Loose batting condemns us to a right royal flushing
Highgate Wood, 8/31/2019
Bloomsbury Royals won by 31 runs
Bloomsbury Royals: 142 [R.Ashraf 6-28]
Strongroom: 111 [Sahil 4-33]
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Weird weather We had a pretty good team The oppo only had 9...but they still beat us! Riaz and Nisar arrived late DP Lost toss Mohmed wicketless...a rare event for him, but he was very unlucky DG produced some nice full away swingers,and snared one at slip, smart catch by Gwyn Then they recovered well...95-2 at drinks Then Riaz came on, and blew them away - 6-28! He bowled at his very best, generating zip and vicous turn. 142 all out. This was a still a decent total for Highgate Wood. 150 is the new par score at the woods!
Great tea from Furqan Chicken and veg biryani
OK, so basically, we were totally blown away! Gwyn got a duck Saklil was very zippy off a short run, and repeatedly bowled fast, late-swinging yorkers that accounted for four of us We wrere 29-7 at one stage This was due to some great bowling and some loose shots from a strong batting line-up (on paper) Then Tatos and Dan Durack batted well in the tail Then Godhi and DP got us to within 31 of 142, and we were just wondering if we could pull off a minor miracle. This was a poor batting performance, and we need to tighten up our techniques.
Written By: J.Gower
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