OUP CC at Jordan Hill, Twenty overs.
www.pitchero.com/clubs/bodleiancc/teams/255079/match-centre/0-5106087 In a season of disruption and cancelled games due to, frankly, a shoddy summer, it was a joy to get a late offer of a game from old friends. We've been playing the OUP almost as long as the Bod CC have been fielding an 11 so it was a welcome surprise to get this in the diary late on. Games against the Ps have often been amongst the best of the summers, results evenly shared but we have on occasion performed spectacularly, with memorable victories involving centuries for James ( in the sun) and Mike (in the drizzle). In fairness we have also been stuffed right royally on more than one occasion. Wednesday's game was a T20, worries about the light fading meant an earlier start than usual, with the inevitable slow dribble of people turning up. More oppo than Bodley meant that Bod bat first, 18 overs with a retirement at 25 the order of play. Bod start slowly, OUP bowl well, but soon Dave Shackleton and James Shaw start to hit out, David playing some lovely, typically David, shots and soon retires, James is bowled for 7 and then Matthew and Phil score freely, running between the wickets well and turning ones into twos at every opportunity. Matthew retires after a very quick 25, Dan comes in and carries on and then Phil retires. This middle spell is one of the best combined batting by the team for a while, especially considering the quality of the bowling. Dan runs hard, Tim keeps up valiantly while still struggling and then James Riley sees the innings out with some sharp running between the wickets to keep Dan going, he finishes not out for 19. 123 off 18 is a good score considering a) the size of the boundaries at Jordan Hill and, b) the quality of the OUP bowlers. Quick turnround. Starting to get dark. Phil opens the bowling with James, OUP start slow and are quickly behind the run-rate. They soon find the middle of the bat, but crucially Bodley start to take wickets, and carry on at key times throughout the innings. Phil first with the first of two catches for Dan then James with an LBW. Bodleys bowling is top notch, Matthew is letting nothing past him behind the stumps and the fielding is sharp, with the third Dave in the side, Busby this time, patrolling the long boundary. James's wicket brings in a dangerous batsman, one who has taken games away from us on the past but David (S) clean bowls him, which is quickly followed by something rarer than hen's teeth, a successful Ackland slower ball. Then two catches that kill off the OUP hopes, Dan a smart caught and bowled and a father and son combination when James takes an excellent running catch off Dan's bowling. Dave Freeman sees us home, miserly bowling at the death going for nothing much and picking up a wicket as well. What looked at the start to be a tricky game considering the opposition turns into a satisfying win, very good batting gave us a good total which was then followed by an excellent bowling display. Next stop Aldworth as the season winds down. SA.
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