Summer evening cricket

Scorecard

Our usual summer break was interrupted by a Monday evening match against a strong L’Hospitalet, fielding three Spanish internationals. A toss was negotiated and they batted first. 

Things were kept relatively tight early on, although familiar foe Omar started to get going (as he far too often does against us). A nice cooling breeze was blowing across the ground, which I’m sure a few of us were using as an excuse when catches went down. They were very strong in the middle overs, with most of the runs coming from the top four batters, but things slowed down when they were dismissed. They finished on 195, with the last wicket falling to a run out off the last ball. Vishesh Gajjar finished with four wickets, Vrishab Kindal got two, and there was one each for Maxi Hoeck, Sam Phillipps and Ujjwal Anand as eight bowlers were used. 

We had a shaky start as Vrishab saw three partners come and go to leave us 11/3 as we struggled against the international bowling attack. Damien McMullen did at least keep Vrishab company for a mega 29-run partnership before he offered up a simple caught and bowled. 40/4 didn’t take long to become 48 all out, as a long tail crumbled completely. 

LHCC were a competitive but friendly bunch and I’m sure we’ll see them on the field again soon! Thanks to them again for organising the game and for some fantastic photos. 

​Sam Phillipps

All smiles before the game