On a fine, sunny & warm afternoon our opposition won the toss and to no one's surprise elected to bat on a belter! Despite losing an early wicket to Ewan on his Sunday debut, several batters got starts, D Soni 48, S Rajput 39, Y Patel 32, G Christian 24 & J Shah 22 & they reached a fair total of 218 of 38.2 overs. {This included 15 wide's which we as a team need to eradicate}. The bowling was ably led by Ali Shan another Sunday debutant with his figures 8 overs 2 for 18, Ewan Anderson 5 overs 1 for 25, Max Wood 7.2 overs 2 for 38, Krish Patel 4 overs 2 for 34 & Paul 'Poppin' Richards 5 overs 2 for 18. There was also some very fine fielding.
In response our openers Connor 36 & Dan 95 got us of to a speedy start and in going @ 10 runs an over we soon reached half way. However, soon after both Connor & Dan fell, and with a couple of other quick wickets going cheaply the game could have been in the balance. This was before Poppin came to the wicket hitting 22 very quickly. Then with Ewan & his fine 51 not out, he managed to guide us to a convincing win of just 27.3 overs. {The opposition bowling just 2 wide's}!
So, thoughts for the day are initially congratulations to all who took part in an excellent win, then to our two debutants Ewan & Ali who one would hope we will see again very soon, & finally that we need to look at the number of wide's that we as a club are conceding. My last thought is that it was great to see Connor, Max & Ed assisting us on a Sunday, and let's hope that they return again to us soon.