Agricola

14th May 2014 - Chiswick
Won by 32 runs - NRR = 1.6

After a long and wet winter, the advent of the 2014 season was eagerly awaited by all. The first game being played on the hottest day of the year so far was a bonus.

Captain Stuart Lumsden won the toss and elected to bat to give time for the stragglers to arrive. There was no need for alarm as Justin Wilson and Al Davidson took apart the openers on what was a very slow and sticky wicket.

Chris Milton took over once Al had retired, with an almost equally faultless display; perhaps his only error was calling 'yes' whilst remaining rooted at his end to run out CK. Stuart Lumsden took some time to get in the groove, but he found it eventually, punishing the second string bowlers. The final score was a very defensible 158.

The two non-batters opened the bowling and restricted the run rate but neither side could trouble the scorers until a break-through coming in the form of a leisurely taken catch at ankle-height by Chris Milton .

Andy Spurr took over at one end, bowling tight lines and snaffling another wicket, meanwhile Andy Grant at the other end was doing his upmost to make more of a game by sending a mixture over head-height no-balls and half-trackers.

James Shearman clearly wanted to make his own competition by running 30 yards to steal a catch which Rob Jackson was right underneath. Luckily, Rob managed to avoid the mass hurtling towards him and hold onto the catch.

Agricola ended up on 126 for 4, still a good score on that wicket, but clearly not good enough.

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