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Another quality victory was attained last night over top of the league (and previously unbeaten) Cumberland Partners/ Arms at Priors Park.
In the absence of the skipper (arriving a little late), Johns called correctly and asked Cumberland to bat in a 14 over match. The weather had not been great all day, but the breezy overcast conditions looked ideal for bowling with us being able to field another strong bowling attack.
Paddy opened, displaying his usual brisk pace and accuracy. The opening batsmen looked far from comfortable and were able to score a few streaky boundaries on the short offside boundary (helped by a couple of unfortunate misfields).
Neil also began well at the other end, but was unfortunate to be slogged for a couple of sixes. However, he had the last laugh bowling the left hander from around the wicket two balls later, then having the new batsman (Turner) holing out to Eddie (great catch) just inside the deep midwicket boundary for a duck.
Paddy continued to bowl well and had their other handy looking opener bowled shortly before the end of his spell.
Barry and Steve Foster continued the good work, mixing up their pace to good effect as the wickets continued to fall at regular intervals. Both Barry and Steve ended with 2 each. 101-7 from 14. Once again an excellent restrictive effort (and 2 bowling points).
Eddie and Mike Horrocks opened the batting under instructions to be positive. Both of them duly complied, scoring steadily with only the extra pace of Turner proving particularly difficult to get away.
Mike perished soon after for 6, bringing Steve J to the crease, but he looked out of sorts and was bowled by Turner for 1.
The indomitable skipper came to the crease with plenty of time to knock the runs off, immediately looking at ease and displaying the confident form that has characterised his season to date.
Eddie Wilson continued to chance his arm and batted superbly, helping to take 19 off Turner's last over (17 off the bat) which rather ruined his figures - his previous 3 overs had gone for only 9 runs.
Runs were coming steadily and the target was well within reach by the time Eddie departed, bowled for 24.
Colin (38 not out) and Ed Lord (13 not out) continued to milk the change bowlers with the occasional boundary (including a big 6 for colin) and victory was achieved with 9 balls to spare.
The opposition's Man of the match - Colin Miller.
Top stuff.
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