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Battle of the Barnes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington C.C. | 162 all out | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Barnes C.C. | 142 all out | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Sage of Soli-'ull reports ... I was reminiscing as to some of the best games I’ve played for the Washington - and this one is up there. Not the same as the crescendo drama that we saw at Ickenham 2014, the Amersham humdinger, or the demolition job at Vagabonds 2016. This was up there for the collective pull and sheer intensity of the Washington performance. We were at Barnes, on the Common, and with the trains rumbling by, planes overhead, and the orange cricket ball on an uncovered track, this is always an interesting fixture. There was however a certain edginess about the Barnes contingent this time round – lots of verbals as we batted – and it quickly became clear that a Barnes win was the only acceptable result... Mike and Aftab opened up with a fairly solid stand but both struggled to find their timing. This in fact was the theme of both innings, as batsmen came and went, all finding it tough going although interspersed with some momentous shots. Mike ended with 42 which was the highest score of the game, and all the more credit to him in the circumstances. Clinton Dugmore (2) and Tom (4) came and went in the same vein, and it seemed that the solid start was going to be undone. However up stepped Clinton McHenry – some of you may recall, Clinton McHenry is Clinton Dugmore’s Scottish cousin who since relocated to Australia where he met Swampy, and who had come down to London from the Highlands via the Outback. Scottish Clint and Abhishek constructed a substantial 50+ partnership, Abhi playing his usual streetwise style with some blistering boundaries, coupled with sheer class from Scottish Clint, this middle order partnership formed the backbone of the Wash innings. One shot from Scottish Clint deserves mention, a deft late cut for 4, just dropped the bat onto ball and relaxed the bottom hand, sending the ball to the boundary and leaving the otherwise very vocal field speechless. Abhi finally departed for 39 bringing Stu Marsh to the crease – who had located Usain Bolt’s track shoes off eBay and was keen to demonstrate his newly found pace. Unfortunately Clint M couldn’t keep up and was run out for 26, as was Nick Kripps. Brief cameos from the tail got us to 162 all out. It would be remiss of me not to mention Andrew Gibbs’ textbook punch straight down the ground for 4, an exquisite shot Sir! Tea ensued with the Barnes verbals persisting, that the Wash were 20-30 runs short - psychological warfare at its best! A brief chat amongst the Wash determined that we were not about to bullied any time soon – and that we’d take to the field with some grit to counter. tA banging opening spell from Apollo pinned their openers down, that spell setting the tone and giving the Wash the impetus.
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