Ilija Krunic, whose arrival for the game against Sheen Park was both late and involved a 'crumpled suit'...read the match report to find out how he played.

Barnes Common (H)

A lovely day for Strollers last game of the season. We were up against Barnes Common who gave us a good beating last year.....twice! The toss was won by acting captain Krunic as Skipper Clark was away with Frenchie at "learning how to run between wickets" school. Strollers opened up with Baric and Kapoor?! (sounds like a firm of dodgy solicitors) Kapoor went early caught at mid on (by Younger helping out as Barnes were one short. Yes he can catch unless instructed....more later) Baric was given out lbw by qualified umpire Lupton even though there was no appeal but this time Baric remained for the whole game! Fayaz batted sensibly and made 41 before being caught behind. Buckley was run out by a direct throw from Kapoor (are you getting confused?) We sure were! In came Wells and played his best innings so far for Strollers as he and the Skipper put on 80 in good time. Wells fell for 44 in a well made knock. The Skip finished undefeated on 52 just short of Mr. Aziz in the run scoring charts who thoroughly deserved top spot after his "annus horribilus" last season. A great come back, well done Fayaz. 218 was a handy total but we weren`t out of the woods yet. Lupton opened the bowling with Charalambous (making his Strollers debut) and after a few loose overs they settled down well to the task of keeping the runs down and taking wickets. Lupton was especially impressive with figures of 10-3-20-3. A very fine spell. On came the Skipper to try and now overtake the mighty French in the wickets chart and was promptly hit for six! But he induced one of the bats to provide a dolly for Younger but French`s bosom buddy threw it to the floor! (wander what Simon has promised him as a reward????? Answers on a postcard) Finally Lupton took a well judged catch (no chance of him taking a bribe....unless his umpiring!) for Krunic to be on level terms with Tom`s sweetheart! In the mean while Kapoor was bowling well and taking wickets but the Skip didn`t want him getting too tired and rested him.........for next season! On came Baric with one more wicket required, to bowl his dross....I mean leg breaks. The last man popped up one delivery and Younger pounced on it like a caged tiger! (He still hasn`t released it from his grasp, awaiting Frenchy's return). A huge roar was heard in the Swiss alps (French was getting another chest wax). The Skip had to be content with second place again but delighted with a superb victory. Well done chaps an excellent way to end the season. Does anyone know where Younger lives?

Man of the Match : Phil Wells

Kempton (A)

Strollers faced the only team to have beaten them this season in this hastily arranged fixture ( Knebworth Park had withdrawn on Friday afternoon due to lack of players).

With the stands of Kempton Park racecourse overlooking the ground, captain Ilija Krunic lost the toss and The Strollers were asked to field in this 40 overs match on a moderately warm day. The two Simons (French and Robinson) opened the bowling but failed to make an early breakthrough. With the run rate approaching six an over and their spells soon coming to an end, a little extra effort brought its reward. First Fayaz Aziz held on to a sharp catch in the slips off Robinson, then French struck twice with the last two balls of his spell. Kempton were 66 for 3 from 15 overs.

The next pair of bowlers, Mick Matthews and Tiru Mahendra, kept the run rate down to around 4 an over before disaster struck. Matthews felt his hamstrung go whilst chasing a ball to the boundary. He had to leave the field and Krunic had to find a sixth bowler. Despite giving the impression that he gets injured in every match, Matthews later reported that this was the first time he had ever had to come off injured – which raised a few eyebrows. Into the breach stepped Gary Arnold. Although his first delivery was a full toss by the end of the over he had got one to turn (so he said) and clean bowled the batsman.

Captain Krunic turned his arm over at the end of the innings, finishing with two wickets, but from 138 for 7 from 35 overs, Kempton punished the bowling and the 10 men and finished with 187 for 7 from their allotted 40 overs.

Steve Baric and Toby Gosden opened The Stroller innings but got off to a sluggish start, scoring 5 runs from the first 9 overs before Baric departed. Gosden soon followed but the score crept along to 18 for 2 from 14 overs before Aziz and Krunic got into their stride. They got the rate up to 4 an over and put on a partnership of 102 (the highest 3 rd wicket partnership of the season and the sixth highest ever 3 rd wicket partnership) before Krunic fell. French came and went and was followed by Robinson. At 150 for 4 from 35 overs, The Strollers had actually scored more runs than Kempton at the same stage of their innings.

