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Worked perfectly .... in the space of 4 overs Ram and Happy dismissed both batsmen, including an opportune stumping by Aayush off Ram. So at 4-127, our energy levels increased and our team mojo returned as the Hornsby bench went silent........8 straight maidens as we tightened things further.
A double wicket maiden to Ani, suddenly had Hornsby on the back foot.
At 6/133, needing a further 49 runs to win we felt we were now well on top and went full blown attack.........further wickets to Ram, Ani, and Sach in the space of 6 overs and just 3 runs saw Hornsby collapse to 9/138.
With just one wicket required and the batters not intent to score, the ball was thrown to Mike. 2nd ball clean bowled..........
The skipper was crushed by a gigantic huddle, Anik and Jake managed to sprint in from the boundary, a great moment to savour after being in such a bad position.
Taking 8/19 was an unbelievable achievement, and one that the guys can be proud off. A lesson learned... never give up, you are always in the game no matter how dark things seem.
Our bowling was great...we built pressure by bowling an incredible 20 maiden overs off 69.2 overs bowled...Seven of those in a 15 over spell from Aayush (0-24 off 15 overs straight). Wickets to Ani 4-10 off 10 overs, Ram 2-23 off 12 overs, Happy 2-33 off 15, Sach 1-4 off 5, Mike 1-0........Gihan 0-19 and Muthindra 0-13 bowled tightly and without luck.
A big thank you to Lachlan Edwards who subbed for us all innings, roaming in the covers and at point....... Saving heaps of runs.....
An unbelievable team effort.
The players are from left to right:
Back row:
Peter Schouten (Umpire), Lachlan Edwards (sub), Gihan Thebuwanage, Muthindra Gunesakara, Anik Singh , Aayush Tamhankar, Sachman Maini, Alf James (Umpire), Mike Kinchington.
Front row:
Aniket Mahindre, Happy Rana, Brahadesh Ramamurthy, Ross Smith (C), Jake Smith, Waman Tamhankar.
D2 Grade
WPHC (Nirav) 151 defeated St Ives 59 Day 1
We arrived at the ground, ready to put ourselves in a good position for Day 2.
The outfield was lightening quick with a great pitch in the middle. Nirav lost the toss which wasn’t even surprising for him after all his bad luck in the coin flipping business this season. The batsmen started padding up despite the butterflies in their stomachs.
After a few overs, Vishal attempted to dispatch a short ball over long on, but the bowler’s great inswinger got his stumps. Praneel and Arun played brilliant and sensible cricket as shots started to flow from both ends.
A fast-paced bowler changed to around the wicket and that angle got to Arun as he was bowled after 9 hard earned runs.
Lakshya was bowled for a duck with the same trick in the same over.
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