Bodley vs OXFAM CC at Great Tew & LIttle Tew Cricket Club, 20 overs
Bodley’s third game of the season and the third trek north to Great Tew, as good a home ground as they come at our level. Todays opponents, Oxfam, were suitably impressed. Holidays and Achilles problems meant that Bod were short of a few, so Dave Freeman taped into Tew’s youth policy to provide the James brothers and the welcome returns of old friends Asad and Dips and Thomas Marsh made up the rest, these three in particular were to play a crucial role in the way the game panned out. Bod bat first, a new opening pair of Dips and Dave Freeman. A greenish strip means the ball does the occasional unexpected thing at the pavilion end, resulting in quite a bit of ducking and weaving. The pair soon start to score but the bowling from one end is good, while from the other not so with one poor bowler going for a 13 bowl over with 7 wides, a serious case of the yips. Dave is bowled by one that jags in for a well-crafted 37, Thomas Marsh gets a quick 14 with some lovely (intentional) deflections but the highlight of the innings is 53 not out from Dips. Starting out searching for runs he slowly built up an innings based on quick running on a muggy evening and some lovely boundaries. Dave and Dips, with help from Thomas and a generous 19 in extras get us to 135, a decent score but considering some of the Oxfam batsmen a little below par. One of the Oxfam openers start well, using the pace of the ball to score before retiring on 50. At the other end wickets fall; a sharp catch in the slips by Dave, Phil getting a played on when a mixture of pace and bounce catches out the batsmen. Then a partnership starts to build and fielders start to give concerned glances to the scoreboard. Oxfam are 62 for 2 off 9 and scoring well, with their captain and explosive batsman Ben still to get going when Thomas changes the game with a stunning catch to get rid of Ben when he only had 6 to his name. Asad comes on to bowl and soon the run rate slows, Thomas takes another catch and more wickets fall as the game, now firmly back in Bodley’s hands, creeps towards its conclusion. Bodleys main concern is to take wickets but not too many as the opening bat can come back in. Matthew bowls well, your reporter less so with an over that went for 10 towards the end of the game giving Oxfam a faint sniff but a flurry of run-outs sees Bodley home for their second win of the season. Time for a beer and a catch up before the journey home. On to Aldworth for the next game and hopefully a pint at the Bell. We’ve played Aldworth three times now and each game has been different, wonder what we’ll get on Sunday. SA.
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