Ankit’s 50 sets up T20 success
Highgate Wood, 6/18/2022
Strongroom won by 24 runs
Strongroom: 136-6
Dulwich Lawnmower: 112
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This T20 match was spontaneously organised upon the rapid completion of the scheduled fixture earlier in the same afternoon. This time we won the toss and batted first. In our 20 overs we reached 136, thanks to a fine, positive innings from Ankit (55), who defended watchfully and clubbed anything short or wide to the boundary. Lawnmower bowled well at times, but 41 extras hurt them and helped us get to a decent total.
In response, skipper Woodhouse (51) almost took Lawnmower to victory, in a fine half-century, featuring a good defensive technique and powerful drives and pulls. With 41 required off the final 4 overs, the game was slightly in our favour, but when Woodhouse miscued a drive off Ankit to Mike at point, we sensed the run chase was up. Lawnmower displayed a lot more fight in this second encounter, but again the potency of Alex and Nick was always capable of making batting very difficult. Aside from a couple of comical overthrows, we fielded well and took most of our catches. We look forward to taking on The Mower again later in the summer, back at their home turf south of the river.
In this image below, we see (well, with a microscope) Dev and Ankit batting.
Written By: J.Gower
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