40 over game. Holt won the toss & elected to bat first.
Holt & Grimley 200 ish for about 9 off probably 40 overs (scores to be confirmed)
Brocklebank 3 for 25, Whitehouse 3 for 44
Clent 120 odd all out of 30+ overs
Lally 24, Harvey 23
Holt & Grimley won by 81 runs
Having picked up a couple of cheap wickets off their talented openers we had this lot on the ropes at 80 for six. Whitehouse was drifting in his leggies using the gale force north-westerly to great effect whilst Brock nipped out a few with his reliable line and length varieties. Holt then dug in to post a decent total by simply playing straight and scoring off the bad balls as we let our advantage slip away.
As is customary we awarded Holt an early wicket start but this time by only fielding ten players (nine, if you count Smithy's late arrival in the field due to a shooting jolly) as Perry was unable to attend to donate his wicket in the first over. The opening pair of Harvey and the recently arrived Smith put on 47 for the first wicket and all seemed promising on a dossile track until we lost all momentum during the 3rd wicket stand. Then 5 & 6 bailed out for ducks and we meekly surrendered in all too familiar fashion.
Curtain down. No encore. Roll on next season.
And finally, a big thank you to all the players who stepped forward into the arena of this sport for Clent CC this summer and pitted their talents against the various amateurs and journeymen of Sunday friendly cricket.
Sunday, 2 December 2007
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