Match Report

19 Nov 2011 – HCC Cavaliers vs Pirates

Home at Hillsborough Domain

Result – Win

Saturday was a cracker for 20:20 cricket.  HCC Cavaliers were playing the Pirates at Hillsborough Domain on a sunny Christchurch afternoon.  Rog won the toss and we batted first on a very good track (if you like pace and bounce!).  Eug Macfarlane and Ralph Bungard got us off to a solid start.  Eug decided a partnership of 69 was enough (out for 30 odd), but Ralph carried on solidly to retire for 41.  In the meantime Dave Stanley smashed the Pirates bowlers all over the park and scored 30 odd which put us in a commanding position.  No other batting highlights except for the banter that amounted when yours truly was given “not out” to an over eager appeal for stumping.  Pirates didn’t particularly like this, even though their skipper was standing beside the square leg umpire and agreed, so Jonno Lambert kindly reminded them whose home ground it was well into the next innings.  We scored a healthy 153/3 off 20 overs.

After the break Dave Stanley and Matt (scorebook) Hoole started the bowling nicely – and a constant flow of wickets (sparked by a running, diving, sliding catch at point by Richie) saw Pirates bundled out for 102.  Matt and Shrimpo took 3 wickets each with the others shared between Dave, Richie, and Eug.

Thats the second win in a row for the lads and one to keep the winning captain Roger “how many overs left?” Georgeiff very happy.  Sitting in the sun, having a cool drink and taking the mickey out of each other is always more fun after a good win, and hopefully there’s more drinks to go round next week!

Cheers, Richie.