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After an early haul from Brown, Deshpande and Harrison left Woodlands St Mary tottering at 23-3 it was nearly Skellytime at Wokingham all over again as a slightly rusty Park allowed the opposition back into the game, Brown having the Woodlands skipper put down behind and then dropping a dolly himself at square leg (in mitigation, having covered thirty yards in 1.8 seconds and dived backwards full length to reach it), so the score was 86 before a Harrison initiative brought the breakthrough. Putting his trust in tightest spinner of the day, Chablani, Harrison placed himself at the silliest of short mid wickets and picked up the catch.
Berkshire U16 starlet, Herrington junior, took the key wicket of the remaining opener to make it 118-5 off 31 and Deshpande returned to take another, albeit for a price, as the opposition accelerated.
Bowler of the day Brown finished up with 8-4-10-2. Herrington senior bowled the final over. Herrington junior having snatched the gloves as brief blood replacement for Jurgo and then remembered that his lid was further away than he could be bothered to fetch. The stumping opportunities passed by with Shrek four yards behind but Herro still managed a last ball wicket and Woodlands were restricted to 173-8.
In a thrilling start to the reply, Park’s runs from the bat overtook extras as early as the seventh over and Herrington Jnr, obviously deciding his job was now done, pirouetted, tapped the ball to the keeper and, assuming that umpire Herro Snr must have spotted it, walked off. You should never start walking until the green man is flashing Shrek! But enough about Our John after a heavy session, where’s Brooksie?
Well The Boy Wonder was quickly back in the hutch behind Shrek but that brought in new recruit, Sandeep, to play some quality shots and it looked like he was there with Manoj for the duration until he wasn’t. 53-3. Now Moongrey. What he lacks in technique and stamina he certainly makes up for in natural talent and the ability to feign an injury. He put on 81 with Manoj(44) and then 44 with Herro, his 63 including 7x4s and some intelligently taken singles once he got the runner. It’s Park by 6 wickets!
Moonie Tunes
This week’s chant from the boundary:
Moonie’s got his lid on,
Hip hip hip hooray,
Moonie’s got his lid on,
And he’s coming out to play!
Next Game - Sun 22nd: On Sunday 22nd - home to Aldbourne. 1.30 start. Availability to Mark Jurgens please
Friday 20th: The newly formed midweek team have a 20-20 game Vs Vodafone. 4.40pm start. A couple more players are required so contact Mark if interested. |
