“MAD Lose Crappy Run-chase”
Match: 23
/ 591
Lost
by 35 runs
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Team |
Total |
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Isis CC |
207 - 9 |
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D. Shorten
2 - 23, G. Timms 3 - 32 |
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FFTMCC |
172 |
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J. Pearson
30, I. Howarth 30 |
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Always a firm favourite
among The MAD cricketing fixtures is the Bank Holiday joust with our
neighbours at Queens. An occasion that was sadly cancelled the previous year
due to someone selfish enough to die on the field a few days previous.
Thankfully, nobody died at Stanton St John this term, so the game went ahead.
Neighbourly and
distinctly not in our class in terms of humour or ability [ahem], Isis continue to evolve as [un]gracefully as The MAD. Each year
we emerge from the darkness of winter to cast a surreptitious eye over our
opponents, gauging who is coming off worst in the battle against Father Time.
Amongst the categories of increasing concern are hair loss, visual
decrepitude, fuckered health, mobility and notable increases
in the levels of negative moaning and mumbling.
Arriving at Queens it
was immediately noticeable what a great job Dan the groundsman had done
recovering a pitch that suffered an extreme drought followed by the worst of an
Oxford winter. That it was an excellent surface to play on and a testament to
his skills with a mower and his keen understanding of Mother Earth. Losing the toss has now swaggered
back into fashion and Mr Ainsworth certainly hasn’t been backwards in coming
forwards. Just imagine what you would like to do and then think the exact
opposite. “Hi Isis, given today is a beautiful opportunity to batter that
ball around on a perfect day for batting, would you care to settle back into
your plastic chairs, have a little nap in the afternoon sun and watch that
scoreboard total climb inexorably whilst you paste it about?” Mt Stephenson (84) has
recently committed more of his life to the Isis cause and certainly favours pasting
the FFTMCC about. Here was an innings of gears, helped by a gaff from Mr
Rundle in the covers that saw Richie increase his tempo until he was undone
by a smart piece of stumping from the skipper [Reeves 7-0-40-2 the bowler].
Later action as Symons bowls to The MAD. Once departed with the
score on 117, the home team huffed and puffed to eventually finish on 207-9,
with the other wicket takers being Timms [6-1-32-3] and Shorten [4-1-23-2].
It is also worth noting the efforts of Mr Hoskins, who pulled his figures
back quite nicely after the earlier Stephenson onslaught and was delighted to
see his teammates spew up three guilt-edged chances on the turf. So, a good home
team total in the end, but not a great one and certainly one that Team MAD
considered well within their range. Tea was excellent, with
Mr Shorten showcasing how to eat as if your life depended on it. Mixing pasta
and sandwiches with a hefty slice of black forest gateau to act as a barrier
to his potato salad and other assorted titbits, David appalled any connoisseurs
of traditional eating by diving amongst his plate of splurge and coming up
with a sugar hit like a crazed toddler.
Skipper Ainsworth unable to rescue the sinking
MAD frigate. Following Williams’ (20)
predictably pyrotechnic foray in reply, Messrs Howarth and Pearson took The
MAD reply serenely to 83-1 in just the fourteenth over. A mixture of blows
down the ground and some keen running and Isis shoulders were sloping. Then,
quite naturally, just because everything was going so bloody nicely, the
wheels fell off. Ian (30) heaved one into Stephenson’s ball sack and James
(30) flapped at a wide one a few balls later. Both well set and both fucking out. After the dismissal of
Shorten (7) to an excellent slower ball from Ponsford Jnr, Ainsworth (26) and
Timms (24) offered some flickering hope as the run-worm became vertical,
before that candle was extinguished by a barrage of pie from Snr and Smoking
Jo towards the end. 172 all out and goodnight, Vienna. Hopeless and
distinctly underwhelming. When combined, “if only” are the two most vilified
and hated words in the English language.
Young Kaito Williams impressing all with a cover
drive. As always, both teams
would sit out post-match and share a beer and banter as shadows lengthened
across the field, and it was during the autopsy that one item caused
particular frivolity and that being The MAD Moment award going to… a goose.
During our time out in the field chasing leather, a low-flying waterbird was
heard to misfire loudly as it swooped overhead and thankfully suffer a jammed
cargo hold. Most amusing and infinitely funnier that this wretched run-chase,
a moment to remember during a contest we’d rather forget.
