Tues 16 Oct v Outlaws: match report

We had another relatively easy win last night against potentially strong opponents in the Outlaws. I won the toss again and asked them to bat. They started very slowly with a great opening over from Dave that went for only 2. John Callender opened with Dave and between the two of them kept the scoring down under 10 an over initially. The opening pair lasted until the 5th over when we finally got rid of Jeremy who was starting to look dangerous, John ran him out with ease in the end after a well timed pull ended up straight back at the bowler. Mike, Trevor and Andy both played their first games, with Mike hobbling around after completing his first half marathon at the weekend (in 1:57, well done). So Mike was not looking forward to running of any form, but when asked to bowl, he did well. We completed another couple of run outs, another easy chance straight back to the bowler (Mike) and a good under arm through from Dave at short mid wicket for the other. All these wickets fell at steady intervals slowing the run rate to well under 10. Dave took a wicket with a good straight delivery achieving another rare LBW in this form of cricket (must be something to do with delivering the ball from such a low height (;-) John cleaned up another with a slower ball and I finished off the innings in the last over with a caught and bowled off the roof of the netting. This left Outlaws on a well below par 113 all out.

Andy and Dave opened and did very well, 19 off the first over was a great start which they continued both retiring on 25, Dave first with the score nearing 50. Mike went in three and kept the score ticking over, before losing his off stump. I scratched around and was joined by Trevor who blocked out a maiden then, somewhat out of frustration I imagine, nicely timed a lofted drive and was brilliantly caught at short mid wicket. This left John and I to try and finish things off, sadly I ran out John with around 20 required. Dave returned and continued his excellent form taking his score up to 36 and we finished the innings off rather cautiously with around 2 overs to go. Another win and full bonus points clearly demonstrated that batting second is better when trying to achieve a maximum.