MASS MURDER
Pro Thilina Masmulla turned out to represent
Thurstan College Colombo OBA in the Sri Lankan Festival of Cricket 2014 held at Merchant Taylors
School on Sunday and despite losing in the Cup Quarter Finals to St. Joseph College
OBA, came away with the Player Of The Series 2014. The
basis of his reward was an astonishing innings in which he recorded the first
ever Century in the 26 years history of the 7 a side, 5 overs a team
competition. Mass scored 107 taking Thurstan
College to a record 148 in their 5 overs. During his innings, Mass hit
the maximum 36 off an over twice, in 3rd and 5th overs and then repeated the
feat in the 4th over of the Quarter final which they eventually lost.
SAM DORSEY STEALS THE
LIMELIGHT AS THIRDS REACH FIRST EVER CUP FINAL
In one remarkable
hours play, the thirds destroyed Rochdale’s batting line up with Sam Dorsey
capturing a sensational eight wickets for ten runs as the home side careered
from 71-2 to 79 all out. Whilst Andy Tocher toiled
away in a rare bowling spell at one end, he could only watch on in amazement
with the rest of us, as young Sam took his last seven wickets for no runs. It
had been nip and tuck up to then as the earlier bowlers strangled Rochdale’s early
order, keeping them to less than three an over in the stifling humidity of the
Rochdale bowl. The sight of a 13 year old spinner entering the fray at this
point must have had the waiting batsmen licking their lips in anticipation of a
late burst, but that was quickly dispelled as wickets tumbled so quickly, that
the scorers struggled to keep up.
That wasn’t the end
of the drama though as Rochdale, as expected and predicted in the dressing
room, tore into the Clifton batting line up with some pretty impressive bowling
of their own as another bout of tumbling wickets ensued. Matt Harling steadied
the ship after George Rudd, Chris Royle, Sam Dorsey, Andy Lord and Mike Ferry
disappeared into the dressing room with less than 25 on the board. Gary Royle
then stuck around for a while as the score crept snail-like towards forty
before getting his pads in the way of a quick delivery and that heralded the
arrival at the crease of Andy Tocher who promptly ran
out Matt leaving the shell shocked Cliftoners staring
down the barrel. A very determined Nick Flaxman then scored the best 7 not out
of his career as Toch more than made up for his boob
by playing a mature match winning innings of 27 not out to effectively win the
game in front of a large gathering of the Clifton faithful who had earlier
gnawed their fingers to the bone. So August 17th beckons and a final
at East Lancs Paper Mills after the selection
committee have struggled through the complicated NMCL eligibility rules to see
who can play and who can’t. More pics on facebook.
If you would like to
complete this ECB survey, click here.
TEA TIME
Andy Tocher has taken on the role of tea rota organiser for 2014
and is doing a fantastic terrier-like job. There are only a few dates left, so
in order to save the “usual suspects” from rolling up their sleeves and having
to do an extra, please take a look at the updated list here and fill one of the gaps?
SURVEY
The management committee’s survey monkey questionnaire has now only
two weeks to run so if you want to share your views of about all things Clifton
Cricket Club BE QUICK !
This is your chance
to show your appreciation, make suggestions or vent your spleen. Click here and
spend a few minutes answering the questions. Please note that this is a members survey and without your membership number, you will
not be able to log on.
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