A winning start to the season!!!! Believe it or Not!!!
The Zoots fresh from their victory over the MCC were ready to take to the hallowed grounds of Churchill college to take on the might of the Cavendish labs. After a couple days of worrying about the weather the Zoots turned up to a lovely day in the making. The Zoots were put in to bat and late- comers were given the honour of opening the batting. Cometh the hour cometh the heroes and cometh a little late come the openers.
In walked in Simon 'Bambi on ice' Martin and Tarun 'Bollywood' Kumar to face the music.The testing opening spell from Matt, an out and out fast bowler for the Cavs, had Bambi bouncing around the crease to protect himself. But a steady flow of boundaries from both ends had the Zoots going at around 8 runs an over in the first four. Introduction of spin was welcomed with a big six to cow corner by Mr Bolywood. The first wicket fell when Bambi was bowled by spinner Dave on thirty two and the highlight of the innings was a beautiful straight drive over the bowlers head for four that brought the Zoots and the Cavs to their feet. In walked in Noel 'Butter oops Rutterfingers' and the steady flow of runs continued with lots of quick well judged singles. Aiming to increase the run rate Rutter was stumped of the bowling of Ned for 4. Stephen 'Gravy train' Grady was next up and the quick running continued. (INSERT ADVICE FOR ALL BATSMAN : No and go sound the same). Bollywood was the next to fall trying to protect his stumps from a ricochet of his bat and thus ended his innings of 80. The batsman ended up giving himself out and later finding out that a double hit is not out. (INSERT SECOND PIECE OF ADVICE FOR ALL CRICKETERS : Know the rules)
Alex Snickers Eggeman, our captain courageous was in next, to try and quicken the scoring and thats just what they did. A flurry of boundaries of the bat of the Gravy train(particulary a classy drive through the covers) had the Cavendish bowling completely demoralized. The Zoots had set a demanding target of 164 and were all ready to put pressure on the Cav batting.
It was a final hurrah for the highly succesful opening bowling pair for both the Zoots and Coton CC, Ullasa 'Lurch' Kodandaramaiah and Matt 'Skippie' Chandler. The pair bowled a demanding and accurate line and length and were amply backed in the field. Skippie got the first breakthrough with Jackson being caught by Bambi his first of three catches in the game each more impressive than the next. Constant pressure from the opening pair had the Cavs against the ropes and led to the introduction of Anthony 'Silence of the' Lamb. This left armer with a great delivery that comes into the bowler had the Cavs in all sorts of trouble. Ben 'Bennyball' Jarret bowled some leg spin a la Warnie from the other end. Anthony castled three of the Cav batsman while Bennyball took three more to leave the Cavs in tatters. Fading light and a lethal ball from our own Hannibal lecter had the Cavs request a change in pace. Some fabulous keeping by Matt Brookes who couldnt really see the ball and thus just got body and soul behind it and some fine efforts in the deep by Pierre 'Le SWATTEUR' Burdayet kept the pressure on the Cavs. At this point the Cavs were 8 down for 68. Rutter bowled tidily from one end while at the other Bollywood was taken to the cleaners by Dave who top scored for the Cavs with a well made 33. The Zoots won the game by 59 runs as the Cavs finished their innings on a 105 for eight.
A team performance by one and all had the Zoots come across the line in fine fashion.
The Zoots fresh from their victory over the MCC were ready to take to the hallowed grounds of Churchill college to take on the might of the Cavendish labs. After a couple days of worrying about the weather the Zoots turned up to a lovely day in the making. The Zoots were put in to bat and late- comers were given the honour of opening the batting. Cometh the hour cometh the heroes and cometh a little late come the openers.
In walked in Simon 'Bambi on ice' Martin and Tarun 'Bollywood' Kumar to face the music.The testing opening spell from Matt, an out and out fast bowler for the Cavs, had Bambi bouncing around the crease to protect himself. But a steady flow of boundaries from both ends had the Zoots going at around 8 runs an over in the first four. Introduction of spin was welcomed with a big six to cow corner by Mr Bolywood. The first wicket fell when Bambi was bowled by spinner Dave on thirty two and the highlight of the innings was a beautiful straight drive over the bowlers head for four that brought the Zoots and the Cavs to their feet. In walked in Noel 'Butter oops Rutterfingers' and the steady flow of runs continued with lots of quick well judged singles. Aiming to increase the run rate Rutter was stumped of the bowling of Ned for 4. Stephen 'Gravy train' Grady was next up and the quick running continued. (INSERT ADVICE FOR ALL BATSMAN : No and go sound the same). Bollywood was the next to fall trying to protect his stumps from a ricochet of his bat and thus ended his innings of 80. The batsman ended up giving himself out and later finding out that a double hit is not out. (INSERT SECOND PIECE OF ADVICE FOR ALL CRICKETERS : Know the rules)
Alex Snickers Eggeman, our captain courageous was in next, to try and quicken the scoring and thats just what they did. A flurry of boundaries of the bat of the Gravy train(particulary a classy drive through the covers) had the Cavendish bowling completely demoralized. The Zoots had set a demanding target of 164 and were all ready to put pressure on the Cav batting.
It was a final hurrah for the highly succesful opening bowling pair for both the Zoots and Coton CC, Ullasa 'Lurch' Kodandaramaiah and Matt 'Skippie' Chandler. The pair bowled a demanding and accurate line and length and were amply backed in the field. Skippie got the first breakthrough with Jackson being caught by Bambi his first of three catches in the game each more impressive than the next. Constant pressure from the opening pair had the Cavs against the ropes and led to the introduction of Anthony 'Silence of the' Lamb. This left armer with a great delivery that comes into the bowler had the Cavs in all sorts of trouble. Ben 'Bennyball' Jarret bowled some leg spin a la Warnie from the other end. Anthony castled three of the Cav batsman while Bennyball took three more to leave the Cavs in tatters. Fading light and a lethal ball from our own Hannibal lecter had the Cavs request a change in pace. Some fabulous keeping by Matt Brookes who couldnt really see the ball and thus just got body and soul behind it and some fine efforts in the deep by Pierre 'Le SWATTEUR' Burdayet kept the pressure on the Cavs. At this point the Cavs were 8 down for 68. Rutter bowled tidily from one end while at the other Bollywood was taken to the cleaners by Dave who top scored for the Cavs with a well made 33. The Zoots won the game by 59 runs as the Cavs finished their innings on a 105 for eight.
A team performance by one and all had the Zoots come across the line in fine fashion.
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