Club Cricket de l'Oust

CLUB CRICKET de l'OUST vs CENTRAL BRITTANY CC

Match Summary

Club Cricket de l'Oust: 75 all out off 21.1 overs

Central Brittany CC: 67 all out off 21.1 overs

CLUB CRICKET DE L'OUST WON BY 8 RUNS

Having endured foul wet weather conditions while preparing the pitch and new pavilion, it was a relief that the sun arrived with CBCC and the only weather we had to contend with was the wind. In the warm-up match: the wind beat Tariq's tent 1 - 0.

De l'Oust won the toss and decided to bat and progressed to 12 in 6 overs before losing their first wicket. From then on wickets fell at regular intervals, and only Matt Powell was able to get hold of the bowling, scoring 29 including 1 four and 3 sixes. Second highest scorer was extras with 26! The innings finally ended on 75 from 21.1 overs. Best bowler was Lee Snelling with 4 for 9 off 5.1 overs

Despite an excellent opening spell of bowling from Tim Harrington, CCBC managed to progress to 16 off 7 overs before losing their first wicket. Thanks mainly to Mallan (14) and Chad (12) they reached 53 for 4 and looked odds-on favourites to take the win. Then Rafiq Kouloo (3 for 26) and Jon Ward (4 for 6) got amongst the wickets and CBCC were finally all out for 67, nine runs short of their target. Worthy of note were 2 excellent catches by Tim Harrington in the deep and Rafiq's sharp catch to dismiss Turner. Spookily, CBCC also batted for 21.1 overs, but only accumulated 12 extras.

This win gives de l'Oust 15 points in the Siddalls Cup competition, and CBCC get 7. Everything to play for in the return match on July 5th.

Thanks are due to Trudie for providing her usual excellent tea. Trifles? Good grief!