Queensland Academy of Sport v Cricket Web A
at Marrara Cricket Ground
Scorecard
Commentary
In one of the strangest games of one-day cricket in recent times, the Queensland Academy side managed to roundly outplay their CWLand equivalent...only to lose by seventeen runs. No one really impressed in the hit-and-giggle fixture, which was played on a slow, spinning wicket.
Sean Fuller chose to bat first, and soon regretted it; Dan Smith gave the simplest of catches into the slip cordon, having scratched around for nine in a style reminiscent of Paul Nixon. Luff soon followed, run out after a poor throw was picked up well by wicket-keeper Bragg, and Fuller and Dravid failed to get starts. Colt batsmen Das and Jasotharan couldn't carry on theirs, and only due to Clapham's solid defence did the target actually get up to 220. Simpson's off breaks emerged with credit and three big wickets, while 28 of the total came through extras.
In reply, Queensland Academy always looked ahead...but couldn't accelerate. Gundry had two men out slogging, thus ending with the best figures, while Philipson scratched around for 64 - however, he was sufficiently tied down by Fuller and Weber to actually lose the match for the hosts. Disciplined, if unpenetrative, bowling was on offer from Cricket Web, with only Gundry looking somewhat erratic.
Cricket Web A 220-9 (50 overs)
AS Das 46; S Jurgensen 3/39, C Simpson 3/43
Queensland Academy of Sport 203-4 (50 overs)
CA Philipson 64*; Weber 1/19 [6], Gundry 2/50
Man of the Match: open to suggestions.