Like, I went to bed last night knowing that I'd get thrashed, and a wee bit peeved at having to face a side 10+ rating points ahead of me, but then that happened!
If I was going to win, I'd expect incredible bowling by Goliath & Hyde and managing to play out Lai and get Yau out early. But that didn't really happen.
1/3 of the game was took up by Kovrig and Chow grinding, but they still managed to keep the RR up at 5 an over. Tin Yau came in and thrashed my bowlers, but wickets soon fell quickly before a good 7th wicket partnership took FHK to 294/6.
My opening partnership was odd: Frost hit his second-highest score in his 30-oddth game against the best quality opposition he's faced at a good pace, and Saadi - like he did against a 51K WCC - just wasted balls without getting runs. Shaffrey then got a start without capitalising on it, and Murdoch didn't score much, but Nicky Clift went on an assault, hitting 67 off 48 in partnership with Shaffrey.
I still needed 76 off 56 went Clift and Shaffrey went. Mitch Armstrong came out and hit a six first ball. He often gets about 20 at the right pace, so that's why I keep him in my side for now despite his very low potentials. Meanwhile, Aylmer - normally my no. 3, this time batting at 6 - smashed around the bowlers and in combination with a timely Hyde innings chased down the target. Won with 4 wickets and 8 balls to spare.
Whew.
