First round of the
Middlesex Cup saw the T's take on Ickenham at the Green. Yet
another M1 style Bendelow wicket was presented and after an early
toss the T's won the toss and elected to bat.
Strolling to the crease (Cassonova) McCabe & (Bungle) Meredith were out to add another 50 partnership to their season tally. The pair were left two short of their goal with McCabe falling to a sharp yorker from Ickenham Overseas Player Scanlon. Meredith followed shortly afterwards leaving two sixteen year old's in Parker and O'Brien with the job of steering the Twickenham innings to a competitive total. Some clever batting and good running between wickets saw Parker reach (43) and O'Brien (51). With some work to still do a handy Cameo from the steady handed ”CanU” Cronje (45) pushed the T's total to 231/6 off the alloted 45 overs.
With still a lot to do
the T's took to the field needing to restrict their opponents to
less than 5.16 an over for victory. (Heat) Haffeji and (Rattail)
Kulkarni took the new rock from the green spice and Hampton road
ends respectively. The Ickenham openers appeared to be out of
their depth with (Heat Haffeji) pinning both openers. They both
remained at the crease through a great deal of luck and it wasn't
until the thirteenth over the T's struck with a some pressure
bowling. Parker picked up two wickets in 3 overs to give the T's a
sniff. However Ickenham chanced their arms and it came off. Few
chances presented without the T's able to take them. Ickenham
proceeded to chase down the competitive total in the 41st
over. It was clear it wasn't the T's day with key bowling figure
Cronje left on the sideline after pulling a ”hamy” during the
batting innings, plenty lofted shots landing short of fielders, a
large number of plays & misses not finding the edge and half
chance catches not sticking.
Overall an unlucky but encouraging days
cricket with some stars of the future for Twickenham showing their
ability in senior ranks.
Special thanks to David (Dobby) O'Brien for
filling in for the injured Conje.
MVP Votes (3,2,1)
J Parker 3 Votes
M O'Brien 2 Votes
JP Conje 1 Vote
Tom Meredith