There was still hope. 38 runs required from 5 overs with 6 wickets in hand was never going to be easy but it was possible - but then the roof fell in . Robinson, Mahendra and Arnold were dismissed in successive balls, as Kempton's Pipe took a hat trick. From 158 for 4 The Strollers were now 158 for 7. Aziz was still there but he soon succumbed with his score on 87. Matthews bravely took up the cudgels but to no avail. The match ended in farce as Patrick Thomas was run out by John Reidy (who achieved his 50 th not out – the first Stroller to achieve this feat) and The Strollers were all out for 164 in 38.1 overs.

The last 5 batsmen did not score a run between them. Eight batsman had been cleaned bowled equalling a club record which had been achieved three times before, the last occurrence in 1986.

The Strollers lost by 23 runs.

Man of the Match : Fayaz Aziz

The Exiles (H)

The Strollers were missing regular captain Nick Clark but stand-in ‘skip’ Ilija Krunic wanted a seamless transfer of power so he deliberately called wrongly at the toss to ensure consistency and The Strollers found themselves in the field. Even before the first ball had been bowled the First Aid kit was called into action with debutant Ian Beale suffering a cut nose during catching practice. This was to be a theme repeated throughout the day…..

Simon French and Alex Lezaic were given the new ball and an early caught and bowled from French saw the early breakthrough however despite a number of played and misses only one more wicket was forthcoming in the first 14 overs as Paul Lees took his first Strollers catch in 2½ years (injuring a finger in the process) off the bowling of Lezaic. With the score on 54/2 the ‘old faithful’ of Lees and Paul Lupton (with over 450 Strollers wickets between them) were called into the action and Beale quickly showed the value of his earlier catching drill taking a sharp chance off the bowling of Lees. Beale however suffered the dreaded finger injury curse with blood now becoming an integral part of his ‘whites’. This was to be the last breakthrough for some time as the Exiles middle order (both attired in shorts) proceeded to accumulate a hundred run 4th wicket stand. It took the returning Simon Robinson to get the next wicket with a well judged boundary catch by Lezaic. Krunic bowled with real pace to stem the flow of runs at the death but a total of 170 off 35 overs looked a reasonably total on a pitch that had offered seam movement and a bit of swing for most of the day.

Tea was taken and Phill Wells was surprised to be asked to open the batting alongside Jamie Paul; obviously his pre-match warm up had impressed the skipper! Wells however failed to make the most off the opportunity by being too early on a drive in just the second over and finding himself caught at cover. Enter Fayaz Aziz and together with Paul they started to run well and hit the odd boundary to ensure the required run rate never climber above a run a ball. They both rode their luck during the 99 run partnership with three catches going down in a single over! The total had reached 103 by the time Paul was given out LBW by our ‘qualified’ umpire Mr Lupton for a well constructed 40. Lezaic came and went quickly skying a catch to mid off. However Fayaz proceeded to another half century with some firm back-foot drives. Fayaz was joined by French who initially started very shakily, twice being dropped at square leg, in what had turned into a display of how not to catch by the Exiles. This seemed to be the catalyst for an all-out assault by French as he started hitting a flurry of boundaries including 3 in a row to finish off the game with 21 balls to spare and 7 wickets in hand. Fayaz finished unbeaten on 64 and French on 33.

Man of the Match : Fayaz Aziz

The Whalers (H)

On what is retrospectively being called “the day summer arrived in London ” (albeit for just one day) the Strollers played host to the Whalers. Having been defeated in the last two fixtures against this promising team, was this to be the day that the Strollers lost their unbeaten run?

After winning the toss Clark decided to have a bat (and give the rest of the lads a chance to top up their tan). The opening partnership lasted into the fourth over when Gosden was dropped at slip but then run out in the same ball. Whether it was the heat or the helmet doesn't matter, but clearly something went wrong!

Matthews and Aziz settled in after that and both looked in good touch as the run rate accelerated to over 7 an over after nine, scoring 29 and 24 respectively. The old adage that “one brings two” however held true and after a promising partnership had been broken, a succession of Strollers failed to make their mark at the crease. Moody, Arnold and Baric all went cheaply while Krunic began the makings of a strong innings. With the score at 107 for 6 French joined him in the middle and a little piece of Strollers history was in the making.

