Cricket Web Red vs Cricket Web Green
at the CWBCC Stadium
Under pressure on a rainy first day, the Reds rallied to take victory over Cricket Web Green by a margin of 85 runs. Garven inserted his opponents on a murky and wet opening day, and the Red batsmen struggled to cope with the moving ball.
Only Haakon Moerk looked proficient enough to score runs in the conditions, as he saw his team mates beaten and frustrated by the frequent rain interruptions. Instead of wilting under the pressure, he smacked 3 sixes and 10 fours in an unbeaten half-century.
Having dismissed CW Red for 144, the Greens were on a high, but after a good 50-run opening stand, they rarely found life any easier.
Andrew Garven was near to his finest in a battling hundred that was the difference between the two teams on first innings. CW Green reached 259 all out, taking a lead of 115 in what seemed poised to be a low-scoring affair.
Evidently the Reds had a different concept of the battle. They attacked the Green bowlers at the outset and Ian Markus' belligerent half-century typified the positive attitude on the way to 384. Once again Moerk was the man on top, and though he was dismissed short of his hundred, the innings proved extremely important.
CW Green set out to chase a target of 270 on a wearing pitch, and though they got to 73/1, they never looked settled in the attempt. Once again it was Garven's runs that salvaged the innings, but only to the extent of 184 all out at his dismissal.
Cricket Web Red 1st Innings 144 all out
Cricket Web Green 1st Innings 259 all out
Cricket Web Red 2nd Innings 384 all out
Cricket Web Green 2nd Innings 184 all out
Cricket Web Red won by 85 runs.
Man of the Match: H Moerk