Cavaliers Beaten

A rather dull, muggy night greeted the teams as we made a prompt start and batted first.
After losing an early wicket, Matt Thorpe and the skipper took the score slowly, but steadily to 27,before disaster struck. A quick single saw Jimmy pull up, possibly with a pulled Achilles’ tendon, in agony compounded by being run out! After a ten minute delay with messers Twaits and Payne going cheaply, young Matt was batting steadily and with assistance from Al Fraser put on 55 by the end of the 20 overs. Matt got his first club 50 in 51 balls to take us to 107-4.
In reply, the two experienced glenwood openers took the game away in the first 10 overs, where Matt learnt, if he didn’t already know, what a fickle mistress cricket can be by dropping two difficult chances. Don’t worry Matt, it’s called character building!
Finally, a pumped up Fraser took the first wicket, as a prelude to el presidente, for the second time in 4 days being remarkable this time with the ball. In his three overs he took 5 wickets for 6 runs, surely both the quickest and most economical ‘fifer’ in the clubs history. The oldest ‘fifer’ in the clubs history? Not according to the honourable Moore “I took five in 2013 at Dinas powis and I was 60″he reliably informed me! Hard cheese Joey, only 3 records this week.
Anyway, this sensational spell distracted from the inevertible but now respectable defeat by 4 wickets with 8 balls to spare.
Batting
Morgan b 4
Thorpe n.o.60(55 balls) 5×4
Marchant run out 11
Twaits ct 7 1×4
Payne st 4
Fraser not out 13,1×4
Adams dnb
D.Davies dnb
Newbury dnb
Parkhurst dnb
S.Davis dnb
Total 107-4(20 overs)
Bowling
Adams 3-0-18-0
Twaits 3-0-14-0
S.Davis 2-0-26-0
Fraser 3-0-23-1
Parkhurst 3-0-16-0
Newbury 3-1-6-5
Payne 1.2-0-4-0
Glenwood 108-6(18.2 overs) won by 4 wickets.
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