Horndon on the Hill Midweek Indoor 1st X1 v Midweek Indoor 2nd X1 on Thu 31 Jan 2008 at 9.00 pm
Horndon on the Hill Won 3 runs
A narrow win for the 1's as they took on the top of the table side and they found the going very tough indeed. The 2's restricted them to 38 runs from the first 7 overs and took three wickets and it looked like the senior team would be lucky to get to 80 or so. But Max had other ideas and he came in to smash Barny for 2 sixes in his first two balls and with Bip hanging around to support him before retiring on 26 they achieved a respectable,but not unassailable,score of 101.
Max made life difficult for the 2's with his opening bowling spell and after 6 overs the second string were in a similar position to the 1's in their innings,being on 39 for 2. But Barny came in to do a "Max",scoring quickly but with a little more of a "cavalier" attitude. Needing 13 to win from the last over and with Walshy back from retirement and "Mini-Clark" in support,the game was wide open. From the last 2 balls of the game the 2's needed 4 to win but unfortunately Walshy was at the non-striker's end and young Clarky froze in the headlights a little and didn't get bat on ball,to leave the valiant 2's four runs short of a historic victory.
All is not lost for the 2's however,as they still remain 2 points ahead of the 1's with three games apiece remaining and if they can beat the Pegs there is all to play for (the 1's also have the Pegs to play).
Could be a very tense finish to the season ...
Horndon on the Hill Midweek Indoor 1st X1 Batting
101 for 3
Midweek Indoor 2nd X1 Bowling
| T.Foley |
3.0 |
0 |
31 |
1 |
31.00 |
10.33 |
| I.Clark |
3.0 |
0 |
13 |
1 |
13.00 |
4.33 |
| M.Wills |
3.0 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
0.00 |
7.00 |
| B.Knowles |
3.0 |
0 |
35 |
0 |
0.00 |
11.67 |
Midweek Indoor 2nd X1 Batting
98 for 5
| J.Walsh |
41 |
Not Out |
| M.Wills |
10 |
Caught |
| T.Foley |
5 |
Run out |
| B.Knowles |
21 |
Caught |
| L.Crooks |
0 |
Stumped |
| I.Clark |
2 |
Stumped |
Horndon on the Hill Midweek Indoor 1st X1 Bowling