No shizzle in the mizzle
Sunbury, Hampton, 10/9/2016
Sunbury Chieftans won by 5 wickets
Strongroom: 145-5 [J.Hall 56]
Sunbury Chieftans: 150-5 [I.Soni 89*]
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We had just 9 players, Justin Clements debut Bad forecast...drizzle throughout day Sunbury v friendly and v willing to play in rain A strong league team, surrey champions, with two England udner-19s internationals.
Ton toss and batted first in 20 over game JG (30) and JH (56) got off to a great start, 90-odd for the fist wicket. Jimmy in sublime touch. Thereafter we struggled to maintain momentum. 144-5. Sunbury struggled with wet ball, but a reasonable total all in all.
Odd tea!
Basically their opener Soni (89*) won it for them...we couldn't get him out. He showed off some cheeky reverse sweeps and paddles and hit the ball v hard indeed. Grant got his 100th wicket! A great achievement, and very well deserved. Joe bowled well, and benefitted from a really great 1-handed catch by Grant at midwicket. Jimmy took a skier at midwicket, though Vinay nearly clobbered him as he ran in from the deep to compete for the catch! Colin bowled v well for us. But...we just couldn’t dislodge Soni… Towards the end they needed 19 off 18, but then they just did it with some clean hitting.
Very nice oppo. We’ll be very happy to return.
Written By: J.Gower
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