The 2nd Xi arrived at Chessington undefeated so far this season. OK a win against Chertsey 3rd X1 and abandonment against Cranleigh was the sum of results this season but undefeated is undefeated. The Chairman arrived to be told that the oppositions umpire would be late. This turned out to be 7 days late resulting in umpiring from both ends. Not happy. Del won the toss and decided to bat despite having seven players making their debut. (Cranleigh does not count) Soon The Wick were 15-2 with Ejaz thinking it was a T20 game and Collier edging behind. A change of bowling meant Zohaak Tughral was facing Hossain Shaboodian , a rotund slow inswing bowler. If I was a betting man I know where I would put my money. Surprise, surprise after one successful swipe Zohaak was on his way back to the pavilion comprehensively bowled. Imran and Bob Reeves put on a few before Luke Vinay, a non-spinning very slow looping bowler persuaded Rob to tap back a return catch. Rob made a good looking 42. Two quick wickets to Viney then saw the Wick at 92-6 on a true but slow wicket and in trouble. Del & Imran built a good partnership with Imran, starting slowly, developing a stylish innings until he hit one down long offs throat for 52 valuable runs. Del then helped the tail add a few and the Wick were 163 all out with less than 2 overs left. Overall we considered this at least 50 short of par. Star bowler for Chessington Viney 3-18 from 10 overs.
Teas 6 /10 Average sandwiches although the jam doughnuts were good.
The Wick opened with Shaz and Waqar with Shaz getting their useful opener smartly caught in the gully by Imran. Once Waqar found his line he too took a wicket so Chessington were 20-2. Singh then came on to bowl and bowled really well turning the ball considerably. Now in cricket the full toss can go one of two ways. The first is the deserved dispatch for 4 or 6. The other way is to take wickets ( ask Nomaan and Mackie) The Chessington batsman decided on the latter not once, not twice but three times hitting down the throats of Wick fielders. Apart from some resistance from the Chessington skipper it was only a matter of time before the time before the Wick recorded a deserved victory. With Kamran (looking remarkably like Raza who now plays cricket in Peterborough) taking the last 2 wickets Credit to the skipper whose gamble of returning to his front line bowlers to finish off the game paid off .So a good win by 30 runs with the Chessington top scorer being extras 44 of which 37 were wide’s. !!!
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