Match Report
Defeat is serious business for Mickey
After many cancellations OLCC cricket returned to Leighton Park and it was a victorious return as club secretary Phil Samuels led his side to a comfortable win over the Cricket Society skippered by the familiar figure of Andrew Moss.
It was Moss that provided the backbone to the Cricket Society’s innings making 66 before being fifth out, however it was not a chanceless innings as the OLCC fielders helped him by dropping several chances of varying difficulty. The Cricket Society innings began slowly with tight bowling from Samuels and the unfortunate Dan Park until Samuels got an inswinger spot on and removed the middle stump of the opening batsman. The visitor’s middle order was ripped out by the father of Tom Scrase (3 for 16) and Kristian (2 for 25).
Progress both before and after lunch was at times rather pedestrian. Best picked up a wicket when Graham Carter took the first of two catches before Ricks and Tom Scrase junior steadied the ship with the assistance of some rather friendly bowling. Chalmers tempted Holmes down the wicket to give Gillmor a regulation stumping before Dan Park returned to polish off the tail and the Cricket Society were all out for 220 off 59 overs.
The OLCC’s opening pair of Toms Carter and Gillmor started the chase at breakneck pace with Gillmor taking 14 off the first three balls of the innings and raced to 50 off 36 balls. Gillmor ran through a wide repertoire of stokes including a couple of ‘cow shots’. The Club President claimed to have recorded a ‘sensible Gillmor shot’ on tape, other witnesses missed this oxymoronic occurrence. Gillmor was caught in the deep which precipitated a wobble with Acland-Hood (2) Jackson (0) and Kristian Scrase (0) following in quick sucession to leave the OLCC reeling on 83 for 4. Tom Carter was then joined by his father, club president, Graham. With Carter G nudging, cutting and Carter T showing some excellent flowing strokeplay the pair shared in an excellent partnership of 70 until the elder Carter was run out. Tom Carter was then joined by Dan Park. Park mixed some very powerful hitting with some rather agricultural strokeplay in making 46 off 45 balls. Park was dropped by Short off his own bowling who then compounded the error one over later by catching the ball only to step over the boundary rewarding Park with six runs. Park was dropped once again by Moss before he and Carter (85*) saw the OLCC home to victory by five wickets with almost 10 overs to spare.
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