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May 31, 2005 | Cup vs Traditional Corsairs | Lost by 5 wickets | |
A better class of defeatExcellent game, writes Philip Barrass. 46 n.o. from Stebbins, 49 (?) from Dr. Griffiths, 119 for 2 total, Corsairs 120 for 3 in 15.1. Two wickets Shaw, both caught in the deep by Stebbins. 1 clean bowled by Dr. Griffiths. Barrass improved average by 0.0333 (recurring) with studious 2 n.o. For scorecard click here... Fallopian cup dreams flushed down the tube ... By
Corsairs' Ajaz Rashid Much of the Fallopians scoring was based on finding the gaps in the field and excellent running between the wickets, with the odd boundary interspersed in between. Stebbings in particular made the most of his good fortune by going onto score 46 after surviving a number of close calls including 2 leg before appeals (one with the first ball of the match from Javio and one with the first ball of the second over from Ajaz) and a run out which he looked about a yard short of safety. The screams for Hawkeye and the third umpire to be introduced to the VPCCL were plentiful, but for now the Corsairs were left to bemoan their bad luck. The first wicket to fall was that of Thornhill, bowled by Ajaz for 11. There were a number of difficult chances during the Fallopians innings, and invariably with the injury prone Vas nursing his 2 broken fingers in the covers, they all fell to him. The worst was a skier that fell out of the clouds but after putting down a couple of difficult chances, he clung onto the next one to give Fazal the only other breakthrough of the innings, removing Griffiths for 49. Imtiaz, Emran and Fazal all bowled tight spells with control and the Fallopians put up a total of 120-2 off 16 overs - the highest total conceded by the Corsairs this season, but still a very gettable target considering the batting depth in the Corsairs line up. Having been run ragged by Nimo in the chase for runs, Vas perished on 11 playing a good shot which unfortunately for him was gobbled up by the fielder on the boundary. After the solid start, Fazal came to the wicket and carried on where Vas had left off playing some delightful strokes including a sweep for six over cow that completely destroyed the bowlers spirit, as he commented to the umpire 'you can't bowl to this guy'. He did have to survive a strong appeal for caught behind though. Nimo continued his welcome run of recent form and looked back to his commanding best following the early season jitters, not being troubled once by the bowling and producing a string of fine shots in his unbeaten half century (he still needs to sort out the toss & MNM issues though). Fazal perished for a brilliant 25 to an excellent catch on the boundary going for another big shot and After Nimo's retirement, Mudassar made a quick 10 and it was left to Emran and Imi to see the Corsairs home, the latter hitting the winning boundary a glorious straight drive - probably a vexation reaction to playing and missing repeatedly in the previous over and being baited by the umpire who asked 'what is the bat for?'
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Old Fallopians 118-2 (16 overs) Traditional Corsairs 120-3 (15.1 overs) |
Traditional Corsairs won by 4 wickets |
Old Fallopians |
How out | Bowler | Runs | Sixes | Fours | |
Jonathan Stebbins | not out | 46 | 1 | ||
Jim Thornhill | bowled | Ajaz | 11 | ||
Richard Griffiths | ct Vaseem | b Fazal | 49 | 4 | |
Philip Barrass | not out | 2 | |||
Extras (w 5, b 1, lb 4) | 10 | ||||
Total |
118 | ||||
FOW: 1-36, 2-108 | |||||
Simon Hemelryk, Paul Hosking, John Shaw and Dave Burt did not bat |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | |
Javad Qasi | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Ajaz Rashid | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
Imtiaz Amin | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
Emran Raja | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
Fazal | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
Traditional Corsairs |
How out | Bowler | Runs | Sixes | Fours | |
Nimo Ahmed | retired | 55 | 1 | 4 | |
Vaseem Ahmed | ct Stebbins | Shaw | 11 | ||
Fazal | ct Stebbins | Shaw | 25 | 1 | 3 |
Mudassar | bowled | Griffiths | 10 | ||
Imtiaz Amin | not out | 6 | |||
Emran Raja | not out | 0 | |||
Extras (w 6, b 4, lb 3) | 13 | ||||
Total |
120 | ||||
Javad Qazi and Ajaz Rashid did not bat |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | |
Thornhill | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
Griffiths | 3.1 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
Shaw | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
Stebbins | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
Burt | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
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