Sunday 6th August 2017 vs Barnes C.C.
 
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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Batting
Player Runs How out
Mike Turner 42 Bowled
Aftab Akram 21 Caught
Tom Brotherhood 4 Caught
Clinton Dugmore 2 LBW
Clinton McHenry 26 Run Out
Abhishek Thakur 39 Bowled
Stuart Marsh 6 Stumped
Nick Kripps 0 Run Out
Andrew Gibbs 7 Bowled
Richard Creed 0 Bowled
Keith Williams 1* 
Partnerships
Wkt Runs Batsmen
1 31 Mike Turner  &  Aftab Akram
2 43 Mike Turner  &  Tom Brotherhood
3 3 Mike Turner  &  Clinton Dugmore
4 1 Mike Turner  &  Clinton McHenry
5 67 Clinton McHenry  &  Abhishek Thakur
6 1 Clinton McHenry  &  Stuart Marsh
7 12 Stuart Marsh  &  Nick Kripps
8 0 Stuart Marsh  &  Andrew Gibbs
9 1 Stuart Marsh  &  Richard Creed
10 1 Stuart Marsh  &  Keith Williams



Fielding
Player Cts Wkt Cts Stmps
Aftab Akram 1 - -
Tom Brotherhood - 1 -
Clinton Dugmore 1 - -
Andrew Gibbs 1 - -
Keith Williams 1 - -
Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts
Clinton Dugmore 6.0 2 9 3
Stuart Marsh 7.0 1 29 2
Nick Kripps 3.0 0 21 0
Richard Creed 7.0 2 9 0
Keith Williams 5.0 0 31 2
Abhishek Thakur 4.0 0 27 1
Andrew Gibbs 3.0 0 8 0
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