Hertford CC
(23/7/2017)
Result:
Weekenders lost by 87 runs
UNDER-DONE
WEEKENDERS UNDONE BY UNDERAGE UNDERDOWN
Hertford CC 222
for 7 (54.1 overs)
Horton 70, Shearn
45,
Orwell 12-0-49-1, Mohsin
10-2-46-0, Douglas 11.1-0-57-1, Dunne 10-5-14-2, Shimoga
8-0-29-2, Fazaldin 3-0-14-1,
Catches: Smee
(wk), Shimoga, Fazaldin, Husaini (wk)
Stumping: Husaini
WCC 135 all out
(41.2 overs)
Hogben
21, Fazaldin 58, Shimoga 5,
McDonald 11, R.Smee 0, Hussain
4, Mohsin 7, Douglas 6 n.o., Dunne 4, Orwell 8, A.Smee 0
Underdown
3-39, Osborn 3-22
The Weekenders last recorded a win
against Hertford during their cricket week in 2001. But 16 years of hurt never
stopped your correspondent dreaming. We actually bowled very well, with
Hertford having to throw in the towel after 54 overs without their customary
250-300 runs, and they were seven wickets down to boot. Dunne was superbly
accurate on an unusually damp pitch, and Shimoga
stifled the late charge with his skiddy darts. Only
the obdurate opener Horton complied a telling contribution of 70, with Hertford
reeling somewhat at 162 for 5 after 44 overs. Had three or four of the dropped
catches been pouched, we may have been eyeing up a sub-200 target, instead of
the choice of three puddings at lunch (Cheesecake, Apple pie and Meringue
roulade for dessert anoraks).
The
batting response showed early promise with Hogben
stroking an on-drive for four to get the conscious pensioners purring. But
Richmond CC is to the Weekenders what South Africa was to the late-noughties English cricket team - gifting yet another big
hitting stylist to the ÔEnders cause. Fayed Fazaldin
was the business as he powered the green-looking attack to all corners of the
first-class ground. When Hogben was enthusiastically
sawn-off LBW by the smartly dressed-ECB qualified umpire, Fazaldin
soon followed by holing out to Horton. The rest of the innings had a more
familiar flavour as we collapsed from 93-3 to 135 all
out with another three LBW decisions (one dispensed by one of our own, as
victim-turned-perpetrator in the depressing age-old cycle). The unexpectedly
sunny day was rounded off by oppo skipper Hillary buying
us a sympathy jug of lager as consolation for being skittled
by an attack mostly not old enough to have Facebook accounts.
McDonald and Husaini
in mid-pitch conference