Sunday 2s vs Putney
Author: 'Angrus' Braham
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After getting home at 3am after a Saturday night out the skipper sensibly elected to bat in the PCC Sunday 2s vs. the PCC Sunday 3s. Through a combination of poor shots, dreadful running / calling and extraordinary umpiring the 3rds where reduced to lots for very little. 5 ducks later, give or take 60 for 8. However with true Churchill resilience, the skipper hit an innings saving 29 and with the tail dragged the score to 126 off 27 overs (bowled at a rate of around 11 per hour ) Notable batting achievements included Hussain’s quick 27 and in particular the young lad Faraan sharing a last wicket stand of 30. Between meetings, 360 appraisals, various spreadsheets, power point presentations and coaching sessions, the 2's bowlers faired well, pick of the bunch were Sammy Tendulker, Chris H and John W bowling particularly well taking 4 wickets. With only 127 to get the PCC 2s came out confidently, however they were quickly struggling, losing wickets in the 2nd and 3rd overs cheaply. Only Doug Shaw looked comfortable in the early overs of fire and brimstone. He was joined at the wicket by Ash Baptista who looked to calm things down and tie things up. He did this mostly by doing a very fair impression of Jonathan Trott’s initial set up before facing ever ball, the result of this was to slow the bowling rate to around 10 overs per hour. Ash built a slow solid innings of 43 and did his very best to hold things together. However fine bowling by debutant Shahid Fast Ball and Faraan Arm Ball Shafique continued to take wickets. With 9 wickets down Ash was still there and looking to hit the winning runs, however the skipper brought back Vik with the 2nds only needing 4 runs to win... Vikrant bowled the ball of his life and had Ash trapped plum in front, the shout went up and Dan Parmar umpiring made the correct decision for the game of cricket, OUT. The 3rds had won a great game!! |
Date | Time | Team | Opposition | Location | Putney | Opposition | Result | Scores | Points | Toss |
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13/06/2010 | 12pm | Sunday 2nd | Putney | H | 123/10 | 127/10 | L | 0 |