BBC Caversham 212-7
dec
Ashman 2-34, Main 2-37
RUASCC 148-9
Zia 44, Dip 34
Match drawn
This was the day we learnt that BBC Caversham’s Sunday team
is not the same as their Saturday team.
This was an entirely different proposition to that which faced us when
we won by seven wickets back in May.
In good conditions for batting (or, to put it another way,
awful conditions for bowling) BBC were put in and amassed 212-7 thanks to some
powerful hitting from some big guys I’ve not seen before. Daman Singh got an early breakthrough while
Withers again toiled without much success (first ten overs 1-33, next four
overs 0-34). BBC reached 120-3 before
two wickets each from Main and Ashman, but an unbroken eighth wicket stand of
28 pushed the score past 200.
The RUASCC response began badly with Eagle caught behind in
the third over and Ward given LBW very
much against his will, and despite Daman Singh launching two sixes onto the pavilion roof his enthusiasm proved unsustainable and by the tenth
over we were 49-3.
Still, Dip’s been in good form of late and he was at the
crease with Zia so there was no reason to panic. The pair added 52 in good time before an
ill-judged third run saw the end of Zia for 44.
Malde didn’t last long but Dip hit another four boundaries before he was
caught and the run chase was effectively over.
Main went in typical fashion (bowled playing across the
line) and Tranter went in atypical fashion (caught behind for a golden duck)
but Tom Weeks held on for a vital unbeaten 16 to prop up one end. Ashman’s defensive vigil lasted until the
first ball of the final over when he became the ninth wicket to fall, which
left Withers to see off five deliveries to salvage an inglorious draw.
RUASCC Highlight:
The fifty partnership between Dip and
Zia.
RUASCC Man of the
Match: It’s a rollover.
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