The pair piled on the runs, hitting one boundary after another and running themselves into the ground, in what ultimately became a record 7th wicket partnership of 116 before Krunic was bowled just five short of his century in the final over. It was a terrific knock and eventually earned him the man of the match nomination. French carried his bat, unbeaten on 26, as the Strollers finished with 227-8 and felt confident of another victory.

A ten man Strollers took the field after lunch with Clark and Lees opening the bowling. With the help of a sublime diving catch from Wells at backward point (described by French as “the best catch he'd seen all year”!) and another from Matthews, the openers took two-a-piece as the Whalers hobbled to 56 after 14 overs. Captain Clark (probably suffering from a touch of heatstroke) brought on Arnold and Wells at first and second change. Both delivered their unique brand of variation – essentially confusing themselves and the batsmen as to where their next delivery was going. The variation “worked” though and Clark took a looping catch off the bowling of Wells, who was the pick of the two.

Eventually French was brought into the attack, sending the remaining Whalers batsmen scrambling around for their helmets after nearly (and quite deliberately) decapitating a batsman with his first delivery. French then made short work of the tail, eventually bowling a superb line and length, finishing with 4-14 from his 6 overs – 'keeper Moody taking two good catches off the edge of the bat. “Spinner” Krunic played a little cameo taking the final wicket, as the Strollers ended up comfortably winning by 77 runs.

Man of the Match : Ilija Krunic

Chiswick & Latymer (H)

A rare warm day following an overnight downpour meant a sticky wicket down Chiswick way. In a 35 overs a side match the youthful opposition were first in to bat. The opening overs were only enlivened when Jim Moody laid out the square leg umpire with a throw from the boundary after he signalled a no-ball - moral is never turn your back on a West Ham fan. Clark, Lupton and Matthews toiled for little reward as the big cherry evaded the field on a number of occasions. The opening partnership was broken on 72 when Lupton and keeper Reidy combined for a run out when the opening batsman's wee little legs could not him back to the crease in time. Jital Patel, making his first appearance of the season, and Krunic took over the bowling and had a bit more luck. None more than Krunic who in a run out attempt booted the ball at the stumps, missed by a mile but somehow managed to locate Reidy who stranded the batsman. Krunic got a wicket thanks to a catch from Arnold and Patel chipped in after knocking down middle stump. The sixth wicket was yet another run out - the most Strollers have manged in an innings since 2001. A special mention to the wicket keeper, scorer, treasurer and supplier of-out-date and useless sun tan lotion for his efforts in preventing any byes. Final total 149 for 6.

Stollers' innings kicked off with some classical stroke play from Baric - most of it after the ball had long passed the stumps. Moody was solid as ever as he and Aziz put on 47 runs for the second wicket before the umpire slayer departed for 19. Arnold scored some quick runs before an uncharacteristic piece of defensive play saw him bowled for 17. With the ball keeping alarmingly low and the opposition bringing on Monty Panesar (or at least a very close relation) to pressurise the batsman it was a case of old heads needed and they don't come any older than Aziz and Krunic. The pair were building a matchwinning innings before Aziz decided to get cramp in both calves and dramatically retire much like James Brown used to do in the middle of his shows. Wells came on and hit a couple of lusty blows before being Montied for 9. Clark and Matthews persihed quickly trying to keep the up with the required run rate on a slow scoring track. Cue the return of the Godfather of Soul with five balls and six runs needed. Clark was made to stay out as his runner but he was more interested in the undercarriages of the planes on the Heathrow flightpath as he forgot to run when Aziz got the next ball away. Cue slapstick comedy cricket but Aziz and Clark somehow survived. Down to the final two balls with three runs needed. Aziz skied it to the boundary where some whippersnapper dropped it and the batsman ran two. Scores level with one ball left. Monty ordered all the fielders in to crowd the bat to salvage a draw but alas for him the Godfather sliced the ball for 4. They don't come any closer. Top scorer was Aziz with 46 just beating 'Extras' who got 44 not out.

Man of the Match : The Godfather of Soul Fayaz Aziz

Sheen Park (A)

Strollers approached the away match against Sheen Park Cricket Club in some trepidation, following Paul Lupton's e-mailed pre match pep talk, which warned of a gulf in class between the two teams.

Upon arrival at the ground, The Strollers learned that they would be playing on an artificial wicket, for the first time this century. Having used up all known delaying tactics (which included managing to get the match reduced to a 35 over game) whilst waiting for the late arrival of the Serbian contingent (their late arrival being due to an early morning stint of ethnic cleansing in Holland Park), captain Nick Clark lost the toss and was asked to bat.

