Duck Sandwich
Friday's 20/20 game against the Railway Taverners saw the Strollers lose once again to something of a one man team. This is turning into a habit. Not that scoring a ton in 20 overs suggests he might have been a ringer or anything. Some controversial umpiring decisions (umpire giving a no ball after the ball had ballooned and been safely caught by Simon at point) did not help the Strollers cause either.

Taverners posted 177 as a result, pick of the Strollers bowling coming from David (1 for 19 off 4), Chris (1 for 28 off 4) and George (2 for 18 off 2). It was always going to need a strong start from the Strollers, and with Matt and Simon opening and both failing to trouble the scorers after balls that failed to bounce, it was an uphill battle. David and George set about repairing the damage until George ran David out for 25. Anxious to make amends, George went on to score a fine 50 and was helped by some lusty blows from Dickie making 23.

The middle order failed to spark with new Strollers James and Chris also getting grass-cutters from Cec (Cess? Sess?), and the Strollers batting card started to look like a duck sandwich. Huw's efforts down the order - another useful innings of 25 - were sadly scored when the game was really beyond us, and we finished 25 runs short of target on 152.

Matt Morgan
18.07.05

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