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Match
Tied
Team |
Total |
FFTMCC |
121 - 5 |
I. Howarth 45*, J. Pearson
22, D. Edwards 20 |
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Oxenford CC |
121 - 7 |
C. Roberts 4 - 26, D. Emerson
3 - 21 |
“It’s not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It’s the hope I
can’t stand.” Brian Stimpson (John Cleese) from the film Clockwise. After a long old season
of watching Oxfordshire gradually sink beneath rising flood waters and a game
on the Friday night, it was a rather flagging FFTMCC team which arrived at
Jesus College on Sunday. Added to this the traditional post tour slump and
three opposing teams who looked decidedly up for it and The MAD weren’t
rating their chances. This was The MAD’s first time at the Oxenford Quad Team
Tournament featuring two Oxenford teams, rather confusingly the Club Team and
a President’s XI. In to the mix also went East Oxford CC. As usual, if punctuality
was the name of the game rather than cricket, The MAD would be the clear
winners. At the appointed 1 pm all eleven were present and correct and as
usual the opposition currently consisted of two men, some kids and a dog. After
the traditional pissing about, at approximately 1:30 pm it was deemed that
Oxenford Club team would partake in a bit of 20/20 against The MAD. So who is actually who? Of course there was
first the toss to be had. In recent weeks the skipper had adopted a system
recommended by mystic First up were Dobner (0)
and Emerson (1), presumably instructed to get the innings off to a flyer, or
at least get it over with as quickly as possible so we could proceed to tea
and the 3rd / 4th playoff as soon as possible. They duly obliged, Dobner
going to extraordinary lengths to reach for a wide one and spoon it to
mid-off. M. Bullock scribbles “0” against another MAD duck
(Dobner). Soon to the crease were
Howarth (45 n.o.) and Edwards (20.) They were
facing opening bowlers Rowley and Khan who seemed to be labouring under the
impression that the purpose of cricket is to hurl a series of deliveries as
far from the batsmen as possible. Rowley opted for the ‘wide’ approach, keeping
second slip busy in the more traditional wicket keepers role whereas Khan
went for the ‘high’ approach aiming either at or above the batsmen’s head.
After a choice exchange between batsmen and bowlers involving car parks and
red mists, the purpose of Sunday cricket seemed to be conveyed all round. Westmoreland (0) came
and went before Pearson (22) took his turn. James has had a difficult season,
but today looked in good form with a series of flowing drives. Good timing
James, you should just peak in time to spend seven months waiting and hoping
for next season. Turner (4 n.o.) provided an all
too brief cameo. With 29 extras, including 25 wides, The MAD had somehow
scrambled to a decidedly respectable 121 for 5. Could we dare to hope (that
we could defend it for perhaps 12 overs?) Howarth (45*) finally scores some T20 runs (white
dot with bat in front of manure stack). Oxenford (club, not
President’s XI) started out, appearing confident of knocking these off
without incident. However, Next up was Roberts
(4-0-26-4) for whom throwing money at the problem of erratic length was
appearing to pay dividends. After a bit of off season coaching, some of his
finest bowling deservedly yielded his first ‘four-for’ for the Far. Edwards
(4-0-11-0) bamboozled the batmen and his miserly 11 runs in 4 overs made The
MAD believe we could take this game (at least in to the 18th
over.) It was only Howarth (4-0-39-0) who failed to emulate his heroics with
the bat that let Oxenford back in to the game. Dave wonders why Ian bowled so shit after his
heroic efforts. In was only when the
game proceeded in to the 20th over that The MAD finally realised
the awful truth of their situation. Unbelievably, we could actually win this
thing, was the upside. The downside being that then totally shagged we would
have to play an East Oxford team who were currently smashing about 300 on the
adjacent pitch. With one ball remaining Oxenford needed one to tie and two to
win. However, The MAD had lost less wickets and therefore conceding only one
should see us to a remarkable victory. With this in mind captain Moo pushed
the field back and allowed the single which Oxenford proceeded to take. It
was then handshakes all round and The MAD marching off triumphant. If Mascot’s could talk: “What a load of
bollocks!” I don’t know how it
happened, I really don’t. How did we get talked in to that stupid ‘super
over?’ Despite the best efforts of Dan’s bowling, they scored eight and we
didn’t. The fragile flame of hope had been extinguished by the inevitable
bucket of cold water (and excrement). “Oh
Laura, I’ll never speak at the headmasters’ conference in Norwich. I know
that, but it doesn’t stop me trying.” ‘Reevsie’
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Far from the MCC versus Oxenford CC Played at Jesus College, 26 August
2012 Oxenford CC won the toss and elected
to field Match Tied (Oxenford CC won in the ‘golden over’) Far from the MCC debuts: none |
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Far from
the MCC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
1 |
S. L. P. Dobner |
c Malik b Khan |
0 |
(4) |
- |
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1-4 |
2 |
D. Emerson |
b Rowley |
1 |
(11) |
- |
- |
2-6 |
3 |
I. Howarth |
not out |
45 |
(53) |
5 |
1 |
- |
4 |
D. M. Edwards |
b Aziz |
20 |
(25) |
2 |
- |
3-74 |
5 |
M. T. Westmoreland * |
b Aziz |
0 |
(3) |
- |
- |
4-74 |
6 |
J. W. Pearson |
b Akbar |
22 |
(21) |
3 |
- |
5-115 |
7 |
R. P. Turner |
not out |
4 |
(4) |
- |
- |
- |
8 |
G. Carter |
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9 |
M. Bullock + |
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10 |
M. K. Reeves |
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11 |
C. D. Roberts |
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Extras |
(NB1, W25, B3) |
29 |
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TOTAL |
(for 5 wickets, 20 overs) |
121 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
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1 |
Rowley |
4 |
1 |
17 |
1 |
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2 |
Khan |
4 |
0 |
23 |
1 |
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3 |
Taimoor |
4 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
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4 |
Junaid |
4 |
0 |
25 |
2 |
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5 |
Akbar |
4 |
0 |
27 |
1 |
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Team |
Oxenford
CC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
1 |
R. Ewings |
b Emerson |
18 |
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2 |
- |
2-24 |
2 |
B. Akbar |
c Turner b Emerson |
4 |
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- |
- |
1-24 |
3 |
S. Pathak |
c Edwards b Roberts |
27 |
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2 |
- |
4-107 |
4 |
T. Audley-Miller |
c Bullock b Emerson |
1 |
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- |
3-31 |
5 |
Junaid |
b Roberts |
50 |
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4 |
1 |
5-110 |
6 |
Taimoor |
b Roberts |
9 |
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2 |
- |
6-119 |
7 |
Ragu |
b Roberts |
0 |
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- |
- |
7-120 |
8 |
A. Cosgrove |
not out |
1 |
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- |
- |
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9 |
R. Rowley |
not out |
0 |
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10 |
Khan |
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11 |
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Extras |
(NB1, W2, LB5, B3) |
11 |
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TOTAL |
(for 7 wickets, 20 overs) |
121 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
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1 |
Emerson |
4 |
0 |
21 |
3 |
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2 |
Reeves |
4 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
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3 |
Roberts |
4 |
0 |
26 |
4 |
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4 |
Edwards |
4 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
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5 |
Howarth |
4 |
0 |
39 |
0 |
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MOTM: C. D. Robert’s bowling
heroics Champagne Moment: I. Howarth’s monster
six into the trees Buffet
Award: I. Howarth’s apple crumble
(with Cornish clotted cream) |
Opposition:
V061 / 03 Ground: G019 / 13 Captain: C011 / 70 |