A tentative start on the plastic pitch saw The Strollers reach 21 before the first wicket fell in the 6th over. The captain was next in and again showed a degree of circumspection as the score progressed to 61at the midway point of the innings. Despite some heckling from the boundary edge by their team mates the batsmen had pushed and prodded their way to 78 when the second wicket fell. In came Simon French aiming to show how things should be done. His first scoring shot was a 6 but after that this pair, too, relied on singles to keep the scoreboard ticking over.

Then disaster struck in the 28th over with the score on 109, when French called for a single, and then subsequently sent Clark back and he did not make his ground. Simon had committed the unforgivable sin of running out the captain, who was well on his way to a half century, having scored 40. Some say French's actions were deliberate and for the good of the team, others say he is just a poor judge of a run! Clark was not a happy skipper as he approached the pavilion – his bat and gloves having preceded him some time earlier. However, he could draw some consolation because included in this innings was his 3,500th run for The Strollers – only the second man to achieve the feat following Phil Connell who reached this landmark in 1998.

Ilija Krunic, having somewhat surprisingly arrived at the ground in a crumpled suit (the suit bit was the surprise – not the fact it was crumpled) strode to the wicket. This pair soon put the Sheen Park bowlers to the sword as they rapidly increased the scoring rate. In the six overs they were together the score progressed from 109 to 176 – a rate of 11 runs per over. Their partnership of 67, the highest for the 4th wicket this season, was ended went Simon again showed his run judgement ability when going for a second run, which would have seen him reach his half century. Sadly he didn't quite make it and was run out for 49 – which included three 6s. The innings closed soon after with Gary Arnold once again left padded up waiting for his chance. Krunic was unbeaten on 37 (taking his average to 76 for the season) and The Strollers had scored 189 for 4 from their allotted 35 overs – setting a required run rate of 5.4 an over.

Tea was taken amidst a sports extravaganza on TV. The German Grand Prix had just finished, the Tour De France had reached Pyrenees, The Open and the Test Match at Lords were reaching their climax – some team members had money riding on all four events.

Lupton and Clark opened the bowling and had kept the runs down to manageable levels when their combined spell of 14 overs had ended, with the score on 48 for 2, having taken a wicket a piece. Then the fielding began to get sloppy. Catches (some relatively simple) were dropped, tempers began to fray and fingers were pointed. The Sheen Park middle order lashed the ball to all four corners of the pitch and The Strollers were staring defeat in the face.

Their third wicket pairing both scored half centuries in a stand of 115 before Krunic (forgetting his first over that went for 17) made the breakthrough first with a splendid boundary edge catch by French fielding at deep mid on, then with a forward-diving catch from Lupton at deep second slip. With this pair gone the wickets started to tumble. French got two in an over (both bowled) and Sheen Park collapsed from 157 for 3 in the 30th over to 181 for 8 at the end of the 35th over. French finished with 3 wickets for 32 runs and Krunic 3 for 51. The Strollers had won by 8 runs in yet another nail-biter.

Man of the Match : Simon French

Viscount CC (H)

Looking for their fourth consecutive win the Strollers hiked out to pitch D to face a youthful looking Viscount CC. Captain Nick Clark lost the toss and the youngsters had no hesitation in opting to bat first on a greenish pitch which had a Lordsesque slope away from the Pavilion.

With equatorial humidity levels there was always going to be something there for the bowlers and so it proved. The opening pair, Matthews and Lupton, started off tightly and the pressure reaped rewards with the score on nine when Arnold held on to a skied drive at mid on off the bowling of Matthews. Both bowlers continued to tease the batsmen with nagging line and length and frustration amongst the fielding team was beginning to grow. This was not helped in the fifteenth over when a fielding mix-up saw an unfortunate ant-hampered mid-off boot the ball over the boundary with a powerful left foot drive. Lupton responded to this mishap the very next ball with a ferocious quicker delivery rattling into the timbers. With the score at 43-2 after 15 overs the Strollers were looking very well placed when double disaster struck. Firstly, Lupton's hamstring gave up under the strain of attempting an eighth consecutive over and then the heavens opened. This reduced the length of the match to a 35 over affair. The rain delay seemed to compose the batting team and the wet ball made control difficult for the bowlers leading to a period of the match referred to as a ‘crisis' in some quarters. Arnold bought a wicket for 14 runs off his one over and after expensive overs from Younger and French (including one spectacular pull for six) the score had rocketed on to 85 for 4 after 19 overs – a near doubling of the score in only 4 overs. Calm heads were required and the captain introduced himself to shoot down a few rabbits. A sharp slip catch from Aziz started the slump, Clark finishing with incredible figures of 4 wickets for 2 runs as the visitors collapsed to 98 all out. A creditable performance behind the stumps from Reidy, with two catches and no byes, saw him earn a solitary man of the match vote later that day.

