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Cricket Club de l’Ouest lost to Doctors by 67 runs Doctors 177
all out
CC
de l’Ouest 110 all out
The
Doctors arrived to find a strip being mown on another floodlit football pitch
and once again were put in on a grassy wicket. Charles Macadam and Keith
Powell opened the innings with some frenetic running which belied their age,
but the pace could not be sustained and Keith was run out. Dave Williamson
joined Charles, but they were tied down by some accurate bowling and variable
movement and bounce off the pitch, and both lost their wickets trying to increase
the tempo. Harry Lee came in at 34-3, but after a brief flurry of boundaries
also became pinned down and fell to a superb diving catch by the keeper
Walton. Ed Johnson and Sam Powell then set about repairing the innings with a
fine stand of 62, before Ed fell for 35 leaving
the Doctors 109 for 5.This became 110 for 6 when Doug
Johnson could not resist an over ambitious drive and was bowled.
Thankfully Andrew Paisley showed great sense to defend the straight balls and
lash anything wide to the boundary as he initially supported Sam who
finally fell for 36 and was then joined by Nick Smyth in a partnership of 31
before Nick became the 2nd victim of spinner John Ward. Ward then
removed Andrew for 35 and a brief cameo from Phil Barker took the
doctors to 177 all out, with Ward finishing with 6.3-18-4. Once
again the opening partnership of Ed Johnson and Phil Barker were able to move
the ball off the pitch, and the pressure lead to an early run out after a
fine pick up and throw from Harry Lee. Phil Barker then bowled the
other opener, and Nick Smyth took a stunning one handed catch to give Ed
(7-18-1) a deserved wicket. Phil (7-32-2) continued to apply pressure to
the new bat and was rewarded with his wicket when he top edged a catch to
Doug Johnson to leave the French team on 45 for 4. Tim Brown, the l'Ouest's
no 3 continued to score freely on the leg side and at the half way mark they
had recovered to 84 for 4. Sam Powell then joined the attack and the extra
pace proved too much, two batsman falling in consecutive balls and the hat
trick ball flying over the slips. Harry Lee then removed Brown for 54, and
the tail swiftly subsided with Sam finishing on 4-6-3 and Harry on 1-1-2
to give the Doctors victory.
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