Saturday 2s vs Selsdon
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After a marathon journey of close to 2 hours our game started at 1.55pm with us being sent in to bat. On a greenish and slightly damp pitch runs were always going to be of a premium. The only highlight of the first few overs was some comical fielding by Selsdon when they watched a skied shot land between point and gully and the batsmen running 2. The other excitement was the number of wickets that fell, 4 in all for 29 runs. Following the flurry of activity in the first few overs Jon Bailey (48) and Anthony Burke (30) put on a 90 run partnership to steady our innings. Our last 5 wickets came and went reasonably quickly and with the help of the umpire we were bowled out for 151. When defending a small total it’s very important to have some luck and to convert every chance that comes your way. Unfortunately we had no luck and again missed important chances. Then of course the umpire comes into play and can turn a game in any direction he likes. LBW is always contentious so we won’t go into that. Edges which are caught by the keeper in front of 1st slip, and stumping’s where the square leg admits the batsman was “on the line†are a different story. Without some creative umpiring decisions we should have had Selsdon 5/4 off 6 overs and completely on top. Instead their opener went on and made 51 and was the difference between them winning and losing. Our boys fought hard and at 6 wickets we got a real sniff. Unfortunately again the umpire came into play and started calling front foot no-balls. He edged them home with 1 wicket to spare and left us gutted. Nick Jarrett had the best of the bowling figures with 4/29. The bright side of all of this is we have had the chance to win all 3 of our games so far and it’s been our catching which has let us down. If we can hold some catches and put a few extra runs on the board we will give most sides a run for their money. Well done guys, you hung in there on Saturday and almost pulled one out of the fire against the odds. |
Date | Time | Team | Opposition | Location | Putney | Opposition | Result | Scores | Points | Toss |
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19/05/2007 | 1.30pm | Saturday 2nd | Selsdon | A | 151/10 | 152/9 | L | 8 |