The tea interval saw the opposition gorge on sweets and fizzy pop and the sugar rush seemed to set them up well for the first few overs. Baric and Moody started the run chase for the Strollers but the partnership was short lived as Moody was caught at slip with the score on six. With Aziz and then Baric dismissed before either had reached double figures the score stood at 17-3 and there were some anxious faces in the home team's camp. Arnold and Haigh steadied the ship with some powerful hitting before they both went in fairly quick succession. When Matthews followed, five of the six dismissed Strollers had been caught playing aggressive strokes. Once again it was down to French and Clark to consolidate. With boundaries hard to come by attention off the field drifted to the ‘nude issue' of Loaded and Robinson's unfortunate tales of clenched buttocks and five rolls of toilet paper. The seventh wicket partnership of 34 was the highest for that wicket so far this season, with unbeaten knocks from French and Clark of 23 and 11 respectively seeing the Strollers comfortably home to win by four wickets with 12 overs to spare.

Clark was voted match of the match with six votes.

Ruislip Victoria (A)

Strollers took the field for the first time in a month against Ruislip Victoria at Birkbeck College Sportsground in Greenford in a 35 over match. On an unusually sunny day in this summer of 2007, captain Nick Clark won the toss and elected to bat.

Only 9 runs had been scored when the first wicket fell. Ilija Krunic was joined by Fayaz Aziz and together they steadied the ship. Contributing 23 in a partnership of 67, Aziz gave The Strollers a firm basis on which to build. At 76 for 2 from 23 overs some of the younger members of the side felt that an acceleration was needed. Tim Bridger (a Ruislip Victorian loaned to The Strollers due to a very late withdrawal) added a quick fire 27 before being run out, Mick Matthews scored his first run of the season but was then bowled and Gary Arnold’s innings of 18, including an incredible short arm jab that saw the ball sail over the boundary for 6, was controversially ended when being given out stumped off what looked like a no ball. The club’s qualified umpire was standing at square leg at the time and lamely claimed that it was not his responsibility to adjudicate on no balls. Some felt he had been adjusting his MP3 player at the time. Captain Clark went out to bat in the penultimate over and saw the innings through to its conclusion. The final tally was 167 for 5. Krunic had carried his bat and finished with 76 not out – his highest score for The Strollers, beating the 75 he scored against Brixton Casuals in 2003. Arnold’s innings also saw him achieve his highest score.

After tea Paul Lupton and Ged Lee opened the bowling and restricted the scoring to 42 off their jointly allotted 14 overs, despite the distraction of a hostile crowd. At one stage things threatened to get particularly nasty when missiles were thrown and narrowly avoided striking Paul Lees, fielding at the boundary’s edge. Eventually things quietened down when the home players took the law into their own hands and chased away the four 6 year old children who were causing the disturbance.

Lupton took one wicket, caught behind by John Reidy who became the first Stroller to take a catch in 20 successive seasons, before Clark and Matthews took over the bowling duties. Both were very economic, 12 coming from Matthews 5 over spell and 9 coming from the captain’s 6 over stint – along with 3 wickets. This was his best bowling return since 2002. Krunic and Lees completed the innings, the former finishing with two wickets, and the innings ended when a splendid return from Lee, who was lying on his back as he threw, saw a run out off the last ball. Ruislip Victoria’s final score was 113 for 7 and The Strollers had won by 54 runs.

Man of the Match : Ilija Krunic

Serbian Sloggers (H)
Strollers took the field against Serbian Sloggers minus the astute leadership of captain Nicholas Clark. Simon Robinson was his unable replacement and his first duty was to toss with Sloggers captain Ilija Krunic. Krunic set the tone for his afternoon by calling wrongly and Robinson invited the opposition to bat. After a long pause Krunic accepted the kind invitation.

