The weather was bright and calm at Regent's Park but poor old Weasels, batting first after sort of winning the toss (prior agreement with the Skip), were blown away for 77 by 'Big Jim' and 'Mad Max' on a bouncy artificial pitch.
Then enter Will to whack what must be Cincers' fastest-ever 50, including 19 off one over.
Before one of our biggest crowds ever (we were playing next to the cafe), Cincers' opening duo took one each in a sustained opening burst (Lewin: one for 8 off 4 and Max one for 13 off 7), before Chris Ashman whipped out two.
Debutant H. Duff became the first player called Hamish to play for Cincers and the first - apparently - to take a wicket with his first ball. He took one with his third (or fourth - who's counting) to finish with 2 for one off one.
Even the Skipper - one for 19 off 7 - and Tom - a wicket with his only ball - joined in while Rockie (his nickname shall henceforth be Evergreen) shrugged off the winter cobwebs with one for 6 off 4.
Sour point - Cincers' extras (23 of them) top-scored for Weasels who slumped to 77 all out off 30.1 overs.
So to the chase....Tom and JP opening up.
Weasels' bowler Mr Owen took Tom's edge first ball (past the flailing hand of first slip for four) to herald a fine piece of accurate, sideways-moving, medium-pace bowling.
Tom learnt his lesson? Did he heck as like.
The Dasher chipped in with a hasty 15 before perishing with a skier to the keeper. JP holed out to Owen soon after.
25 for 2. Enter the Moyners and....exit. Rapidly.
'Howzat!!!!!' Tim M out first ball to one from Owen that fizzed, turned, seamed, swung, turned again, fizzed once more and then clipped the formica.
After the game, a pair of dark spectacles were found on the pitch. 'Must have belonged to the guy with the white stick!' quipped one Cincer whose identity is known to the Captain but will only be revealed on payment of, well, a match fee.
Enter the Captain. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
A match-securing partnership then ensued with Will hitting the ball and the Skip judiciously leaving it outside off and avoiding the strike like the plague till Mr Owen disrupted his stumps with a yorker. Of the 50 partnership, the Skip scored precisely uno.
But hey, it's the winning that counts - not the taking part. Cincers managed the next 7 runs without losing another wicket to win with 21 overs to spare - Will 58 n/o. Time enough in the pub afterwards to learn of Tom's passionate love affair with the egg. 'I was making pasta the other day. Four eggs and six egg whites. Lovely.'
He's quite fond of omelette too. Oh, and boiled eggs. Pancakes are nice. Poached too. Meringues? Why not.
Result: CCC won by 6 wickets
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Hi CCC, there is now a review of your match with NBWCC on:
http://www.newbarbarianweasels.org.uk/
Well played and see you in the men's changing rooms in Sept.
Wibble
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