Nat Gimson was the hero as CtC secured their third LMS title and first in North London with a tense victory over the James Tredwell Fan Club in a low scoring final.
The evening began on a high with international businessm’n Davidson showing his presence at the negotiation table, winning the toss and then securing an 18 over a side game, which would ensure Tredwell played out their last five overs in the dark. The DoC, sadly in a watching role due to injury, mused that this could be crucial at the time, little did he know just how crucial… First though CtC had to make use of the available solar radiation to post a decent score, something that didn’t seem in much doubt with a strong batting line up of Hammond, Casselsm Karsten, Holmes, Tilbury, Davidson, Gimson and Shaw. Season 2022 had seen a marked shift to a new generation of CtC talent, which was certainly displayed in the final, with the only significant contributions coming from Karsten 50 (20) and Tilbury 41 (18). No-one else made it past 20, and CtC failed to bat their full 18, relying on a gutsy 13 from Shaw batting solo. CtC surely needed a good start to try and defend such a paltry total, but failed to do so, and when one of the Tredders openers managed to retire, it looked like the game was done. With Tredders needing not much more than a run a ball, Skipper Davidson shuffled his pack, both he and Hammo had thus far been expensive, so he decided to chuck the ball to Gimson. Within a few balls of his introduction the game suddenly took on an entirely different complex, Gimmers wobbling the ball away and tying down the JT middle order. With runs suddenly hard to come by, and time running out to get the gun bat back in, the sun, just as Rudders predicted, exited stage left. With darkness now almost fully wedged CtC were well in control, and Gimmers closed it out to Gimmers closed it out to burgle a possibly undeserved seven run win, and with it the title. Ross attempted to get us to play the Champions League a few days later, but predictably we failed to raise a side, and that was stumps for the season. Away from the LMS arena we played just a solitary fixture against the Whitgift staff, our other regular opposition The Moose XI dropped us from their circuit due to a lack of prestige, and no other fixtures were arranged due to our own difficulty raising sides. Unfortunately at the time of writing the scorecard has not been located, though it is noted we lost the game, and Conway hit his first 50. So perhaps a season of two halves, our most successful and enjoyable LMS campaign for some years, but a distinct lack of activity off it, including failure to raise a touring side. Onwards to 2023.
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