(1) My debut game for the Blues. It was a one-dayer against the Veterans XI. I took a dream 2/34 off my 10 getting the wickets of the great Sir Vivian Richards and Jonty Rhodes. It was a quality bowling line-up with fellow pacers Kennett and Broadbent and then the spin of Halsey. They were all out for 213 and we got the total within 43 overs with 6 wicket to spare. Mad win.
(2) In Season 7, our tour match against Sri Lanka. Although missing Vaas, Murali and Jayasuriya this team was very strong with the likes of Sangakkara, Atapattu, Jayawardene, Zoysa and an in-form Malinga.
We batted first getting 329, Simon got a century and I made 4*
. Sri Lanka then made 305 and I took 4/76 getting Jayawardene, Samaraweera, Kalu and Chandana! We batted again with Simon and Dylan smacking quick centuries. With their great work and some other solid innings, we got a quick 345/2 declared. The Lankans were then rolled for 179 as I took the attractive figures of 3/33 nabbing Sangakkara, Jayawardene (again
) and Fernando. We won by 190 runs
(3) The 5D final against England 'A'. England looked strong with the likes of Ward, Troughton, Bell, Pieterson, Smith, Blackwell, Read, Cork, Silverwood, Tremlett and Saggers!!
Due to injuries our line-up was somewhat depleted. We had newcomer Kenny, then Peter, Stuey, Simon, Craig, Popat, Dylan, Rich, my good mates Daniel and Halsey and myself.
They chose to bat and after being bowled for 223, they rather wished they hadnt
. I took 3/45, the three chosen ones being Troughton, Blackwell and Saggers. Mahaffey took 2/32. Our turn to bat, and we made a good 350, Craig contributing with 122. We then had England 214/8 and were ready to go home, when the unthinkable happened. Pieterson and Tremlett put on 212-run stand for the ninth wicket! England made their way to a huge 464 as I took 5/69 including the interfering Tremlett
.
We now needed 338 for victory. Craig made a huge 101 and Sudeep made a composed 63. I came in, with my best friend Daniel at the other end as we toiled our way to a 15-run last wicket partnership and a one-wicket win! Daniel made 19* off 63 and I stayed firm making 3* off 23. A brilliant win, one that will go down in CW Blue history. Craig, Daniel and I took a stump each and celebrated well into the night.