WC Vs Hutt Valley High, 15th November 2009

Today we had an ok game, wasn't our best cricket but a win in the bank. We bowled first again and as usual the Hutt High top order wasn't upto scratch. Te Raina got 2 quick wickets and we capatilised on them keeping the run rate down and bowling well, Henry came on to bowl, got the very good batsman out bowled. That was ment to be there only decent batsman! At drinks (20 overs) HVHS were 100-8. James R who was replacing Jesse (sick) was bowling very well. He had allready taken 3 wickets and just needed to more, those wickets were hard to come by as the HVHS 10 and 11 batsman showed some fight and determination - what thier top order lacked! Our Fielding turned bad and were letting through runs and overthrows. James R got the last 2 wickets, so he had a brilliant 5-24 off 7 overs. HVHS got 168-10. An extra 50 runs. We went out there with a postitive attitude as Alex and I hit a few boundries. I got out for 10, played on tying to play a cover drive but too full. 21-1. Sam Collier then came in and hit 18 in 5 balls before he was caught. Alex and Danny Batted for a while and batted sensibly. Alex got out for 19 - very mature innings, we needed someone to stay there. Sam P came in and got out. We were beginning to get close to the total, and we passed 168 with 5 wickets down, Danny again seeing us home in 56* and James R 9*. A good hard fought game of cricket.