'Tonking' Tim leads Cincers to opening tour victory - but where were the sixes? asks latecomer Selfish

Forget Test Match and say hello to 'Tonking Tim Ross!'
The Chairman (quick-fire 50) declared the Cincers 2012 Devon tour by leading us to a storming 20/20 victory
Aided by Westie (39) and Tom (21), Tim put Torquay's Cavendish Cavaliers to the sword with an impressive 142 total.
In reply,  Cavaliers put up a brave but doomed fight.
In the gathering gloom (well, pitch-black night really) they  could only muster 40 all out - 'just one more than I scored', said Westie.
Winning the toss on a rain-affected pitch,  the Skip had a brainstorm and for once put us in. 
It was a slow, steady start by Test Match and Tom ('do they realise this is a 20/20?' muttered Frankie fielding for the oppo).
The pace quickened after the Skip used all his technical know-how and said: 'Can you hurry up, please?'
Eight off the fourth over, 11 off the fifth and Cincers were up and running.
No mean feat on a sticky, damp wicket.
Tom departed for 21 after announcing he was 'going for it', Test Match - AKA The Chairman - pressed on, hitting 13 in one over.
At the other end,  Mr West was getting into his stride - so much so that the departure of Tim on 50 was no set-back.
Westie was sending the ball so high into the sky there was a momentary panic when a Lancaster bomber (booked not by the Skip but for the Dartmouth regatta) flew low and straight over the wicket.
'Pirates at 5pm,' crackled the RAF radio as they spotted the Skip umpiring.  
Add in a few cultured drives from Stephen H and Cincers passed 140.
All very well, asked Bevan arriving this morning, 'but where were the sixes?' asked Selfish.
Dusk was already falling as Cavaliers - who confessed they were probably the worst team in Devon - began their reply.
They were soon struggling, with Gaurav and Chris P together taking 3 early wickets.
With four overs gone,  the Skip brought himself on and made an astonishing discovery...his flighted leggies work much better in the dark!
(Frank, you're sacked as coach. I'm just bowling at night-time in future).
Cavaliers gamely fought on but with both Take the Pin Out and the Skip taking a couple of wickets each, the match was surely over.
Even Tom went for only a handful of runs (and bagged a wicket). 
As an owl tweeted from a nearby branch, the last rites were read with Frankie nipping out the penultimate batsman and the Chairman taking the final wicket.
As the moon rose over Torquay, a plaintive Devonian cry cut the cool night air:
'Worst team in London my arse!' (which was how The Chairman cunningly described us to get the fixture in the first place).
PS Many thanks to Cavaliers for giving us the game and best of luck for the rest of the season.
PICTURE CAPTION: Fine body of men - Cincers line-up for the opening tour game in Torquay.
ENDS