Saturday 2s vs Roehampton
Author: Mike Henshall
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We were reminded of a few cricket truisms against Roehampton and learnt a few new things. 1. Catches win matches, we did neither 2. You can't win games of cricket conceding 49 extras in 43 overs 3. Complacency is a killer And on a 'humorous' note we learned that prior to the game Rolf crossed 3 black cats, walked under 2 ladders and cracked a mirror. And Lady Luck then had her vengeance! After winning the toss we sent Roehampton in to bat determined to control the game. But despite some good bowling by Rolf we didn't make the headway we should have, gifting chances that should have been swallowed including 2 identical catches to gully in consecutive balls. Brian did managed a wicket off another low full toss but it was the introduction of the skipper at the other end that finally stemmed the tide, dismissing their no.3 for 56 after we dropped him 4 times (off Rolf) and the score 122/3. Hensh (5/41) worked through the middle order and with a late flurry they were all out 193. The deplorable total of 49 extras from wides (4 resulting in boundaries) and byes was inexcusable. Nonetheless we had 53 overs to get it and proceeded to mess that up too. The openers fell cheaply but a good partnership between Bammers (40) and Amogh (60) put us in a decent position. But the former chipped tamely to cover and we then dug a hole for ourselves, the runs drying up. Doug did his best to push Amogh between the wickets but we couldn't awake from our slumber. A few contentious decisions infuriated the oppo who were frothing at the mouth and took away from the game sadly. It was too little too late in the chase and we still failed to find the boundary, falling 4 runs short. Swinging and missing in the last over for that elusive boundary summed up our day. All in all, a bad advertisement for cricket. Bad catching, a disgusting amount of extras and a poorly judged chase. Not our finest hour but hopefully we bounce back next week. |
Date | Time | Team | Opposition | Location | Putney | Opposition | Result | Scores | Points | Toss |
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08/07/2017 | 1pm | Saturday 2nd | Roehampton | H | 190/9 | 193/10 | LoseDraw | 8 |