Saturday 1s vs Thames Ditton
Author: Garth Tiley
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Under constant threat of rain and floods, Putney dished out a severe thrashing to Thames Ditton. Complete with a coach and a tipsy umpire, it looked like Putney may struggle against keener opposition. Early signs were not encouraging with Devon losing what looked like a bad toss, forcing us to bat on a sodden wicket. Things didn’t start well, as Garth made his feelings clear about how boring he thought Piers constant run accumulation of late had been, running him out in spectacular fashion. If Piers had human knees, not metallic ones, then the single was there, but a slip halfway down the track spelt his doom. Many, many expletives followed Piers back to the hut with a particular favourite overheard by the incoming batsmen, ‘I’ve just been run out by someone who is quite obviously going to be LBW for 11’ A glowing endorsement. Luckily, he turned out to be wrong as 0-1 was turned into 80-1 as Euan and ‘Man of the match on any other day’ Garth did some rebuilding, batting sensibly on a slow track against some disciplined bowling. Euan, in particular, frustrating the bowlers, and himself, by finding the fielders and the stumps with some glorious drives. Some lofty sixes from Garth put them on the back foot and he quickly passed 50. A Putney game isn’t complete without a decent collapse as 80-1 was turned into 90-6. As Devon waddled to the crease we were in real trouble, in dire need of a captains knock from our ‘macho’ keeper. A flick off his ample hips for 6 started things off nicely, coupled with some typically wristy shots from Abhi and generous pies from their bowling attack. 50 for Abhi and 30 odd from the skip turned the game on his head. The bakery was open for business. Great performance from Abhi, a match saving innings. Some questionable decisions and 5 ball overs accounted for a few notable ducks with Matt ‘Zoidberg’ Atkins going for a goldie and GP chesting a ball for LBW. That was probably the moment that confirmed Putney’s victory. GP was mad. Really mad. Really, really mad. Good luck chasing 199 to win. After another delicious Brian tea, GP stormed out of the hut, steam hurtling from his ears to his bowling mark and waited for his prey to arrive at the crease. What followed was textbook aggressive, fast bowling. Allan Donald would’ve been proud. Some of the best send offs witnessed on our hallowed turf, possibly aimed at the ‘coach’ who foolishly gave GP chest before wicket. 6 wickets fell to GP. A performance for the history books. A notable mention must go to Hugo ‘Delicate’ Flower, for getting their star batsmen out thigh pad before wicket, and taking one of the girliest catches of the season, leaping majestically like a salmon to finish the innings off. Putney claimed a crushing win, bowling out Thames Ditton for 83. The team is shaping up really nicely and on our day we’ve showed we can beat anyone. Consistency is the key. |
Date | Time | Team | Opposition | Location | Putney | Opposition | Result | Scores | Points | Toss |
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07/06/2014 | 1pm | Saturday 1st | Thames Ditton | H | 198/9 | 83/10 | W | 20 |