Friday, October 27, 2006

Senior Match Report 21/10/06

Billy wrote this match report as part of his own healing process following this game. Please support him as he grieves. - CB.


The Skipper lost the toss third time straight after gentlemanly like offering them the call from the toss.

Tech took the opportunity on a wet and greasy field to bat and sure enough after five overs the boys were running into to bowl with a lump of Palmolive special.

Aldrige hardly faultered from his line and length and was unlucky to have the simplest of catches dropped off his bowling by the Keeper. Another fine bowling display given the conditions. He finished with 0-35 off 9.

Seekup did his job early and knocked over the top order bowling the talented Irishman. But seemed to take pleasure in making the batsman dizzy whistling the ball round his ears, backside and outside off stump to bowl 13 wides in his 2- 59 off 10.

Raji Raj and Damo came on and went for 6’s and 7’s for the next six overs which turned the game for Tech, until R. Brown, who was having none of the batsmen’s jolly at the crease. He made them take plenty of risks to continue their free hitting and got wickets as a result, 4-29 off 6.

B Tagore joined the fray and practised his grenade throwing skills but his first three overs went for 20 until he figured out how to bowl a wet one and his next 7 overs went for 13.

The boys went to the break cold wet and wondering about the Rugby Final that night.

Star got off to a good start 60 without loss before Commins succumbed on 22 to a watery eye and a dislodged contact together with a ball that just did everything in the air making him play all over it, another unbelievable delivery, incredulous way to get out and Mark was fined for such a dismissal once again.

Big G came into bat, hit a quick 25 and played the only ‘push’ most of us have seen that went for six. A handy 25 and star 2- 112 going well.

Bigham in and out for ‘0’, caught behind offering no shot, no footwork.
Korde playing to mid wicket LBW for 1.
Damo bowled 6.
R.Brown caught behind 0.
C Hyde lbw playing to mid wicket - 2
C. Johnston 7 run out trying to run out Billington
B Tagore 0 handed his old club his wicket trying to run one down past the keeper with two slip and a gully in position. Why? Bobby Why??? 0
Seekup, typically swashbuckling -11.

Billington who opened had again the pleasure of batting with his entire team to finish on 71.

Star’s batting yet to find its stride and is still potentially explosive. But its needing to eradicate its collapsing virus and front up with some mana. Another game there for the taking but Star lacking resilience in the middle order.

It’s a big game this weekend V’s Old Boy’s at Clyde Park, in a must win to stay a finals chance for both teams.

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