Sloggers made a productive start and opening batters Smith and Buckley put on 47 for the first wicket before Smith was caught off a low full toss from French. French bowled a little too short at times but unleashed the odd rasping delivery to unsettle the visiting top order. Sloggers made steady progress but the introduction of Chairman Lees tightened the noose by ripping out the middle order, returning impressive figures of three for fifteen from his allotted seven overs. Steady bowling from Younger, Patel and debutant Butt restricted Sloggers to 154 for 8 in their 35 overs.

French and new recruit Toby Gosden opened up for Sloggers and took the score to 47 before French was out to a blinding catch at second slip off the brooding Ilija Krunic. Number three Fayaz Aziz strode, well meandered, to the wicket and built an undefeated hundred run partnership with Gosden to pass Sloggers total with 13 balls and nine wickets to spare. Emerging batsman Adam Woodford was due in at number four and had made his intentions clear by describing how he was going to take the Sloggers attack apart. Perhaps it was a relief to the Sloggers they were spared such an onslaught.

The day ended with convivial chatter at the bar. French was touting for M.O.M. votes but was unsuccessful in his quest as Toby Gosden took the individual honour. The day was rounded off by a late, guest appearance from Tango Lupton who arrived and promptly downed three halves of lager shandy without a care in the world. All in all a good day's cricket, and a new record to boot. The Sloggers average height per person of 6ft 7 and a quarter is the tallest team the Strollers have ever beaten.

Until next time......

Man of the Match : Toby Gosden

Energy Exiles (H)
Going into the game on a 5 game losing streak (the second worst run of defeats ever), Clark gained the first victory of the day for The Strollers by winning the toss and choosing to bat on a warm afternoon and on a flat track. The new opening combination of Krunic and Jamie Paul grafted their way to 78 at the 20 over stage, with the loss of Paul for 36. He had batted well in only his second game for the side. Krunic himself fell some overs later, also for 36. The middle order then added 36 runs, and despite an excellent 13 runs from Clark at the death, only 174 runs were scrambled from the 40 overs. So at tea it was probably honours even.

For the Strollers, the old warhorses of Lupton (1 for 40) and Lees (0 for 24) opened up. Both bowled tightly without making serious inroads. Only Lupton managed a wicket, and this delivery only just dislodged the leg bail. The next stand added 76 runs and at drinks the Exiles were 82 for 1.

By now, Robinson and Mahendra were bowling. After some early tap, Robinson finally managed to pin the batsmen back in their crease. He came back with 2 for 51 from 8 overs. Mahendra spilled a hard return catch, but it was wickets that were required. The very next ball, was an action-replay and this time he safely held the catch off his own bowling. Krunic then took over the bowling at one end and later Younger at the other. Wickets had slowly been falling and, with 5 overs to go, Energy Exiles only required 10 runs and had 4 wickets in hand.

In the last 3 overs, all hell let loose. First Younger smartly pinged the ball back in to the keeper Moody, who collected the ball off the ground and ran out the batsman. Then Clark (1 for 3) trapped the opposition Captain LBW, a timely breakthrough. Going into the last over, to be bowled by Krunic, 6 runs or 2 wickets were required. A tie was still a possibility.

The Exiles number 3 batsman, now on 82, was to be allowed a single to expose the number 10 - but he was clean bowled. After a couple of dot balls, the last man called a tight single. With the ensuing mix-up, Younger had the presence of mind to run the ball to the stumps and claim the run out and match. An unlikely result. The Energy Exiles were all out for 172 from 39.5 overs. Despite Younger's crucial contributions at the end, Krunic (3 for 24) was awarded the man of the match. The Strollers had won by 2 runs - the second smallest margin of victory in their history.

Man of the Match : Ilija Krunic

Kempton (H)
We were in a good position at 87/1 after 20 overs however collapsed to 128 all out on the A-table. A good performance from debutant Jamie Paul who made a quick fire 20 before he was run out by a 'Winston Gaye-evic' style bit of running from his batting partner. Unfortunately our powerhouse middle order of Aziz, Matthews and Krunic only mustered 5 runs between them. Only Slim Williams (R.Victoria), Jamie and French made double figures. 

We bowled well and at the half way stage the opposition were 51/5 and later 110/8 however three dropped catches during the innings cost us and we went down by 2 wickets.

French 8-4-11-3
Roop 8-2-32-0
Matthews 7-1-20-1
Krunic 8-2-24-2
Baric 3-0-27-0
Younger 2.5-0-14-1

Man of the Match : Simon French