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Kings College Staff lost to Doctors by 8 wickets Kings
College 150
for 3
Doctors
151 for 2
S.Florey and Val
Samillion opened the schoolmasters’ innings in imperious fashion, driving
full and good length balls to the boundary at will. Both retired undefeated on 30 but J.McCann
and Phil Lewis continued in the same vein and after 11 overs the score was
100 for 0. Lewis and McCann soon
reached 30 and also retired but just when Doctors were despairing of ever
taking a wicket and fearing that they would be chasing over 200 Sam Powell (1-25)
and Beth Sellick came on to bowl.
These two bowled an impressive line and length and imposed a stranglehold
on the middle order. Peter Reed also
kept things tight, Andrew Paisley contributed a run out and only Laing (10) thereafter
got into double figures. He was bowled
by Charles Granville (1-20) attempting an outrageous paddle shot and the visitors
were mightily relieved to have kept the score to 150. Paisley and John Ogle survived
a hostile opening spell from McKegney but Ogle (11) was then bowled by a
teasing, flighted ball from Steve Shaw (1-17). Paisley and Andrew Jeanes made good use of
the true bounce and lack of lateral movement to keep the score moving at
eight an over until Jeanes (25) top-edged a pull off Laing (1-24) and was
caught by Biggs at midwicket. This
allowed Paisley to form a third enterprising partnership, this time with Tom
Langston, again at a relentless eight runs per over. Paisley’s well-constructed and perfectly
paced innings concluded when he retired on 30; soon to be followed by
Langston whose unorthodox but highly effective style also yielded 30 not out. They left the perfect platform for Powell (24
n.o.) and Granville (19 n.o.) to mount the final assault and despite the
return of Kings’ quicker bowlers at the death Doctors achieved an improbable
victory with 10 balls in hand.
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