’Dopey’
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Statto Scorecards
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Far From the MCC versus Isis CC Played at Queens College, 28 May 2023 Isis CC won the toss and elected to bat Isis CC won by 35 runs Far from the MCC debuts: n/a |
23 / 591 35 over match |
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Team |
Isis CC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
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1 |
R.
Stephenson * |
st Ainsworth b Reeves |
84 |
(63) |
15 |
1 |
1-82 |
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2 |
P.
Jacobs † |
c Williams b Reeves |
27 |
(50) |
3 |
- |
2-117 |
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3 |
V. Kumar |
c sub (Webster) b Timms |
39 |
(31) |
4 |
1 |
3-163 |
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4 |
M. Naqvi |
run out (Shorten/Ainsworth) |
38 |
(39) |
5 |
1 |
4-178 |
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5 |
J.
Ponsford |
c Roberts b Shorten |
2 |
(5) |
- |
- |
5-193 |
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6 |
J.
Walter |
lbw b Shorten |
5 |
(14) |
1 |
- |
6-197 |
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7 |
Y. Batra |
b Timms |
5 |
(4) |
1 |
- |
7-197 |
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8 |
A.
Symons |
run out (Ainsworth) |
0 |
(1) |
- |
- |
8-203 |
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9 |
K. H.
Whiter |
c Reeves b Timms |
1 |
(2) |
- |
- |
9-204 |
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10 |
A. East |
not out |
1 |
(1) |
- |
- |
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11 |
K.
Ponsford |
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Extras |
W2, B3 |
5 |
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TOTAL |
(for 9 wickets, 35 overs) |
207 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
Roberts |
5 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
4.20 |
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2 |
Rundle |
6 |
0 |
36 |
0 |
6.00 |
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3 |
Reeves |
7 |
0 |
40 |
2 |
5.71 |
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4 |
Hoskins |
7 |
0 |
47 |
0 |
6.71 |
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5 |
Timms |
6 |
1 |
32 |
3 |
5.33 |
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6 |
Shorten |
4 |
1 |
23 |
2 |
5.75 |
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Team |
Far from the MCC |
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# |
Batsman |
How Out |
Total |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
FOW |
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1 |
J. W.
Pearson |
c Stephenson b J. Ponsford |
30 |
(47) |
4 |
- |
1-23 |
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2 |
C. T. J.
Williams |
c Stephenson b Symons |
20 |
(15) |
4 |
- |
2-83 |
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3 |
I.
Howarth |
c Stephenson b Whiter |
30 |
(23) |
6 |
- |
3-83 |
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4 |
K. A. Kawada-Williams |
b J. Ponsford |
8 |
(10) |
1 |
- |
4-92 |
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5 |
L. G.
Ainsworth *† |
st Jacobs b Walter |
26 |
(33) |
2 |
- |
5-100 |
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6 |
D.
Shorten |
b J. Ponsford |
7 |
(13) |
1 |
- |
6-146 |
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7 |
G. J.
Timms |
st Jacobs b Walter |
24 |
(32) |
1 |
- |
7-146 |
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8 |
M. K.
Reeves |
c Jacobs b Walter |
0 |
(2) |
- |
- |
8-160 |
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9 |
C. D.
Roberts |
b K. Ponsford |
12 |
(11) |
3 |
- |
9-166 |
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10 |
M. S.
Rundle |
not out |
2 |
(7) |
- |
- |
10-172 |
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11 |
J. D.
Hoskins |
b K. Ponsford |
2 |
(4) |
- |
- |
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Extras |
NB3, W5, LB3 |
11 |
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TOTAL |
(all out, 32.2 overs) |
172 |
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# |
Bowler |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wkts |
Econ |
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1 |
East |
6 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
4.33 |
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2 |
Symons |
3 |
1 |
21 |
1 |
7.00 |
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3 |
K.
Ponsford |
5.2 |
0 |
38 |
2 |
7.13 |
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4 |
J.
Ponsford |
4 |
1 |
14 |
3 |
3.50 |
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5 |
Whiter |
6 |
0 |
23 |
1 |
3.83 |
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6 |
Batra |
4 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
7.50 |
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7 |
Walter |
4 |
0 |
15 |
3 |
3.75 |
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MOTM: G. J. Timms Champagne Moment: K. A. Kawada-Williams’
back foot cover drive Buffet Award: J. D. Hoskins’ rotten pepperoni pizzas (burnt crust) MAD
Moment: Large goose fart when flying overhead… |
Opposition:
V009 / 041 Ground: G008 / 024 Captain: C026 / 004 Match No: 35 / 219 |