Date: 29th May, 2021
Venue: Boddington Gardens
The 4s gained another 10 points against an Actonians that appeared to be a little stronger than the team we beat at the same venue the previous season.
With me losing yet another toss, we were sent to field, but managed to restrict them to 174AO off 43.2 overs (out of an allotted 45). Simon Mohamed bowled his reliable stint for 3 wickets and altitudinous Tom Jarvis looked threatening, despite having gotten out of bed at 4am to come and play. However, it was Hasan Mufti who proved to be the surprise of the afternoon, as I gave him a bowl and he managed to take his first 5-for, bowling his left arm round slow stuff, with a couple of traps working well and Actonian batsmen unable to cope with the lack of bounce and pace Mufti was generating. He finished with figures of 6.2-1-23-5.
Crucial to our run chase was a mature and dogged innings by Will Hayes who returned 73 off 86 before he was given out caught behind whilst trying to sweep a spinner. Besides a few other minor contributions, the bulk of the other runs came from young Tristan Greenleaf who batted really well to finish on 49 not out (a knock which included 5 x 4s and 1 x 6). Here’s the winning boundary: