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Match Report 23/10/2010
1st XI vs UWC Away
Starting the second morning under cool overcast conditioners , The visitors new they were in for a real challenge should they be able to save the match against a very strong UWC X1.
The students came out firing , only batting a further 30 overs , declaring on a score of 200 / 3. This left Pinelands in the daunting position of chasing down 296 runs for victory with around 90 overs left in the day.
The three wickets were shared by Prince Nazeem Parker ( 9 overs /2 /49)and Mike Pote ( 7 overs /1/27 )
Pinelands came out for a short pre-lunch session and were in early trouble as Colin Sher was caught in the gully , leaving the visitors on 13 /1 at the lunch break. Sakkie De Kock at Mike Pote batted well until an unnecessary mix up saw De Kock run out for 22 and Pinelands in a spot of bother at 47 / 2.
Pinelands best session with the bat followed as Mike Pote together with Steve Westraad set about re-building the innings and sharing in a third wicked stand of 66 runs steered Pinelands to a healthy position at 111 / 2 with around 30 minutes to the tea break.
However Nelson struck as Pote , held out to mid – off for a very pleasing 41 . Then it was the turn of the “Umpire strikes back” as first Westraad was dismissed LBW for a consecutive 37 , attempting a sweep shot which probably aided the umpire in making his decision . The second decision was a little more debateable as Jonno Schwerin ,looking very comfortable at the crease , was adjudged LBW to the same bowler having been struck high on his upper – leg .
Pinelands were now staring –down the barrel as James Johnston sooned followed , bowled by Van Der Ross for 1 .
Van De Ross taking his second five-wicket haul of the match , ending with match figures of 12 / 58 in 37 overs !
Some positive batting from Richard Thomson ( 17 off 31 balls ) came to an end with him being strangled down the leg side while a defiant 5 in 45 minutes from Conrad Greenshields ended with him also bowled Van De Ross .
Pinelands eventually being bowled out for 170 in 63.3 overs , thus losing by 126 runs.
A very disappointing result against simply a better team on the day.
Our congratulations to the thirds and fourths for bringing home the bacon on a day which saw our top sides falling short of the mark!!
2nd XI vs Durbanville Home
The seconds suffered a disappointing 130-run loss to Durbanville, but their spirits couldn’t be dampened.
Trailing by 120 after the first day, the Ville resumed aiming for a 250-run lead.
Ash Green started well again, and claimed the first wicket, a sharp catch by Gunner Hughes behind the stumps. Again, as the ball was knicked, we had Birdy at first slip already complaining about Gunners’ movement and listing his many excuses. Thankfully Gunner backed himself and took the catch.
Birdy started well from the other side and intimidated one of their batsmen out with a not-so substle stare and the associated verbals, and we had acheived our target of slowing them down as much as possible early on. Gavin Roos looked a jaded figure (no Tin Roof on the Friday night but his bird from PE was down so he’d looked like he’d got a good load off from the night before and that morning), but again his run-up was the most enthusiastic in the team and he got some vital sticks and a run out.
Andre Coetzer and Grant Ball will be the first to admit they weren’t at their best with their spinners, and the Ville reacdhed their target of 250, leaving us with a tricky half an hour batting spell before lunch.
Ball and Bazza Maart survived, but three quick wickets after lunch (Rasta’s burgers again left us pretty dazed and lazy) left us at 20-3. That turned to 59-8 in the wake of the longest opening spell from their opening bowler. After 17 overs on the trot and figures of 6-31, he was easily the best bowler in the match, and apart from two wickets where poor shots were played, the batsmen were just out-thought.
Kakbat Coetzer (45) and Gunner (31*) showed the typical EC and Grey High ticker, taking us over 100. Coezter’s 24 off one over from their leggie was memorable, as was Gunner hitting him over his head after being plumb first ball from their opener. We started to believe the impossible was on, but what wasn’t as memorable was Gunner running out Coetzer. Game over.
Lessons were taken, many of them in the fines meeting where we learnt a lot about our fellow players. Sean Haynes is the worst fines master, Bazza can’t drink (him puking and passing out in front of the clubhouse, then picked up in front of clubhouse by girlfriend case in point), and Chicken Maio’s new nickname is Huss because he talks one helluva game. And Birdie can produce the biggest projectiles in the club.
Not to so sound cliched, but there were positives, but we need to replicate our form in fines onto the field and be more consistent.
3rd XI vs Northerns Goodwood Away
After resuming on 183/7 we achieved a solid first innings lead of 91 thanks to a 28 run cameo performance from Ryan Harley.
Beega Harley then continued his good form and returned man of the match figures of 14 overs 5/44. The rest of the attack never really hit their straps and couldn’t find the correct lengths on the flat track. Some poor fielding also didn’t help matters as we allowed NGCC to amass 253 all out.
Beega Harley then continued his good form and returned man of the match figures of 14 overs 5/44. The rest of the attack never really hit their straps and couldn’t find the correct lengths on the flat track. Some poor fielding also didn’t help matters as we allowed NGCC to amass 253 all out.
After cruising to 115/2 in pursuit of the 163 winning mark we collapsed to 147/8. It was thanks again to Harley as he hit the winning runs with just 1 wicket in hand.
Denzil Firmstone also deserves special mention scoring 73 runs in the match.
Congrats to the lads for the narrow win but we’ll need to seriously up our game against The Ville this weekend on the PCC Bottom Oval
See you all at the club for the Mitchells Oktoberfest!
4th XI vs Victoria Home
The Fighting Fourths got their season underway with an emphatic 6-Wicket win away at Victoria. The Fourths picked up their first win from two after a solid all-round bowling performance, bowling the opposition out for just 83 in 24 overs.
The toss was lost and PCC were asked to bowl first on a pitch that looked to be an innings away from breaking into a million pieces. But with good overhead bowling conditions and some inspirational bowling changes, there weren’t many to chase.
Skipper Neal “The Blind Russian” Tosefsky’s first over went for 8 runs, but his next 4 overs went for only 4 which included the wicket of the big hitting opener. Sebastiaan Heunis bowled well with the new ball on his PCC bowling debut and picked up 3 wickets which included a good catch from Jaco “I can catch” Kruger.
Another PCC bowling debutant, Willie Venter bowled very well to pick up 3 wicket in his 7 overs and the other bowlers, Elton “I’m a dad” Jamey and Mike “The Spin Doctor” James, each picked up one. The good fielding performace was wrapped up by a great pick-up-and-throw runout by Heunis.
It wasn’t an easy pitch to bat on and batting was slow to begin with. Both Craig Ambrose (34) and Jurg “I don’t run” Hirschi worked hard for their runs. But the rate was very slow. When Jamey went early, it took nearly 30 overs for Hirschi to get his 26 runs. But the target was never a doubt and the match was finished with 6 wickets in the bank and enough time to have a few…
Rumour has it that the Vics players are blaming the loss on the black takkies that Trevor “I own the bar” Muller was wearing, even though he spent most of the afternoon on the boundary.
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Excellent 2nd team report. Thanks chom. It was one one hell of a night.