Ansari
(A) came to the wicket and played some glorious drives down the ground, each
accompanied with a full commentary of the ball, the shot and the fielding.
However, the introduction of the bronzed Lown (left) and Kash Shakoor
initially stemmed the flow of runs and then led to a flurry of wickets. Lown
bowled beautifully for his four wickets and was on a hat trick, although
mention must be made of Shakoor's effort. Bowling spin, he accounted for the
two Victoria dangermen, the second to an astonishing catch by Mortimer who was
hiding almost directly behind the umpire at the bowler's end. The innings
fell away with no Victoria further batsmen reaching double figures and Will
Rothwell bowling four balls to take 2 for 2, including N. Saeed who allegedly
plays a high standard of cricket but was not quite good enough to keep a
straight one out.
After a hirsute tea, Hill openers strode out with a target of just 140 in
mind. Mortimer (right) managed to be run out for the second successive week,
this time running on a misfield after being prompted by the umpire to take
another
run!
This only brought Brewer to the wicket who was immediately into his stride
with a flurry of boundaries all around the ground. There was an air of
inevitability of the loss of Jones with the score at 48 - stumped after
missing the trademark walking defensive shot that is becoming a trademark, but
Rennard picked up the baton and the scoring rate didn't drop. Brewer
subsequently reached his 50 in just 40 balls. It looked for a while as if the
target would be reached in under 20 overs, but as 140 came ever nearer and
minds turned to end of season averages, the runs came in just ones and twos.
Eventually, the game was sealed with Brewer finishing on 73 and Rennard on 36.
Ruislip Victoria: 139 all out (Lown 4-41,
Will Rothwell 2-2, Kash Shakoor 2-41)
Ley Hill: 140 for 3 (Brewer 73 not out, Rennard 36 not out)
Ley Hill win by 7 wickets
Man of the Match: A
close call between Lown and Brewer, although Frothy gets it for his clinical
innings.
Clown of the Match: Dave Mortimer for running when the umpire suggested
that it might be a good idea.