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Blooded noses Grasshoppers keeper Jay Patel managing a smile after a medic has told him his nose is broken...     Click for more pictures... This time, the blood was real. A suddenly lifting ball from Grasshoppers' Pat McGuinness caught keeper Jay Patel hard on the bridge of his nose, sending his glasses flying and -- we later discovered -- breaking the bone. The video replay shows the ball, delivered to skipper Andrew Wardle, moving from off to leg, unsighting Patel, who was standing right up to the wicket. As Patel came round to leg to collect with gloves mid-height, the ball bounced sharply up, forcing a high defensive bat from Wardle, and giving the keeper no time to react. Patel, though shocked, appeared in no immediate danger and, after an ambulence was called, the game continued - but for a reduced 12 overs each. In the end it all came down to the last ball, with scores level and Chris Taylor bowling to Pat McGuinness. Castle, at mid-on, moved in to the wicket to cover the bowler's stumps for a run out, only to see McGuinness smash the ball past where he had just been fielding and clinch victory. As the players gathered their things the medics arrived and after deciding that Patel had broken the bridge of his nose, took him with them to casualty. We wish him a speedy recovery Back to top of page | full picture coverage

Old Fallopians (won toss, chose to bat) 12-over game

	How out	Bowler	Runs	Sixes	Fours
Philip Barrass	bowled	Sharland	21	1	1
Andrew Wardle	not out		23		2
Gary Boyd	bowled	Price	16		3
Chris Taylor	not out		7		1
Extras (nb 1, w 5, b 1, lb 1			8
Total			75
Fall of wickets: 1-43, 2-64
Progress: 30 (4 overs), 44 (8), 75 (12)
Freddie Barrass, Peter Frisby and Tim Castle did not bat

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Jake Sharland	4	0	16	1
Pat McGuinness	4	0	27	0
Tom Price	2	0	8	1
Simon Brodbeck	2	0	22	0

Grasshoppers 2

	How out	Bowler	Runs	Sixes	Fours
Tom Price	bowled	F Barrass	5
Chris Murray	run out		5
Pat McGuinness	not out		46		7
Don Bodie	not out		4
Extras (nb 1,w 11, b, 3, lb 1)			16
Total			76
Alf Incley, Simon Brodbeck, Jake Sharman and Jay Patel did not bat

	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Peter Frisby	2	0	5	0
Tim Castle	3	0	22	0
Freddie Barrass	4	1	21	1
Chris Taylor	3	0	24	0

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