Commons Old Boys

5th Jul 2016 - Alexandra Palace
Lost by 6 wickets - NRR = -0.32

After a wet summer, CIPA were looking forward to a dry Tuesday evening against a team they'd had mixed success against in the past.

Newlywed Justin took over the toss and elected to bat. The pitch was very low and slow, and combined with a slow outfield the scoring started slowly. Just as the two openers were getting into a rhythm Al Davidson triggered Justin (who was facing a left arm round the wicket bowler). Shortly afterwards Bruce Torrence lofted a huge straight six to reach his retirement - little did he know he should have kept his pads on...

The remainder of CIPAs innings was a scratchy affair, wickets falling regularly due to good fielding, bad batting and interesting running.

A target of 124 was posted, which we thought was slightly below par, but defensible on such a slow wicket.

COBCC's innings started in the same manner as CIPA's, but with slightly more success, the first wicket not falling until the sixth over with Andy Spurr putting a bit more pace on one, forcing the ball between pad and pad.

Wickets were hard to come by, and for once this wasn't due to missed catches - there was not a single catching opportunity all game.

Stuart Lumsden - perhaps freed from the shackles of captaincy - managed to put a stem to the runs and CIPA inched towards the final over with a hope of clinching a dramatic victory. Unfortunately, four were needed from the final over, which was expertly taken off the first ball by dragging a ball outside off to the vacant mid wicket boundary.

Batting

Player	Runs scored	How Out	4s	6s	SR
Justin Wilson	16	LBW	2	0	107
Bruce Torrance	40*		4	2	129
John Hull	1	Bowled	0	0	10
Stuart Lumsden	11	Bowled	2	0	138
Andy Spurr		Caught	0	0	0
David Gallagher	4	Caught	0	0	100
Al Davidson	20	Run Out	0	1	71
Rob Jackson		Caught	0	0	0
Mark Dean	2	Caught	0	0	22
Chris Milton	9	Bowled	2	0	180
Andy Grant	5*		1	0	100
Extras	16				-

CIPA - 124 for 9 off 20
Scorebook

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