WC Vs HIBS, 5th December 2009

With Our last 2 games been cancelled due to rain, we finally got a game in. HIBS won the toss and we had a bat First. Me and Alex B opened, i was struggling quite a bit, not getting my foot to the ball, I was out for 8, caught behind at first slip. Disappointing. Anyway, Alex and Sam Collier batted well and Sam got out for a well made 38. Alex continued to Ancher the innings well and Danny joined him and imediatly the run-rate uped. He batted very well and Alex supported him well, Danny hit his way to another 50, Alex B's long vitual of 44 came to an end in the 38th over. A good innings. We got 222-5. A decent score. HIBS came in with nothing to lose, we got an early wicket or two and then Ben Skilton really put us to the sword. All our bowlers bowled too short to him and as a result went for alot of runs. Sam Wilson had a bad day at the office with 3 overs for 35 runs. You have days like that sometimes. We got him out before the drinks break with Danny producing some captain magic with getting him caught and bowled for 39. At Drinks HIBS were 120-4 with not much batting left. After drinks, we then bowled well and our feilding improved emeansly. They lost wickets very regually and as a result they were all out for 172 with the wickets spread around everyone, Jesse chipped in well in the end with 2-11 off 4 overs. Handy cricketer to have in our team, bowls wicket to wicket all day and hard to get away! Good win by 50 runs and a decent lead up to the NZCT Tourney.