Crampton XI vs Dauth XI
at the Fardin Qayyumi CC
The Dauth XI finally broke their duck and squeezed home to a maiden victory of the Charity series. Liam Camps scored 35 not out in a one-wicket triumph, with only Reddlapalli to keep him company at the end of the chase of 222.
Six of the ten bowlers used by Alex Crampton took at least one wicket, and the Dauth XI entered the 37th over needing 84 runs from the final 84 balls of the innings, and with 4 wickets in hand. Dauth and Pickup launched into Crampton's bowling to score 16 runs between them. The dismissal of the latter just brought Camps to the crease and he continued the assault on his Blue team mate.
The advent of Collins just provided more fodder for the attack. He surrendered 24 runs from his first two overs. Indeed, it was the bowling of Daniel Towns that earned the crucial breakthrough. A loopy slower delivery was misread by Dauth and ended up crashing into offstump, completing a quickfire innings of 33.
Malthus-Howell then lofted Collins for six runs, but perished attempting the repeat the shot two balls later. Reddlapalli came to the crease with 5 runs still needed. To his credit he played calmly and ultimately handed the strike to Camps, who scored the winning run off his team mate in the 47th over.
Crampton XI 221-8 (50 overs)
DA Kearsley 36*, N Dravid 33, DP Towns 31*; CR Dwyer 2-13
Dauth XI 222-9 (50 overs)
DJ Watt/JNE Forner 43, LA Camps 35*; DA Kearsley 2-16
Dauth XI won by 1 wicket.
Man of the Match: JNE Forner
