We are a London-based cricket club. Although we don't have our own pitch, we usually play our home fixtures in Greenwich Park. This blog records our regular triumphs and occasional failures.

Wednesday 25 June 2014

Cincers' big guns fail to fire as as the mighty Finchley make sure they take their revenge

A dramatic last-minute triumph over Finchley in 2012 was always going to have its consequences.
They duly came at the corresponding end-of-season fixture last year.
Something about the strong Finchley line-up (and Frank's 'defection' from us back to them) seemed to tell us they weren't going to let lightning strike twice.
We opened up with 'Selfish' Simon Bevan, in a rare outing these days, and strokesman George Arbuthnott.
And for a while, we did well, going along at a steady if not exactly express pace.
Sadly for us, the tight bowling kept Simon and George in check.
But the stately progress was interrupted when Simon went for 39, followed soon after by George for 44.
After that?
Well, not much. Tom got 20 (not out, it says here) and Ali scored 19.
We ended up with 146 for 4 off 33 (why 33? Can't remember).
From memory, Finchley got them quite easily.
Actually, not just memory - the scorebook says 150 for 4 off 22.
Faisal got a wicket. First ball of their innings as I recall.
One wicket went Simon M's way and one to the Captain's (Dee's son Sajj - stumped as usual though not by his dad who had deserted us for hols in the States).
And so endeth the 2013 season.
Cincers Man of the Match: G. Arbuthnott (but none of us really).
(Game played on September 8, 2013).

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