence and Murph took the early chores with the ball and the first ball produced a wicket - Spence fizzed down an in-swinger and Graeme moved down the leg-side like a young Jan Leeming to fumble the ball on to the stumps. What made the dismissal even more amusing was that the batsman was unable to work out in exactly what method he had been dismissed. He went in to the cage quietly shaking his head and muttering about 'phoning his agent. The bowling was tight without being exceptional and Mike H. won the immunity vote and the gold star by taking 2 calm wickets and completing a run out at the bowler's end. Hugh bowled some testing twirlers that spun like an outraged funnel-web spider and only Dave struggled a bit with his line and length. Even a last ball 10 by the laconic "Woody" failed to make much of a dent in The Colts' total as Totternhoe closed on 119-5. The Colts retired to the bar for a "Tooheys" or two with Don. F. who had arrived to lead the cheerleading whilst having thankfully left his cheerleader's outfit at home.