Still bemused that we managed to take 9 wickets in 8 overs after failing to take a single wicket in the 39 overs preceding. Quite surprised to win it from there, especially since they had a better reporter's summary than me. Here's the scorecard:
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Asterix XI v Burlington City (112432)
Date: 28/10/2005 Ground: Asterix XI CG
Pitch: Green Weather: [overcast and cold]
Asterix XI won the toss and elected to bat.
First Innings of: Asterix XI (play as normal)
Name Runs Balls 4s 6s
Cuss st. Cumberworth b. Scales 121 117 8 0
Bridge st. Cumberworth b. Oddy 1 8 0 0
Berry (*) c. Cumberworth b. Ayres 75 103 7 0
Gillespie c. Cumberworth b. Hook 51 52 6 0
Gillete (+) not out 26 22 2 0
Barrett not out 1 1 0 0
Rocastle
Begg
Malik
Male
Badley
Extras (5b, 4lb, 0w, 3nb) 12
Total (50.0 overs, 4 wickets) 287
FOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Total 18 181 222 285
Batsman Out 2 3 1 4
Name O M R W nb wd
Hook 10 0 55 1 0 0
Oddy 10 0 71 1 0 0
Ayres 10 1 35 1 0 0
Carew 10 0 41 0 1 0
Scales 10 0 76 1 2 0
First Innings of: Burlington City
Name Runs Balls 4s 6s
Gardner c. Gillete b. Gillespie 0 4 0 0
Stephens c. Gillete b. Gillespie 94 114 6 1
Cleaver c. Malik b. Male 107 136 9 1
Stock lbw b. Gillespie 0 1 0 0
Oddy b. Gillespie 0 1 0 0
Collymore b. Gillespie 6 5 1 0
Cumberworth (*)(+) not out 14 10 1 1
Scales c. Gillete b. Male 0 3 0 0
Carew c. Begg b. Male 4 6 1 0
Ayres b. Male 2 9 0 0
Hook c. Gillete b. Male 0 1 0 0
Extras (14b, 8lb, 2w, 3nb) 27
Total (47.3 overs, 10 wickets) 254
FOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Total 0 224 224 224 232 240 240 250 254 254
Batsman Out 1 2 4 5 6 3 8 9 10 11
Name O M R W nb wd
Gillespie 9 0 42 5 0 0
Badley 10 0 73 0 2 1
Malik 10 0 43 0 0 0
Berry 10 0 40 0 0 0
Male 8.3 1 34 5 1 1
Once again they gave MotM to the wrong person, gave it to Male for his five (mostly lower-order) wickets instead of Gillespie who took five top-order wickets and scored 51. Very happy with that though, apart from Badley's performance or lack thereof. Will be dropped for next match unless he pops to proficient, and even then he probably won't play. Berry and Malik did their job, keeping it relatively tight (despite having worthless and abysmal consistency respectively). The new bowling orders worked perfectly to my advantage with my two best bowlers bowling in the last ten overs.
Gillespie's season tally now a phenomenal 40 wickets @ 9.20, including 25 wickets in 5 league matches (leading the league by a 13-wicket margin), and not too far away from 100 career wickets, currently on 91. Cuss' century takes his season tally to 905 runs @ 181, leading the league with 535 runs and passing 2,000 career runs in that game. Gillete has been impressive behind the stumps with 28 dismissals in 9 matches this season and some runs as well.
That win keeps us on top of the league, but with two other teams one win behind, and third on the div II promotion table. Next two matches are against the #4 and #8 teams, so it shouldn't be too tough, though fitness is still low and having a clear effect on our match ratings. Friendly against Hoggy at his home ground tomorrow, should be a good match. Beat him by 14 runs last time, so we're pretty evenly matched. Will use the opportunity to experiment a bit with my top order and some of the bowlers.
Final point, attendance was well down after my cup loss. 13,441 total after selling out at 17,500 last week, brings in about 100k instead of 125k. Members' confidence is up again after that win though.
