Played at Victoria Park.
By Matt Wake (captain)
After a few frantic days of confirming the players we hoped we
already had and a desperate bid to find an 8th player (to make sure
John Shaw could avoid another heroic DNB) we finally arrived at
Victoria Park with a full squad.
The opposition were more
disorganised than us and finally a match ball was found and a coin
tossed high into the air and as the summer sun glinted on the shiny
pound coin - OF's won the toss, we bat first.
The 2 openers
Kafh and Farhad soon started to hit the ball all around the park,
some sailing over the boundaries for sixes (hit with bats thicker
than my nan's pre-war wooden leg). They both eventually reached 50
and retired to a round of applause. No one else reached heady
heights of a 50 but the healthy run rate continued and a marvellous
208-3 scored.
I think its fair to say our bowling wasn't as
good as our batting and Mile Tailenders did have a couple of decent
batsmen, both going on to reach 50s. But a few economic overs in the
middle soon swung the match our way and after requiring 65 off the
last 2 overs a record breaking win was secured, Mile Tailenders
finishing on 163-5.
Everyone contributed - the 50s from the
openers, very solid keeping from Kafh and a special thanks to Israr
for finding our 8th man.
Thanks to everyone for their support
from Victoria Park and Hackney to the Dordogne.
Look forward
to the next one.
PS I lied about the summer sun, it was grey
and drizzling.
PPS the kit bag went home with John Shaw so
people will need to bring their own kit for the next 3 weeks.
Old Fallopians
Kafh Hasan
retired 51
Fahrad Waqar retired 51
Rubel Ahmed ct A.Cody b John 6
Jake
Waters not out
28
Israr Khalil ct & b James 14
Matt
Wake b Stewart
16
Matt Ng-Wai Shing not out 6
Ahmad
did not bat
Extras w 18 nb 3 b 1:
22
Total
208-3 (16 overs)
James 4-0-48-1
Stewart
4-0-34-1
Sanjay 4-0-50-0
John 4-0-50-1
Mile Tailenders
Felix
retired 50
Wilson ct Kafh b Matt NWS 0
Sanjay
not out 60
Speakman
run out 6
Jimmy bowled Matt Wake
3
Willis stumped Kafh
0
Stewart
not out 4
A.Cody
b Ahmad 18
Extras w 13 nb 2 lb 5:
20
Total
163-5 (16 overs)
Matt NWS 2-0-13-1
Ahmad
2-0-26-1
Rubel 2-0-19-0
Waters
2-0-27-0
Waqar 3-0-17-0
Matt Wake
3-0-19-1
I.Khalil 2-0-18-0