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Doctors beat Doctors 128
for 7
Orthopods 96 all out
Doctors chose to
bat against the team of Orthopaedic surgeons from The Orthopods made an equally bad start as Alan Dunkley was smartly snaffled in the gully by Budd off Sam Powell’s first ball and Jonathan Ogilvie was run out having played a crisp shot off his toes. Unfortunately he had played it straight to Murdoch who pinged the ball back to keeper Fergusson before the hapless Ogilvie had a chance to turn back. The speed and strength of Powell (2-11) and the nagging accuracy of John Down (1-10) made a formidable combination and at 15 for 4 the Orthopods’ chances of winning had virtually gone. Steve Witts (1-6) made their plight worse with a miserly spell containing a fine, diving caught and bowled and when Julian Webster (11), who had played some handsome extra cover drives, was caught and bowled by Budd (1-12) off his first ball the game was up. Crowther struck out defiantly and hit two glorious straight sixes to give his side respectability and found aggressive support from Clarke ((14) and Jones (13 n.o.). When Crowther (35) was lured into an injudicious shot by Keith Powell (1-12) the end came quickly at the hands of Peter Reed (1-14) and John Ogle (1-10). |