Draw against 64
Summer threatened to come along last Sunday and it did, writes Nigel Barfoot. Chigwell warmed up with a
chill down of whatever liquid was available. Luckily anti-freeze has
been banned for human consumption. Pernod was still allowed.
Chigwell
started bowling at a 64CC XI replete with old friends (Adders, Stiff, JT, Bolsy and more). Gremlo passed on the usual jumper-fetish. At the
other end was Ricardo who could never turn his collar up at that
invitation. He wanted a better tan. The batsmen started well and
continued to score a fair few runs until they stopped at 242. Fielding
was hard work. Rob O took a one handed catch which brought the cries of –
show off! Nope, he’s got a broken hand.
Chigwell came out to bat
with Francois and Will. Francois was caught out early. A collapse
happened but, then, Gremlo arrived without a jumper or tiffin. The guy
managed to put on a few runs with Prof N Allum and we looked in the race
again. Gremlo fell for 80 which was a decent score. Rob Orange stepped up
to the plate and hit a lot of balls including a massive six. Nick was
positive with grace all the way through and hit some great shots.
We finished 25 short of winning and two wickets short of losing. Gremlo – 80, Nick Allum 51, Rob Orange – 36. Scorecard here.
