4) Cincinnati v Caribbean at Tooting

Our Caribbean curse continues at Tooting - and this time we took a bit of a lickin'. Our batting display was pretty good. Openers SB and Tom put on over 100 for the first wicket, and we ended up with 205-9 off 35 overs. The highlights were a half-century from SB and handy 40-somethings from Tom and Will. Special mention goes to our self-appointed Best Player, who returned to the crease after a period of illness with thighs resembling Gladiator.


At tea-time, our two skippers consulted to hatch a bowling strategy. In retrospect, perhaps this picture marks the moment when things started to go wrong.

Unfortunately, our opponents had also noticed that there was a short boundary on one side of the wicket. Despite some valiant fielding, our bowlers took some heavy punishment as Caribbean reached the winning total for the loss of just one wicket.



At the close of play, our hands and egos bruised, we were left to ponder whether Tim M's pre-match musing of "I could have finished A Winter's Tale today" wouldn't indeed have been a better way to spend the day.

Result: Lost
Scores: CCC: 205-9 in 35 overs; Caribbean: 206-1 in about 25 overs.
Season so far: P4, W2, L1, ?1