New oppo Camel CC opened the batting and immediately looked too good for us. Fortunately our bowlers brought their A-game: superb opening spells from Jerry, Matt, Pete and Joey had us looking in contention at 69-4 after 15 overs. Unfortunately Rich, their number 5 played a superb innings for 87 – effectively taking the game away from us. Our fielding was decent throughout however, with excellent runs outs from Matt, Joey and Pete. Saj bowled nicely on his Plastics debut – notably taking the key wicket on his way to 5-0-2-26. Skipper Matt was the pick of the bowlers though with his 6.2-0-3-38 (despite bowling some utter filth at times). In the end Camel CC were all out for 241 after 37.2 overs.
Sadly, as is so often the case, the Plastics struggled with the run chase, only surviving 27.5 overs and accumulating 156 runs. It could have been far worse however, after our top order failed to fire – leaving us in hot water at 55-6 after just 11 overs, the damage predominantly caused by bowler Birkson (who bagged himself a 5-fer). Fortunately the tail wagged, with entertaining lower order cameos from Pete, Saj, Jerry and Matt adding a veneer of respectability to the score-line. Jerry top scored with a superb 32* off 21 deliveries. Special mention also to James on his Plastics debut, who played well for his 17 runs
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THE TEAMFormed from a collection of players who met on the internet via social cricket at Archbishop's Park, Plastics XI represents the foolhardy members of that group who decided they wanted a bash at proper cricket instead of playing with plastic balls. The team's ability is best described as "weak-weak". Luckily, our social media game is much stronger. Find us on: Archives
October 2021
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