CtCCCC met at Barn Elms Sports Centre for the 5th renewal of the domestic season opener vs The Moose writes Nat Gimson. After an iffy start to their white ball season the cricketing cyclists where hopeful of a victory to get the red ball season underway. Though fielding a team without stalwart allrounders Rutt and Davidson, hamstrung and incubating respectively, CtC were full of confidence under the guidance of the New Regime and brains trust of Rudkin, H and Pearson, E. Batting first, the New Regime sent out Cassels, B and Skinner to open up. What followed was one of the ugliest opening partnerships this correspondent has ever seen. It was an embarrassment. Made worse by some appalling fielding from the Moose, dropping both Cassels, B and Skinner at least twice each. The runs kept coming however, as Cassels, B burgled his way with pitching wedges and outside edges, to his (very welcome) first red ball half century for the club. Pearson made a classy 15 odd, while Wright a well-made 40. The Bagmen did not trouble the scorers, probably no bad thing as the electronic scoring system was in disarray. Dillon, hot off the train from his umpteenth wedding, played the shot of the day, melting one through wide mid-off. He was out next ball however; he’d got his money’s worth. And so it was left to Conway, the club’s finisher, and Sherwin to finish the innings. Conway’s fast hands and unerring consistency at crunching boundaries lower down the order and Sherwin’s 6s meant CtC were able to post a very defendable 247-7. Parallels with the powerful England batting line-up were obvious – no-one went on to make a big score but everyone contributed. The New Regime has instilled a confident calm on their men, all playing cricket with a smile on their faces. They’d also seemingly managed to persuade The Moose to drop around 8 catches. During tea, which was shared with a 6-year old’s birthday party, the heavens opened. The Moose felt it sensible to leave the wicket uncovered for at least half an hour, which would prove to be costly as the pitch definitely got spiced up a bit.. After the deluge Sherwin opened the bowling, and bowled heat. Gimson opened from the other end, definitely not bowling heat but managed to keep it tight. What followed was a fantastic display of swing bowling, from all bowlers, as well as holding of catches. CtC were quickly on top and never let The Moose get away, with the swing bowling stable of Sherwin, Conway, Reid and Gimson swinging it around corners. A number of highlights proceeded, Reid bowling left arm in-swing to 2 slips and 2 leg slips and a 3 way Race of the Heavies to the cover boundary amongst them. The Moose stumbled their way to 74 all out, a crushing 173 run victory. A fantastic triumph for the New Regime, one this correspondent thoroughly enjoy running out for.
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