In that WCC T20 it was a fairly comfortable win for me against a side rated better than mine. Takaedza Eugene (39 off 30), Rob Tweddle (55 off 35), and Brendan Studsor (27 off 26) couldn't quite capitalise on varying degrees of good starts. Juan Goliath decimated WCC's batting late in the innings with 4-23, Steve Ludlow got 2-23, and Rusty Frost snagged 2-29.'
The chase was an odd little affair. Captain/wicketkeeper/opener Bobby Shaffrey hit 76 (46) to provide the platform, but there were two very different ways of partnering him. Craig Aylmer couldn't get going with 26 (31), but Nicky Clift showed his class with 31* (13). Daniel Fletcher took two out of the three wickets to fall. That's consecutive wins against close-to-or-at-full-strength WCC in T20s, coolio.
In the SOD against Dynamo Morpork 192 all out from me will likely prove a sub-par total. But there are good signs nevertheless. Shaffrey hits 42 (72), Kurt Murdoch 47* (57), and #10 Steve Ludlow somehow manages 35 (29) against 55K death bowling. Every DyMo bowler got a wicket.
Nicky Clift had part in the first two Dynamo wickets to fall. I thought I'd be okay not setting orders... but playing three spinners on a 90 moisture pitch was never going to go well and third spinner Ndaba got smacked at 9 an over. Morpork are cruising at 131-3; Shingirai Msomi got 38 (42) before falling to Austin Hyde, while skipper Jayant Marita is 42* (73).
Just 10 pops this week, and 2 decreases, but still some highlights like future stalwart wicketkeeper Zac Chambers getting 3 pops.
