Sunday 1s vs Dulwich
Author: Douglas Shaw
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Oh dear, a game we should've won easily became a narrow loss as we failed by only three runs to overhaul Dulwich's 202 all out. Beautiful day, flat track, great club house, strong team, decent lady points tally, it was all there. An incisive opening spell from Jamil (2-20) and JJ (1-27) rewarded with a smart slip catch down by his ankles by Ian Almond, saw Dulwich edge there way unconvincingly to 70 odd for two. They pushed on against the slower pace of Jonathan Moore (1-29) and Chris Henson (0-33), even Trollip (1-50, after his 6-15 the previous day) could not hold them back. Shaw (24) and Lilja (89) gave a bright start at five an over but 47-0 was quickly 50-3 as Mike Oliver (0) was adjudged LBW and Adam Peach (also a duck) skied horribly to extra off their shrewd (aka old) spinner. Both bats will have nightmares for weeks. 75-4, and we needed rebuilding. Nick pushed on as fluently as ever and Ian Almond (23) gave valuable support, getting well forward to the spinners and scoring two boundaries and then 15 singles in a row. Trevor (16) came to join Nick; would we see a captain's innings? He played very fluently and scored 16 in short order but soon we were 177 for 9 as Nick was caught, with a second ton in his sights, down at the long off boundary. Again it was down to Brian Trollip(15*), this time with Chris Henson (8). They played sensibly and our hopes were raised. A six from Brian, we're right back in it. Nine off the last over, a two a three, mounting tension released only by a full bunger and this time there was no mistake - Dulwich held the catch and our hopes were dashed. Perhaps we could've been more aggressive against their ancient spin attack but did we really concede 31 wides but award only 2 against their bowlers along with two LBW's? We stayed long enough in the bar to ensure we had drunk back the fixture for next year and enjoyed the gratis bbq'd lamburgers. Happy days. |
Date | Time | Team | Opposition | Location | Putney | Opposition | Result | Scores | Points | Toss |
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16/08/2009 | 1.30pm | Sunday 1st | Dulwich | A | 199/10 | 202/8 | L | 0 |