ZAMI 2 REPORT, Saturday 27 June 2009
VRA Zami 2 - HCC 1 VRA Zami 2 won by 25 runs HCC Zami vs V.R.A. Zami 2: 139 all out, 164 for 8
by Huib Bier
C
atches win matches. Most of the team arrived just in time, about 13.25 hours at a sweltering “Diepput”. Special compliments for our captain Nobby Lynch who did not get a wink of sleep after practicing one of the most ancient sports for most of the night. He managed that we could bat first as he thought we were having a pretty strong batting side, even without the Spits brothers, who were dancing on a totally other place on the planet. Our opening couple Paul McPhillimy en Mr Kapelle himself were sound and solid but a bit slow, but with these temperatures everybody is a bit slower than normal, even Floris. Unfortunatly he was taken by surprise by a low full toss for a couple of runs. MCPhillimy however stood as big rock scoring a lovely 31 runs before he got out. Nobby contributed with a quick 11. But thanks to the heat we sufferd a little colaps in the middel order. So we were about 70 for 6 after 20 overs, still 15 overs to go. After some inspiring words of our captain the rest of the batsmen knew what to do: Scoring runs and not to go out. How simple can it be! So at numbers 7 and 8 came in Jeroen Agent Mulder en Huib Bier, good for a partnership of 30 runs, Huib contributed with 10 beautifully crafted runs. But it was not over yet, Neil Browning came in and what follows was an other great partnership with Jeroen Mulder of 40. So we came from 100 for 7, to an acceptable total of 164 for 8. Jeroen Agent Mulder 29 runs, Neil Nelis Browing 20 not out. But the best was yet to come. After a decent lunch (not to compare with the delicious food Ruth and Patrick serve, but still ), we went out in the field, sharp as knives: Crouching tiger hidden dragon! On the field it was still tropical and the outfield was getting faster by the minute, but athletes as we are it did not bother us one bit, even when the pavilion got fuller and louder, we did not lose our concentration. It still took a while to get their dangerous opening batsmen out. After a few more wickets, 2 nice catches of Paul McP and 1 of Dave Geensen, there where still two six hitting batsmen out in the field, crawling towards our run rate. But tidy bowling: Neil 3-20 and Joost Shane Dekkers 5-40!!! (fantastic, well deserved man of the match) did the trick! Off course with some help of the fielders, Huib Bier took a blistering catch of the day at mid-wicket and Paul Michaelides took a very cool catch straight at is troath saving six runs! A good win thanks to the great atmosphere in (and out) the field! Toon get well soon!
Vertaling/translation: Het was een mooie warme dag, we hebben gewonnen omdat wij meer runs hadden dan de tegenpartij, Toon beterschap! §
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