Won
| Batsmen | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Richards | Out | 128 | ||||
| Gary Phillips | Not Out | 42 | ||||
| Ian Boyton | Not Out | 38 | ||||
| Cameron Gannon | DNB | |||||
| Richard Harris | DNB | |||||
| Duncan Parr | DNB | |||||
| Andy Sumner | DNB | |||||
| George Troughton | DNB | |||||
| Abbas Ghulam | DNB | |||||
| Extras | ||||||
| Bowling | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Richards | 5.0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2.00 | |
| Cameron Gannon | 13.0 | 4 | 49 | 3 | 3.77 | |
| Duncan Parr | 5.0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 7.20 | |
| George Troughton | 7.0 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 6.86 | |
| Abbas Ghulam | 19.4 | 4 | 83 | 3 | 4.22 | |
| Extras | ||||||
| Fielder | Catches | Run Outs | Stumpings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Boyton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Gannon | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 |
A drizzly day greeted Sonning into West London where a damp track (due to the fact that the groundsman covered the wrong one!) looked like it could provide assistance to the bowlers. Batting first, Chiswick had a fortuitous start, playing and missing regularly. However they batted positively throughout, with opener Piper reaching a century with some very clean hitting. Wickets fell at fairly regular intervals, with both Abbas and Cameron Gannon taking 3 and eventually Chiswick were all out for 237 which considering they only had 10 players, one of whom had his arm broken by Gannon was a good effort.
Chasing over 230 never seems easy, but fortunately the Chiswick bowling was nowhere near as strong as their batting. They fed Captain Gary Phillips short balls to hook, although he was very fortunate to be dropped twice to very easy chances. It did not matter where they bowled to Mark Richards who was looking back to his destructive best. He cut, pulled, drove, slashed and slogged the ball to all parts. This was a terrific innings which reached 128 with amazing speed by the time Chiswick managed to hold on to a catch. The wicket did not give much respite to the bowling attack as Ian Boyton came to the wicket and continued the onslaught in his more classical style. The game was over after 29.3 overs with Boyton ending not out on 38 and Phillips on 42.
This was a very good performance, especially with the bat, but with 9 man Chiswick scoring 237, it served as a useful reminder that there are plenty of batsmen with ability at this level and bowlers and fielders are going to have to be at the top of their game to bowl sides out.
JJ Harris
