Archway Ladder
23rd May 2017 - Alexandra Palace
Lost by 7 wickets - NRR = -2.1
CIPA CC’s stuttering start continued at Alexandra “The Fortress” Palace with a second successive loss, this time against Archway Ladder.
The game started well with CIPA winning the toss and electing to set an imposing target with the bat. On his return to the side Nick King progressed effortlessly to retirement with Justin Wilson aiding in maintaining a breezy 10-an-over run rate for the first 4 overs. There was the first hint of a wobble when Jon Bailey (Chris Gayle in disguise) missed a straight one and returned without troubling the scorers.
Thereafter, the wobble quickly turned into a full bodied collapse as CIPA’s innings was decimated by a spin bowler who could actually turn the ball. 5 wickets later, only Justin and John Hull had returned to the pavilion with double digits. There was no repeat heroics of last week from Stuart Lumsden and even the return of Nick at the death could not stimulate some much needed runs.
Archway Ladder’s willingness to give everyone a bowl resulted in Wides Esq top scoring with an impressive 29, accounting for nearly a third of the CIPA total and a substantial superstat score. As last week against the Treasury Dragons, 7 CIPA players were bowled out. Make of that what you will.
Left to defend a paltry 101, CIPA were not given many opportunities to break through in the field. There were no dropped catches, but this was largely due to there being no catching chances. John Hull missed a possible stumping by choosing to throw a ball wearing keeping gloves instead of a footrace he would have certainly won. However, James “Dead Eye” Duffy gave a lesson in how to throw a ball by producing a comprehensive runout.
In a good all-round bowling performance, Ben Hunter worked hard for his first CIPA wicket and Bruce Torrance gave runs away like a Scottish miser gives out money.
Fielding
| Player | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | SR | Economy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Grant | ||||||
| Ben Hunter | 1Bowled | |||||
| Stuart Lumsden | ||||||
| Bruce Torrance | 1Bowled | |||||
| Al Davidson | ||||||
| Justin Wilson | ||||||
| Extras |
Scorebook
Catches:
Drops:
Batting
| Player | Runs scored | How Out | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Wilson | |||||
| Nick King | |||||
| Jon Bailey |  | ||||
| John Hull | |||||
| Bruce Torrance | |||||
| James Duffy | | ||||
| Stuart Lumsden | |||||
| Mark Dean | | ||||
| Andy Grant | |||||
| Al Davidson | |||||
| Ben Hunter | |||||
| Extras |
CIPA - 100 for 10 off 19.3
Scorebook
